The Edge
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1961-08-08
- Works
- 3
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Film & TV
Acting · Barking, London, England, UK
David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known by his stage name The Edge (or just Edge), is an Irish musician and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the rock band U2. A member of the group since its inception, he has recorded 14 studio albums with the band and one solo record. As a guitarist, the Edge has crafted a minimalistic and textural…
Known for
- This Is Buzz — Himself2026
- Kiss the Future — Self2024
- AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex — Self2023
- U2:UV Live from Vegas, 2023/11/01 — Self2023
- Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman — Self2023
- Bono: Waiting on a Saviour2023
- U2:UV Live from Vegas, 2023/11/032023
- U2: Rockumentary — Self2022
- 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony — Self - Presenter2022
- What Drives Us — Self2021
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 33,062
- Total plays
- 234,440
Tags
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There are six artists: 1) The Edge (aka David Howell Evans), is best known as the guitarist for u2, but he has also released material on his own. The soundtrack for the 1986 UK film Captive is the only solo album to date by The Edge. He approached Michael Brook, creator of the Infinite Guitar, which The Edge regularly uses, to collaborate on this soundtrack album; Brook co-produced and helped with the instrumentals and some of the writing. Edge <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/The+Edge">Read
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The American Joint Committee on Cancer: the 7th Edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual and the Future of TNM
· 2010 · cited 6,659x
- The Eighth Edition
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Cancer Staging Manual: Continuing to build a bridge from a population‐based to a more “personalized” approach to cancer staging
· 2017 · cited 4,777x
- The UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS)
· 2007 · cited 2,136x
- Searching for the structure of coping: A review and critique of category systems for classifying ways of coping.
· 2003 · cited 1,839x
- American Society of Clinical Oncology Guideline Recommendations for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
· 2005 · cited 1,535x
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Key facts
- Born
- David Howell Evans , ( 1961-08-08 ) 8 August 1961 (age 64) , Barking , Essex, England
- Origin
- Dublin , Ireland
- Genres
- Rock alternative rock pop rock post-punk
- Occupations
- Musician singer songwriter
- Instruments
- Guitar keyboards vocals
- Years active
- 1976–present
- Labels
- Island Interscope Mercury CBS Ireland
- Member of
- U2
- Spouses
- Aislinn O'Sullivan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1996 ) Morleigh Steinberg ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 8 August 1961
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Family name
- Evans
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Sibling
- Dik Evans
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- alternative rock
Article
David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), known by his stage name the Edge or simply Edge, is an Irish and British musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist of the rock band U2. A member of the group since its inception, he has recorded 15 studio albums with them as well as one solo record. His understated style of guitar playing, a signature of U2's music, is distinguished by chiming timbres, use of rhythmic delay, drone notes, harmonics, and an extensive use of effects units.
Born in England to Welsh parents and raised in Ireland, the Edge formed the band that would become U2 with his classmates at Mount Temple Comprehensive School and his elder brother Dik in 1976. Inspired by the ethos of punk rock and its basic arrangements, the group began to write its own material. They eventually became one of the most successful acts in popular music, with albums such as 1987's The Joshua Tree and 1991's Achtung Baby. Over the years, the Edge has experimented with various guitar effects and introduced influences from several genres of music into his own style, including American roots music, industrial music, and alternative rock. With U2, the Edge has also played keyboards, produced their records Zooropa (1993) and Songs of Surrender (2023), and occasionally served as co-lyricist. The Edge met his second wife, Morleigh Steinberg, through her collaborations with the band.