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
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