Thom Yorke

Thomas Edward "Thom" Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician best known as the singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Radiohead. As a multi-instrumentalist, Yorke mainly plays guitar and piano, but also plays instruments including keyboards, bass, and drums, and works extensively with synthesisers, sequencers and programming. He is known for his falsetto vocals; in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the 66th greatest singer of all time.

Yorke was born in 1968 in Northamptonshire. His family moved often before settling in Oxfordshire, where Yorke attended Abingdon School and founded Radiohead with his schoolmates. After he graduated from the University of Exeter, Radiohead signed to Parlophone; their early hit "Creep" made Yorke a celebrity, and Radiohead have gone on to achieve critical acclaim and sales of over 30 million albums. Their fourth album Kid A (2000) saw Yorke and the band move into electronic music, often manipulating his vocals.

In 2006, Yorke released his debut solo album, The Eraser, comprising mainly electronic music. In 2009, to perform The Eraser live, he formed Atoms for Peace with musicians including Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich; in 2013, the band released an album, Amok. In 2014, Yorke released his second solo album, Tomorrow's Modern Boxes. He has collaborated with artists including DJ Shadow, Björk, Flying Lotus and PJ Harvey, and has composed soundtracks for documentaries and theatre. With artist Stanley Donwood, he creates artwork for Radiohead's albums.

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Famous quotes by Thom Yorke:

"There's nothing more boring than a rock'n'roll star. Someone who has been on the road for 10 years, expecting attention wherever he goes, drinking himself stupid, who is obnoxious, incoherent, uncreative, and has a massive ego. There's nothing more pointless."
"Sex in the morning. Which is the best time to have it. As long as you've cleaned your teeth beforehand."
"We are going into a proper studio on Thursday (August 1 with 192 faders which is a lot of choice a bit like the supermarket and it may all go off before we get to it so we have to eat quick."
"Blair has no environmental credentials as far as I'm concerned."
"By the way, listening back to things we are doing and looking through the lyrics today and stuff, it feels like we are finally getting somewhere. There are lots of songs. Too many to get together straight away. So we will be furiously rehearsing and writing as we go."
"Some of the random stuff we have at the moment could be the most exciting. [We're] trying to figure out how on earth we will be able to play some of it."
"I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless."
"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."
"Being in a band turns you into a child and keeps you there."
"I'm not afraid of computers taking over the world."
"You think I have the responsibilty... I have the responsibility to give the fans a good time!"
"Someone needs to tell the truth, but it shouldn't be my job."
"My songs are my kids. Some of them stay with me, some others I have to send out, out to the war. It might sound stupid and it might even sound naive, but that's just the way it is."
"It is difficult to make political art work."

Thom Yorke

ALBUMS

Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes

Released 2014

2010-02-25: Corn Exchange, Cambridge, UK

Released 2010

The Eraser Rmxs

Released 2008

The Eraser

Released 2006

2009-07-19: Latitude Fesitval, Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, UK

Outside the Bends

1996-04-10: Just Passin' Thru

2002-10-26,27: Bridge School Benefit, Mountain View, CA, USA

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The Hollow Earth

by: Thom Yorke

Without a conscience
A hollow ring
Lost in a maze
Forgetting
Throwing firecrackers
And dancing
Lost in a maze
A hollow ring
A dereliction
Of duty
A pitiful
Display
Stamping the hollow earth
A pity
And throwing firecrackers




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If you’re a music fan of a certain age, “Lollapalooza ... Now that’s influence. Though as the authors make depressingly obvious. It used to be about the music, man! ... Thom York of Radiohead performs during Lollapalooza at Grant Park in Chicago on Aug ... 1 of 5.
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