How a star’s image develops over time through music videos? I am analysing Coldplay. The band were formed in 1996 by Chris Martin the lead vocalist and pianist and Jonny Buckland lead guitarist . They originally formed under the name Pectoralz. Then Guy Berryman joined as a bassist and they changed again to Starfish. Then Will Champion joined as a drummer and backing vocalist. Creative director is referred to as a fifth member of the band. The band named themselves “Coldplay” in 1998 before they recorded their EP’s the same year . The music genres are al ternative rock, post-Britpop, pop rock, pop and piano rock. There early image showed them as unique not only with the music they made but also with the way they made videos. It had under water shoots and it was all filmed on a hand held camera . They also had furniture on the beach this would have made the video stand out. The video doesn't really tell a story that goes with the lyrics. The main thi