Guy Rupert Berryman (born 12 April 1978) is a musician and a member of the group Coldplay. He plays bass guitar and is known as the soft-spoken member of the band. Despite being left handed, he plays bass in the orthodox way.
Berryman was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, but he moved to Kent, England at age twelve, where he attended Kent College, a prestigious private school. He has been playing bass guitar since he was sixteen. He grew up on funk and groove music and collects rare editions of those records.
Before forming Coldplay at University College London, Berryman was in a band called Time Out while he was still at school.
His father is an engineer who worked on the Channel Tunnel and currently works with Adrian Hemming. As Guy started an engineering degree at university, he chose engineering. He later found it very difficult and so shifted to architecture. 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, Guy worked as a barman in a local pub.
Berryman's musical influences include James Brown, The Beatles, Kool & The Gang, Pink Floyd, Lyn Collins, Maceo Parker and The JBs.
Guy was never a sportsman during his schooling life as he never liked sports. He spent his time in school playing the Trumpet and Drums in the school band.
He is also known as the 'Dark Horse' of the band, mainly because he is the quietest of the lot and he does not fancy attention. He is media-shy.
He is an avid supporter of Raith Rovers Football Club, from his native town Kirkcaldy.
He is a big fan of Captain America and the Space Invaders.
Guy owns a vintage retro style juke box and collects 7" singles to load on to it.
In autumn 2004, Berryman and Coldplay bandmate Will Champion guested on a-ha keyboardist Magne Furuholmen's first solo album, Past Perfect Future Tense.
In 2004, he married Joanna Briston, his childhood sweetheart in a low key ceremony. She runs a fashionable clothing shop called Jezebell in London. The recent opening of the store was attended by bandmates Jonny and Will and their partners. The fashion store after sometime had to be closed due to huge number of debts.
Guy and Joanna have one daughter, Nico, born on September 17, 2006. According to The Mirror edition of March 2007, he and his wife of three years, have split.
In their 'Twisted Logic' tour for the promotion of their third album X&Y, Guy had decided to take candid pictures of the band with disposable cameras and throw them to the audience during their live shows.
According to an article released by MSN UK, Guy is the 4th richest man under the age of 30 in the UK, with an estimated wealth of £25 million MSN UK
