Chris Martin and his colleague at University College London, Johnny Bucklandthey started playing together in a closing group called Pectoral. A year later, and after the incorporation of another college friend, Guy Berrymanthe band has been renamed starfish. Y The thing is not there: Coldplay have had more name changes than Kim Kardashian’s surgeries.
In the midst of his devastating marathon pass through River Plate Stadium, let’s try to unravel the story behind the name.
the name change
The gossip about the why of “Cold game” They can be as arbitrary as they are varied. Some speak a name of “erotic high tension”.. Others refer to the opposite: of course, “cold” means “cold”. Then?
One of the explanations that would be most appropriate has to do with the fact that The starfish (starfish) sounded strange to them and, even, the boys weren’t quite sure whether it was an animal or a piece of stone.
Plotting in the history of Martin and his, the band was temporarily unnamed and, at the urging of another classmate, a book of poetry of dubious reputation finds its way into the singer’s hands: Child Reflections: Cold Play, written in 1997 by a certain Philip Horky.
Before it came to light Safety (the group’s first album), and having already joined He will be championthe book would begin to have more prestige than what, according to the critics, would correspond to its literary value.
That’s the way it goes, they excluded the one with the starfishin short, a name that meant “good luck with what you propose”, a totem to tackle new projectsa gift from the gods according to a certain mythology.
And when are Coldplay coming?
T.was still missing for Coldplay. It is said that in those days of nominal uncertainty they also experimented with another option – besides Pectoralz and Starship -: Big fat noises (a bit like Big Fat Noises).
Attention, before taking the plunge, we had to ask permission to Tim Cromptonanother classmate he was using “Coldplay“ for another band garage academic. Martino studied ancient history and graduated with honors in Greek and Latin.
Right around October 1997 the group decides to adopt the name that would pass to posterity: Coldplay.
Tim Cromptonthe first member of Coldplay before Coldplay, did not go down in history: search for your name Google returns “bassist member of the band of the same name who used that name” before that Coldplay were the great beast of pop.
In 1998 went on sale 500 copies from EP Safety, which in the first place were distributed among club reporters, friends, girlfriends and record companies who opened their doors to them with less warmth than to a delivery. It was already Coldplay.
Apparently, only 50 units of that first edition were sold to the public. Shortly after, however, they signed a contract with ferocious pandaa modest record label where they released another EP, Brothers Sisters.
Fame he would join them two years later, in 2000, when, after signing for intercom, releases first Coldplay album called parachute.
The rest, as they say, is history.
MFB
Source: Clarin
