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Originally posted by theus231
Let's act like Learn To Fly, Best of You, etc. doesn't exist but if this makes you sleep better at night, okay 
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Coldplay's success in the "Rock Quadrant" (includes Active Rock, Alternative Rock, Mainstream/Heritage Rock. and Triple A Rock) has been limited to Alternative Rock and Triple A. The Foo Fighters have had success at all for of the Rock sub-formats.
The Foo Fighters are bigger when limiting the discussion to Rock, but Coldplay has more crossover success.
Personally, I think that is because Top 40 is too much of a wimp to play real Rock music, and even the Foo Fighters are struggling a bit on Alternative right now since that format has gone so Pop, and the Foo Fighters have remained Rock (which I applaud them for).