"Radiohead": Hysterical and Useless - Softcover

Clarke, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0859652661 ISBN 13: 9780859652667

Publisher: Plexus Publishing Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

'There aren't many things that scare me, but Radiohead are so good they scare me. ' - Michael Stipe, REM.

With their third album, OK Computer, the British rock group Radiohead is emerging as one of the most popular and influential bands of the 1990s. The distinctive combination of Thom Yorke's beautiful yet chilling vocals and a background of richly textured guitars has gained them fans around the world and already spawned a host of imitators and cover versions. Two years ago the press hailed Radiohead as 'the new U2'. Now any new band that displays the same intense, cinematic rock sound is hailed as 'the new Radiohead'.

In Radiohead: Hysterical and Useless Martin Clarke is the first author to delve deeply into the history of this band - its origins in Oxford where the members were childhood friends; the slacker-friendly single 'Creep' which launched their first album Paublo Honey; the second, multi-platinum, album, The Bends; and the unusual recording process for OK Computer, their complex concept album confronting the fear of a world taken over by technology.

He also examines the psyche and personal demons of the enigmatic Thom Yorke and produces an incisive vision of one of the most charismatic musical forces in the world.

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Review:

Clarke gets behind the myth and gives a real insight into the band and the 'personal demons' of leader Thom. -- What's On In London, December 10, 2003

From the Publisher:

Reviews from Magazines and Newspapers
"... this ‘Head tale’ is still the most substantion book yet on the band of the decade..." Select, January 2000

"...gripping reading from the Radiohead story [...] Martin Clarke’s [...] biography hurtles from school to stadium success [...] Clarke’s assessment of Radiohead’s back catalogue is clear-eyed..." Q, January 2000

About this edition

• Publisher: Plexus Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0859652661
• ISBN 13: 9780859652667
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200