I found when we went into lockdown that I had sort of lost the sense of who I was or what generation I really belonged to. I spent lockdown reading a lot of my generation and younger and older memoirs.

I’m so curious to know if you’ve read Bono’s memoir, or if you plan to read it? They just really seem to play it and tell it how it is.

It’s all been so controlled and processed. I like some energy coming back into music. They just seem like really energetic players, which I kind of like. I think they’re really interesting, and they’re playing Dublin in a few weeks’ time. I’ve been really enjoying the new Paramore album. Go here to learn more about the Fender ACB 50 bass amplifier. Go here for tickets to see U2 at The Sphere. And that certainly was my own experience with him he rarely talked about it, rarely spoke about it.'ĭuring his sitdown via Zoom with QN'A, Adam offered further insight into his philosophy as a musician, his crucial role in U2, his thoughts on Bono's memoir and his feelings about moving ahead this year without Mullen, who is taking time off to recover from elbow and knee injuries. As he talks about in the book, they never talked about his mother once she had passed away. 'Of course there were a lot of things that I didn’t necessarily know about his early, early years and about his family life. 'I was very interested in what he focused on, on what was important to him,' Adam says of the memoir. is at an all-time high.Īdam has described Songs of Surrender as a sonic insight into The Edge's artistry, while the book that inspired the record - Bono's memoir, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story - was a literary lens into the frontman's makeup as a human being, one that even decades of friendship couldn't grant. He tells Q104.3 New York's QN'A that the interband rivalry is all in good fun, and in fact his appreciation of Edge, Bono and Larry Mullen, Jr. 'I had approached them because I was a little bit jealous that Edge had got an amp,' Adam admits. This spring, bassist Adam Clayton saw a years-long side project come to fruition with the unveiling of his signature Fender ACB 50 amplifier - an endeavor that came in the footsteps of The Edge 's own partnership with the renowned company. The band is also preparing for its highly-anticipated return to the stage later this year in Las Vegas at the MSG Sphere, celebrating the legacy of its Achtung Baby album. Some 45 years into its career, U2 just released its first album in six years, Songs of Surrender, and premiered an acclaimed new documentary on Disney+.

As one of the most impactful rock bands in history, there's not much left for U2 to accomplish, but the band is still exploring new frontiers.

Changed into His Image by Jim Berg