Radiohead consists of Colin Greenwood (bass), Ed O'brien (vocals, guitar), Jonny Greenwood (guitar, piano, keyboard, custom instruments), Phil Selway (drums), Thom Yorke (lead vocals, guitar).
Radiohead are a British alternative rock band from Oxford and nearby Abingdon.
Thom Yorke: lead vocals, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, piano and laptop Jonny Greenwood: lead guitar, keyboards, modular synthesizer, Ondes Martenot, glockenspiel and laptop Ed O'Brien: supplemental guitar, effects pedals, backing vocals, auxiliary percussion Colin Greenwood: bass guitar, keyboards, sampler, and synthesisers Phil Selway: drums, percussion
Main article: Radiohead overview and influence
Radiohead is regarded as being among the most fearlessly creative bands of their era, although they are not universally popular. In general, their music is more complex than that of other pop musicians, incorporating a wide range of influences across genres and time periods, but they identify with the punk and post-punk movements rather than with progressive rock.
Radiohead have sometimes been cited as an " outsider" band within the mainstream, or vice versa. Some fans assume the band to be the natural inheritors of the mantle of R.E.M., Pink Floyd or even The Beatles, though Radiohead have not enjoyed the same commercial success as these groups; Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon has so far sold over 40 million copies worldwide, whereas Radiohead's much-acclaimed OK Computer has probably only sold a fraction of that (To date, OK Computer sales are acknowledged to be just over 8.4 million copies). However, reportedly members of these bands cited Radiohead numerous times as one of the greatest modern rock bands. Examples include Michael Stipe (at one point a quasi-mentor to Thom), who is a great fan of the band's output, and Paul McCartney, who lists them as one of his personal favourite acts.
