3-02-2012
British alternative rock band cold play formed in 1996, when vocalist Chris Martin and guitarist Johnny Buckland met at their native London University. They created the group Pectoralz, which later included bass guitarist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion - the latter had to specially learn how to play drums in order to get into the group. The unofficial fifth member was a mutual friend of the musicians, Phil Harvey, who acted as manager. The name ColdPlay appeared a little later and was suggested by one of my friends. The band's first release was an EP Safety(1998), most of which the musicians distributed to their friends and acquaintances. Following in 1999 came the three-song mini-album Brothers and Sisters, recorded in 4 days. From that moment on, the group's popularity began to grow. Signed to the Parlophone label, ColdPlay released their third mini-album in October 1999. The Blue Room, the recording of which was not easy for the group. Because of drug abuse, Champion was fired, but because of this, Martin began to drink, so the drummer was taken back. Subsequently, an agreement arose between the musicians on politics within the band.
The debut album Parachutes was released in July 2000. - his release was preceded by the very successful singles "Shiver" (35th place in the British Singles Chart) and " Yellow”(4th place), because the album immediately topped the British album charts. Sales of Parachutes in the US were sluggish, which did not prevent the disc from getting double platinum, as well as a Grammy award for "Best Alternative Album". The musicians themselves went on a big tour.
Work on ColdPlay's second album began in September 2001, and the album itself, titled A Rush of Blood to the Head, released in August 2002. Singles " in my place», « Clocks" And " The Scientist' were very popular. The disc won a Grammy. As a result of a large tour, the musicians released a live disc and DVD Live 2003. Also in 2003, the group received three MTV awards, were recognized as the best group among the readers of Rolling Stone magazine, and in 2004 received another Grammy for "Record of the Year" (single " Clocks"). For most of the year, the band took a break from grueling tours.
The third X&Y album was released in June 2005 and became ColdPlay's best-selling album with over 8 million copies sold worldwide and also topped the charts in various countries. Opinions regarding the work itself were divided - some praised it, others considered it pale and inferior to its predecessor. The band recorded a slightly modified version of the song " How I See The World» for charity album Help!: A Day In The Life to help the children of wars. In February 2006, the group received two BRIT Awards.
The recording of the new album began in October 2006, and the famous musician Brian Eno acted as a producer. The "Violet Hill" single was made available for free download on the band's website for a week, resulting in over 2 million downloads. Album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends was released in June 2008 and sold over 300,000 copies within a few days. In October, ColdPlay received two Q awards as well as several World Music Awards. The group went on a successful tour, and the song " Viva la Vida received a plagiarism lawsuit from renowned guitarist Joe Satriani. The matter was settled. In 2009, ColdPlay received three Grammy awards for this song and album. In May, the live album LeftRightLeftRightLeft was released, available incl. and for free download. In October, the song "Viva la Vida" received an ASCAP award.
In June 2011, a new single " Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”, which preceded the release of the new album Mylo Xyloto, which went on sale in October 2011.
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Biography
Coldplay is a British rock band formed in London in 1996. It includes Chris Martin (Chris Martin) vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar, harmonica; Jonny Buckland electric guitar, backing vocals; Guy Berryman bass guitar, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, harmonica, backing vocals; Will Champion - drums, keyboards, backing vocals. Winner of seven Grammy awards. The worldwide circulation of the group's records exceeds 50 million copies.Coldplay are active supporters of various social and political campaigns, in particular Oxfam Make Trade Fair and Amnesty International. The band has also performed in various social projects such as Band Aid 20, Live 8, and campaigns to support children with cancer.
The formation of the group and the first years of its existence (19961999)
The members of Coldplay met in the dormitory of the London College (University College London), where they studied. Future vocalist Chris Martin was going to become a historian, guitarist Johnny Buckland was fond of astronomy and mathematics, bassist Guy Berryman saw himself as an engineer, and drummer Will Champion planned to devote himself to anthropology.
Chris Martin voice of Coldplay - raised in a Christian family and sang in the church choir. Being a restrained and modest guy, Chris began to look for himself in music, which he did well. Chris Martin and Johnny Buckland met during their first weeks of college in the fall of 1996. The idea of creating their own musical group did not leave the two friends. They then met Guy Berryman, who had no idea what musical direction the band would take. Throughout 1997 the band played occasional gigs in small London clubs. The band was managed by Chris' school friend, Phil Harvey, who was studying at Oxford at the time. Harvey subsequently worked with the band until the recording of their second studio album.
In early 1998, when Will Champion joined the group, it was finally formed. Will Champion was asked to take the place of the drummer in the group. But, being a musically gifted person, and being able to play keyboards, acoustic and bass guitars, Champion had never sat down at the drum kit before. However, this was not a problem for Will: he mastered the skills of a drummer quickly enough. Another member of the group could be Tim Rice-Oxley (Tim Rice-Oxley), whom Chris Martin met in college and invited to the group as a keyboard player, but Rice-Oxley refused to participate, since he already had his own band Keane, where he plays to this day.
At first, Martin, Buckland, Champion and Berryman performed under the name Starfish. The band later changed it to Coldplay, borrowing the name from another band from the same college whose musicians found it too "depressing". The title also coincides with the title of Philip Horky's collection of poems.
On May 18, 1998, the band released 500 copies of the Safety EP. Most of these CDs were sent to various labels and given to friends of the band, with only 50 copies destined for sale. In December 1998, the group was invited to record on the Fierce Panda label, which recorded the group's next mini-album, called Brothers and Sisters, in four days. The release of the album, which was released in a circulation of 2500 copies, took place in April 1999. Songs from this disc immediately became popular on the British radio station Radio 1.
After passing their final exams in college, the group signed a contract with the Parlophone label. And after a kind of success at the Glastonbury Music Festival (Glastonbury) Coldplay went to work on a new album. And soon, with a circulation of 5000 copies, their next mini-album The Blue Room EP was released. His recording was very stressful. So, Martin had a big fight with Will, who decided to leave the group. But Will soon accepted a deep apology from Chris that he had acted "very stupid" while being very drunk.
parachutes (19992001)
In November 1999 Coldplay began recording their debut studio album. The first single released, "Shiver", peaked at number 35 on the UK Top 40 singles chart and was also Coldplay's debut on MTV. June 2000 was a turning point in the band's history. The band made a grand comeback at the Glastonbury Festival, and a little later the single "Yellow" was released with overwhelming success, taking 4th place in the singles chart in the United Kingdom.
The release of the first studio album Parachutes took place in July 2000. The album peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart. But despite being universally loved, the band has been somewhat criticized for its similarities to Radiohead's The Bends and OK Computer albums. But this did not prevent the songs of Yellow and Trouble from staying at the top of the music charts for a long time on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. And the Parlophone label, which initially expected to release a maximum of 40,000 copies of this album, ended up making a much larger profit from sales: by the end of the year, 1.6 million copies were sold in the UK alone.
Having a resounding success in Europe, the group decided to strengthen its position in America. Parachutes was released in the US in November 2000. The band decided to play a club tour in the US and Canada, starting in Vancouver in early 2001. Coldplay has also performed on many television shows on US channels. The album eventually achieved double platinum status and won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Rock Music Album.
A Rush Of Blood To The Head (20012004)
Coldplay returned to the studio in October 2001 and began recording their second studio album. The album was released in August 2002.
The first song from the album, "Politic", was written by Chris after the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington. In his own words, the text and music came to his mind late at night. He woke up in the middle of the night and tried to play and record a song, and the recording turned out to be very quiet, as Martin tried not to wake the neighbors. This is how the song turned out, which Chris himself later called "Coldplay's loudest song." All singles from this album were successfully released "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face", "The Scientist", "In My Place" and "Clocks".
During your tour A Rush Of Blood To The Head Tour, which lasted from June 2002 to September 2003, the band visited 5 continents with concerts and became one of the headliners of the Glastonbury, V2003 and Rock Werchter festivals. During the concerts, the band recorded the album Live 2003, which included a DVD with the band's performance at the tour in Australia, as well as an audio version of this performance on CD. The release includes a "live" version of the song Moses, which has never been released before or since.
In December 2003, Rolling Stone magazine named Coldplay the best band of 2003. The magazine ranked A Rush Of Blood To The Head at number 473 on their Top 500 Albums of All Time. In the same year, the album received two Grammy awards, and in 2004, the song "Clocks" received the prize in the "Record of the Year" nomination.
X&Y (20042006)
The group began recording their third album in 2004. According to Guy, in search of inspiration, Coldplay “listened to so many albums from Bowie, Eno and Pink Floyd to Depeche Mode, Kate Bush and Kraftwerk. In May 2004, the band delighted their fans with the song "The Nappies", recorded in honor of the birth of their daughter Chris Apple (Apple) and posted on the band's official website along with a video clip. The band's producer Ken Nelson also took part in the recording of the video. According to him, this song is more like a mixture of rap and glam rock. As Chris joked, Jay-Z inspired him to write this song.
During the recording process, the band decided to change their permanent producer Ken Nelson, inviting Denton Supple to take his place. The band's third album was released on June 6, 2005. With 8.3 million copies sold by the end of the year, the album became EMI's best-selling album of 2005. The album immediately topped the album charts in 28 countries and became the second fastest selling album in UK chart history.
The first single from the album, "Speed Of Sound", was first played on radio on April 18, and was released on CD on May 23, 2005. The second single, "Fix You", was released in August, followed by "Talk" in December 2005 and "The Hardest Part" in March 2006.
In June 2005, Coldplay embarked on a tour again, which they called Twisted Logic. Starting touring in 2005, the band continued to tour with the US leg, starting in Seattle in January and ending in Philadelphia in April. In the third part of the tour, which began in the summer of 2006, the band visited Australia and East Asia. In the winter of 20062007 the group visited the countries of South America with concerts.
Coldplay have taken part in music festivals such as Glastonbury, Austin City Limits, Coachella. The band performed in London's Hyde Park during Live 8, which swept the world. In February 2006, Coldplay received 2 awards at the Brit Awards for Best Album and Best Single.
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends (2006 2008)
In October 2006, the band began work on their fourth studio album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends. This album was produced by Markus Dravs and the legendary Brian Eno. The first singles from the album to appear online were "Violet Hill" and "Viva La Vida". The name of the last (and the whole album) was given by the still life of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. June 2008 Viva la Vida became the first rock single from England in twenty years to reach number one on the US national charts.
June 15, 2008 Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends topped the UK charts. In the first three days of sales, 302,000 copies were sold; the album was called by the BBC "one of the fastest-selling records in the history of the United Kingdom".
On December 4, musician Joe Satriani filed a lawsuit against Coldplay, accusing him of copyright infringement. The band members allegedly borrowed the song's guitar riff. Viva La Vida from his song "If I Could Fly". Satriani claims that Chris Martin "copied and pasted significant passages" from his composition, which was released in 2004 on the album Is There Love In Space?. The guitarist demanded damages and the transfer of profits received by the British group from the sale of the single Viva La Vida.
Discography:
Studio albums:
* Parachutes in?' July 10, 2000 - #1 (UK); #51 (USA) 8.5 million copies worldwide
* A Rush Of Blood To The Head in?' August 26, 2002-#1 (UK); #5 (USA) 11 million copies worldwide
* X&Y in?' June 6, 2005 #1 (UK); #1 (USA) 10 million copies worldwide
* Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends June 17, 2008 6.6 million copies worldwide
Live albums and mini-albums:
* Safety EP (1998)
* Brothers & Sisters EP (1999)
* The Blue Room EP (1999)
* Trouble Live EP (2000)
* Live 2003 (2003)
* Prospekt's March EP (2008)
* "Brothers & Sisters" (1999)
* Shiver (2000)
* "Yellow" (2000)
* "Trouble" (2000)
* "Don't Panic" (2001)
* "In My Place" (2002)
* "The Scientist" (2002)
* "Clocks" (2003)
* "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face" (2003)
* "Speed Of Sound" (2005)
* "Fix You" (2005)
* "Talk" (2005)
* "The Hardest Part" (2006, published in Europe, Japan, Canada, USA, Australia and Latin America)
* "What If" (2006, radio single, only released in France, Belgium and Switzerland)
* "Violet Hill" (2008)
* "Viva La Vida" (2008)
* "Lovers In Japan" (2008)
* Lost! (2008)
* "Life In Technicolor II" (2009)
Collections:
* The Singles 19992006
* The Singles 2009
Other:
* Ode To Deodorant(1998, demo tape)
* Mince Spies(2001, limited edition, limited to 1000 copies for the Coldplay fan club, includes cover "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and remix "yellow")
* Castles(2006, unofficial compilation of b-sides)
* A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour
* Twisted Logic Tour
* Viva la Vida Tour
*Roach, Martin (2003). Coldplay: Nobody Said It Was Easy. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9810-8.
* Spivac, Gary (2004). Coldplay: Look At The Stars. MTV/Simon/Pocket Books. ISBN 0-7434-9196-3
Awards
Grammy Prizes:
* 2002 Best Alternative Album Parachutes
* 2003 Best Alternative Album A Rush Of Blood To The Head
* 2003 Best Rock Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group In My Place
* 2004 Record Of The Year Clocks
* 2007 Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical Talk (Thin White Duke Remix)
Grammy nominations:
* 2002 Best Rock Song Yellow
* 2002 Best Rock Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group Yellow
* 2004 Best Music Video, Short Form The Scientist
* 2005 Best Music Video, Long Form Coldplay Live 2003
* 2006 Best Rock Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group Speed Of Sound
* 2006 Best Rock Song Speed Of Sound
* 2006 Best Rock Album X&Y
* 2007 Best Rock Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group Talk
* 2009 Record Of The Year Viva La Vida
* 2009 Album Of The Year Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
* 2009 Song Of The Year Viva La Vida
* 2009 Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Viva La Vida
* 2009 Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals Violet Hill
* 2009 Best Rock Song Violet Hill
* 2009 Best Rock Album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
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Russian fan site
Members of this group were born in various parts of the UK. Vocalist Chris Martin (b. March 2, 1977) - a native of Devon, drummer Will Champion (b. July 31, 1978) - a former resident of Southampton, bassist Guy Berryman (b. April 12, 1978) - a Scot who moved to Kent, guitarist Johnny Buckland (b. 11 September 1977) is a native of North Wales. And all four met when they became students of a London college. The guys immediately became friends, especially since they found a common hobby - music. At first, Johnny and Chris began to sing songs together. Guy listened to what they had and joined the company with his bass. Will also wanted to participate in the project, and his desire was so great that he changed his favorite guitar for drums. The quartet at first diligently rehearsed, and chose any place for this - from the bathroom to shady parks.
Finally, having gained experience, the guys decided to start recording and built the first EP "Safety" with their own money. Five hundred copies of the disc did not go unnoticed, and the group was invited to participate in the festival "In The City", held in 1998 in Manchester. There "Coldplay" was noticed by Simon Williams, who offered the guys a contract with his label "Fierce Panda" for the release of one single. "Brothers And Sisters", released in March 1999, led the group to another contract - now a major one from "Parlophone".
Coldplay made a major breakthrough in the spring of 2000, when the single "Shiver" was released, which went straight to the British Top 40. In June, two more EPs, "Yellow" and "Trouble", appeared in time, and by July the first full-length album arrived. The album "Parachutes" was a compilation of beautiful lyrical-melancholic rock ballads. The disc immediately took the top positions in the national charts and allowed "Coldplay" to move from cramped pubs to big venues. Despite the fact that they were signed to a major label, the musicians still did most of the work on their own. They were engaged in the production of their records, the design of the covers and all sorts of promotional affairs. In October 2001, the band started working on their second album, and the sessions were completed by Christmas. The result satisfied everyone, except for the musicians themselves, and they again went to the studio to finish and remake the material.
As a result, "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" appeared on the shelves only in August 2002. Fans have been waiting for a new album for a long time, and the work immediately hit the top spot in many countries. The only exception was the States, where the disc took only the fifth position. This was followed by a global world tour during which "Coldplay" toured Europe, America, Australia and Japan.
Based on the tour, a double live album was released in 2003, after which the band announced that they were taking a long time out. The holidays ended in 2005 with the release of X&Y. In principle, the group retained its commitment to the previously chosen style, however, some critics nevertheless reproached her for the similarity with "" and "Radiohead". However, few people were interested in the opinion of these spiteful critics, and the people dismantled the Xs and Ys with terrible force, bringing the sales level to eight million copies. Such a great success allowed the musicians to be more picky in choosing a producer, and the next time they invited ambient maestro Brian Eno to the sessions. With his submission, the songs "Coldplay" became more diverse, the influence of orchestrations increased, and Martin tried to translate his voice from falsetto to lower register.
The experiment with Eno was a success, and in just a few months, more than six million "Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends" were sold. And although another production team was officially working on the band's fifth album, Brian still participated in the creation of "Mylo Xyloto", and his presence was indicated by the word "enoxification" ("inoxification"). In their new program "Coldplay" they used elements of Eurohouse style, but at the same time they retained their trademark melancholy, thanks to which the band's sound remained quite recognizable.
Last update 27.10.11The members of Coldplay met in the dormitory of the London College (University College London), where they studied. Future vocalist Chris Martin was going to become a historian, guitarist Johnny Buckland was fond of astronomy and mathematics, bassist Guy Berryman saw himself as an engineer, and drummer Will Champion planned to devote himself to anthropology.
Chris Martin and Johnny Buckland met during their first weeks of college in the fall of 1996. The idea of creating their own musical group did not leave the two friends. They then met Guy Berryman, who had no idea what musical direction the band would take. Throughout 1997 the band played occasional gigs in small London clubs. Chris' school friend, Phil Harvey, who was studying at Oxford at the time, became the group's manager. Subsequently, Harvey worked with the band until the recording of their second studio album.
In early 1998, when Will Champion joined the group, it was finally formed. Will Champion was asked to take the place of the drummer in the group. But, being a musically gifted person, and being able to play keyboards, acoustic and bass guitars, Champion never sat down at the drum kit. However, this was not a problem for Will: he mastered the skills of a drummer quickly enough. Another member of the group could be Tim Rice-Oxley (Tim Rice-Oxley), whom Chris Martin met in college and invited to the group as a keyboard player, but Rice-Oxley refused to participate, since he already had his own band Keane, where he plays to this day.
At first, Martin, Buckland, Champion and Berryman performed under the name "Starfish". The band later changed it to "Coldplay", borrowing the name from another band from the same college whose musicians found it too "depressing". The name also comes from a collection of poems by Philip Horky.
On May 18, 1998, the band released 500 copies of the Safety EP. Most of these CDs were sent to various labels and distributed to friends of the band, with only 50 copies destined for sale. In December 1998, the group was invited to record on the Fierce Panda label, which recorded the group's next mini-album, called Brothers and Sisters, in four days. The release of the album, which was released in a circulation of 2500 copies, took place in April 1999. Songs from this disc immediately became popular on the British radio station Radio 1.
After passing their final exams in college, the group signed a contract with the Parlophone label. And after some success at the Glastonbury Music Festival, Coldplay went to work on a new album. And soon, with a circulation of 5000 copies, their next mini-album The Blue Room EP was released. His recording was very stressful. So, Martin had a big fight with Will, who decided to leave the group. But Will soon accepted a deep apology from Chris that he had acted "very stupid" while being very drunk.
Parachutes (1999-2001)
In November 1999 Coldplay began recording their debut studio album. The first released single, "Shiver", peaked at number 35 on the UK Top 40 singles chart, and was also Coldplay's debut on MTV. June 2000 was a turning point in the band's history. The band made a grand comeback at the Glastonbury Festival, and a little later the single "Yellow" was released with overwhelming success, taking 4th place in the singles chart in the United Kingdom.
The release of the first studio album Parachutes took place in July 2000. The album peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart. But despite being universally loved, the band has been somewhat criticized for its similarities to Radiohead's The Bends and OK Computer albums. But this did not prevent the songs of Yellow and Trouble from staying at the top of the music charts for a long time on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. And the Parlophone label, which initially expected to release a maximum of 40,000 copies of this album, ended up making a much larger profit from sales: by the end of the year, 1.6 million copies were sold in the UK alone.
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Having a resounding success in Europe, the group decided to strengthen its position in America. Parachutes was released in the US in November 2000. The band decided to play a club tour in America, starting in Vancouver in early 2001. Coldplay has also performed on many television shows on US channels. The album eventually achieved double platinum status and won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Rock Music Album.
A Rush of Blood to the Head (2001-2004)
Coldplay returned to the studio in October 2001 and began recording their second studio album. The album was released in August 2002.
The first song from the album, Politic, was written by Chris after the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington. In his own words, the text and music came to his mind late at night. He woke up in the middle of the night and tried to play and record a song, and the recording turned out to be very quiet, as Martin tried not to wake the neighbors. This is how the song turned out, which Chris himself later called "Coldplay's loudest song." All the singles from this album were successfully released - "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face", "The Scientist", "In My Place" and "Clocks".
During their A Rush Of Blood To The Head Tour from June 2002 to September 2003, the band toured 5 continents and headlined the Glastonbury, V2003, and Rock Werchter festivals. During the shows, the band recorded Live 2003, which included a DVD of the band's performance from the tour in Australia, as well as an audio version of the performance on CD. The release includes a "live" version of the song Moses, which has never been released before or since.
In December 2003, Rolling Stone magazine named Coldplay the best band of 2003. The magazine ranked A Rush Of Blood To The Head at number 473 on their Top 500 Albums of All Time. In the same year, the album received two Grammy awards, and in 2004 in the nomination "Record of the Year" the song "Clocks" received the prize.
X&Y (2004-2006)
The group began recording their third album in 2004. According to Guy, "We listened to so many albums from Bowie, Eno and Pink Floyd to Depeche Mode, Kate Bush and Kraftwerk looking for inspiration." In May 2004, the band delighted their fans with the song "The Nappies", recorded in honor of the birth of their daughter Chris Apple (Apple) and posted on the band's official website along with a video clip. The band's producer Ken Nelson also took part in the recording of the video. According to him, this song is more like a mixture of rap and glam rock. As Chris joked, Jay-Z inspired him to write this song.
During the recording process, the band decided to change their permanent producer Ken Nelson, inviting Denton Supple to take his place. The band's third album was released on June 6, 2005. With 8.3 million copies sold by the end of the year, the album became EMI's best-selling album of 2005. The album immediately topped the album charts in 28 countries and became the second fastest selling album in the history of the UK charts.
The first single from the album, "Speed Of Sound", was first played on radio on April 18, and was released on CD on May 23, 2005. The second single "Fix You" was released in August, followed by "Talk" in December 2005 and "The Hardest Part" in March 2006.
In June 2005, Coldplay went on tour again, which they called Twisted Logic. Starting touring in 2005, the band continued to tour with the US leg, starting in Seattle in January and ending in Philadelphia in April. In the third part of the tour, which began in the summer of 2006, the band visited Australia and East Asia. In the winter of 2006-2007, the group visited the countries of South America with concerts.
Coldplay have taken part in music festivals such as Glastonbury, Austin City Limits, Coachella. The band performed at London's Hyde Park during the worldwide Live 8. In February 2006, Coldplay received 2 Brit Awards for Best Album and Best Single.
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends (2006 - 2008)
In October 2006, the band began work on their fourth studio album, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends. This album was produced by Markus Dravs and the legendary Brian Eno. The first singles from the album to appear online were "Violet Hill" and "Viva la Vida". The name of the last (and the whole album) was given by the still life of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. In June 2008, "Viva la Vida" became the first rock single from England in twenty years to reach number one on the US national charts.
On June 15, 2008, Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends topped the UK charts. In the first three days of sales, 302,000 copies were sold; the album was described by the BBC as "one of the fastest selling records in the history of the United Kingdom".
On December 4, musician Joe Satriani filed a lawsuit against Coldplay, accusing him of copyright infringement. The band members allegedly borrowed the guitar riff of "Viva La Vida" from his song "If I Could Fly". Satriani claims that Chris Martin "copied and pasted significant passages" from his composition, which was released in 2004 on the album "Is There Love In Space?". Now the guitarist is demanding damages and transfer of profits received by the British band from the sale of the single "Viva La Vida".
Did Chris Martin, who went to college to study history, or Jonny Buckland, who had a passion for astronomy, ever know that their future was the famous musical group Coldplay? No, neither did Guy Berryman, who traded his engineering profession for his love of the bass guitar. Or like Will Champion, who quit anthropology for a drum set.
All of them were students of University College London. Martin and Buckland met in 1996 and decided to create a musical group. Guy Berryman joined the future stars, and friends began to give concerts in small clubs in London. But very quickly they realized that two more people were needed to fulfill ambitious plans - a musician and a manager. Will Champion was invited, who was somewhat puzzled by the offer to "saddle" the drum set - after all, he could only play keyboards and strings. However, the enthusiasm of the members of Starfish (as the group was called at that time) infected him so much that in a few weeks Will skillfully knocked out the rhythm at the next concert of the group. And this concert was organized by Phil Harvey, a school friend of soloist Chris Martin.
The name Coldplay came later: friends borrowed it from another musical group from their college, whose members found the word rather depressing. And on May 18, 1998, the first mini-album "Safety EP" was released, the circulation of which was only 500 copies. The result was not long in coming - at the end of 1998, the Fierce Panda label invited friends to record. In just four days, the band recorded the Brothers and Sisters mini-album, which went on sale in April 1999, and became one of the discoveries of the Radio 1 radio station.
After passing their college finals, Coldplay started with Parlophone, performed at the Glastonbury Festival, and released their next mini-record called The Blue Room EP. And in 2000, Coldplay revealed Parachutes, which brought them a resounding success. The song "Shiver" became a hit, entering the UK Top 40; with her, the group debuted on MTV. The album topped the charts in the United Kingdom. The singles "Yellow" and "Trouble" sounded everywhere. Over 1.5 million copies of this album were sold in a year. To expand the boundaries of popularity, the team went on a tour of the United States and Canada.
In 2002, the musicians released the album "A Rush of Blood to the Head" and went on tour with it on five continents, participated in major music festivals. 2003 was marked by a series of joyful events - lead singer of Our Heroes Chris Martin married American actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Rolling Stone magazine named Coldplay the best band of the year, "A Rush of Blood to the Head" received two Grammy awards and was included in the ranking of the 500 best albums of all times.
2005 saw the release of Coldplay's third album, X&Y. He became the bestseller (more than 8 million copies sold). It included the singles "Speed Of Sound", "Fix You", "Talk". And in 2006, the album "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" was released, which the BBC called "the fastest-selling in the history of the Kingdom."
In October 2011, fans of this group heard a new album, "Mylo Xyloto". Critics gave him different reviews, but the audience, even despite the duet with pop singer Riana, remained true to their idols. And this is understandable: is it possible to be indifferent to those whose music was nominated 15 times for the famous Grammy music award, and received it in more than half of the cases?..
The current line-up of the group:
Chris Martin - vocals, keyboards, guitarGuy Berryman - bass guitar
Jonny Buckland - lead guitar
Will Champion - drums, percussion, backing vocals
