Dave Gahan
Alternative rock
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Radiohead
Anxiety as aesthetic—machines sigh, strings weep, choruses arrive sideways.
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OK Computer forecast networked alienation with analog warmth intact.
Kid A / Amnesiac divorce from guitar centrism rewrote major-act expectations.
A Moon Shaped Pool’s strings-and-tape humanity closed a chapter elegiacally.
Lossless streams reveal bit-crush artifacts, orchestral micro-dynamics, and vocal double ghosts.
Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O’Brien, and Phil Selway met at school in Abingdon. Pablo Honey (1993) included Creep, but The Bends (1995) and OK Computer (1997) established their reputation. Kid A (2000) turned to electronic textures and was followed by Amnesiac (2001).
Hail to the Thief (2003), In Rainbows (2007), a pay-what-you-want release, The King of Limbs (2011), and A Moon Shaped Pool (2016) followed. Jonny Greenwood is also a film composer.
Radiohead: recent news, 2020–2026
- 2021 KID A MNESIA collected Kid A, Amnesiac, and unreleased material, with an exhibition in London, Paris, and Athens.
- 2022 Yorke and Jonny Greenwood released A Light for Attracting Attention with Tom Skinner as The Smile.
- 2025 Radiohead announced a run of arena shows in Europe, their first live dates since 2018.
Interesting facts about Radiohead
- 01 English rock band formed in Abingdon, Oxfordshire in 1985; Thom Yorke is lead vocalist.
- 02 OK Computer (1997) reached Grammy attention including a nomination for Album of the Year.
- 03 Multiple Grammy Awards including Best Alternative Music Album for multiple releases.
- 04 In Rainbows (2007) was released online on a pay-what-you-want basis.
- 05 Jonny Greenwood is a film composer.
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