  Radiohead hail from Oxford,
England consisting of Thom Yorke (vocals),
Jon Greenwood (guitar), Colin Greenwood
(bass), Ed O'Brien (guitar), and Phil Selway
(drums). The band formed in 1989 and have
gradually became a top alternative band for
the 90s. With angst in their voices and force
in their music, Radiohead has become a
favorite with fans and critics. Before coming
together as a band, Thom and Colin were in a
band called TNT before they broke off on
their own to form their own band. With Ed,
Phil and Jon joining in, the quintet formed a
band called On A Friday while they were
students in England in 1987 and made their
first appearance in Jericho's Tavern in
Oxford. When a music career was determined to
be their focus and their name wasn't helping
their image, they became known as Radiohead
(from the Talking Heads song
"Radio Head").
 Radiohead released an EP called Drill
with a single called "Prove
Yourself" that helped the EP sell
moderately in England. Soon the band signed
with EMI/Capitol.
 # 107
Singles Artist of the Year
 Radiohead's debut LP, Pablo
Honey, was released and the band had
their first hit - the self-loathing "Creep" with the chorus
"...but I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo, what
the hell am I doing here? I don't belong
here." Other tracks, including "Pop
Is Dead" and "Anyone Can Play
Guitar" were also played on modern rock
and college radio.
 Radiohead hit the Top 40 with
"Creep."
The band found more success in
the U.S. than their native England, and
toured throughout '93 opening for Belly
and Tears For Fears. By the
end of the year, Radiohead found their fans
in England when "Creep" was re-issued
and hit the Top 10.
 Radiohead's second LP, The
Bends, was released. Critical praise
of the LP had demonstrated that the
"sophomore slump" had not hit the
band. The LP was not however a commercial
success and had few tracks played on the
radio - even as the band toured with R.E.M. in the U.S. and
Europe. "High And Dry" and
"Fake Plastic Trees" were moderate
hits on alternative radio. The LP did fare
better in England than the U.S. this time.
The LP also made the Top 50 of Q magazine's
Best Albums of 1995.
The band started work on a new
LP in and also toured with Alanis
Morissette in the summer.
Radiohead were
nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Breakthrough Video ("Just").
 Radiohead contributed the
haunting track "Talk Show Host" to
the Romeo
And Juliet soundtrack.
O.K.
Computer topped the UK Albums chart for
2 weeks.
 Radiohead released O.K.
Computer in the US. The band toured in
support of the LP throughout the U.S. and
England to sell-out crowds. The first single
"Paranoid Android" was a Top 3 hit
in the U.K. and a video and alternative radio
favorite in the U.S. Thom said of the LP
title: "When we were doing it, when we
were recording it, we would walk around the
studio like robots going, 'OK, Computer! And
it kind of stuck."
Radiohead were
nominated for a MTV Video Music
Award for Breakthrough Video ("Paranoid
Android").
O.K.
Computer was Spin magazine's #2
LP of the Year. Spin magazine also
named Radiohead their Band of the Year for
1997 and made the Top 10 lists of numerous
"Best LPs of 1997."
Readers of Rolling
Stone named "Paranoid
Android" the Best Video of the Year and
critics named Radiohead the Best Band of the
Year.
 When the
nominations for the 1998 Brit Awards were
announced, the front-runners included
Radiohead with 3 nominations: Best Group,
Best Album for O.K.
Computer and Best Single for
"Paranoid Android."
A poll of
England's favorite LPs of all-time found 2
Radiohead LPs in the Top 10: The
Bends at #4 and O.K.
Computer at #7.
Radiohead won a Grammy
Award for Best Alternative Music
Performance (O.K.
Computer) and was also nominated for
Album of the Year (O.K.
Computer). It wasn't a big surprise that
Radiohead were not going to perform at the
ceremony considering they are often called
"anti-television." Yet, the band
apparently was willing to perform at the
ceremony, but declined the invite when it was
told that they would have to perform with David
Bowie (singing solo was considered
"not too good for ratings"). The
group had planned on performing because the
awards show has a history of helping
developing bands (which Radiohead feels they
are in the U.S.) and had planned on singing
"Exit Music (For A Film)."
 Radiohead released the limited
edition EP, Airbag
/ How Am I Driving? containing
several unreleased tracks.
Radiohead were nominated for a
few MTV Video Music
Awards including Best Group Video, Best Direction (Jonathan Glazer), Best Cinematography (Stephen
Keith-Roache), and Best Alternative Video ("Karma
Police").
Radiohead came out in support of
Amnesty International at a concert held in
France which also included Bruce
Springsteen, Tracy
Chapman, Alanis
Morissette, Peter Gabriel, Shania
Twain, Robert Plant,
Jimmy Page, and Youssou
N'dour. The concert was held to mark
the 50th anniversary of the United Nation's
Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Nominees
announced for the 1999 Brit Awards include
Radiohead for Best British Video (for
"No Surprises").
Radiohead were
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music
Performance (Airbag
/ How Am I Driving?).
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"Fake Plastic Trees" at # 77.
 Radiohead were
nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best Music Video Long Form (Meeting
People Is Easy).
Radiohead announced via their website that the band has
finished up their next LP (Kid
A)
to be released in October. Yorke said on the
website: "Yesterday we finished
recording. I am free and happy, and now I'm
going for a walk in the park. Goodbye."
Radiohead toured in Europe
during the summer.
 Radiohead released Kid
A
and hit #1 on the LP charts and was certified
gold by the end of the month.
Kid
A
topped the UK charts for 2 weeks and the
Billboard Internet Album Sales chart for 1
week.
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "Creep" at # 76.
. Radiohead was named 'Band of
the Year' by Spin magazine.
VH1: 100
Greatest Albums includes O.K.
Computer at # 94.
Radiohead won a
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music
Performance and were nominated for Album of the Year (Kid
A).
Kid
A
was certified platinum.
Radiohead were
nominated for a Brit Award for Best British
Group.
 Radiohead's next LP, Amnesiac, was released and
included tracks from the Kid
A
sessions along with a few new songs.
Amnesiac topped the Billboard
Top Internet Albums chart for a week and the
UK Albums chart for a week.
Amnesiac was certified gold.
Radiohead topped the Canadian
singles charts with "Knives Out."
Radiohead won a Q Award for Best
Act In The World Today.
 Radiohead released a live LP - I
Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings.
Radiohead were
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music
Performance (Amnesiac).
Radiohead won Q magazine's 'Best
Act in the World Today' award for a second
year.
 # 175
Singles Artist of the Year
 Radiohead released their next
LP, Hail
To The Thief.
VH1: 100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years includes "Creep" at # 84.
Radiohead topped the Billboard
Internet Sales chart for a week and the UK
for a week and Canadian LP charts with Hail
To The Thief.
Hail
To The Thief was certified gold.
 Radiohead's video for
"There There " won a MTV Video Music
Award for Best Art Direction (Chris Hopewell) and
was nominated for Best Special Effects (John Williams &
Dave Lea), Best Editing (Ben Foley), and Best Cinematography (Fred Reed).
Radiohead embarked on a tour of
North America kicking off in Massachusetts.
 Critics in Rolling
Stone named Radiohead's tour as the
Best Tour of the year and Best Band (tied
with Queens Of The Stone Age).
Rolling Stone:
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 110:
The
Bends, # 162: O.K.
Computer, # 428: Kid
A.
Radiohead was
nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("There
There") and Best Alternative Music
Performance (Hail
To The Thief).
Rolling Stone:
The Immortals - The 100 Greatest Artists of
All Time included Radiohead at # 73.
 O.K.
Computer was certified 2x platinum.
Yorke released
a solo LP The
Eraser (Billboard peak: # 2 - Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly:
B-).
Yorke topped
the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart with The
Eraser.
Yorke released
the EP Spitting
Feathers, 5 B-Sides & 2 Videos.
 Yorke was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album (The
Eraser).
Radiohead released the EP Com
Lag (2Plus2IsFive) - a collection of
b-sides and rare tracks originally released 3
years ago in Japan.
Radiohead
released their next LP In
Rainbows (Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly:
A) on the webset www.inrainbows.com where fans could name
their price for the LP (including $0) and
then download it.
 Radiohead released the box set Radiohead:
Limited Edition Box Set - the set included all
7 Radiohead LPs.
VH1: 100
Greatest Songs of the 90's included "Creep" at # 31.
Radiohead officially released In
Rainbows.
Radiohead topped the Billboard
200 LP chart, Top Rock Albums chart, and Top
Internet Albums chart with In
Rainbows.
Radiohead topped the UK and
Canadian LP charts with In
Rainbows.
 Yorke appeared on the cover of Rolling
Stone.
In
Rainbows was certified gold.
Radiohead released the limited
edition 2CD set The
Best Of Radiohead.
Entertainment Weekly:
100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included In
Rainbows at # 10 and O.K.
Computer at # 62.
Radiohead topped the Rolling
Stone 'Readers Poll' for Best Tour/Live
Act of 2008.
Rolling Stone:
'The Greatest Singers' includes Yorke at # 66.
 Yorke released The
Eraser Remixes.
Radiohead won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album (In
Rainbows), and were nominated for Album of the Year (In
Rainbows), and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group, Best Music Video, Short Form, and Best Rock Song
(awarded to the songwriter) ("House Of
Cards"). Radiohead performed at the
ceremony with a memorable performance of
"15 Steps" with the USC Torgan
Marching Band.
 Yorke could be heard on
the soundtrack for The
Twilight Saga: New Moon with the track
"Hearing Damage."
Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)' included Kid
A
at # 1, Amnesiac at # 25,
In
Rainbows at # 30, and Hail
To The Thief at # 89.
Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Songs of the Decade (2000-2009)' included
"Everything In Its Right Place" at
# 24.
 Radiohead digitally released
their next LP The
King Of Limbs via their website - the LP was
released as a CD in March.
Radiohead topped the Billboard
Rock Albums chart and Alternative Albums
chart with The
King Of Limbs.
 Radiohead performed on Saturday
Night Live.
Radiohead released the remix LP Tkol
Rmx 1234567.
Radiohead was nominated for 4 Grammy Awards including Best Rock Song, Best Rock
Performance, and Best Music Video, Short Form ("Lotus
FLower"), and Best Alternative Music Album (The
King Of Limbs).
 May 29: Radiohead was
inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of
Fame.
- August 3: Yorke topped the
Billboard Dance Electronics Albums chart
with Anima.
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Pablo Honey
Released: April, 1993
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 32
Tracks: "You" -
"Creep" - "How
Do You?" - "Stop
Whispering" - "Thinking About
You" - "Anyone Can Play
Guitar" - "Ripcord" -
"Vegetable" - "Prove
Yourself" - "I Can't" -
"Lurgee" - "Blow Out"
- "Creep" (Clean) |
iTunes
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vinyl |
The Bends
Released: April, 1995
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 88
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Planet
Telex" - "Bends" -
"High & Dry" - "Fake
Plastic Trees" - "Bones" -
"Nice Dream" - "Just"
- "My Iron Lung" - "Bullet
Proof... I Wish I Was" - "Black
Star" - "Sulk" -
"Street Spirit (Fade Out)" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
O.K. Computer
OK Computer OKNOTOK
1997-2017
Released: July, 1997
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 21
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks:
"Airbag" - "Paranoid
Android" - "Subterranean
Homesick Alien" - "Exit Music
(For A Film)" - "Let Down"
- "Karma Police" - "Fitter
Happier" -
"Electioneering" -
"Climbing Up The Walls" -
"No Surprises" -
"Lucky" - "The
Tourist" |
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Airbag / How Am I
Driving? (EP)
Released: April, 1998
Billboard
peak:
# 56
Tracks:
"Airbag" - "Pearly" -
"Meeting In The Aisle" -
"Reminder" - "Polyethylene
(Pts. 1 & 2)" -
"Melatonin" - "Palo
Alto" |
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Kid A
Kid A Mnesia
Released: October, 2000
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 1 (for 1 week)
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Everything
In Its Right Place" - "Kid
A" - "The National Anthem"
- "How To Disappear Completely"
- "Treefingers" -
"Optimistic" - "In
Limbo" - "Ideoteque" -
"Morning Bell" - "Motion
Picture Soundtrack" |
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Amnesiac
Released: June, 2001
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Packt Like
Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box" -
"Pyramid Song" -
"Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors" -
"You And Whose Army?" - "I
Might Be Wrong" - "Knives
Out" - "Amnesiac / Morning
Bell" - "Dollars &
Cents" - "Hunting Bears" -
"Like Spinning Plates" -
"Life In A Glass House" |
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I Might Be Wrong: Live
Recordings
Released: November, 2001
Billboard
peak:
# 44
Rolling Stone
review:
Live Tracks: "The
National Anthem" - "I Might Be
Wrong" - "Morning Bell" -
"Like Spinning Plates" -
"Idioteque" - "Everything
In Its Right Place" - "Dollars
& Cents" - "True Love
Waits" |
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Hail To The Thief
Released: June, 2003
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "2+2=5"
- "Sit Down, Stand Up" -
"Sail To The Moon" -
"Backdrifts" - "Go To
Sleep" - "Where I End And You
Begin" - "We Suck Young
Blood" - "The Gloaming" -
"There There" - "I
Will" - "A Punchup At A
Wedding" - "Myxomatosis" -
"Scatterbrain" - "A Wolf
At The Door" |
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Com Lag (2Plus2IsFive) EP
Released: May, 2007
Tracks: "2+2=5"
- "Remyxomatosis" - "I
Will" - "Paperbag Writer"
- "I Am A Wicked Child" -
"I Am Citizen Insane" -
"Skttrbrain" - "Gagging
Order" - "Fog (Again)" -
"Where Bluebirds Fly" |
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Radiohead: Limited
Edition Box Set
Released: December, 2007 |
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In Rainbows
Released: January, 2008
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 1
Tracks: "15
Step" - "Bodysnatchers" -
"Nude" - "Weird Fishes /
Arpeggi" - "All I Need" -
"Faust Arp" -
"Beckoner" -
"Reckoner" - "House Of
Cards" - "Jigsaw Falling Into
Place" - "Videotape" |
|
The Best Of Radiohead
Released: June, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 26
Tracks: "Just"
- "Paranoid Android" -
"Karma Police" -
"Creep" - "No
Surprises" - "High And
Dry" - "My Iron Lung" -
"There There" -
"Lucky" -
"Optimistic" - "Fake
Plastic Trees" -
"Idoteque" - "2+2=5"
- "The Bends" - "Pyramid
Song" - "Street Spirit (Fade
Out)" - "Everything In Its
Right Place" - "Airbag" -
"I Might Be Wrong" - "Go
To Sleep" - "Let Down" -
"Planet Telex" - "Exit
Music (For A Film)" - "The
National Anthem" - "Knives
Out" - "Talk Show Host" -
"You" - "Anyone Can Play
Guitar" - "How To Disappear
Completely" - "True Love
Waits" (live) |
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Thom Yorke:
The Eraser Remixes
Released: January, 2009
Tracks: "And It
Rained All Night" (Burial Remix) -
"The Clock" (Surgeon Remix) -
"Harrowdown Hill" (The Bug
Remix) - "Ski' Divided"
(Modeselektor Remix) - "Atoms For
Peace" (Four Tet Remix) -
"Cymbal Rush" (The Field Late
Night Essen Und Trinken Remix) -
"Black Swan" (Christian Vogel
Spare Parts Remix) - "Analyse"
(Various Remix) - "Black Swan"
(Vogel Bonus Beat Eraser Remix) |
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The King Of Limbs
Released: February, 2011
Tracks: "Bloom"
- "Morning Mr. Magpie" -
"Little By Little" -
"Feral" - "Lotus
Flower" - "Codex" -
"Give Up The Ghost" -
"Separator" |
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Tkol Rmx 1234567
Released: October, 2011 |
iTunes
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A Moon Shaped Pool
Released: May 8, 2016
US: Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Tracks: "Burn The
Witch" - "Daydreaming" -
"Decks Dark" - "Desert
Island Disk" - "Ful Stop"
- "Glass Eyes" -
"Identikit" - "The
Numbers" - "Present Tense"
- "Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich
Poor Man Beggar Man Thief" -
"True Love Waits" |
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