Check Out How Your Favorite Musicians Stumbled Into Choosing Their Now-Iconic Names

Coldplay Was Almost Called Starfish

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Coldplay is already an obscure name, but frontman Chris Martin wanted the group to be called Starfish. But when Martin’s fellow friend and musician who was in a band named Coldplay ditched the name, Martin asked if his group could use it.

The original Coldplay too their name from an anthology of children’s poem called Child’s Reflections: Cold Play. Today, the second Coldplay has sold more than 72 million albums worldwide.