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
Frank Mullen the Suicide Silence song "Smashed." He is also known to wave his hand [chopping] to the blast beats in Suffocation's songs, which can be seen when performing live and in videos. Since after the release of "Pinnacle of Bedlam", Mullen announced that he will retire from full-time touring from the band which means that he can no longer tour with the band for more than two weeks, due to his new job. Mullen will go on his final tour with Suffocation this October. Mullen enjoys listening to several different types of music. When interviewed on the question of what particular