Coldplay

Coldplay are an English elective shake group shaped in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and spearhead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. Following structuring Pectoralz, Guy Berryman united the bunch as a bassist and they adapted their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a drummer, backing vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, completing the lineup. Manager Phil Harvey is often considered an unofficial fifth membeThe band renamed themselves "Coldplay" in 1998,before recording and releasing three EPs; Safety in 1998, Brothers & Sisters as a single in 1999 and The Blue Room in the same year. The latter was their first release on a major label, after signing to Parlophone.

Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland first met during their orientation week at University College London (UCL) in September 1996. The pair spent the rest of the university year planning a band, ultimately forming a group called Pectoralz. Guy Berryman, a classmate of Martin and Buckland, later joined the group. By 1997, the group, who had renamed themselves Starfish, performed gigs for local Camden promoters at small clubs.Martin also had recruited his longtime school friend Phil Harvey, who was studying classics at Oxford, to be the band's manager. Coldplay have following affirmed Harvey as the fifth part of the bunch. The group's lineup was finished when Will Champion united to take up percussion obligations. Champion had adult playing funneled, guitar, bass, and tin whistle; he rapidly studied the drums, in spite of having no past background. The band finally settled on the name "Coldplay" which was suggested by Tim Crompton, a local student who had been using the name for his group.

Coldplay's alternative rock style has been compared to Radiohead and Oasis. Frontman Chris Martin once proclaimed the band's music as "limestone rock" in comparison to "hard rock." The band's music has been called "meditative" and "blue romantic"; it "on their emotions" and Martin "endlessly examine his feelings". Martin's lyrical wordplay has been called feminist, similar to Andrew Montgomery of Geneva. The tone of the band's first studio album, Parachutes, was described as melodic pop with "distorted guitar riffs and swishing percussion". It was also described as being "exquisitely dark and artistically abrasive".In a review for A Rush of Blood to the Head, the songs were considered to contain "lush melodies and a heartbreak" and that they had a "newfound confidence." The music on X&Y has been considered to be "ruminations on Martin's doubts, fears, hopes, and loves." Coldplay acknowledge the Scottish alternative rock band, Travis, as a major influence on their earlier material.

In an interview on 13 January 2011, Coldplay mentioned two new songs on their upcoming album, the two songs were said to be titled "Princess of China" and "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"In a February interview Parlophone president Miles Leonard told HitQuarters that the band were still in the studio working on the album and he expected the final version would appear "towards the autumn of this year".On 31 May 2011, Coldplay announced that "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" to be the first single. It will be released on 4 June 2011.