Los Angeles Concerts

If you’re someone who loves to listen to alternative rock then songs like “Yellow”, “Fix you” and “The Scientist” should sound very familiar to you. If you’re not very familiar then these songs were by the London based, alternative rock band called Coldplay. This band, formed in 1998, has achieved great heights in the music industry. they’ve even been compared to musical sensations like U2, Travis and even Radiohead.

Now originally this band was called Pectoralz can consisted of Chris Martin on vocals, keyboard and guitar, Jonny Buckland on the lead guitar and Guy Berryman on bass guitar. In 1997 this group changed their name again and this time it was to Starfish and they used to perform gigs at small pubs.

Then the band was finally joined by its final member, Will Champion on the drums and they finally changed their name to Coldplay. Now the bands very first single was called Safety EP. Now the first release after Coldplay joined Fierce Panda which is an independent label was called Brothers and Sisters EP consisting of 3 tracks. Now after this they recorded another EP which was called The Blue Room. Now during the recording of this, Martin had kicked out Champion from the band but had later on pleaded for his return.

Finally after settling all their differenced they released their debut album called Parachutes. The first single which was released from this album was called “Shiver” which gained a number 35 on the UK chart, the next one called “Yellow” went to number 4 on the charts and thus made the public conscious about this band.

“Parachutes” was released in 2000 which toped the albums chart in the UK and led to a Grammy win. Then came A Rush of Blood to the head which included tracks like “In My Place”, “Clocks” and the very famous track, “The Scientist”. Now this too fetched them another Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.

This album was succeeded by X & Y which included the leading singles, “Speed of Sound”, “Fix you” and “Talk”. Now their most recent achievement was with the album “Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends”. Now this album is a bit different when compared to the rest of the three. You fill find a touch of a blues style in some of their songs along with a lot of guitar riffs which are distorted. Now this album was basically a way for this infamous band to explore their creative side and in the end, it landed them up with another Grammy.