When Radiohead was making “OK Computer” — its classic album released 25 years ago, on May 21, 1997 — there was, of course, lead singer Thom Yorke fronting the band and longtime producer Nigel Godrich ...
When Radiohead released their third album, “OK Computer,” on May 21, 1997, they were a band that a typical indie-rock fan would know—but maybe not well. The band’s single “Creep,” from their 1993 ...
The post OK Computer at 25: How Radiohead Foresaw the Future of Rock Music and Humanity appeared first on Consequence. Radiohead could’ve proudly followed 1995’s The Bends with something markedly ...
Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...
OK Computer, In Rainbows and The Bends — return to the charts in the U.K. together, with plenty of overlap between them.
Radiohead’s third studio album served not only to usurp its predecessors, but to alter our understanding of modern music as well. Equal parts accessible alt and innovative art rock, the groundbreaking ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Radiohead’s OK Computer, The Bends, and In Rainbows all appear on ...
Radiohead‘s OK Computer doesn’t turn 25 for another month in the U.K. — and not until July in the U.S. — but guitarist Ed O’Brien commemorated the album in an Instagram post anyway. O’Brien was ...
Mysterious posters have been popping up in cities around the world, featuring black text on a white background with a theme of “more fear” and “1997 2017” at the bottom. What does it mean? A lot of ...
Starting in about the middle of 2025 and continuing to present day, Radiohead has been having a moment. In August, OK Computer favorite “Let Down” hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time.
The note from British art-rock band Radiohead was pretty straightforward: “We’ve been hacked,” wrote singer Thom Yorke on the band’s Bandcamp page. Acknowledging that a hacker had stolen nearly 16 ...