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The world renowned UK alternative band Radiohead was formed in 1986. The members of the band are:


Thom Yorke, age 37, on guitar, piano, drums, bass.


Jonny Greenwood, age 34, on guitar, piano, and synthe.


Ed O'Brien, age 38, on guitar, percussion, harmony vocals.


Colin Greenwood, age 36, on bass guitar, and keyboards.


Phil Selway, age 38, on drums.


The members of Radiohead met at Abingdon School for boys. Together, Andy, Ed, Thom, Collin, and Collin's younger brother Jonny formed the band On A





More Friday. Simultaneously, Thom's own younger brother Andy formed a band named The Illiterate Hands, which Jonny was also a member of. Andy eventually became the frontman for musical act Unbelievable Truth.


On A Friday's first live performance was inside Oxford Jericho Tavern, in August of 1986. On A Friday continued to practice new material as they entered post-secondary education, despite the fact that every single bandmembers was going to a different University.


Thom Yorke studied at the University of Exeter and joined the band the Headless Chickens. Thom also worked part-time in a pychiatric ward. At school, Thom met Stanley Donwood, who has been responsible for over a decade of Radiohead artwork.


In 1991, On A Friday regrouped in Oxford, before changing the band's name to Radiohead. Radiohead was the name of a Talking Heads' song, off of the album "True Stories". By 1991, the band had begun recording and releasing demos, and eventually signed with EMI for a six-album contract.


Radiohead's first single was released in 1992, titled 'Creep', and single-handedly labelled the band as a one-hit-wonder. After the 1993 release of the album "Pablo Honey", Radiohead nearly broke up from the stress of their newfound fame. Sometime in 1997, Thom went through a period of depression and also writer's block after "OK Computer".


To help with 2004's Band-Aid 20, Thom chipped in on piano and Jonny Greenwood played the guitar.


Front man Thom has married, and they live together with their two children. Jonny is married, and also has a pair of children. Ed lives with his wife and his one son. The wife of Collin lives with him, and their single child, a boy. Phil is also married, and has three children of his own.


Radiohead Discography: 1993's "Pablo Honey", 1995's "The Bends", 1997's "OK Computer", 2000's "Kid A", 2001's "Amnesiac", and 2003's "Hail to the Thief". Thom Yorke and the rest of Radiohead are currently recording their new album, which should be released in 2007.

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    10 Perfect
    Best band on the planet. They are way ahead of everyone else making music right now. Radiohead rules. hide show

    It's kind of funny how a band like Radiohead can have #1 albums in America and in the UK, and not be known on a public basis like Coldplay or U2. I guess they like it more like that, practically all of their shows sell out, all their albums are critically acclaimed and they are one of the few groups not afraid to take risks. Look at their progression from Pablo Honey to the Bends, Ok Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows. It's just remarkable. Not to mention their life performances are unbelievable. Featuring the the amazing vocals of Thom Yorke (an incredible musician in his own right), the talented multi-instrumentalist super human Johnny Greenwood, rhythm guitarist, and backing vocalist Ed O'Brien, bassist Colin Greenwood and drummer Phil Selway. These guys are so talented and all multi-instrumental, with great songs like "Karma Police", "Jigsaw Falling Into Pieces", "Airbag", "Paranoid Android", "Creep", "Optimistic", "How to Disappear Completely" it becomes obvious that these guys are for real and really the best band of their generation, and the best band around.

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    10 Perfect
    they are the best band in the world! hide show

    i absolutly LOVE radiohead. you know, this is what teens should be listening now. radiohead has fabulous progressive and art rock style. my favourite album is the bends. i also like OK computer. im not a fan of their first album pablo honey, but my favourite song out of all the album is creep. but you know their style of music changes from time to time. i prefer their older albums than the newer ones. their recent albums are just too modern for me. hehe i really like their music videos. they're so creative like the ones for street spirit, high & dry(US version), and no surprises.

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    This band is probabley the best band of all time. hide show

    Im going to start off restating my statement "radiohead is probabley the greatest band of all time" well maybe not the greatest( that in my opoinion is the pumpkins.Im recentley new to this band and i am really enjoying them alot , I have become obsessed.I started off hating them (just hearing in rainbows) then I got right into that album thought there was nothing that could be better.So then I check out there other stuff such as the bends and ok computer and kid a.I was blown away these albums made me hate in rainbows if you like 90s music please give them a try.The bends is my personnal favorite.

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    8 Great
    Street Spirit. hide show

    Rows of houses, all bearing down on me
    I can feel their blue hands touching me
    All these things into position
    All these things we'll one day swallow whole
    And fade out again and fade out

    This machine will, will not communicate
    These thoughts and the strain I am under
    Be a world child, form a circle
    Before we all go under
    And fade out again and fade out again

    Cracked eggs, dead birds
    Scream as they fight for life
    I can feel death, can see its beady eyes
    All these things into position
    All these things we'll one day swallow whole
    And fade out again and fade out again

    Immerse your soul in love
    Immerse your soul in love

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    Radiohead, Brit-Pop Superstars hide show

    Radiohead is an awesome, talented band. You can probably guess at how much I appreciate them by looking at all the contributions I made to their page. (--I am Editor--)

    Some people consider Radiohead to be one-hit wonders (mostly pompous USinites who like bands like Good Charlotte and Yellowcard), but they don't realize how much good music Radiohead has produced. (Anybody ever hear 'There There' a couple years back? Muchos Awesome)

    Download 'Street Spirit' and tell me that the only good song they've ever released is a little ditty called 'Creep' (which is just one of their numerous repetoire of good songs).

    As you may (or may not) have read on the Trivia page, the music video for the song 'Just' features a many lying in the middle of a street. The MIQ is burdened with a piece of life-shattering information, hence the reason he's lying in a road. He is approached by a crowd of people, who by the end of the song have coaxed him to reveal the secret. Once uttered, it causes the crowd to lie down in the street next to him, each as deject and hopeless as the man himself. Radiohead intentionally never tells the audience the secret, thus saving them from a similiar fate and also building an enigma around the video. The secret is (from the film, Donnie Darko) :

    "Every living creature, on this earth, dies alone." -Grandma Death.

    That's just my speculation.

    Radiohead is a very good band.

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