The Edge

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guitarist human musician record producer songwriter

The Edge is the Irish musician and guitarist best known as the lead guitarist and a founding member of the rock band U2, recognized for his distinctive echo-laden playing style.

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The Edge canonical 230

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf guitarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
musician ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1976 ⓘ
associatedAct Passengers ⓘ
U2 ⓘ
awardReceived 22 Grammy Awards as member of U2 ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee as member of U2 ⓘ
birthName David Howell Evans ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1961-08-08 ⓘ
familyName Evans ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
rock ⓘ
givenName David ⓘ
instrument acoustic guitar ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
keyboards ⓘ
piano ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
isFoundingMemberOf U2 ⓘ
memberOf U2 ⓘ
name The Edge self-link ⓘ
nationality Irish ⓘ
notableFor distinctive echo-laden guitar playing style ⓘ
use of delay effects and minimalistic guitar lines ⓘ
notableSongwritingContribution Pride (In the Name of Love) ⓘ
Sunday Bloody Sunday ⓘ
Where the Streets Have No Name ⓘ
With or Without You ⓘ
notableWork Achtung Baby ⓘ
surface form: Achtung Baby (album, as member of U2)

The Joshua Tree ⓘ
surface form: The Joshua Tree (album, as member of U2)

The Unforgettable Fire ⓘ
surface form: The Unforgettable Fire (album, as member of U2)

War (with U2) ⓘ
surface form: War (album, as member of U2)
numberOfChildren 5 ⓘ
occupation backing vocalist ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
keyboardist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Barking, Essex, England ⓘ
positionInBand lead guitarist of U2 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Dublin ⓘ
surface form: Dublin, Ireland
spouse Aislinn O'Sullivan ⓘ
Morleigh Steinberg ⓘ
stageName The Edge self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (230)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U2 → hasMember → The Edge ⓘ
Where the Streets Have No Name → composer → The Edge ⓘ
Where the Streets Have No Name → associatedAct → The Edge ⓘ
War → bandMemberOnAlbum → The Edge ⓘ
The Joshua Tree → mainSongwriter → The Edge ⓘ
Achtung Baby → mainPerformer → The Edge ⓘ
No Line on the Horizon → bandMember → The Edge ⓘ
With or Without You → writer → The Edge ⓘ
Pride (In the Name of Love) → guitarist → The Edge ⓘ
Pride (In the Name of Love) → writer → The Edge ⓘ
One → writer → The Edge ⓘ
subject surface form: One (U2 song)
Vertigo → composer → The Edge ⓘ
PopMart Tour → leadGuitarist → The Edge ⓘ
The Edge → name → The Edge self-link ⓘ
The Edge → stageName → The Edge self-link ⓘ
Zooropa → producer → The Edge ⓘ
Zooropa → mainSongwriter → The Edge ⓘ
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For → writer → The Edge ⓘ
Beautiful Day → performer → The Edge ⓘ
Beautiful Day → composer → The Edge ⓘ
Songs of Surrender → producer → The Edge ⓘ
GoldenEye (1995 film title inspiration, indirectly) → themeSongWriters → The Edge ⓘ
subject surface form: GoldenEye
The First Time → composer → The Edge ⓘ
The First Time → producer → The Edge ⓘ
War (with U2) → performer → The Edge ⓘ
subject surface form: War
Songs of Innocence (with U2) → mainPerformer → The Edge ⓘ
subject surface form: Songs of Innocence
Passengers → hasMember → The Edge ⓘ
I Will Follow → writer → The Edge ⓘ
I Will Follow → leadGuitar → The Edge ⓘ
Into the Heart → composer → The Edge ⓘ
Into the Heart → performer → The Edge ⓘ
The Electric Co. → writer → The Edge ⓘ
The Electric Co. → performerMember → The Edge ⓘ
Shadows and Tall Trees → composer → The Edge ⓘ
Two Hearts Beat As One → composer → The Edge ⓘ
Two Hearts Beat As One → guitarist → The Edge ⓘ
Bullet the Blue Sky → composer → The Edge ⓘ
Bullet the Blue Sky → guitarist → The Edge ⓘ
Running to Stand Still → composer → The Edge ⓘ
Red Hill Mining Town → composer → The Edge ⓘ
In God’s Country → composer → The Edge ⓘ
Trip Through Your Wires → writer → The Edge ⓘ
Trip Through Your Wires → guitarist → The Edge ⓘ
Exit → composer → The Edge ⓘ
Exit → performerMember → The Edge ⓘ
Mothers of the Disappeared → composer → The Edge ⓘ
Desire → guitarBy → The Edge ⓘ
When Love Comes to Town → guitarist → The Edge ⓘ
When Love Comes to Town → writer → The Edge ⓘ
All I Want Is You → writer → The Edge ⓘ