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2006

Still from (2006/11/24) BBC Radio 3, Twenty Minutes, Jonny

24 November 2006 · radio

Jonny Greenwood on BBC Radio 3

In a silent room Greenwood can't follow a song in his head in real time; noise in the background makes it easier.

Still from (2006/10/21) BBC 2, The Culture Show, Thom

21 October 2006 · TV

Thom Yorke on BBC Two

Radiohead's webcasts feel to Thom Yorke like pirate TV, the band on one screen and thousands of people talking about it on the other.

Still from (2006/09/14) VPRO, 3VOOR12, Thom

14 September 2006 · TV

Thom Yorke on VPRO

He formally asked the rest of Radiohead whether they minded before starting The Eraser, expecting nothing to come of it.

Still from (2006/09/05) BBC Radio 1, Edith Bowman, Thom

5 September 2006 · radio

Thom Yorke on BBC Radio 1

Coming off stage at the 2006 Mercury Prize after his song at the piano, Thom Yorke tells Radio 1 what the nomination for The Eraser means.

Still from (2006/09/05) BBC Radio 2, Mark Radcliffe Show, Thom

5 September 2006 · radio

Thom Yorke on BBC Radio 2

A tour by gin palace is his dream, he says, though it will never happen, because he doesn't like flying.

Still from (2006/11/23) Arte, Tracks, Thom

September 2006 · TV

Thom Yorke on Arte

The day after the 2006 Mercury Prize, Thom Yorke tells Arte's Tracks about the spells when he can produce nothing.

Still from (2006/08/21) BBC Radio 6, Steve Lamacq, Thom

21 August 2006 · radio

Thom Yorke on BBC 6 Music

Thom Yorke keeps asking Jonny Greenwood for guitar solos at Radiohead's shows this year, and Jonny keeps saying no.

Still from (2006/08/21) XFM, Thom

21 August 2006 · radio

Thom Yorke on XFM

Peter Gabriel's “Games Without Frontiers” is in his top five songs ever, for sounding like nonsense over the best groove there is.

Still from (2006/08/15) deus podcast, Colin

15 August 2006 · podcast

Colin Greenwood on deus podcast

Of the acts who treated Radiohead well on tour, he names R.E.M. and Alanis Morissette, and makes clear he does not mean Morrissey.

Still from (2006/08/22) Triple J "Top Shelf", Thom

August 2006 · radio

Thom Yorke on Triple J

If The Eraser wins the Mercury Prize, Yorke says, the £20,000 goes to Friends of the Earth.

Still from (2006/07/15) IFC, Thom

15 July 2006 · TV

Thom Yorke on IFC

Lobby groups tied to the oil companies, Yorke says, paid the one or two doubting scientists they could find to take on tens of thousands.

Still from (2006/07/12) WHYY-FM "Fresh Air", Thom

12 July 2006 · radio

Thom Yorke on WHYY-FM

Yorke learned his electronics behind the decks at college, answering requests for the Pogues with a Warp record loud enough to clear the floor.

Still from (2006/07/02) NY Times podcast, Thom

2 July 2006 · newspaper

Thom Yorke on NY Times podcast

Playing unreleased songs every night, Radiohead know a gig has gone well when the new ones sound better than the old.

Still from Radiohead Interviews - Chicago Public Radio (2006)

18 June 2006 · video

Radiohead on Sound Opinions

When it comes to who plays the station's piano, Jonny Greenwood says he is a chicken, and then admits he keeps 12 or 13.

Still from (2006/06/16) 93.1 XRT, Chicago, Marky Lennartz, Thom

16 June 2006 · radio

Thom Yorke on 93.1 XRT

Nigel Godrich is coming out on tour with Radiohead for a while, to hear the new songs as someone arriving cold.

Still from (2006/06/11) Caroline Martel, Jonny

11 June 2006 · video

Jonny Greenwood on Caroline Martel

The ondes Martenot player Jonny Greenwood meets had seen Radiohead in Montreal the night before: the player's first rock show.

Still from (2006/05/30) Blank On Blank, Thom

30 May 2006 · video

Thom Yorke on Blank On Blank

Asked, at nearly 38, about getting older, Thom Yorke says it is a bad idea to tell yourself you wish you were 20 again.

Still from Radiohead Interviews - The Eraser (2006)

2006 · video

Radiohead

The crunchy piano chords on “The Eraser” are Jonny Greenwood's, taped on a dictaphone, and Thom Yorke didn't own up for about a year.

Still from Thom Yorke - The Eraser Interview 2006

2006 · video

Thom Yorke

The crunchy piano chords on “The Eraser” are Jonny Greenwood's, taped on a dictaphone Thom Yorke left on top of the piano.

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