Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Radiohead circa 1997. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage) "It was just the noise that was going on in my head for most of a year and a ...
OK Computer is where everything changed for Radiohead. Their 1993 debut album, Pablo Honey, was spotty, bland and tentative; its 1995 follow-up, The Bends, was a major leap forward. Who was sure which ...
When Radiohead was making “OK Computer” — its classic album released 25 years ago, on May 21, 1997 — there was, of course, lead singer Thom Yorke fronting the band and longtime producer Nigel Godrich ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Radiohead’s OK Computer, The Bends, and In Rainbows all appear on ...
When Radiohead released their third album, “OK Computer,” on May 21, 1997, they were a band that a typical indie-rock fan would know—but maybe not well. The band’s single “Creep,” from their 1993 ...
The song was written around the time the band released their second album, The Bends, in 1995. It has alternately been called “Big Boots” or “Man o’ War.” “We ditched it because we were so messed up ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Radiohead are reissuing their 1997 classic OK Computer next month in honor of its 20th anniversary, and they've even deigned to ...
In Rolling Stone’s recent cover story on the 20th anniversary of Radiohead’s OK Computer, singer Thom Yorke says that if he could go back to 1997 he’d tell his younger self to “lighten the fuck up.” ...
It’s one of the most extraordinary stories of Radiohead’s career. In early June, fans started talking about the theft of scores of the band’s private 1995-1998 recordings, many of which ended up on ...
Though previously unreleased, the three tracks, “Lift,” “I Promise” and “Man of War,” won’t be completely unfamiliar to fans. “Lift” had a regular spot in 1996 set lists (which you can see in the ...
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of “OK Computer,” Radiohead is releasing a special edition of the album. Called “OKNOTOK 1997-2017,” the deluxe release features remastered audio of the original ...