//Coldplay's Parachutes Turns 20: How This Quiet Avalanche Turned Them Into International Rock Stars

Coldplay's Parachutes Turns 20: How This Quiet Avalanche Turned Them Into International Rock Stars

They’ve been called “bedwetters,” “the most insufferable band of the decade” and “a bunch of fuckin’ pansies.” They’ve been roasted in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (“You know how I know you’re gay? You like Coldplay.”) and Family Guy (“How ‘bout we do a song that’s not whiny bullcrap?”). They’ve joined the