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Starfish. That's the name Coldplay went by for their first gig. The band admitted this early and unfortunate moniker during the CBS Sunday Profile, joking that they joined the band since no girls were sexually attracted to them! Oh, those cheeky Brits. No wonder Gwyneth Paltrow married singer Chris Martin! He's talented, attractive and funny.
The band members said that they choose the name Starfish "out of absolute necessity. We had an hour before the first gig to come up with it." By the second gig, their name was "The Coldplay." The group joked that they had long meetings about their name, but they eventually dropped the "the" and the rest is history.