Artist
Alternative Rock (Modern Rock) band from Oxfordshire, England (United Kingdom).
The name Radiohead comes from the Talking Heads song, "Radio Head", from the "True Stories" album.
Formed by school friends in 1986, Radiohead did not release their first single until 1992's "Drill EP". The cathartic "Creep", from the debut album "Pablo Honey" (1993), became a worldwide hit as grunge music dominated radio airwaves.
Radiohead were initially branded as a one-hit wonder abroad, but caught on at home in the UK with their second album, "The Bends" (1995), earning fans with their dense guitar atmospheres and front man Thom Yorke's expressive singing. The album featured the hits "High & Dry", "Just" and "Fake Plastic Trees".
The band's third album, "OK Computer" (1997), propelled them to greater attention. Popular both for its expansive sound and themes of modern alienation, the album has been acclaimed by critics as a landmark record of the 1990's, some critics go as far to consider it one of the best of all time. "Kid A" (2000) marked further evolution, containing influences from experimental electronic music.
"Hail To The Thief" (2003) was seen as a conventional return to the guitar and piano-led rock sound. After fulfilling their contract with EMI, Radiohead released "In Rainbows" (2007) famously via a pay-what-you-want model. Their latest album, "A Moon Shaped Pool", was released in May 2016.
Radiohead's original influences were cited as alternative rock and post-punk bands like The Smiths, Pixies, Magazine, Joy Division, Siouxsie & The Banshees, who Thom Yorke claims inspired him to become a performer, and R.E.M. (with lead singer of the band, Thom Yorke, refering to himself as an 'R.E.M. groupie').
Tracks
A1
Everything In Its Right Place
A2
Kid A
A3
The National Anthem
A4
How To Disappear Completely
A5
Treefingers
B1
Optimistic
B2
In Limbo
B3
Idioteque
B4
Morning Bell
B5
Motion Picture Soundtrack
C1
Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box
C2
Pyramid Song
C3
Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors
C4
You And Whose Army?
C5
I Might Be Wrong
D1
Knives Out
D2
Morning Bell/Amnesiac
D3
Dollars And Cents
D4
Hunting Bears
D5
Like Spinning Plates
D6
Life In A Glasshouse
E1
Like Spinning Plates (Why Us? Version)
E2
Untitled V1
E3
Fog (Again Again Version)
E4
If You Say The Word
E5
Follow Me Around
F1
Pulk/Pull (True Love Waits Version)
F2
Untitled V2
F3
The Morning Bell (In The Dark Version)
F4
Pyramid Strings
F5
Alt. Fast Track
F6
Untitled V3
F7
How To Disappear Into Strings
Releases
Countries
Japan, United States of America
Members
Thom Yorke,Jonny Greenwood,Phil Selway,Colin Greenwood,Ed O'Brien