Champion, Will
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Real Name/Full Name: William Champion
Born On: July 31 1978
Genres: Rock
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Will Champion (born 31 July 1978) is the drummer of the band Coldplay.
Champion was born in Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom where his father, Timothy Champion, is professor of archaeology at the University of Southampton. Having two teacher parents led him to be musically inclined. As a youth, his musical influences included Tom Waits and traditional Irish folk music. He grew up playing guitar, but also had experience on the piano, bass, and tin whistle. Before joining Coldplay, he performed in a band called Fat Hamster.
Champion studied anthropology at University 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 singer Chris Martin, "Will is like a human jukebox, 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 Fall 2004, Champion and Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman guested on a-ha keyboardist Magne Furuholmen's first solo album, Past Perfect Future Tense.
| Artist | Champion, Will + |
| Artist Type | Musician + |
| Bd | July 31 1978 + |
| Birth Date | 31 July 1978 + |
| Genre | Rock + |
| Member Of | Coldplay + |
| Page Type | Main Info Page + |
| RID | 1,798,716 + |
