Guy Berryman
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| Guy Berryman | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 12 April 1978 Kirkcaldy, Scotland |
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Occupations | Bassist |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, Electric piano, Guitar, vocals, drums,mandolin |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Associated acts | Coldplay, Apparatjik |
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| Fender Precision Bass | |
Guy Rupert Berryman (12 April 1978, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland) is the bassist and member of the group Coldplay.
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[edit] Coldplay
As Berryman started an engineering degree at University College London, he somehow heard rough versions of Chris Martin's songs, and, drunkenly, approached him in the student bar demanding to be admitted into the "band", which then consisted of Chris Martin and his best friend Jonny Buckland.[1] Soon after, he dropped out of his engineering course and switched to a seven-year architecture program.[1] He dropped out of his architecture degree after one year to focus on playing bass with Coldplay. While his bandmates were still continuing their degrees, Berryman worked as a barman in a local London pub. Jonathan Ross stated "Guy, I think you're the best looking one in the band!"
During the Twisted Logic Tour for the promotion of Coldplay's third album, X&Y, Berryman took candid pictures of the band with disposable cameras and threw them to the audience.[2]
[edit] Personal life
Berryman was educated at an independent school in Scotland, The Edinburgh Academy, and Kent, at Kent College Canterbury, before attending University College London. In 2004, Berryman married Joanna Briston, his childhood sweetheart,[3] in a low key ceremony in the City of Westminster. They have one daughter, Nico, born on 17 September 2006.[4][5] Briston used to run a clothing shop called Jezebell in London. The opening of the store was attended by bandmates Jonny Buckland and Will Champion, and their partners. In March 2007, Coldplay's spokesman confirmed that Guy and Joanna separated after three years of marriage.[6]
Berryman is an avid supporter of Raith Rovers F.C., from his native town Kirkcaldy. He is also interested in fashion and electronic gadgets.[2]
Berryman owns a vintage retro style juke box and collects Motown and Stax 7" singles to play on it. He jokes that he knows "every secondhand vinyl shop in every major U.S. city".[2]
According to an article released by MSN UK in April 2008, Berryman has an estimated wealth of £25 million.[7]
[edit] Other musical projects
In 2004 Guy (and Will Champion) collaborated with Magne Furuholmen of a-ha, Guy's big musical hero[8], on his solo album Past Perfect Future Tense playing the song Kryptonite. In 2008 Berryman participated to the Movie Soundtheme of Umi no Shanghai and he played the bass guitar in Furuholmen's A Dot Of Black In The Blue Of Your Bliss. In the same year he collaborated with Magne Furuholmen, Jonas Bjerre (of Mew) and Martin Terefe under the band name of Apparatjik for the theme to the BBC2 series, Amazon[9]. The theme will be available along with exclusive tracks from various other artists on the Survival International charity album, Songs for Survival. Apparatjik has recently announced on their Twitter and Facebook pages that a new track called "Electric Eye" will be available on the 30th of November, as a free download on their website. Berryman is left-handed but chooses to play bass the orthodox way.
[edit] Non-musical credits
Berryman was credited with providing photographs for the inner sleeve of the album Foot of the Mountain, released by Norwegian pop band a-ha in 2009.[10]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b Roach, Martin (2003). Coldplay: Nobody Said It Was Easy. Location unknown:Omnibus Press, 18. ISBN 0711998108
- ^ a b c Scaggs, Austin; Corbijn, Anton (2005-08-25), "COLDPLAY'S QUIET STORM". Rolling Stone. (981):40-46
- ^ Killkelly, Daniel (2007-05-12). "Coldplay star splits from wife". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a46475/coldplay-star-splits-from-wife.html. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ^ Montgomery, James (2006-10-02). "No Five-Year Hiatus For Coldplay — But They Are Taking A Break". MTV News (mtv.com (MTV Networks)). http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1542172/20061002/coldplay.jhtml. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- ^ "Coldplay to take hiatus?". Ireland On-Line. 2006-10-02. http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=197123672&p=y97yz4378. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
- ^ Taylor, Chris (2007-05-12). "Coldplay Star Splits With Wife". Entertainment Wise. http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news?id=31578. Retrieved 2008-07-11. "Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman has split from his childhood sweetheart wife Joanna just six months after the birth of their first child"
- ^ 4 - Guy Berryman, £25 million - Salary centre
- ^ http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1702314.ece
- ^ "Coldplay and A-ha team up". Teletext. http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/news/3374790848323d90a6c099afcc851183/Coldplay+and+A-ha+team+up.aspx. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ http://www.a-ha.com/music/discography/cd/AHA_AlbumDetails.aspx?albumid=7295084b-60c7-4f7f-a32b-b5932d7545dc
[edit] References
- Roach, Martin (2003). Coldplay: Nobody Said It Was Easy. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9810-8.
[edit] External links
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- Coldplay's Official site
- Coldplay's Wiki
- Guy Berryman's fansite
- Apparatjik's Official website (Created by Guy Berryman and the supergroup themself)
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