Larry Mullen Jr. He has an elder sister, Cecilia, and had a younger sister, Mary, who died in 1973. He attended the School of Music in Chatham Row to learn piano at the age of eight and, then, began drumming in 1971, at the age of 9, under the instruction of Irish drummer Joe Bonnie. After Joe's death, Bonnie's daughter, Monica, took over from him. But Mullen gave up the lessons and started playing by himself. His mother died in a car accident in 1976. Before founding U2, Mullen was involved for three weeks, on the suggestion of his father, in a Dublin
The Irish Descendants Broderick of Bay De Verde and Bassist Larry Martin of Grates Cove to form the new band The Irish Descendants. In 1991, the Descendants recorded their first album, "Misty Morning Shore", on independent label Duckworth Records. It caught the attention of Warner Music and they signed the band following up with their major label debut "Look To The Sea" in 1993. The record was successful, and was followed by 1994's "Gypsies and Lovers", which saw the band expanded to include drummer Gerard Broderick and keyboardist Kathy Phippard. The album won the band the Roots & Traditional Album of the Year