Bands/Artists: Coldplay
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Below is a listing of 3 Merch, and 6 Scene articles containing information about Coldplay (a Band/Artist).The newest article being posted in 2006 and the archives going as far back as 1999. An original biography has been provided for this Band/Artist.
Coldplay's Biography
The four-piece British rock phenomenon Coldplay initially got their start while Guy Berryman (bass), John Buckland (guitar), Will Champion (drums) and Chris Martin (vocals, piano, guitar) were studying at London University College. After Martin assumed the band’s name from an ex-flat mate, their soon-to-be manager financed the Saftey EP, which they released in 1998. Their “Brothers & Sisters” single was released on the Fierce Panda label in the spring of 1999, prompting interest from Parlophone, who released the band’s Blue Room EP that same year. With the strength of their single “Yellow,” their 2000 debut album Parachutes earned much praise by critics and fans alike. Their follow-up, A Rush Of Blood To The Head was released in 2002 to fervent enthusiasm.
– Maurice S. Teilmann (September, 2002)
With a heavy, disaffected mid-20s sigh, I succumb to the Garden State
soundtrack’s humble, soft-spoken charms. Fittingly, this coming-of-age
film, set in the winter of the lead character’s youth (portrayed by writer
/ director Zach Braff), is set to the poignant strains of artists like The Shins,
Colin Hay an...
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Ah, Coachella. It comes around once a year and packs a wallop, leaving you dizzy
with its vast opportunities to gorge on bands and soak up some desert sun/sunstroke.
Typically, the only complaints surrounding the festival are the inescapable heat
and the rabid thirst that therefore takes over, causing you to fork over all your
scrill to Cry...
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Making our way through the throngs of various concert-goers — hipsters,
housewives, sporting fans, Greeks and new school punkers alike — I was amazed
by the variety of spectators drawn to Coldplay. Not surprising, though, for a
band that was not only featured on the over-saturation hit machine,
Now That’s
What I Call Music Volume ...
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With an overcast sky, the lights of the Bay Bridge and the city of Berkeley
as a backdrop, Coldplay took the stage in front of what was the largest crowd
they've ever headlined for. The sold-out audience of the Greek Theatre was instantly
hypnotized by what was a stellar performance that no one in attendance will
soon forget.
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"
Open Up Your Eyes," sings Chris Martin in the chorus of "Politik,"
the poignantly tense introductory track to Coldplay's latest album, Rush of Blood
to the Head. In the year-plus time span since the British quartet scored international
success with "Yellow," they have circled the globe, playing in front
...
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Yellow cones of light cut swaths through the billowing purple. Chris Martin's
silhouette, outlined by a flash of blinding white, casts the contents of a water
bottle over the dazzled crowd. The floor becomes a sea of hands. The concussive
force of the bass and drums resounds in the hollow of your chest, the soaring
tremolo guitar pi...
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Lead singer Chris Martin told a secret on Wednesday night. It's one that people across the world, young or old, male or female, have wondered since attending their first big show. "We're going to play one more song, and then we're going to walk down the stairs for a minute and when you make enough noise, we'll come back and play one or two more s...
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Winding up a day of serious contemplation in the surroundings of the
monumental Getty Center in the hills overlooking the LA basin, we found
ourselves in a particularly serene state of mind to witness the newest
British import to cross the Atlantic. They are in high hopes of becoming
the Next Big Thing, along...
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All grace and beauty, the new Coldplay album makes the other albums I’ve recently heard pale in comparison. This marvelous interpretation of British rock will leave you stunned and desperately wanting more. Waves of lush chorus and echo give the songs an immense, spacious sound that would leave Spiritualized jealous as all hell, and the fantasti...
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