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Radiohead is an English band from Oxfordshire. Nowadays the band has released 7 studio albums, all of them became Gold and Platinum in the USA and Great Britain. The music style of Radiohead has been changing due to the musical tendencies of the time beginning with grunge and light rock (“Pablo Honey”), brit pop (“The Bends”) to the IDM (“Kid A”, “Amnesiac”). The search of their own style, then the refuse of it, again the search and again the refusal is one of the essential features of the musical development of Radiohead. Among the rock things of the band you can find the things presented as minimal techno (“Kid A”), house, fusion, ambient (“Kid A”), also as blues, New Orleans jazz (“Amnesiac”) and sometimes violent guitar solos. In 2007 they released the last album "In rainbows"which is accessible on the official site for a symbolic fee.
Though the band’s debut was modest, they managed to reach the stars’ position after the success of the album “O.K. Computer”, the success that could hardly be expected since the five of them began playing in the early 80’s having met at Abingdon School in Oxford. Tom Yorke is the frontman of the band. He sang in punk band TNT, and Colin Greenwood, bass player of that band, asked Tom and guitarist Ed O’Brien whether they wanted to form a band. Phil Selway, one year older then they, became a drummer of a new group. The younger Colin’s brother was constantly asking to join them. Eventually he started playing on harmonica, and then was responsible for the keyboards and at last he became solo guitarist. The band was called “On A Friday” because they rehearsed on Fridays. The first performance was held at Jericho Tavern in 1987. In April 1991 they made the first demo record that gave the band the opportunity to make one more record. So “Manic Hedgehog Demo” turned to be the ball, rolling the band forward. The representative of sound recording company “Parlophone”, Kevin Wozencroft, noticed their demo and having seen them at Jericho Tavern “On A Friday” signed to EMI. The band changed its name to “Radiohead” after hearing the song “Radio Head” of the band “Talking Heads”. In 1992 Radiohead recorded single “Drill”, which is nowadays accepted as a rarity. It was number 101 in the charts and the band began touring as a warming up band. In September 1992 they released single “Creep”. But the breakthrough was just in 1993 when “Creep” reached number 2 in “Billboard Modern Rock Track Chart”. Though the first album wasn’t successful, the bin of singles “My Iron Lung” had good responses. The second album “The Bends” was better accepted then “Pablo Honey”. Though they released five singles, one of them “Street Spirit (Fade out)” topped the charts. In a month after releasing 6 minutes single “Paranoid Android” the band launched the album “O.K. Computer” in 1997. On the wings of the wind it took the world topping the charts for 71 weeks. The album went platinum, having become one of the most significant albums of the 90’s. Further everything was calm for the band. They released single “Airbag/How Am I Driving?” and an odd film about the band “Meeting People Is Easy”. In October 2000 the following album “Kid A” topped the hits despite having no promotion. In June 2001 there was the following album "Amnesiac" that differed for its experimental character.
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