Radiohead

Radiohead formed in 1986 at Abingdon school in Oxfordshire under the name On A Friday. It was a further seven years until Thom Yorke and his friends found mainstream success. Since then they’ve established themselves as one of the most essential, creative and constantly surprising modern rock bands, selling well in excess of 20 million albums and reinventing themselves more times than Madonna (and without the Kabbalah). More recently they’ve turned their attentions to pushing the boundaries of the music industry, and even the creation of music itself, with their ‘honesty box’ online release of ‘In Rainbows’ and their campaign to get fans remixing their single ‘Nude’.