Coldplay were formed in London in 1996 by four college friends – Chris Martin (born 2 March 1977, vocals), Jonny Buckland (born 11 September 1977, guitar), Will Champion (born 31 July 1978, drums) and Guy Berryman (born 12 April 1978, bass). Their early years were similar to thousands of other struggling young bands in the UK’s capital ...
(Vocal/instrumental group, 1997–present) Embrace – Danny McNamara (vocals), Richard McNamara (guitar), Steven Firth (bass), Mike Heaton (drums) and Mickey Dale (keyboards) – have had numerous career resuscitations in their decade-long existence. But the band started life as press-darlings after a number of singles on the fiercely independent Fierce Panda label. It was these early, near-demo quality recordings that caught ...
the world. They were not only outselling artists such as U2, The Foo Fighters, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Radiohead, Kings Of Leon, The Killers and Coldplay, but were also being woven into the fabric of contemporary culture. This ranged from an appearance in The Simpsons Movie (2007) to being only the second band ever (after ...
far more memorable than ‘A Moment Like This’ (2002), her first US No. 1 – a typically schmaltzy show-winning ballad. Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century | Rock Personalities | Coldplay | Twenty-First Century | Rock ...
Gibson Les Paul. Although naturally left-handed, he plays right-handed. Oasis spearheaded a revival in British guitar bands like Cast and Ocean Colour Scene, and later, Travis and Coldplay, who took their lead from the band’s quieter side. The Gallagher brothers’ pursuit of the rock’n’roll lifestyle resulted in an overproduced third album, Be Here Now (1997). Oasis ...
The five members of Radiohead are the same today as they were on the day they formed. Thom Yorke (born 7 October 1968, vocals, guitar, piano), Jonny Greenwood (born 5 November 1971, lead guitar, effects), Ed O’Brien (born 15 April 1968, guitar, vocals), Phil Selway (born 23 May 1967, drums) and Colin Greenwood ...
February Grammy Award For Best Rock Album At the 47th Grammy Awards held on 13 February in Los Angeles, Green Day not only won Best Rock Album award for American Idiot but had their performance of the title track introduced by acclaimed film director Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino paid the band the ultimate compliment, stating that they had ‘released a ...
, requiring a shift in thinking from a record business already in recession. Yet some of the world’s biggest acts remained guitar/bass/drums-orientated. The success of British art rockers Radiohead and Coldplay was probably unsurprising, given the publicity surrounding the re-formation of Pink Floyd for 2005’s G8 concert. Add the popularity of Black Sabbath veteran Ozzy Osbourne and it was clear ...
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