1. Jonathan Mark Buckland was born on 11 September 1977 and is a British musician and songwriter.
25 Facts About Jonny Buckland
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Jonny Buckland is best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay.
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Jonny Buckland's compositions are noted for being sparse and delicate, using delay pedals and slide bars with a timbre that led to comparisons to the Edge.
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Jonny Buckland has a 2:1 degree in astronomy and mathematics from University College London, where he formed Coldplay along with Chris Martin, Guy Berryman and Will Champion.
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Jonny Buckland received a total of seven Grammy Awards and nine Brit Awards as part of Coldplay.
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Jonathan Mark Jonny Buckland was born on 11 September 1977 in Islington, London, England.
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Jonny Buckland is the second child of John Buckland, a former teacher at Holywell High School, and his wife Joy.
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Jonny Buckland earned the Ron Bishop Trophy while in the Year 5 sports team.
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Jonny Buckland was encouraged to acquire further experience on the guitar by his brother Tim, who shared works from George Harrison, My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Sonic Youth, the Stone Roses and U2 with him.
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The former's debut album is what motivated Jonny Buckland to choose his instrument, though the first chords he learned were from "Kinky Afro" by Happy Mondays.
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Jonny Buckland used to have piano lessons when he was seven years old, but did not enjoy them.
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Jonny Buckland then joined the Scouts when he was 11 years old and mentioned still liking the uniform in 2008.
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Jonny Buckland's education was continued at University College London, where he attained a 2:1 degree in astronomy and mathematics and formed Coldplay with Chris Martin, Guy Berryman and Will Champion.
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Jonny Buckland was responsible for co-founding the band along with Martin; they met each other during UCL's orientation week in 1996.
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In Coldplay, Jonny Buckland is usually regarded as quiet, friendly, unassuming and "the wise owl" of the group.
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Jonny Buckland guest starred on Ian McCulloch's third album, Slideling, by playing guitar in the songs "Sliding" and "Arthur".
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Jonny Buckland typically uses a Fender 72' Telecaster Thinline, which is known to have fuller sounds compared to other models.
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Jonny Buckland is occasionally seen playing Jazzmaster, Jaguar and Gibson ES-335 models as well, the latter being central to A Rush of Blood to the Head.
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Jonny Buckland has at least two Fender Hot Rod DeVille amplifiers, but reports showing their exact version are contradictory.
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Jonny Buckland's pedals include the Fulltone OCD for boost; the Electro-Harmonix Micro POG, Pro Co RAT and TS9 Ibanez Tube Screamer for distortion; the BOSS RV-3 for reverb; and the BOSS TR-2 for tremolo.
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Jonny Buckland makes extensive use of the Strymon Timeline, Line 6 DL4 and MXR Phase 90 units.
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Jonny Buckland married jewellery designer Chloe Lee-Evans in November 2009.
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Jonny Buckland purchased the first of them for $3.4 million in 2008, while the second was bought for $4.5 million in 2016.
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Jonny Buckland is godfather to Martin's daughter Apple along with English actor Simon Pegg.
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Jonny Buckland's great-grandfather formed a band named Vic Buckland's Dance Orchestra between the late 1910s and early 1920s, a photograph of them was used as an inspiration for the album cover and vintage aesthetics seen on Everyday Life.