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Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician who is the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead.He plays guitar, bass, keyboards and other instruments, and is noted for his falsetto.
Abingdon School, where the band formed. The members of Radiohead met while attending Abingdon School, a private school for boys in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. [2] The guitarist and singer Thom Yorke and the bassist Colin Greenwood were in the same year; the guitarist Ed O'Brien was one year above, and the drummer Philip Selway was in the year above O'Brien. [3]
Greenwood is Radiohead's lead guitarist. [112] He is known for his aggressive playing style. [16] Guitar.com wrote that Greenwood's playing on Radiohead's debut album, Pablo Honey, was an "exhilarating melange of tremolo-picked soundscapes, chunky octaves, screaming high-register runs and killswitch antics". [113]
This list does not include persons who frequently share lead vocal duties with other members of a given music group (e.g. John Lennon of the Beatles) or who are principally the public face or spokesperson of the music group (e.g. Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy). The musician's name appears behind a bullet, and the corresponding musical group ...
After Radiohead assured Kolderie that "Creep" was an original song, he called EMI and convinced them to release it as the single. [6] According to Kolderie, "Everyone [at EMI] who heard 'Creep' just started going insane." [6] Slade and Kolderie suggested that the lead guitarist, Jonny Greenwood, record a piano part. [9]
The English musician Thom Yorke has released three studio albums, two soundtrack albums, four EPs, one remix album and 20 singles. The frontman of the alternative rock band Radiohead since 1985, Yorke's first singles as a solo artist were as a featured vocalist on the singles "El President" by Drugstore (which reached the top 20 in the UK) and "Rabbit in Your Headlights" by Unkle.
"Just" was the first song Radiohead finished while working on their second album, The Bends (1995), at RAK Studios. [9] According to the guitarist Ed O'Brien, earlier versions were about seven minutes long. [8] Yorke said it was the most exciting thing Radiohead had recorded up to that point. [8]
Edward John O'Brien (born 15 April 1968) is an English guitarist, songwriter, and member of the rock band Radiohead.He releases solo music under the name EOB.. O'Brien attended Abingdon School in Oxfordshire, England, where he formed Radiohead with schoolmates.