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Listening to all the Radiohead albums in chronological order is like watching all of the Mad Max movies in a row. Little by little, the old familiar world breaks down and is eventually replaced by a new one. With each new album the band has experimented more and more with song stucture and texture. Pablo Honey was Pixies meets REM meets Hüsker Dü meets Neil Young. The Bends tightened up the songs and carved out a sound for the band. With OK Computer, Radiohead took that sound and started playing with electronic noises and weird time signatures.
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Following 2001's platinum-selling Driving Rain, Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard, which was produced by Nigel Godrich (who has produced for Radiohead and Beck), is McCartney's 20th studio recording since parting with The Beatles. The album is a return to basics for the renowned musician, successfully fusing his incomparable song writing talents with his unparalleled musicianship. Featuring sonically robust songs, Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard is a melange of up-tempo piano driven classics and introspective darker tracks resulting in a strikingly intricate and meaningful album. The album's release will coincide with the September 16 launch of McCartney's new 37-city US tour.
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Over the last decade Oxford, England five-piece Radiohead has emerged from the flock of just-a-little-bit-edgy Brit-pop bands that have dominated England's airwaves and music press over the last decade, as the most innovative band that country has produced in a generation. Amazingly, the band was initially pegged as a one-hit-wonder after fading from view in the wake of the international success of their first single, the memorably angst-ridden "Creep." While their first album, 1993's Pablo Honey, did go gold, for the most part critics dismissed Radiohead's music as a recapitulation of the U.S. guitar-driven indie rock sound pioneered by The Pixies and Nirvana.
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Murakami and Radiohead have both created distinct worlds through the proliferation of particular imagery. Radiohead’s music is in a distinct style, sure, but Yorke’s words have always been a major part of what constitutes the band’s ‘world’.
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The members of Radiohead originally met at a private boy's school outside of Oxford, England. The band was originally called On A Friday and was formed by Thom Yorke (vocals/guitar) with classmates Ed O'Brien (guitar) and Colin Greenwood (bass). Also joining were Phil Selway (drums) and Colin's brother, Jonny Greenwood (guitar/keyboards). On A Friday played their first gigs in 1987, but the band was put on hold while the members attended college. They reformed in 1991 with a new name, Radiohead (from a Talking Heads song) and signed with EMI Records. Radiohead released the Drill EP in 1992 and three singles, "Creep", "Anyone Can Play Guitar" and "Pop is Dead."
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Radiohead began at Abingdon School, a boys' school outside Oxford. Abingdon has a history dating back to the twelfth century, but it is not an élite bastion on the order of Eton or Winchester. Its students tend to come from the Thames Valley region, rather than from all over England, and many rely on scholarships. The members of Radiohead were born into ordinary middle-class families: Yorke's father was a chemical-equipment supplier; Jonny and Colin's father served in the Army. They were, basically, townies—the kids on the other side of the ancient walls. Even at Abingdon, they felt out of place.
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