The Most Famous Bands Who Started In College

 The band was first organized by Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, who met during orientation week at University College London. They called their band Pectoralz, but renamed themselves Starfish a year later, as they welcomed another UCL student, Guy Gerryman, into the band. Martin recruited Phil Harvey as manager, and Will Champion joined soon after as percussionist. The group adopted the name Coldplay after a student who’d had a band by the same name suggested the change.