To pursue a career in music Chris realized that he would have to move to London So in 1996, he enrolled at University College London and studied history That's where he met future band members Will, John and Guy Most of our friends, people said (?) Same mates, same mates they always said Yeah... [laughters] I don't think it's all uncommon For bands to originate at school Because like America and Great Britain alike This happens all the time Because I think especially a university Because for the first time You're completely surrounded by people The alike minded, their searching for similar things You know, you've got other talent and musicians around you But yet you're completely secured in the face In a sense that you're on campus or whatever You've got some source of support from family But yet you're on your own for the first time The four of them were all housed in the same building Although they were studying very different subject They all shared a passion for music And London gave them the perfect playing ground To see what other bands were out there Whenever possible They were going to gigs I can understand why Chris Martin went to London to form the band Because (?) companies are there, record companies are there All the big bands play there You know, if you wanna see any band that you like It's always better to go off and see it in London Because no in doubt that they'll always be on tour They were always gonna threw this It was always a good idea to go out there Plus, the fact you got people living there You wanna be in bands and wanna make it big London's like this perfect setting For the music industry to really, you know, explode Because you've got such a diversity, you know Diversity of culture It's like the culture of center for the world, you know There's so much going on If you wanna go to Reggae gate, you go to Reggae gate If you wanna go to like a guitar base gate You go to that You can go to whatever kind of music you wanna go to London's a great place for music Probably the capital city of music No matter what style that you're into Be Punk, Goth, Indie, Rock There's always clubs and places to play There's all those venues and market, the stores, and the (?) Also lots of pubs, have nice bands playing It's at these where you can meet people Or often into forming bands as well When they were not studying They would go to watch bands Guy and John would hang out in Chris's room And together they would write songs A lot of the material that would end up on the band's first album Came together here They wrote hundreds of songs Before finally picking with tracks Which would become world-wide hits To sit down with a group of peple, like If you intended to go out and, like Join a band and have a successful career within that band I mean, starting from a point where you'll just sort of sit down And have a jam with someone I think it's more than important, it's vital Which is why so many bands successful that come out of university Because they've had the opportunity in a time To just sit down together, relax, have a smoke, you know Just sit and jam And just pick each other's brains And I think when you do that And you get yourself in that sort of situation The more you just sort of work with it and it just evolves
[00:06.25]To pursue a career in music [00:09.21]Chris realized that he would have to move to London [00:11.83]So in 1996, he enrolled at University College London and studied history [00:17.55]That's where he met future band members [00:19.95]Will, John and Guy [00:23.13]Most of our friends, people said (?) [00:26.24]Same mates, same mates they always said [00:27.78]Yeah... [laughters] [00:34.24]I don't think it's all uncommon [00:35.86]For bands to originate at school [00:38.16]Because like America and Great Britain alike [00:41.50]This happens all the time [00:43.95]Because I think especially a university [00:46.53]Because for the first time [00:48.49]You're completely surrounded by people [00:50.71]The alike minded, their searching for similar things [00:55.08]You know, you've got other talent and musicians around you [00:58.34]But yet you're completely secured in the face [01:00.62]In a sense that you're on campus or whatever [01:04.55]You've got some source of support from family [01:07.07]But yet you're on your own for the first time [01:10.55]The four of them were all housed in the same building [01:12.70]Although they were studying very different subject [01:15.46]They all shared a passion for music [01:18.16]And London gave them the perfect playing ground [01:20.79]To see what other bands were out there [01:22.94]Whenever possible [01:24.12]They were going to gigs [01:25.51]I can understand why Chris Martin went to London to form the band [01:29.03]Because (?) companies are there, record companies are there [01:32.94]All the big bands play there [01:35.17]You know, if you wanna see any band that you like [01:39.11]It's always better to go off and see it in London [01:41.31]Because no in doubt that they'll always be on tour [01:44.85]They were always gonna threw this [01:46.19]It was always a good idea to go out there [01:48.07]Plus, the fact you got people living there [01:49.55]You wanna be in bands and wanna make it big [02:02.25]London's like this perfect setting [02:04.84]For the music industry to really, you know, explode [02:08.37]Because you've got such a diversity, you know [02:12.80]Diversity of culture [02:14.17]It's like the culture of center for the world, you know [02:16.64]There's so much going on [02:18.33]If you wanna go to Reggae gate, you go to Reggae gate [02:21.68]If you wanna go to like a guitar base gate [02:23.72]You go to that [02:24.86]You can go to whatever kind of music you wanna go to [02:32.86]London's a great place for music [02:35.48]Probably the capital city of music [02:36.90]No matter what style that you're into [02:39.11]Be Punk, Goth, Indie, Rock [02:41.26]There's always clubs and places to play [02:43.97]There's all those venues and market, the stores, and the (?) [02:47.90]Also lots of pubs, have nice bands playing [02:51.41]It's at these where you can meet people [02:53.72]Or often into forming bands as well [02:55.65]When they were not studying [02:57.71]They would go to watch bands [02:59.78]Guy and John would hang out in Chris's room [03:02.23]And together they would write songs [03:04.46]A lot of the material that would end up on the band's first album [03:07.35]Came together here [03:09.54]They wrote hundreds of songs [03:10.98]Before finally picking with tracks [03:12.70]Which would become world-wide hits [03:16.16]To sit down with a group of peple, like [03:17.49]If you intended to go out and, like [03:20.39]Join a band and have a successful career within that band [03:25.24]I mean, starting from a point where you'll just sort of sit down [03:29.25]And have a jam with someone [03:30.73]I think it's more than important, it's vital [03:34.80]Which is why so many bands successful that come out of university [03:37.89]Because they've had the opportunity in a time [03:42.57]To just sit down together, relax, have a smoke, you know [03:46.99]Just sit and jam [03:48.21]And just pick each other's brains [03:49.69]And I think when you do that [03:51.65]And you get yourself in that sort of situation [03:54.49]The more you just sort of work with it and it just evolves
