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Today's featured article Radiohead are an English alternative rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitars, piano), Jonny Greenwood (guitars, keyboards, other instruments), Ed O'Brien (guitars, backing vocals), Colin Greenwood (bass, synthesizers) and Phil Selway (drums, percussion). Radiohead released their firstsingle, "Creep", in 1992. The song was initially unsuccessful, but it became a worldwide hit several months after the release of their debut album, Pablo Honey (1993). Radiohead's third album, OK Computer(1997), propelled them to greater international fame. Featuring an expansive sound and themes of modern alienation, OK Computer is often acclaimed as a landmark record of the 1990s. Kid A (2000) andAmnesiac (2001) marked an evolution in Radiohead's musical style, as the group incorporated experimental electronic music, Krautrock and jazzinfluences. Radiohead's work has appeared in a large number of listener polls and critics' lists. While the band's earlier albums were influential on British rock and pop music, musicians in a wide variety of genres have been influenced by their later work. (more...) Recently featured: Joseph Barbera – Jimmy McAleer – Pied Currawong Archive – By email – More featured articles... Did you know... From Wikipedia's newest articles: §  ... that Michigan Wolverines baseball player and coachCharles F. Watkins (pictured) sustained severe burns from an X-ray machine, which ultimately resulted in his death? §  ... that the German ironclad SMS Hansa's service career was cut short due to severe corrosion in her hull? §  ... that Timothy Brown was the soloist in Mozart's four horn concertos with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conducted by his sister Iona Brown? §  ... that, in the Itamar attack, five members of a family were stabbed to death in their beds in the Israeli settlement of Itamar in the West Bank? §  ... that Diosso Gorge is known as the "Grand Canyon of the Congo"? §  ... that Stafford L. Warren invented the mammogram? §  ... that Dear Friend Hitler, an Indian film, centres on letters written from Mahatma Gandhi to Adolf Hitler? Archive – Start a new article – Nominate an article

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