Viva Coldplay! A Biography

Author Martin Roach reveals how the band members met, played their early gigs, financed their own early EPs and how – with four hit albums under their belt – they still continue to maintain a tight degree of control over their output.Featuring insights into Coldplay's professional insecurities and anxieties, their very successful efforts to crack the US, the notoriously angst-ridden personality of lead vocalist Chris Martin and the bands continuing personal and professional evolution with each of their acclaimed albums, this is an in-depth portrait of one of Britain's most successful bands of the new millennium.Packed with rare photos of the band and including a comprehensive discography.