Who is Thom Yorke
Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. A multi-instrumentalist, he mainly plays guitar and keyboards and is noted for his falsetto. He has been described by Rolling Stone as one of the most influential singers of his generation.Yorke formed Radiohead with schoolmates at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire, and studied at the University of Exeter. In 1991, Radiohead signed to Parlophone; their 1992 debut single, "Creep", made Yorke a celebrity, and Radiohead went on to achieve critical acclaim and sales of over 30 million albums. Yorke's early influences included alternative rock acts such as the Pixies and R.E.M; with Radiohead's fourth album, Kid A (2000), Yorke moved into electronic music, influenced by...Read Full Biography of Thom Yorke
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- Well, I've been reading a lot about the fifty years since the Second World War, about Western foreign policy and all that. I try not to let it get to me, but sometimes I just think that there's no hope.
- One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is so dead and closed that people look to other sources, like artists, because art and music allow people a certain freedom.
- I think the most important thing about music is the sense of escape.
- I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music.
- I've never believed that pop music is escapist trash. There's always a darkness in it, even amidst great pop music.
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Sailt0them00n: i had a dream where radiohead covered all too well (10 minute version) and thom yorke refused to sing the correct lyrics and just made shit up
Ramsgatemh: tickets are flying for our first event at st. george's church! the wonderful scott matthews performs live for us on friday 26th may - described by bbc music as "the love child of neil finn, thom yorke, and jeff buckley" ❤️
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