Chris Martin
- Profession: Singer-songwriter
- Place/Date of Birth: Devon, 02 March 2020
Chris Martin was born 2nd March 1977, Exeter in Devon. He met the rest of the band , now know as Coldplay, Will Champion, Guy Berryman and Jonny Buckland in the early 90s during their first week as students at University College London, and quickly became friends
Chris began writing songs with Jonny. Guy liked what he heard, and joined in on bass. Will was so keen to be part of it that he moved from guitar to drums. All four shared a passion for music.
They recorded a four-track EP and pressed 500 copies, which got them a gig at the In The City music festival in Manchester in 1998. That led to a one single deal that in turn led to Coldplay being signed to Parlophone.
Coldplay’s debut album, ’Parachutes’, sold nearly five million copies worldwide, winning them a clutch of NME and Q awards, two Brits in 2001 and the Grammy award for Best Alternative Album in 2002. Almost overnight, the band moved from playing small pubs to headlining US tours.
Their second album, ’A Rush of Blood To The Head’, was made with the same teamthat worked on Parachutes, this LP took longer than expected but was still worth waiting for.
In February 2002 during a break in recording, Chris went to Haiti and the Dominican Republic with Oxfam in support of their campaign to change the world trade rules.
It was a gruelling, intense trip, with long journeys over rough rural roads to meet the hard-working but impoverished farming communities whose lives are being devastated by fluctuations in the world coffee market and cheap US rice imports.
Since then, Chris has performed at the launch of the Fair Trade campaign in Trafalgar Square. It’s a cause the whole band supports.
Chris Martin is currently living in Hampstead...
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