Coldplay entered the studio to record their major label debut, The Blue Room EP. Suddenly, overawed by the pressure and consumed by the idea that they must now become "more professional", Chris Martin turned on the band--and on Will Champion in particular.

"Things were going wrong in the studio and I told Will it was his fault," says Martin. "He'd be out of time once and I'd be telling him he was shit."

Champion walked out.

"It was an awful time. For a week Coldplay didn't exist," continues Martin. "And it was all my fault. I thought to myself, You fucking twat. I was so nervous of us fucking up our chance I'd become obsessed with whether we were a technically good band or not. I apologised, but I felt I had to pay, so I got drunk."

In a strange act of penance, Martin forced himself to drink beer, then vodka and Ribena at Berryman's flat. Berryman left him alone to go and meet his girlfriend, and returned to find Martin begging for mercy in his toilet.

"He's not been drunk since," says Berryman. "Chris brings quite enough spice to our lives without alcohol being involved. When his energy is up he's brilliant. Creatively he's great. But when his energy is down, it makes things tough. That was a horrible time which I could never go through again."

 

http://www.easytoplease.net/interviews.php?page=qaugust

 

 

edit : adding some pics of Guy drunk :P (not really)

 

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Jonny used to smoke (as in the 2003 DVD) but he said in an interview a few years ago that he had quit. What a good boy! :D

 

I imagine he still has a beer or two though! ;) Although they are all dads now so I'm guessing they probably don't drink as much as they used to. You can't be wasted all the time and out all night when you have a baby around. I don't think their wives would put up with that! :laugh3:

As Will said in The Spin article "You have to choose your benders" jokingly lol

Thanks for the article. Ironically enough, I just heard a clip from an interview Chris did where he talked about kicking him out.

 

Poor Will. :tongue: