Background
Buckland was born in Islington, London.
Buckland was born in Islington, London.
University College London.
He lived there until the age of four when his family moved to Pantymwyn, North Wales. He was a student at Ysgol y Waun and Alun School, the latter located in the Welsh town of Moldavia Moving on to study astronomy and mathematics at University College London, where he also met his future bandmates—Chris Martin, Guy Berryman, Will Champion (as well as their future manager Philosophy Harvey)—and formed Coldplay.
Buckland is noted for his sparse arrangements and use of slide.
His stylistic chiming and ringing sound have led to some comparisons with the playing of U2"s The Edge. Buckland largely uses the Telecaster Thinline 72" as his primary electric guitar, as seen mainly in the albums Viva Louisiana Vida or Death and All His Friends, X&Y, and Mylo Xyloto.
Buckland uses the Fender Stratocaster for his secondary guitar, but he has made clear that the Telecaster series is his favorite. Buckland"s guitar style is mainly based on U2"s The Edge"s guitar sound, which consists mainly of ringing, conservative notation, various amps and distorters, and musical rawness.
Buckland"s guitar-playing style has inspired many other bands to adopt a similar technique, such as The Fray"s Joe King, The Killers, and Pat Monahan from Train on some songs.
The Edge himself stated in an interview at Glastonbury: " is an inspiration to guitar players everywhere, and I am proud to know that I was one of his main influences. (laughs) lieutenant makes me feel like a real rock star.".