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Guy Berryman

Scottish bassist · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Born 1978 · age 48

Guy Rupert Berryman is a Scottish musician, songwriter, producer, businessman and designer. He is best known as the bassist of the rock band Coldplay and electronic supergroup Apparatjik.

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  1. 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.

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  2. I'm in love with a lot of things. Some of those things love me back. And some of them don't--and one of them is Radiohead.

    In response to Thom Yorke's comment that Coldplay makes "lifestyle music", Own words

  3. I don't concentrate on technical things like where a microphone is placed and things like that.

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Raised in Kirkcaldy, he started to play bass at an early age, drawing inspiration from James Brown, the Funk Brothers and Kool & the Gang. His projects beyond music include The Road Rat magazine and Amsterdam-based fashion brand Applied Art Forms.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1978 · age 48

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