Originally Posted by hermitbadger

they are also sticking a big finger up to the music industry, which is worth more than it's weight in gold

Originally Posted by MusicMan

Radiohead makes some of the best music videos ever, so this too is a must-have. Some videos that are not included on this VHS (it was mostly songs from The Bends and OK Computer) but are great to have are...

Pyramid Song
Knives Out
Rabbit in Your Headlights (w/UNKLE and D.J. Shadow)

Originally Posted by melman

I don't think they're sticking their finger up, i think they just can't be bothered to deal with them, so they just do it their own way. To me that just shows more than anything that they just want to make music, and i admire that more than i admire them for being so damn good at it.

Originally Posted by leeman

hi guys

not a lot to say which hasnt already been said aboult radiohead in this thread.
theyre my favorite band, been to see them a couple of times and ive (almost) got their full back catalogue (i think), im just missing the drill ep!!

Originally Posted by Aqualung

time, with the likes of Pink Floyd and REM, though they unfortunately have not had quite that level of comercial success. Even Paul McCarney and Michael Stipe think they're one of the best groups around.

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Radiohead


Line Up:
Thom Yorke - Vocals, guitar, piano
Jonny Greenwood - Guitar, vocals, glockenspiel, synthesizer, other sundry instruments
Ed O'Brien - Guitar, some percussion, vocals
Colin Greenwood - Bass, keyboards, synth
Phil Selway - Drums and other percussion

Discography:
Pablo Honey
The Bends
OK Computer
Kid A
Amnesiac
Hail to the Thief

The Musicians and the band:
This band boasts some people that are exceptional musicians in their own right. Jonny Greenwood especially is quite versatile, and can play quite a variety of instruments. The band is also exceptionally tight with regards to production. They all contribute to the songs in many ways, including lyrically and artistically. They even switch around who plays which instrument to add a different dimension to their playing.

History:
Radiohead was formed in the mid 1980s at a private, all-boys school outside of Oxford. All five went to the same school, though they were in different grades and thus didn't know each other too well. (It's interesting to note that Jonny, two years younger than the next youngest member, didn't become an "official" member of the band until much later. His brother Colin just took him along to rehearsals in leiu of babysitting him.) They were wont to meet in the school's music department to escape the atmosphere of conformity and monotony. They played music that was influenced pretty darned heavily by Joy Division, REM, The Smiths, and Elvis Costello. They originally called themselves On A Friday (because they always rehearsed on Fridays), and started giggin around Oxford.

After they got out of school, every member of the band decided to go along with their parents' wishes and go to university. On A Friday dissapeared from the live scene for about four years, and they only practiced together on holiday breaks. In 1991, however, they produced a couple of demo tapes, did a few gigs, and appeared on the cover of a local magazine called Curfew.

Once the band began to look for gigging opportunities again, record labels started to take interest. They finally signed with EMI, but only after everyone except Jonny, the youngest, had gotten his college degree. Shortly thereafter, due to criticism from a Curfew writer, On A Friday changed their "mundane" name to Radiohead, after the title of a Talking Heads song.

In 1992, Radiohead released the single Creep. This song is quite well known, though some radio stations thought it was too dark to play. But this song was Radiohead's main live song for a long time. In fact, most audiences only came to listen to that song, and didn't really want to hear much else at first.

1993 saw the release of Pablo Honey. This album lead to an American tour, and this tour almost lead to the breakup of Radiohead. Touring was a lot of stress, and this stress almost caused the band to call it quits.

Pablo Honey:


Still riding on the success of Creep, Radiohead wanted to release a second album. They engineered this album to try to demonstrate that they weren't just a one hit wonder. The pressure was high as RAdiohead tried to prove themselves. To release this tension, they decided to go on a low-stress tour of Australia and the East. This tour allowed them to try out some new songs, and the change of scenery released a lot of their tensions. It put things back into perspective. Iron Lung, the EP released while the band was touring and between the first and second albums, showed people that Radiohead was increasing their depth a lot. It was not quite so pop as their first album, and really began to show their sophistication. The Bends, their second album, was released in '95, and included some very telling tracks. The songs were very profound and showed Radiohead's talent and potential. The Bends was considered to be one of the best albums of the 1990s.

Radiohead's next album, OK Computer, saw the band taking things more into their own hands. This album was produced by Radiohead, because they found that while making The Bends their best music came when they weren't trapped by their producer. They recorded it in a shed that was decked out with recording stuff, to try to stay away from the bad atmospheres they had encountered with their previous record. Also, they went on tour to preform the songs live before they produced the record. This album was not produced completely free of stress, but the band learned how to deal with it and use it for their creativity. OK Computer was released in '97, and was even more popular than The Bends. It received a Grammy for Best Alternative Album, and the songs showed a lot of experamentation, especially with noise. Numerous groups have named this album the best album of the 1990s.

OK Computer:


After a 1998 tour, the band took a hiatus from working. The fame and stress of producing albums was getting to the members, and this rest was certainly needed. They then started work on a follow up to OK Computer with the definite thought that it should not be like OK Computer. Kid A, released in 2000, was very experamental. It saw a downplay of guitars and a greater emphasis on electronic music. Kid A also recieved a Grammy for Best Alternative Album, but many people thought it was too self-serving, and others didn't like the non-radio-friendly aspects of the album. Since the album was produced much like a long song, it was difficult to play a single song on the radio. Amnesiac was released in 2001, and the songs were from the same recording session. It was essentially part two of Kid A. Although the two albums shared the same influences, they were not identical at all.

Kid A:


Their next album, Hail To The Thief (released 2003), was somewhat of a return to their more "traditional" style. It contained more guitar and less synthesizer as their previous albums, though it's still different from their first albums. The album was not as critically aclaimed as its predecessors (it was not seen as innovative enough), though Radiohead fans think it's just as good as previous albums.

And that's about all I have on Radiohead.