It is a well-known fact that the weight of just one hit single can destroy a band – should you duplicate your sound and be accused of selling out, or follow your artistic ideas and risk alienating your fans?
Fresh from the crippling and claustrophobic success of their anthemic single Creep, Radiohead retaliated by doing both.
The Bends (1995) was their rock masterwork. Still, to fully explore their electronic fascinations, they served up a set of songs that had a defiant yet fragile identity and, importantly, could really shake a stadium to the core.
Their later albums would become more abstract, but in 1995, at least, Radiohead’s sound was comparatively simplistic and devastatingly effective. It was a golden era.
Thom Yorke Vocals, guitar, keyboards
Johnny Greenwood
Guitar, keyboards
Ed O’Brien
Guitar
Colin Greenwood
Bass
Phil Selway
Drums
Related Posts
Mercury Rev This six-piece band from Buffalo, New York, burst onto the music scene in 1991 to critical acclaim for their enterprising…
Stone Temple Pilots Initially dismissed by critics as grunge latecomers and Pearl Jam wannabes, California's Stone Temple Pilots proved adept at twisting the…
Super Furry Animals Welsh band Super Furry Animals formed in Cardiff in 1993 with the aim of making techno records. Their music was, in…
Beck Beck David Hansen - born Bek David Campbell and professionally known simply as Beck - was born in Los Angeles…
Soul Asylum Soul Asylum were in the right place and the right time to grab sturdy coat-tails, and were regarded with bewildering…
Deacon Blue Scottish band Deacon Blue were named after the track Deacon Blues from Steely Dan's 1977 album, Aja. Frontman Ricky Ross (a youth worker by…
Boston Boston leader and guitarist Tom Scholz got a masters degree in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked…
Bluetones, The Originally called The Bottlegarden, The Bluetones formed in Hounslow, London in 1994. In 1995, they released two singles, Are You…
