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13. Coldplay

The members of the band met at the University College London in 1996. They went through a myriad of names before deciding on Coldplay. Their first name was Pectoralz. Their second name was Starfish. The final name was "Coldplay." Coldplay was suggested by Tim Crompton, a local student who had been using the name for his group (the had split up). Tim got the name Coldplat from a poetry book called Child's Reflections, Cold Play by Philip Horky.
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