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Radiohead是一支来自牛津的乐队。主唱Thom L .Yorke于1968年10月7号出生于阿伯丁。进入大学后，Thom和Colin产生了建立乐队的想法。从此以后，他的绝大多数空闲时间都是在隔音的排练室里度过的。随后。他俩加入了一个名为TNT的乐队。乐队在每个星期五排练，1987年，乐队不顾外界的阻止，在牛津郊区的一个小酒馆里进行了第一次演出，但演出并不很成功。

1992年，乐队录制了第一张小样，取名为《Manic Hedgehog 》并在牛津地区销售。同年，乐队改名为Radiohead，名称取材于 The Talkingheads 乐队的一首歌《Radio Head》。1992年3月，经过一个小制作人的制作，乐队的第一张EP发行，反响强烈。为了乐队的发展，乐队和当时的著名工作室 Boston-based 联系，制作人对乐队小样中的几首歌非常欣赏，其中包括《Creep》，制作人 Paul Q Kolderie甚至认为，乐队一定会成为第二个The Beatles 。1992年5月，乐队的第二张EP《The Drill 》发行。

1993年1月，乐队的第三张EP《Anyone Can Play Guitar》发行。很快，乐队的第一张专辑《Pablo Honey 》在1993年由EMI唱片公司发行，并引起轰动。单曲《Creep》在排行榜上排名第78位，专辑《Pablo Honey 》在全英排行榜上名列25名。随后，英国EMI唱片公司的国际部总裁Cue Carol Baxter经过和乐队的会面后，决定把乐队推向海外。单曲唱片在美国取得了好成绩，打进了Billboard 100，排名第34位。随后，乐队在美国进行了名为“POP IS DEAD”的巡演，此次活动得到了Duran Duran的大力支持。1993年九月，单曲《Creep》再版发行。1993年十月，《Pablo Honey 》在纽约赢得金唱片奖。在同年十一月，乐队开始了欧洲巡演。

1994年1月，乐队开始了第二张专辑的排练。乐队在5-6月，开始了世界巡演，包括：西班牙、德国、意大利、日本、香港、澳大利亚...9月，乐队推出EP《My Iron Lung 》为新专辑宣传。

1995年1月，乐队和Candyskins 及Supergrass两支乐队在牛津巡演。随后，乐队的第二张专辑《The Bends》发行，乐队的风格更趋向于成熟。Paul Q Kolderie把这张专辑定位于欧美风格之间，并希望《The Bends》在全球范围内引起注意。而乐队成员Colin却认为这张专辑和第一张专辑风格一样，不同的只是乐队的巡演的经历。同时对这种生活，Colin又流露出厌烦的情绪。主唱Thom对外界对乐队的频频爆光也十分不满，并公开对表示对自己的歌曲被大多数人认同而感到不可理解。3月，EP《High and Dry》发行，并排名排行榜17位，同时，专辑《The Bends》排名第5名。直到这时，全部英国人的目光才注视到这支乐队身上。9月，乐队和美国乐队R.E.M开始迈阿密巡演。同月，乐队的单曲《Lucky》被收录到慈善专辑《Help》中，这是一张由非主流乐队和艺人组成的合辑，包括：The Stone Rose、Suede、Paul Weller、Orbital、Manic Street Preachers.... 所有收入捐赠给在波斯尼亚受战争残害的儿童。

1996年，乐队在巡演并美国发行了单曲唱片《High & Dry》、《Fake Plastic Trees》和一些“B-Side”歌曲，销量一般。

厌烦和悲观的情绪被带到了乐队的第三张专辑中。1997年5月，《Ok Computer》发行，出人意料的是这张专辑竟然在日本首发，第二天，专辑在西班牙发行。一直到6月，专辑才在全球上市。这张专辑并未引起很大反响，但在摇滚界内受到了好评。随后，乐队和Nigel Godrich 成立了自己的工作室，Nigel Godrich 是为乐队制作《Lucky》和《Black Star》两首歌的制作人。同年，在《Ok Computer》发行前，乐队又一次前往美国进行巡演，和以往不同的是：乐队这次巡演是和当时正红的美国女艺人Alanis Morissette同时演出。爱尔兰乐队U2的成员Edge对乐队极为看好，但他认为，乐队想得到美国乐队的认同是不可能的。英国乐队和美国乐队完全是两码事，英国乐队The Stone Roses和Happy Mondays 都曾尝到了失败的滋味。

1997年，乐队成员遭到了世界各国媒体潮水般的采访。在这期间，乐队的排练几乎少了又少。主唱Thom表示，非常欣赏歌手Elvis Costello, Scott Walker. P.J. Harvey。并认为乐队要出一张能和The Beatles的《 Day In The Life》媲美的经典专辑。

很多人认为，《Ok Computer》是一张Modern Rock 专辑，大制作人Nic Harcourt也持同样观点。（Nic Harcourt曾经为U2、R.E.M、Pearl Jam和Aerosmith制作过专辑）美国媒体认为，《Ok Computer》完全是一张奉承美国人的专辑，只有主唱Thom的神经质的演唱保持了英伦风格。

1998年，乐队发行了新EP《No Surprises》，4月，EP《Airbag/How am I Driving》 发行。同年11月，乐队得到了巴黎市政府的同意，在巴黎举办了演唱会。



Artist: Radiohead
Album:O.K.Computer
Label: Capitol
Genre: Rock
Category: Alternative Pop/Rock，Britpop， Experimental Rock
Date: 1997-07-01

Radiohead had already had a huge hit in 1993 with its grunge-y ode to self-loathing, "Creep," and it had already put out a first-rate album with 1995's The Bends, but when OK Computer dropped in 1997, so did about a million or so jaws.

A majestic document of fear and isolation that far exceeded anything the band had attempted previously, OK Computer's vast, sweeping soundscapes were so overwhelming it was impossible to feel anything but dwarfed in their presence. And that's exactly how the band wanted us to feel -- small, lonely, and absolutely awed by a pre-millennial world that had grown too big and was moving too fast.

The three-part epic "Paranoid Android" sets the album's tone. With guitars that shimmer, rattle, and explode, it's as grand and bombastic as any mid-'70s prog-rock symphony, yet its feel is not celebration and exultation, but rather panic and dread. The paranoia drips across the album, seeping into the sublime "Subterranean Homesick Alien" and particularly into the frighteningly intimate, "Exit Music (for a Film)." Opening with only an acoustic guitar behind him, lead singer Thom Yorke's voice hugs the studio mic so closely it sounds like he's whispering in your ear: "Pack and get dressed / Before your father hears us / Before all hell breaks loose."

Of course, it's too late -- hell has already broken loose, but it's not the sort of fire and brimstone vision we're normally offered -- it's a stifling, insidious boredom. "Bring down the government ... they don't speak for us," Yorke offers later on "No Surprises," but without any of the revolutionary fervor that the line implies. Instead the words sort of slide out of the side of his mouth, more of a shrug of the shoulders than a call to arms. In a world where technology has made everything easier, happier, and more efficient, Yorke feels numb.

Much has been written about the album's "storyline," a supposed battle of man vs. machine, but trying to extricate a coherent plot out of OK Computer is probably futile. Still, it's impossible not to hear the terror and confusion in Yorke's moans, groans, and wails as he's bum-rushed by the encroaching tide of technology. And, with Radiohead's electronically enhanced wall of sound bearing down on us, it's impossible not to feel the same thing.

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1 Airbag   
2 Paranoid Android  
3 Subterranean Homesick Alien   
4 Exit Music(For A Film)  
5 Let Down  
6 Karma Police   
7 Fitter Happier  
8 Electioneering  
9 Climbing Up The Walls   
10 No Surprises   
11 Lucky   
12 The Tourist

Artist: Radiohead
Album: Kid A
Label: Nigel Godrich
Genre: Rock
Category: Alternative Pop/Rock，Britpop， Experimental Rock
Date: 2000-10-01 

After 1997's OK COMPUTER turned the rock world on its ear by bringing visionary neo-prog rock touches to a Britpop format, all eyes were trained steadily on the doings of the Radiohead camp. Consequently, KID A was one of the most anticipated releases of its era, especially since Nigel Godrich, the man behind the mixing desk for the previous album, was again on hand for this outing.

On KID A, extended tracks replete with Thom Yorke's passionate wailing and the band's nimbly orchestrated full-frontal assault are augmented by some distinctive new touches added to Radiohead's sonic palette. The most striking change from OK COMPUTER is the incorporation of elements of electronica. The semi-ambient underpinnings of "Everything in Its Right Place" and the instrumental "Treefingers," the electronic beats of "Idioteque," and the processed vocals of the title track will come as quite a shock to those diehard '70s rockers who spent the late '90s deifying Radiohead as heirs to the Pink Floyd throne. Fortunately, these touches work brilliantly, while more roots-conscious, organic elements, such as the jazzy horn section on "The National Anthem," and the string section and acoustic guitar on "How to Disappear Completely" provide a counterpoint to all this incipient modernism.

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1 Everything In Its Right Place  
2 Kid A  
3 The National Anthem  
4 How to Disappear Completely  
5 Treefingers  
6 Optimistic   
7 In Limbo   
8 Idioteque   
9 Morning Bell  
10 Motion Picture Soundtrack   
11 Hidden Track