Larry Mullen Jr. band, he has been involved in philanthropic causes throughout his career, including Amnesty International. As a member of U2, Mullen has received 22 Grammy Awards and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2016, "Rolling Stone" ranked Mullen the 96th-greatest drummer of all time. Laurence Joseph Mullen Jr. was the middle child and only son of Laurence Joseph Mullen Sr. and Maureen (née Gaffney) Mullen, was born on 31 October 1961 in Artane, Dublin, Ireland, and lived there, on Rosemount Avenue, until his twenties. His father was a civil servant and his mother a homemaker.
Larry Mullen Jr. the click track had indeed been off by six milliseconds. Mullen has admitted his bass drum technique is not one of his strengths and has used a floor tom to his left to create the effect he wants (since "The Unforgettable Fire" era), using it for accents or in songs such as "With or Without You", "In God's Country", "One" and Pride (In the Name of Love)". Speaking in 1995, he said, "When it came to recording 'Pride' for "The Unforgettable Fire" album, Danny [Lanois] was able to pick up from me that I had some interesting ideas but here