

You work really hard on a piece of art, something you're really proud of, only to have it associated with something you're not proud of. People look at us like we're idiots anyway because we won't license our music for (commercial advertising). You have to have a sense of humor about it or you go crazy. Playing gigs locally in Oxford and appeared on the cover of Curfew, a magazine based in OxfordĮxactly. In the mid-Eighties at Abingdon School in England Phil Selway was a year older than guitarist Ed O'Brien and guitarist/vocalist Thom Yorke, bassist Colin Greenwood a year younger than him, and Colin's multi-instrumentalist brother Jonny two years younger than him

Guitar, keyboards, ondes Martenot, analogue synthesisers, other instrumentsĬlive Deamer - drums, percussion, backing vocals (2011-present) The record company refused to allow their original name, On a Friday, which wasĭerived from the day of the week they practiced. Listener polls and critics' lists they have the distinction of doing so in both the 1990s and 2000s.Īlternative rock, experimental rock, electronic

Radiohead have sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, with the band's work being placed highly in both Radiohead's third album, OK Computer (1997) is often acclaimed as one of the landmark Radiohead's single "Creep" (1992) became a worldwide hit several months after the release of their debut album. Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Phil Selway and Ed O'Brien. Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. Trans-Atlantic Drawl (from "Pyramid Song" single) The Amazing Sounds Of Orgy (from "Pyramid Song" single) From the Album OK Computer OKNOTOK 1997 2017 (2017)Ģ009 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Albumįrom the Album Com Lag (2Plus2IsFive) (2004)
