Jonny Buckland
Jonny Buckland was born in London Borough of Islington, England, United Kingdom on September 11th, 1977 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 46, Jonny Buckland biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Buckland was responsible for co-founding the band along with Martin, they met each other during their orientation week in 1996. Both resided at the university's Ramsay Hall, where Champion mentioned there were "a lot of musicians and a lot of show-offs", but "Jonny was not one of those show-offs", he further added that "the bloke who turned out to be the best guitarist out of all of us was the bloke who had his guitar hidden in his cupboard and who never got it out or was pushy about his guitaring". Martin said that meeting Buckland was "like falling in love". The pair spend the rest of the year planning a band, which led to the formation of Pectoralz. They began to write their first songs together in early 1997 and practised every night. Berryman and Champion joined them in the following months.
The previous group name had already been dropped by 1998, with Starfish being chosen "in a panic" after Champion scheduled their live debut at The Laurel Tree only a few days after he became part of the band. In Coldplay, Buckland is frequently regarded as quiet, friendly, unassuming and "the wise owl" of the group. During an interview, Martin commented spending his "entire life trying to drag him out of the shadows, because I know that he is a guitar hero – to me anyway". The band used his bedroom for rehearsals in their early years, being near the neighbors who "were able to tolerate the noise". They stated in 2019 that Buckland is usually the first to either disapprove or give his input on Martin's initial song ideas, although he was responsible for starting tracks like "Adventure of a Lifetime" on his own, which was released as the lead single for their seventh album A Head Full of Dreams (2015). Despite not being the group's most prominent backing vocalist, he can be heard in many songs and provided lead vocals in "Don't Panic", the opening track of Parachutes (2000).
Buckland guest starred on Ian McCulloch's solo album Slideling (2003) by playing in the tracks "Sliding" and "Arthur". He also made a cameo appearance along with Martin on the comedy horror film Shaun of the Dead (2004). Both of them were featured in Slashed (2010), a low budget independent horror film directed by Northern Irish rock band Ash. In October 2019, he assisted in Jodie Whittaker's "Yellow" cover recording for BBC's Children in Need album along with Champion.
Buckland usually uses a Fender 72' Telecaster Thinline, which is known to have a fuller sound compared to the usual models. He is occasionally seen with Jazzmaster, Jaguar and Gibson ES-335 guitars as well, the latter was used while Coldplay recorded A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002). While he has two Fender Hot Rod DeVille amplifiers, there are conflicting reports on whether they are the 2x12 or 4x10 version. His pedals include Fulltone OCD, which is used for boost; the Electro-Harmonix Micro POG, Pro Co RAT (vintage model) and Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, which are combined for distortion; the BOSS RV-3 for reverb; and BOSS TR-2 for tremolo. He also makes extensive use of the Line 6 DL4 pedal, while a MXR Phase 90 can be heard at the ending riff of the song "Fix You". His favourite Coldplay guitar riff is "Hurts Like Heaven".
Noted for sparse and delicate arrangements, Buckland have stated that "I've never gone in much for the solos. I was always more interested in atmospherics. Listening to bands like Mercury Rev, My Bloody Valentine, or even The Verve, the way those guitarists played. There's no Van Halen in me". His use of slide bar have a stylistic chiming and ringing timbre which led to comparisons with U2's the Edge, who commented during an interview at Glastonbury that "Jonny is an inspiration to guitar players everywhere, I am proud to know that I was one of his main influences. It makes me feel like a real rock star". In 2020, he shared on social media playlists with some of his favourite tracks and artists from each decade, including The Velvet Underground, Carole King, Joy Division, Talking Heads, Kate Bush, Donna Summer, Björk, Beastie Boys and many others.