- Will Champion
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Name = Will Champion
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Background = solo_singer
Born = Birth date and age|1978|7|31|df=ySouthampton ,England
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Instrument = drums, vocals,Piano ,Guitar
Genre =Alternative rock
Occupation = Drummer, Musician
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Label =Parlophone , Capitol
Associated_acts =Coldplay
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Notable_instruments =William "Will" Champion (born 31 July 1978) is the
drummer of the bandColdplay .Champion was born in
Southampton ,Hampshire ,England where his father, Timothy Champion, is professor ofarchaeology at theUniversity of Southampton . Having two teacher parents led him to be musically inclined. As a youth, his musical influences includedTom Waits and traditional Irish folk music. He grew up playingguitar , but also had experience on thepiano , bass, andtin whistle . Before joining Coldplay, he performed in a band called Fat Hamster.He attended the
Cantell Secondary School in Bassett, Southampton and TheRoyal Hospital School ,Holbrook, Suffolk before studyinganthropology atUniversity College London , where he met his future bandmates and formed Coldplay, despite having no experience on the drums. The multi-instrumentalist picked up the drums quickly and earned fulltime duties on the band. According to lead singerChris Martin , "Will is like a humanjukebox , he's more a guitarist than a drummer. Me and Will used to sit on the stairs at our halls of residence and he'd know more songs than anyone. You name it, he'd play it."In Autumn 2004, Champion and Coldplay bassist
Guy Berryman guested ona-ha keyboardist Magne Furuholmen's first soloalbum , "Past Perfect Future Tense".Champion was the first Coldplay member to marry: He married Marianne Dark, a teacher, in 2003. Their first child, a girl called Ava, was born on 28 April 2006. On 7 May 2008, Marianne gave birth to fraternal twins Juno and Rex.
Champion is a fan of
Southampton F.C. and he is a season ticket holder at the South Coast team.Equipment
Cymbals (From drummer's left):
*Zildjian 14" A CustomHi-hat
* Zildjian 18" A Custom Crash
* Zildjian 22" K Custom Ride
* Zildjian 19" A Custom Crash As seen on "Live from Austin City Limits":
*Zildjian 14" K CustomHi-hat
* Zildjian 18" A Custom Crash
* Zildjian 22" K Custom Heavy Ride
* Zildjian 19" K Custom Dark CrashDrums:
*Yamaha 24" Bass Drum
*Yamaha 16"Floor Tom
*Yamaha 12" Rack Tom
*Yamaha Maple Absolute 14" Snare
* 2 x Brady 14" SnareReferences
* [http://www.pleasureunit.com/coldplay/band.php?category=will]
*Roach, Martin (2003). "Coldplay: Nobody Said It Was Easy". Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9810-8.External links
* [http://www.coldplay.com Official Coldplay site]
* [http://www.wikicoldplay.com Coldplay Wiki]
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