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2021

Still from (2021/12/03) Q on CBC - Kid A Mnesia Interview - Radiohead [Thom Yorke, Stanley Donwood]

3 December 2021 · TV

Radiohead on Q on CBC

Stanley Donwood remembers Thom Yorke at Exeter as mouthy, arguing with a photography tutor on his first day.

Still from (2021/12/01) BBC Radio 5 - Kid A Mnesia Interview - Radiohead [Thom Yorke, Stanley Donwood]

1 December 2021 · radio

Radiohead on BBC Radio 5 Live

Thom Yorke wrote “Pyramid Song” after seeing Egyptian figures in boats in Copenhagen; a note said they could travel through space.

Still from (2021/11/25) BBC Radio 6 - Kid A Mnesia Interview - Radiohead [Thom Yorke, Stanley Donwood]

25 November 2021 · radio

Radiohead on BBC Radio 6

Stanley Donwood asked the band to leave one barn exactly as it was, and the rodents that moved in ate his paintings.

Still from (2021/11/23) BBC Radio 4 - Kid A Mnesia Interview - Radiohead [Thom Yorke, Stanley Donwood]

23 November 2021 · radio

Radiohead on BBC Radio 4

The online exhibition with Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood began as a virtual gallery, until they saw the software let them break every rule.

Still from (2021/11/15) Radio Juxtapoz - Kid A Mnesia Interview - Radiohead [Thom Yorke, Stanley Donwood]

15 November 2021 · radio

Radiohead on Radio Juxtapoz

Thom Yorke drew Kid A Mnesia as a red stack of shipping containers for the V&A courtyard, which the Sacklers had paid for.

Still from Andrew Scheps Talks to Darrell Thorp Part 2 (Beck, Radiohead...) | Andrew Talks to Awesome People

8 November 2021 · video

Darrell Thorp on Puremix

Darrell Thorp used to tease Nigel Godrich for wanting a nap after 12 hours' sleep, and only understood why once he tried producing himself.

Still from Andrew Scheps Talks to Darrell Thorp (Beck, Radiohead...) | Andrew Talks to Awesome People

18 October 2021 · video

Darrell Thorp on Puremix

Nigel Godrich asked for 421s on the toms, got C12s by mistake, and called it the greatest mistake he had ever heard.

Still from Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood in conversation with Gareth Evans

15 October 2021 · video

Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke

The Kid A canvases are the size they are because that was the biggest that would go diagonally through the door of the studio mezzanine.

Still from (2021/09/24) Christie's - Kid A Mnesia Interview - Radiohead [Thom Yorke, Stanley Donwood] (Video)

24 September 2021 · video

Radiohead on Christie's

After the OK Computer tour, Thom Yorke's partner Rachel told him to stop making music for a while and go back to his art.

Still from (2021/09/23) BBC Radio 6 - Kid A Mnesia Interview - Stanley Donwood

23 September 2021 · radio

Stanley Donwood on BBC Radio 6

Stanley Donwood's first plan for Kid A and Amnesiac at 20: shipping containers welded to look as if they had crashed into the Albert Hall.

Still from Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood in conversation for Christie's

19 September 2021 · video

Stanley Donwood and Thom Yorke

The first day he met Stanley Donwood at art college, Thom Yorke decided he would either hate him or work with him forever.

Still from (2021/07/23) Coda Collection - From The Basement Interview - Nigel Godrich (Video)

23 July 2021 · video

Nigel Godrich on Coda Collection

The In Rainbows session worked so well that Radiohead went back and rebuilt the whole setup without the cameras, just to record.

Still from Ed O'Brien (Radiohead) : The John Robb interview

14 July 2021 · video

Ed O'Brien on JOHN ROBB

Paul McCartney phoned Ed O'Brien on a Saturday evening to thank him for his remix, and they talked about bluebells.

12 March 2021 · podcast

Stanley Donwood

Stanley Donwood wrote down his nightmares so they would stop coming back, and they became Slowly Downward.

Still from (2021/02/18) RHA and ITV News - Brexit Interview - Colin Greenwood (Video)

18 February 2021 · TV

Colin Greenwood on RHA and ITV News

Radiohead learned their trade in 200-capacity clubs in Paris and Strasbourg, Colin Greenwood says, when crossing Europe was easy.

Still from (2021/02/12) St. Martin's Challenge - The Samaritans Interview - Philip Selway

12 February 2021 · video

Phil Selway on St. Martin's Challenge

A Nightline bookmark in Phil Selway's fresher's pack listed what they wanted in a volunteer, and led to about 20 years of volunteering.

Still from (2021/02/08) Sky News - Brexit Interview - Colin Greenwood (Video)

8 February 2021 · TV

Colin Greenwood on Sky News

Radiohead can pay accountants and lawyers to handle touring after Brexit; Colin Greenwood worries about the next Radioheads, or Marillions.

Still from (2021/02/05) BBC Radio 4 - Inheritance Tracks Interview - Jonny Greenwood

5 February 2021 · radio

Jonny Greenwood on BBC Radio 4

Jonny Greenwood played in recorder groups until he was 18, which embarrasses him more than any excess of life in a band.

Still from Animated producer interview with John Leckie (Radiohead , Muse, Stone Roses..)

31 January 2021 · video

John Leckie on Record Production

The former prime minister Edward Heath, conducting a choir in Abbey Road's Studio One, spent his lunchtime with the punk band XTC.

Still from (2021/01/22) BBC Radio 4 - Glastonbury Interview - Colin Greenwood

22 January 2021 · radio

Colin Greenwood on BBC Radio 4

Playing classical guitar again over Zoom, Colin Greenwood finds, is more nerve-racking than 60,000 people at Glastonbury.

Still from A Conversation With Ed Obrien from Radiohead

2021 · video

Ed O'Brien

A cab driver told Ed O'Brien to take a video camera through life, and now his mother's 40 reels of Super 8 are being converted.

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