For my essay I am going to write about the evolution of Radiohead. The statement I will use will be: The Evolution Of Radiohead And Why It Makes Them Different.
Sources:
Discography?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead_discography
- Pablo Honey- 22 February 1993, label: EMI, Parlophone
- The Bends- 8 March 1995, label: EMI, Parlophone
- OK Computer- 21 May 1997, label: EMI, Parlophone
- KID A- 2 October 2000, label: EMI, Parlophone
- Amnesiac- 30 May 2001, label: EMI, Parlophone
- Hail to the Thief- 9 June 2003, label: EMI, Parlophone
- In Rainbows- 10 October 2007, label: Xurbia Xendless, XL (ww)
- The Kings of Limbs- 18 February 2011, label: Ticker Tape, XL (ww)
- A Moon Shape Pool- 8 May 2016, label: XL (ww)
Where they met?
‘In 1986, Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Phil Selway and Ed O’Brien formed a band called On A Friday after meeting at Oxfordshire’s Abingdon School. They played their first gig in Oxford’s Jericho Tavern.’
-Met 1986 at Oxfordshire’s Abingdon School.
-Thom Yorke, Jhonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Phil Selway and Ed O’Brien formed a band called On A Friday. because they would usually rehearse on a Friday in their schools music rooms.
-Thom Yorke studied english and fine arts at university
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiohead
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Radiohead
Their debut?
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/radiohead-named-debut-album-pablo-honey/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creep_(Radiohead_song)
The Bends?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bends_(album)
https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/radiohead/whats-on-the-cover-of-the-bends-by-radiohead/
‘”The bends”, of course, is the common term for decompression sickness – when bubbles of dissolved gasses get into the bloodstream, which most commonly occurs when deep sea divers surface too quickly. Yorke used the term as a metaphor for drowning in the sea of modern life: “My baby’s got the bends / We don’t have any real friends”. Stanley Donwood is the pseudonym for Dan Rickwood, an artist that Yorke met at the University of Exeter and his first commission for Radiohead was the sleeve for the single My Iron Lung.’
OK Computer?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK_Computer
‘OK Computer is the third studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released in the UK on 16 June 1997 by EMI. With their producer, Nigel Godrich, Radiohead recorded most of OK Computer in their rehearsal space in Oxfordshire and the historic mansion of St Catherine’s Court in Bath in 1996 and early 1997. They distanced themselves from the guitar-centred, lyrically introspective style of their previous album, The Bends. OK Computer‘s abstract lyrics, densely layered sound and eclectic influences laid the groundwork for Radiohead’s later, more experimental work.’
‘OK Computer received acclaim and has been cited as one of the greatest albums of all time. It was nominated for Album of the Year and won Best Alternative Music Album at the 1998 Grammy Awards. It was also nominated for Best British Album at the 1998 Brit Awards.’
Kid A?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_A
‘After the stress of promoting Radiohead’s 1997 album OK Computer, the songwriter, Thom Yorke, wanted to depart from rock music. Drawing influence from electronic music, ambient music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, Radiohead used instruments such as modular synthesisers, the ondes Martenot, brass and strings. They processed guitar sounds, incorporated samples and loops, and manipulated their recordings with software. Yorke wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.’
https://www.newsweek.com/radiohead-ok-computer-paranoid-android-influences-593206