| Radiohead burst
onto the Britpop scene in the early 1990s with a clamorous, post-U2 take
on guitar rock, buoyed by the hit "Creep." They subsequently
developed their songwriting and production skills on THE BENDS and
achieved iconic status with their breakthrough album OK COMPUTER, making
art-rock cool again in the process. The mercurial band's long-awaited
follow-up three years later was a sharp left turn full of ambient
electronics and Can-like sonic deconstruction. The connecting thread
through all the band's phases has been Thom Yorke's intense vocal frenzy |