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20 Pages·2001·4 MB·English

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Radiohead on . . . later
Band profiles:
pages 4, 7 & 9
How they’ve
grown: Picture
special on the
changes to
Radiohead
since 1994 -
Thom Yorke Phil Selway Jonny Greenwood Ed O’Brien Colin Greenwood pages 10&11
Supergrass profile - page 12 Beck profile - page 15 Humph profile - page 16
Written by Marie Burgoyne. Edited by Lawrence Webb.
Acknowledgements: Profile information courtesy Hall Or Nothing.
Radiohead photographs courtesy EMI Records/Tom Sheehan, Jason Evans
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ILUHOIIE/U) PROFILE:
IHOH YORKE
TTHOM YORKE Born: 07/10/68
(lead vocals, guitar)
hom met the rest of the band at Abingdon School,
near Oxford. First forming to learn how to play, with
no "second thoughts on image or musical style,
they called themselves On A Friday.
Thom vjjent on to Exeter University to study English
and Art, Where he was reckoned to be one of the
best DJs*
Fie was also a member of a techno band,
Flickeriioise.
On A Friday would meet up during summer
holidays until summer 1991 when Thom was
reunited for good with Ed, Phil, Jonny and
Colin.
On the strength of their demos, the
newly-named Radiohead (after a
Talking Pleads song) were signed to
Parlophone^ by the end of 1991.
Thom became well-known for the /
lyrics he sings and writes, especially
in Creep, from 1992 and Karrha
Police.
to
In 1995, the band played a
triumphant homecoming at the
Oxford Apollo, a venue Thom had
once been ejected from!
Thom sang a duet on the
Drugstore album, and made a few
appearances on their tour.
Radiohead were in demand, and the
members of the band continue to
turn up on various
collaborations, including
film soundtracks, such as Velvet
Goldmine.
In late 1998, Thom had a case of
writer’s block. He said: “Every time
I picked up a guitar I just got the
horrors.
“I was sinking down and down”.
Thanks to the Warp record label
he took a liking to whilst in Uni,
Thom got back on track.
He bought their back catalogue
and was inspired by the structures
in the music, bringing out the same
emotions as guitar music did.
And the rest, as they say, is
history.
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SUPPORTER of The Samaritans onny left college after a month to
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Phil is the quiet man of the band. his text books with him.
Phil was the last member to join At first he could only play harmonica,
Radiohead - replacing the drum machine! but whilst at uni, studying Psychology,
The initial goal was just to get a record¬ he learnt the keyboard and guitar.
ing contract, and take it from there! Since childhood, Jonny has been
By mid 1993 they were a highly-rated obsessed with the Ondes Martenot
band in the US, reaching No.1 with Creep instrument, a combination of a key¬
on KROQ, LA, which was the USA’s most board, a ribbon and a ring. The French
influential alternative radio station. composer Messiaen used it, and it can
“Creep was a huge success in the US,” also be heard in the Star Trek theme.
he said. “The music scene in the States Jonny used this instrument in Kid A,
is huge and the amount of work needed the fourth album, which was nominated
to gain recognition over there is massive, for four Grammy awards.
“Throughout our career we’ve been In the early days, Radiohead became a
very lucky. There has been a lot of live legend, with unpredictability.
goodwill shown towards us but in Jonny often feels nervous on stage,
between The Bends and OK Computer and has cut his hands with a small
success weighed heavily on the band.” practice amp during gigs - at around
“We’ve never really tried to reproduce the same time, Thom broke his toe after
an OK Computer or a Bends. We’ve kicking his guitar on stage!
always tried to move on and take a new In 1996, Jonny played on tracks for
approach. Amnesiac took about a year the Bryan Ferry album - a real contrast
and a half to complete and at times it to the music he plays with Radiohead.
was quite a laborious process,” The youngest Greenwood is very
“We re-evaluated what we wanted to impatient, and he regrets the amount of
do on this album and it was really the time spent on the album Kid A, claiming
first time we recorded in an unrehearsed if he were in charge, four albums would
manner.” have been made in that time!
“The gig at South Park means an awful He says about the new album,
lot to us. It’s a great location and we’re Amnesiac, “It’s the first album that I’ve
looking forward to playing in front of our been happy listening to after we’ve
fans, families and friends.” finished it”.
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IIVIHOIIIVR PROFIIJvS:
ED 0 MUM & GOUN (.WDOOD
OED O’BRIEN. Bom: 15/04/68 COOLIN GREENWOOD Bom: 26/06/69
(guitar, backing vocals) (bass)
NCE voted the most eligible man ne fifth of the eccentric Radiohead,
in Oxford when he worked as a and one half of the affectionately
barman at Browns restaurant. known “Greenwood Sisters”, Colin
Ed, who is 6ft 5in tall studied econom¬ is the older of the Greenwood brothers,
ics at Manchester University, which has and along with Thom, was a founder
obviously helped him a great deal in member of the band.
Radiohead! Found out recently to have the
He makes as much contribution to the messiest room on tour, the rest of the
band’s website, www.radiohead.com as ever-so-tidy band forgive him as he
he can, even placing a diary there dur¬ writes most of the band’s songs.
ing 1999. He studied English at Cambridge
This kept fans up to date while Kid A University before joining the band, and
was being recorded, and gave them an also worked at an Our Price store.
insight into the world of Radiohead, He never thought that one day he
whose motto is “always expect the would be making records, rather than
unexpected”, when in the studio. selling them.
Ed believes the band should always He says about Kid A, “This has a lot of
have something to aim for - that way blank space around the songs which is
they can keep on track and continue something we haven’t done before”.
producing the quality music their almost It is conceived as being a unitary piece
cult fans know and love. of work, and very different to previous
Ed found himself on a fairly recent albums. Kid A was a landmark in the
anti-World Trade Organisation march in group’s careers, reputedly nearly
Whitehall, his first demo since his stu¬ causing the band to split.
dent days. There were big arguments in the
He’s on record as saying he wishes the Radiohead camp over whether they
band could be more useful, and they should put all 23 tracks they had
tried to make a small statement of recorded for Kid A on one album, or
protest by not using logos on their tents whittle them down.
in a recent tour. So, no product place¬ Eventually it was decided to split the
ment in the next Hollywood blockbuster tracks, with the remaining ones on the
for an Amnesiac track then! fifth album, Amnesiac.
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A
S you sit down (or
stand) to watch the
cool band on stage
that is Radiohead, now
seems the right time to
remind you of their pre¬
vious publicity
pictures - when they
were young - and had
lots more hair!
Never ones to court
media attention, the
band have come a long
way from the days of
Creep and The Bends.
The current single
Pyramid Song, from
Amnesiac, is their first
single since No
Surprises, which
reached No 4 in 1998.
There were no
singles from the album
this is i
Kid A - radio stations
were invited to play what
they like!
The pictures below
have been released in
conjunction with the
release of Kid A last year
and Amnesiac.
Find out more about
Radiohead at:
www.radiohead.com
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