Jon Buckland

Jonathan Mark Buckland born 11 September 1977 is an Englishborn Welsh musician and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist and cofounder of the rock band Coldplay Raised in Pantymwyn he began to play guitar from an early age being influenced by acts such as the Stone Roses My Bloody Valentine and U2 Noted for sparse and delicate arrangements he uses the slide bar and delay pedal with a stylistic chiming and ringing timbre that led to comparisons with the Edge Buckland has a degree in astronomy and mathematics at University College London where he formed Coldplay with Chris Martin Guy Berryman and Will Champion The group signed with Parlophone in 1999 finding global fame through the release of Parachutes 2000 and subsequent records He won seven Grammy Awards and nine Brit Awards as part of Coldplay The band have sold over 100 million albums worldwide as of 2021a making them the most successful group of the 21st century From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia