Coldplay is a British rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland while they were students at University College London. The band was originally called Pectoralz and then Starfish before taking the name Coldplay in 1998. Coldplay released several EPs in the late 1990s before their 2000 album Parachutes launched them to international success. The band is composed of Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion.

1. By Cameron Sil

2. About• Coldplay are a British rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist
Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College
London. After they formed under the name Pectoralz, Guy Berryman
joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to
Starfish. Will Champion joined as a drummer, backing vocalist, and
multi-instrumentalist, completing the line-up. Manager Phil Harvey is
often considered an unofficial fifth member. The band renamed
themselves "Coldplay" in 1998, before recording and releasing three
EPs; Safety in 1998, Brothers & Sisters as a single in 1999 and The
Blue Room in the same year. The latter was their first release on a
major label, after signing to Parlophone.

3. Early career
• The members of Coldplay met at a
residence hall at the university of
London in 1996.
• Chairs Martin and Johnny Buckland
were the first members of the band.
They spent the rest of the year planning
a band.
• Later Guy Berryman, a class mate of
the two joined the band.
• By 1997 Coldplay were playing at small
gigs for local Camden promoters. They
also changed their name to starfish.
• They also recruited another friend Phil
Harvey who was studying classics at
Oxford, to act as band manager. Philip
was the band manager infill the second

4. Member Profiles(Current)

5. Chris Martin
• Chris was born on the 2nd of
march 1977, in Exeter. He
studied at the university of
London where he met Will
Champion, Guy Berryman and
Jonny Buckland who formed
Coldplay.
• With Martin as lead singer,
rhythm guitarist and pianist,
Coldplay's debut album,
Parachutes, sold 5 million copies
and won a Grammy with a
second to follow. Martin married
Gwyneth Paltrow in 2003.
• Chris has also worked solo with
people such as Nelly Furtado,
Jay-Z and Kanye West.
• Martin has also campaigned for

6. Guy Berryman
• Guy Rupert Berryman was
born on the 12th of April 1978.
Guy plays the bass guitar and
is the backing vocals to
Coldplay.
• He was born in Kirkcaldy,
Scotland, but moved to Kent at
the age of 12. He has been
playing bass guitar since he
was 16.
• Before forming Coldplay
Berryman was in a band called
'Time Out' while he was still at
school.
• Berryman's farther was an
Enigineer working in the
Channel Tunnel. He took after
his dad by studying
Engineering at University but
later dropped it for

7. Johnny Buckland
• Jonathan Mark Buckland
(born 11 September 1977) in
Islington, London, and lived
there until the age of four,
when his family moved to
Pantymwyn, North Wales. He
started playing the guitar at
the age of eleven.
• He studied astronomy and
maths at university where he
met his future band mates,
Chris, Guy and Will.

8. Will Champion• William Champion (born 31 July 1978)
is the drummer of the band Coldplay.
• Champion was born in Southampton,
Hampshire, England where his father,
Timothy Champion, is professor of
archaeology at the University of
Southampton. As a youth, his musical
influences included Tom Waits and
traditional Irish folk music. He grew up
playing guitar, but also had experience
on the piano, bass, and tin whistle.
Before joining Coldplay, he performed
in a band called Fat Hamster.
• He studied anthropology at university
where he met his future band mates.
Chris says that he is like a human

9. Why I chose Coldplay
• I chose Coldplay for my arts
hero mainly because I like
their music, but I chose it as
well because I thought it
would be a good opportunity
to find out more about how
the started out and how they
went along the years up to
now.

10. Where I found my
information
• I found my information from a
verity of different websites
across the Internet. I used
the BBC website and last.fm
mainly.