Short Biography:
Guy Berryman was born as Guy Rupert Berryman, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. As Berryman started an engineering degree at University College London but he dropped out of his engineering course and switched to a seven-year architecture program. He dropped out of his architecture degree after one year to focus on playing bass with Coldplay. While his bandmates were still continuing their degrees, Berryman worked as a barman in a local London pub.
In 2004, Guy collaborated with Magne Furuholmen of a-ha, Guy's big musical hero, on his solo album Past Perfect Future Tense playing the song Kryptonite.
In 2008, Berryman participated to the Movie Soundtheme of Umi no Shanghai. He also
played the bass guitar in Furuholmen's A Dot of Black in the Blue of Your Bliss. In the same year he collaborated with Magne Furuholmen, Jonas Bjerre and Martin Terefe under the band name of Apparatjik for the theme to the BBC2 series, Amazon. The theme is available along with exclusive tracks from various other artists on the Survival International charity album, Songs for Survival.
Apparatjik has recently announced on their Twitter and Facebook pages that a new track called Electric Eye will be available on the 30th of November as a free download on their website. Apparatjik made their very first live performance at the eleventh edition of club transmediale, an annual festival in Berlin, due to take place between 28th January and 7th February 2010.
This first ever performance of Apparatjik took place inside a specially constructed cube at the WMF on Monday, February 1st, 2010. On the same day saw the release of their debut album, titled We Are Here. Berryman is left-handed but chooses to play the bass the orthodo way.
In 2004, Berryman married Joanna Briston, in a low key ceremony in the City of Westminster. They have one daughter, Nico, born on September 2006.
In 2004, Guy collaborated with Magne Furuholmen of a-ha, Guy's big musical hero, on his solo album Past Perfect Future Tense playing the song Kryptonite.
In 2008, Berryman participated to the Movie Soundtheme of Umi no Shanghai. He also
played the bass guitar in Furuholmen's A Dot of Black in the Blue of Your Bliss. In the same year he collaborated with Magne Furuholmen, Jonas Bjerre and Martin Terefe under the band name of Apparatjik for the theme to the BBC2 series, Amazon. The theme is available along with exclusive tracks from various other artists on the Survival International charity album, Songs for Survival.
Apparatjik has recently announced on their Twitter and Facebook pages that a new track called Electric Eye will be available on the 30th of November as a free download on their website. Apparatjik made their very first live performance at the eleventh edition of club transmediale, an annual festival in Berlin, due to take place between 28th January and 7th February 2010.
This first ever performance of Apparatjik took place inside a specially constructed cube at the WMF on Monday, February 1st, 2010. On the same day saw the release of their debut album, titled We Are Here. Berryman is left-handed but chooses to play the bass the orthodo way.
In 2004, Berryman married Joanna Briston, in a low key ceremony in the City of Westminster. They have one daughter, Nico, born on September 2006.