Irish drummer, Larry Mullen Jr. who is the co-founder of the rock band, U2, is considered one the greatest drummers of all time. He was named by Rolling Stone as the 96th greatest drummer of all time.
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He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has 22 Grammy Awards to his name.
Mullen Jr. started his career in the early 1970s when his father, Mullen Sr. pushed him to join a Dublin marching band called Artane Boys Band. However, he was not much interested in it as their focus was more on learning to read sheet music, whereas Mullen wanted to play drums more.
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He left the band after three weeks after several rules concerning his appearance – mostly his hair – was imposed on him. However, he saved money and with the help of his father, he got a drum kit.
Mullen Sr. also got him into a Post Office Workers Band that played orchestral melodies with percussion. He spent two years with the band.
He founded U2 on 25 September 1976 in his kitchen in Artane, along with Paul ‘Bono’ Hewson, David ‘The Edge’ Evans, and his brother, Dik, Adam Clayton, as well as Mullen’s friends Ivan McCormick and Peter Martin.
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