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Contenido INTRODUCCIÓN .............................................................................................................................. 3

MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS ................................................................................................................ 6

RESULTADOS .................................................................................................................................. 7

CONCLUSIONES ............................................................................................................................. 8

Formation and early years (1992–1998) ............................................................................... 9

First EPs and Showbiz (1998–2000) ..................................................................................... 9

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INTRODUCCIÓN

COLDPLAY

Coldplay are an English alternative rock band, formed in London in 1997. Chris Martin, who became the lead vocalist and frontman of the band and Jonny Buckland, who became lead guitarist, were looking forward to form a band while at University College London.

[1] After forming Pectoralz, Guy

Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish afterwards.

[2] Will Champion joined as a

drummer and backup vocalist who plays various instruments, making the band's lineup complete. Out of the four, one member was considered to be fifth of the group; Phil Harvey has been the group's band manager.

[3] The band finally

renamed to "Coldplay" in 1998.[4]

Tim Rice-Oxley was to be added to the lineup, but he refused to as he is working with Keane.

[5] The band later recorded and released three EPs;

Safety in 1998, Brothers & Sisters as a single in 1999 and The Blue Room in the same year. The latter was their first release on a major label, after signing to Parlophone.

[6]

Coldplay's early material was compared to acts such as Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, U2, and Travis.

[7] They achieved

worldwide fame with the release of the single "Yellow" in 2000, followed by their debut album released in the same year, Parachutes, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. The band's second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), won multiple awards, including NME's Album of the Year. Their next release, X&Y, received a slightly less enthusiastic yet still generally positive reception upon its release in 2005. The band's fourth studio album, Viva la Vida

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or Death and All His Friends (2008), was produced by Brian Eno and released again to largely favourable reviews, earning several Grammy nominations and wins.

[8] Coldplay have sold

over 50 million records worldwide.[9]

Since the release of Parachutes, Coldplay have drawn influence from other sources, including Echo & the Bunnymen,

[10] Kate Bush, George Harrison

[11] and Muse

[12] on

A Rush of Blood to the Head, Johnny Cash and Kraftwerk for X&Y

[13] and Blur, Arcade Fire and My Bloody Valentine on

Viva la Vida.[14]

Coldplay have been an active supporter of various social and political causes, such as Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign and Amnesty International. The group have also performed at various charity projects such as Band Aid 20, Live 8, Sound Relief, Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief, and the Teenage Cancer Trust.

[15]

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Happy birthday Parachutes July 10, 2010 8:38 am Coldplay's first album was released ten years ago today

Good morning. Ten years ago today, on 10 July 2000,

Coldplay released their debut album, Parachutes. To

celebrate the anniversary, we thought you might like to hear

this version of High Speed which the band performed that

very day, during a special album launch gig at HMV in

London's Oxford Street (actually the band's 100th show). Big

thanks to Xfm for the audio. We even managed to dig out a

pass from the day...

Time flies...

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MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS

Strawberry Swing up for MTV Video Award August 4, 2010 1:19 pm Video nominated for 2010 Awards

Good afternoon. We're very pleased to report that the

Strawberry Swing video has been nominated for an award at

this year's MTV Video Music Awards. The video is up for the

Breakthrough Video award (we think they mean

"breakthrough" as in the the video broke new ground).

The winners will be announced at the ceremony in LA on

September 12th. As this is one of the awards in the

"Professional Categories", voting will not be open to the

public.

Click here if you'd like to remind yourself what a lovely video it

is.

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RESULTADOS

MUSE

Muse are an English alternative rock band from Teignmouth, Devon. Since their inception in 1994, the band has comprised Matthew Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion, synthesizers). After the release of the album Black Holes and Revelations, Morgan Nicholls (keyboards, percussion, bass guitar) has performed live with the band. Muse are known for their energetic and extravagant live performances

[1][2][3] and their fusion of many

music genres, including progressive rock, alternative rock, classical music, heavy metal, and electronica with recurring themes of revolution.

[4]

Muse have released five studio albums: Showbiz (1999), Origin of Symmetry (2001), Absolution (2003), Black Holes and Revelations (2006), and The Resistance (2009). The band have also issued three live albums, HAARP (2008), Absolution Tour (2005), and a compilation of B-sides, Hullabaloo Soundtrack (2002).

Black Holes and Revelations earned the band a Mercury Prize nomination and a third place finish in the NME Albums of the Year list for 2006.

[5] Muse have won many other music awards

throughout their career, including five MTV Europe Music Awards, five Q Awards, eight NME Awards, two BRIT awards

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and four Kerrang! Awards. Before the release of The Resistance, Muse had sold over ten million albums worldwide.

[6]

CONCLUSIONES

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Formation and early years (1992–1998)

The members of Muse played in separate bands during their stay at Teignmouth Community College in the early 1990s, but the formation of Muse began when Bellamy successfully auditioned for the part of guitarist in Dominic Howard's band. They asked Chris Wolstenholme - who played the drums at the time - to learn to play bass guitar for the band; the other original members of Gothic Plague left after Bellamy suggested that they write their own songs rather than doing covers. Wolstenholme agreed and took up lessons, while Bellamy had to become singer and songwriter for the band.

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Matt and Dom's first band name was Gothic Plague. After Gothic Plague came Fixed Penalty, and after Rocket Baby Dolls.

[7] In 1994 the band used the name Rocket Baby Dolls

[8]

with a goth/glam image to compete in a local battle of the bands. The band won the contest, smashing their equipment in the process.

[9][10] "It was supposed to be a protest, a

statement," Bellamy said, "so, when we actually won, it was a real shock, a massive shock. After that, we started taking ourselves seriously." Shortly after the contest, the three decided to forget university, quit their jobs, change the band name to Muse, and move away from Teignmouth.

[11] The

name "Muse" was inspired by Matt Bellamy's art teacher. The art teacher mentioned the word "Muses". Matt then looked it up in the dictionary and decided to shorten it to "Muse." Also, because it was short and the members felt it looked good on a poster.

[12]

First EPs and Showbiz (1998–2000)

After a few years building a fan base, Muse played their first gigs in London and Manchester. The band had a significant

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meeting with Dennis Smith, the owner of Sawmills Studio, situated in a converted water mill in Cornwall. He had seen the three boys grow up as he knew their parents and had a production company together with their manager to-be Safta Jaffery.

[13]

This meeting led to their first proper recordings and the release of the Muse EP on Sawmills' in-house Dangerous label.

[9] Their second EP, the Muscle Museum EP, reached

number 3 in the indie singles chart and attracted the attention of British radio broadcaster Steve Lamacq as well as the weekly British music publication NME.

[14] Dennis Smith

introduced the band to Safta Jaffery with whom he had recently started the record label Taste Media. Muse signed with Smith and Jaffery and recorded their first three albums, Showbiz, Origin of Symmetry, and Absolution, with Taste Media.

[15]

Despite the success of their second EP, British record companies were reluctant to sign Muse. It was after a trip to New York's CMJ Festival that an American record label flew them to Los Angeles to showcase. Nanci Walker, then Sr. Director of A&R at Columbia Records, flew Muse to the U. S. to showcase for Columbia Record's then Senior Vice President of A&R, Tim Devine, as well as for American Recording's Rick Rubin. It was during this trip, on 24 December 1998, that Muse signed a deal with Maverick Records.

[16] Upon their return from America, Taste Media

arranged deals for Muse with various record labels in Europe and Australia, allowing them to maintain control over their career in individual countries.

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John Leckie was brought in to produce the band's first record, Showbiz. The album showcased the band's soft style, and the

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lyrics made reference to the difficulties they had encountered while trying to establish themselves in Teignmouth.

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