1. Guy Rupert Berryman was born on 12 April 1978 and is a Scottish musician, songwriter, producer, businessman and designer.
25 Facts About Guy Berryman
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Guy Berryman is best known as the bassist of the rock band Coldplay and electronic supergroup Apparatjik.
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Guy Berryman has won seven Grammy Awards and nine Brit Awards as part of Coldplay.
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Guy Rupert Berryman was born on 12 April 1978 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.
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Guy Berryman is the youngest son of engineer Rupert Berryman and his wife Elizabeth, whose family were merchants and factory owners in the region.
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Guy Berryman's education was continued at Kent College, in Canterbury.
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Guy Berryman then enrolled in mechanical engineering at University College London, where he met Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion, eventually forming Coldplay.
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Guy Berryman was the third member to join the band in 1997.
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Guy Berryman later dropped out of his original degree and enrolled in a seven-year architecture programme at the Bartlett, which in turn was abandoned to focus on playing bass.
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Guy Berryman formed a supergroup called Apparatjik with Magne Furuholmen, Jonas Bjerre and Martin Terefe in 2008.
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Guy Berryman oversees the project from his garage and works as its creative director.
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Guy Berryman set its headquarters in Amsterdam and handles both styling and creative direction, though the former role is shared with Marcel Verheijen.
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Guy Berryman said that his focus is on longevity, making occasional updates instead of following the traditional seasonal calendar.
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Still in 2020, Guy Berryman helped to release a plant-based protein food start-up called Bodyhero.
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Guy Berryman then donated part of his personal archive to Marrkt in 2022, with the proceeds going to Save the Children.
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Guy Berryman guested on Magne Furuholmen's debut album, Past Perfect Future Tense, along with Champion.
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Guy Berryman played bass on the subsequent A Dot of Black in the Blue of Your Bliss as well.
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Guy Berryman then provided pictures for the booklet of a-ha's ninth album, Foot of the Mountain.
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Guy Berryman played instruments like the guitar, glockenspiel, omnichord, keyboards and percussion on the latter record.
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Guy Berryman mentioned the first "proper" bass used after joining Coldplay was a Rickenbacker 4001, which can be seen on the music video for "Shiver".
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When questioned about his musical taste, Guy Berryman stated that it was hard to condense it down, but he "could not live without the Beatles or Motown".
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Guy Berryman is a known supporter of Raith Rovers, showing interest in photography, fashion and electrical gadgets as well.
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Guy Berryman subsequently moved to the Cotswolds and built a workshop to repair the cars from his collection.
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Guy Berryman likewise is the founder of Dawghaus, an online catalogue focused on curating "the best in design" and promoting well-established creations alongside the ones he thinks that deserve more attention.
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Guy Berryman is the only Coldplay member with a personal social media account.