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Radiohead

One of the great groups of the alternative era, a restless, experimental unit that incorporated adventurous electronics into their intellectual rock.
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Album Highlights

  • The Bends
    Radiohead
    The Bends
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    In Rainbows
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    Kid A Mnesia
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    Radiohead
    Amnesiac
  • The King of Limbs
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    The King of Limbs
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  • Fear
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Radiohead
photo credit: Tom Sheehan

Radiohead - Artist Details

Active

1990s - 2020s

Formed

1991 in Oxford, England

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

Alternative Pop/Rock Alternative/Indie Rock Experimental Rock Britpop Indie Electronic

Group Members

Thom Yorke Colin Greenwood Ed O'Brien Jonny Greenwood Phil Selway
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