Larry Mullen Jr. final time, to U2 at a farewell concert for Dik Evans, becoming the 4-piece band they are today. Mullen left school in 1978, having taken his Intermediate Certificate exams. The school offered him the chance to complete his Leaving Certificate exams. He and his sister Cecilia worked for an American company in Dublin, involved in oil exploration off the coast of Ireland. Mullen worked there for a year in the purchasing department, with the prospect of becoming a computer programmer in their geology section. In 2016, "Rolling Stone" ranked Mullen the 96th-greatest drummer of all time. In the early days
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