Thom Yorke and 3D attack the banks after DJing for Occupy London

Thom Yorke and Massive Attack's 3D, Robert Del Naja, have attacked the banks in a video interview about the Occupy movement, published today, three days after they played DJ sets for Occupy London in a building owned by UBS. Yorke says the banks robbed ordinary people and that nobody responsible is being held to account. Of the banks' conduct, 3D says It's organised crime on a global scale.¹

Yorke also says the government is siding with the wrong people. If I was Prime Minister of this country, I would be wondering how I was going to keep this anger at bay, because the anger's going to get worse.¹ As for the protest itself, he asks How else are you going to register your protest in 2011? Are you going to go and talk to your MP?¹

The night was Tuesday, the protesters' alternative Christmas party, held while UBS had its own Christmas party just down the road. It was in the basement of the Bank of Ideas on Sun Street, an empty UBS office building that Occupy London have taken over. Tim Goldsworthy of UNKLE joined the two on the decks, and poets, dancers and comedians filled out the bill. About 100 invited guests were there, nobody had announced the DJs, and the night went out live on Occupy London's Livestream channel.

The organisers billed it as the musicians' thank-you to the protesters. The sets were recorded for an album and an HD film, reportedly to be sold on the Occupation Records label for whatever buyers choose to pay, as Radiohead sold In Rainbows, with the money going to Occupy in Britain and abroad. Ronan McNern, speaking for Occupy London, hopes it is the first of many concerts, and Adam Fitzmaurice, a supporter who helped arrange the evening, says more are planned. Yesterday I was meeting with clergy, and today it is with rock stars.¹