Guy Berryman
Guy Berryman
Guy Rupert Berrymanis a Scottish musician, multi-instrumentalist and producer, best known as the bassist for the groups Coldplay and Apparatjik. Berryman is left-handed but plays the bass right-handed...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth12 April 1978
CityKirkcaldy, Scotland
aspects side speed style
Speed of Sound' demonstrates one side of the album. So we thought we should do a different style of song, a ballad, just to show there are other aspects to the album.
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I've never been away from home for this length of time before, ... By the time I get home, I will have been on the road for nine weeks. When it's over, I think I'm going to have a good few weeks off just sitting on a beach somewhere.
amazing remember
That was an amazing night. I remember it very well,
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White Shadows' is one of my favorite songs on the record, ... It's just really strong rhythmically. And the fact that it's going down so well with crowds is very cool.
crowds fact favorite songs strong
'White Shadows' is one of my favorite songs on the record, ... It's just really strong rhythmically. And the fact that it's going down so well with crowds is very cool.
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I think I've kind of got the best position. I get all the benefits of being in one of the biggest bands in the world and have a certain anonymity as well. So I'm perfectly happy with the situation.
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Chris has an amazing ability to get the crowd going and get everyone singing along, ... He tries to make them feel very much that they're contributing to the atmosphere of the place. I think if you can make people feel involved like that, then it makes for a better experience for the audience and for us on stage.
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It was pretty weird. And it's pretty amazing that no one died in that crash. It's not the best way to start a tour,
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At first, we spent a lot of time treading water and not really knowing which songs we were doing and which way we were going, ... And then we locked into the right groove. Everything really came together in the last three months. It just took a long time to find our feet, so to speak.
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On 'X&Y,' we're utilizing the band a bit more, ... In the same way that when you listen to Pink Floyd and the Beatles, just for example, it's all about the band. It's a development and a natural organic growth from where we left off.
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I'll take a run around the venue and right past all the fans, and nobody realizes I'm running past them,
personality brain different
We have very similar brains. But they come out in different personalities.
believe giving imperfection
I only shoot on film. I like the quality, the grain and the imperfections. It offers me something much more rewarding than any digital camera can give me. I believe the extra expense is worth it.
song feelings trying
I don't concentrate on technical things like where a microphone is placed and things like that. As a producer, I try to keep the initial feeling from when I first heard a song and make sure we do what were initially aiming for.