Coldplay: Viva Coldplay! - A Biography

by Roach, Martin

• ISBN13: 9781849385466
• ISBN10: 1849385467
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-01
• Publisher: Omnibus Press

Summary

A Riveting Portrait of the Band Whose Award-Winning Debut Album Sold Nearly Five Million Units.

Author Biography

Martin Roach traces Coldplay's history from their self-financed early records through the hit albums-including Viva La Vida's collaboration with Brain Eno-to the present day. On the way he explores the band's professional insecurities, their chosen political causes and their unswerving commitment to retaining artistic control of the music.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Winners and Losers In Cool Britannia	p. 1
Safety In Numbers	p. 13
Harvest Festivals And The Feeding Of The 100,000	p. 25
Turning Up The Heat	p. 29
Yellow	p. 35
One Thousand, Two Thousand, Three Thousand... Check... Five Million	p. 43
(Un)fitter, But Happier?	p. 51
Bed-wetters, Plain And Simple	p. 57
Cauliflower-gate	p. 63
Spending Time With Uncle Sam (Inc.)	p. 71
The Yellow Man	p. 79
Mac The Knife	p. 85
The Rush Begins	p. 95
Going Round The Bends	p. 109
Sneaking In Through The (Sliding) Doors	p. 115
When Will We Be Kings?	p. 121
Memories From My Father's Car	p. 125
New Beginnings	p. 131
Off The Radar	p. 139
Alien Digital Rabbits Etc	p. 147
X&Y	p. 155
Drumsticks	p. 167
The Fabulous Baker Boys	p. 173
"Have we Cracked It Yet?"	p. 185
A Fresh Start	p. 195
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