Radiohead

Well its getting close to the end of the semester and I wanted to get this blog out before it was too late. Yes the time is finally here to blog about the one only Radiohead. One of the most critically acclaimed bands in its generations, Radiohead has undergone a lot of changes throughout its career that have shown the world how diverse they are with they're music and the musical talent they have to back that up. Well like I do in my most blogs, let me start with introducing the band members to you. First to go is Thom Yorke, the singer and lyricst for the band. But don't think that this is the only thing he contributes to the band. Thom's musical ability shows in his wide variety of instruments he can play. Next there's Johnny Greenwood the lead guitarist of the band. Like Thom, Johnny has more than one way he contributes to the band. He plays the fantastic guitar but he can also play the bass, piano, and he is always messing around with some electronic device on stage to add a little something extra to their sound. Next on the list is Colin Greenwood the bassist of theband and older brother of Johnny. Colin and Johnny's dynamic brother bond has contributed so much to their bands accomplishments. The fourth member is Ed O'Brian the rhythm guitar and back up vocals for the band. Ed's style of guitar has gone along so perfect to that of Johnny and Thom's style, that its almost to perfect. Last but not least is Phil Selway, the percussionist of the band. His drum beats and fills back up the music so perfect that its extraordinary, he is truly an amazing drum player. Well now you the band members a little more, I now can go on and talk about the band as a whole, their changes throughout their career, and their many accomplishments. Radiohead was formed in 1986 in Oxfordshire, England. An unusual fact about the band is that when first formed they were initially called On a Friday, not a very good band name, but they picked it because while in high school the band would always practice in their music room on a friday. They then changed it to Radiohead because of an inspiration off of a certain song title, I think they made the right choice changing their name. Soon after the band formed they released their fist single "Creep" which did not get much attention. A year later they released their first album Pablo Honey .  The band then reissued their single "Creep" a year after this and it became a worldwide hit.  With the band only really having one hit it seemed they were going to be another one hit wonder pop band.  But this was definitely not the story, as everyone that follows Radiohead would know they became one of the most changing phenomenal band of their generation.  Thats were I'll end this blog and continue with the rest of their music career in the next blog.