Coldplay

Coldplay is a British rock band, formed in 1997.

The band's members, Chris Martin (guitar, lead vocals, piano/keyboards), Guy Berryman (bass), Jonny Buckland (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Will Champion (drums, backing vocals), met each other and formed the band while they were students at University College London. The band enjoyed both commercial and critical success relatively early in their existence through their first full-length album, Parachutes, and the single "Yellow". Along with the acclaim, Parachutes was sometimes criticised for bearing a strong resemblance to the music of Radiohead in their The Bends - OK Computer era. The band's second full-length album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, was generally considered to be musically and lyrically more mature and sophisticated, and less obviously the product of one particular influence.

Parachutes was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2000 and won the Best Alternative Music Performance award in the 2001/44th Annual Grammy Awards. Coldplay's second album "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" won two grammy's in 2002. In July 2003 they recorded a live DVD and CD, "Live 2003", at Sydney's Hordern Pavillion.

Coldplay has a huge fan base, particularly in Europe and in the U.S.

Discography

Note: Unless otherwise stated, all releases are on the Parlophone label in the UK and Capitol in the US.

Albums

• Parachutes (2000)
• A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)

DVDs

• Live 2003 (2003, filmed live at Sydney's Horden Pavillion)

• Maximum Coldplay (Unofficial Documentary)
• Coldplay - Back to the Start (Unofficial Documentary)

EPs

• Safety (1998, released independently, UK only, limited to 500 copies)
• The Blue Room (1999, released on EMI Int'l in the US and Parlophone in the UK)
• Trouble (2000 - a live EP, recorded in Norway, different from the single of the same name, Norway only, released on the EMI label)

Singles

• Brothers and Sisters (1999, released on the London based Fierce Panda label in the UK, Universal/Island in the US)
• Shiver (2000, released on EMI Int'l in the US and Parlophone in the UK)
• Yellow (2000)
• Trouble (2000)
• Don't Panic (2001, Europe only, excl. UK)
• In My Place (2002)
• The Scientist (2002, everywhere except US)
• The Scientist DVD Single (2002, UK Only)
• Clocks (2002: US Radio. 2003: Worldwide, excl. US)
• Clocks DVD Single (2003, Worldwide, excl. US)
• God Put A Smile Upon Your Face (2003, Europe only, excl. UK)
• Remixes (2003, UK only, limited to 1000 copies)