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The world renowned Alternative-Rock band Radiohead was formed by five
friends, vocalist+guitarist Thom Yorke,
guitarist Ed O'Brien, guitarist+keyboardist Jonny Greenwood, bassist Colin
Greenwood and drummer Phil Selway who first met at a private boys school,
just outside Oxford, ENGLAND.
The quintet started their recording career with a 4-track EP titled "Drill",
issued by EMI / Parlophone in early 1992, they followed it up with their
monster hit "Creep"; this single eventually climbed into the
top 10 of the Official U.K. chart over the course of 1993. It also reached
the top 40 of The Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #2 on The Modern Rock
chart. That spring the band released their debut full-length disc, "Pablo
Honey" and decided to support the album with an international tour,
opening for Tears For Fears in
America, the album reached the #32 slot on The Billboard Top 200 chart
and generated another Modern Rock top 30 hit, "Stop Whispering".
Radiohead's second effort, "The Bends", arrived in March 1995,
smashing into the top 10 of the U.K. Albums chart and reached the #88
position on the American Billboard Top 200 list while the first single,
"High And Dry", debuted at #18 on The Modern Rock chart; the
album also included "Fake Plastic Trees", which was one place
short of cracking the Billboard's Modern Rock top 10 and a further alt-Rock
radio top 40 hit in the form of "Just". The group went on to
play in front of countless stadium crowds opened for R.E.M.
across Europe.
Two years later, "OK Computer" earned even greater critical
and commercial success, the album became an instant #1 in U.K. and on
the other side of the Atlantic the disc hit #3 on the Top Canadian Albums
chart and peaked at #21 on the U.S. Top 200; the main single, "Karma
Police", hit the top 10 in U.K. and peaked at #14 on The Modern Rock
chart; the follow-up single, "No Surprises", was another British
top 10 hit and "Let Down" crawled up to #29 on the U.S. Modern
Rock Tracks. At the 40th annual Grammy ceremony, "OK Computer"
won for Best Alternative Music Performance.
In October of 2000, Radiohead resurfaced with an experimental work entitled
"Kid A" which rose to the top position on both U.K. and U.S.
Albums charts producing the Modern Rock top 10 hit "Optimistic";
additionally, the full-length won them their second Grammy for Best Alternative
Music Album.
Eight months later, the band issued their fifth LP, "Amnesiac",
although it consists of recordings made during the "Kid A" sessions,
the CD went straight to #1 on the British and Canadian Albums charts,
falling one slot short of the same position in the States highlighted
by the Modern Rock top 30 hit "I Might Be Wrong" as well as
other excellent cuts such as "Knives Out" and "The Pyramid
Song", #1 and #2, respectively, in Canada.
June 2003 saw the release of the group's sixth studio-album, "Hail
To The Thief", which shot to #1 in Britain and climbed into the top
3 of the North-American charts; it generated the U.K. top 10 hit "There
There", this single also earned Radiohead yet another #1 Canadian
hit and reached #14 on the U.S. Modern Rock chart; "Go To Sleep"
peaked at #2 in Canada and entered the Modern Rock radio chart south of
the border, the final single, "2+2=5", climbed into the U.K.
top 20 and also hit #2 on the Canadian Singles chart.
In mid-2006, Thom Yorke unleashed a
surprise by announcing an imminent solo album on Radiohead's weblog; "The
Eraser", was eventually released on XL Recordings in July.
"In Rainbows" is Radiohead's first album since "Hail To
The Thief", which was released in 2003, after which the band's contract
with EMI / Capitol expired.
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