Author Martin Roach reveals how the band members met, played their early gigs, financed their own early Eps and how - with four hit albums under their belt - they still continue to maintain a tight degree of control over their output. Featuring insights into Coldplay's professional insecurities and anxieties, their very successful efforts to crack the US, the notoriously angst-ridden personality of lead vocalist Chris Martin and the bands continuing personal and professional evolution with each of their acclaimed albums.