What is The Edge?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = The Edge | Img = The Edge.jpg | Img_capt = | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = David Howell Evans | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|8|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Barking]], [[Essex]], [[England]] | Origin = | Instrument = [[Guitar]], [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboards]], [[Backing vocals|Vocals]], [[Bass guitar]] | Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | Occupation = [[Musician]] | Years_active = 1976 – present | Label = [[Island Records|Island]] <small>(1980–2006)</small><br>[[Mercury Records|Mercury]] <small>(2006–present)</small> | associated_acts = [[U2]] | website = [http://www.u2.com U2.com] }} '''David Howell Evans''' (born 8 August 1961), more widely known as '''The Edge''', is an English-born [[musician]]. He is known best as the [[guitarist]], [[keyboardist]] and [[singer|backing vocalist]] for the [[Ireland|Irish]] [[rock and roll|rock]] [[band]] [[U2]]. ==Personal life== David Howell Evans was born at the Barking Maternity Hospital,<ref>{{cite book | title = ''Unforgettable Fire: The Story of U2'' | url = https://archive.org/details/unforgettablefir0000dunp_r1t9 | publisher = Penguin Books | date = 1988 | location = London| isbn = 0-14-010766-5 | page = [https://archive.org/details/unforgettablefir0000dunp_r1t9/page/70 70]}}</ref> in [[Essex]], England. His parents, Garvin and Gwenda Evans, are [[Welsh people|Welsh]].<ref>{{cite book | last = U2 Limited | title = U2 by U2 | publisher = HarperCollins Publishers | date = 2006 | location = London| isbn = 0-00-719668-7 | page = 21}}</ref> When he was one, his family moved to [[County Dublin]], Ireland. There, he attended [[St. Andrew's National School]]. He received piano and guitar lessons with his brother, Dik Evans. At [[Mount Temple Comprehensive