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Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon , Oxfordshire , in They comprise Thom Yorke vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards ; brothers Jonny Greenwood guitar, keyboards, other instruments and Colin Greenwood bass ; Ed O'Brien guitar, backing vocals ; and Philip Selway drums, percussion. They have worked with the producer Nigel Godrich and the cover artist Stanley Donwood since Radiohead's experimental approach is credited with advancing the sound of alternative rock.
Their debut single, " Creep ", was a worldwide hit, and their popularity and critical standing rose with The Bends in Their third album, OK Computer , is acclaimed as a landmark record and one of the best albums in popular music, with complex production and themes of modern alienation. Their fourth album, Kid A , marked a dramatic change in style, incorporating influences from electronic music , jazz , classical music and krautrock.
Though Kid A divided listeners, it was later named the best album of the decade by multiple outlets. It was followed by Amnesiac , recorded in the same sessions. Hail to the Thief , with lyrics addressing the war on terror , blended the band's rock and electronic sides, and was Radiohead's final album for EMI. Radiohead self-released their seventh album, In Rainbows , as a download for which customers could set their own price , to critical and chart success.
Their eighth album, The King of Limbs , an exploration of rhythm, was developed using extensive looping and sampling.
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In , Yorke and Jonny Greenwood debuted a new band, the Smile. By , Radiohead had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide. Rolling Stone named Radiohead one of the greatest artists of all time , and included five of their albums in its lists of the " Greatest Albums of All Time ". Radiohead were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in The members of Radiohead met while attending Abingdon School , an independent school for boys in Abingdon, Oxfordshire.
They credited their music teacher for introducing them to jazz , film scores , postwar avant-garde music , and 20th-century classical music. While each member contributed songs in the band's early period, Yorke emerged as the main songwriter.
On the strength of an early demo, On a Friday were offered a record deal by Island Records , but they decided they were not ready and wanted to go to university first. In , the band regrouped in Oxford, sharing a house on the corner of Magdalen Road and Ridgefield Road. It was only their eighth gig, but they had attracted interest from several record companies.
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It's about the way you take information in, the way you respond to the environment you're put in. Released in May , its chart performance was poor. Radiohead released their debut album, Pablo Honey , in February It reached number 22 in the UK charts. O'Brien later called it "a hideous mistake".
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In early , Radiohead began to attract listeners elsewhere. Radiohead began work on their second album in with the veteran Abbey Road Studios producer John Leckie. Tensions were high, with mounting expectations to match the success of "Creep". The My Iron Lung EP and single, released in , was Radiohead's reaction, marking a transition towards the greater depth they aimed for on their second album.
Both have worked on every Radiohead album since. Having introduced more new songs on tour, Radiohead finished recording their second album, The Bends , by , and released it that March. It was driven by dense riffs and ethereal atmospheres, with greater use of keyboards. The Bends reached number 88 on the US album charts, and remains Radiohead's lowest showing there. That's when it started to feel like we made the right choice about being a band.