Coldplay have since accepted Harvey as the fifth member of the group. Martin also had recruited his longtime school friend Phil Harvey, who was studying classics at Oxford, to be the band's manager. By 1997, the group, who had renamed themselves Starfish, performed gigs for local Camden promoters at small clubs. Guy Berryman, a classmate of Martin and Buckland, later joined the group. The pair spent the rest of the college year planning a band, ultimately forming a group called Pectoralz. Formation and first years (1996–1999) Ĭhris Martin and Jonny Buckland first met during their orientation week at University College London (UCL) in September 1996. The group have also performed at various charity projects, such as Band Aid 20, Live 8, Sound Relief, Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief, and the Teenage Cancer Trust. Coldplay have been an active supporter of various social and political causes, such as Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign and Amnesty International. Since the release of Parachutes, Coldplay have drawn influence from other sources, including Echo & the Bunnymen, Kate Bush, George Harrison and Muse on A Rush of Blood to the Head, Johnny Cash and Kraftwerk for X&Y and Blur, Arcade Fire and My Bloody Valentine on Viva la Vida. The band's fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), was produced by Brian Eno and released again to largely favourable reviews, earning several Grammy nominations and wins. Their next release, X&Y, received a slightly less enthusiastic yet still generally positive reception upon its release in 2005. The band's second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), won multiple awards, including NME's Album of the Year. They had achieved worldwide fame with the release of the single " Yellow" in 2000, followed by their debut album '' Parachutes'' released in the same year, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Ĭoldplay's early material was compared to acts such as Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, U2, and Travis. The Blue Room was their first release on a major record label, after signing to Parlophone. The band later recorded and released three EPs Safety in 1998, Brothers & Sisters as a single in 1999 and The Blue Room in the same year. Tim Rice-Oxley was to be added to the lineup, but he refused as he was already a member of Keane. The band finally changed their name to "Coldplay" in 1998. Phil Harvey was the group's manager from 1998 to 2001. Will Champion joined as a drummer and backing vocalist who plays various instruments, making the band's lineup complete. After forming Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as the bass guitarist and they changed their name to Starfish. Chris Martin, and Jonny Buckland, were looking forward to form a band while at University College London.
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