It’s more about the sensory overload that he was having on ‘The Bends’ tour,” said Doheny. “Thom Yorke says it wasn’t specifically about computers.
So to go to your record label and say, ‘We don’t want to go into a normal recording studio and record a normal album’ … and then pull it off is a really amazing achievement.”Īlthough the album would prove to be prescient with the dawning of the internet age, the title wasn’t inspired by that. “The middle of the English countryside is not a place where bands normally record albums. “They had the confidence to be able to say, ‘We want to record differently,’ and they’re still a young band at this point,” said Wilkinson. taking more creative control on the album. “I think was probably schooling Thom on how he could cope with becoming huge.”Īnd that would result in Radiohead - who were working out “OK Computer” songs on that tour with R.E.M. on tour after “The Bends.” “I think all of this stuff was swirling around in Thom’s head - this kind of anger of being portrayed incorrectly,” said Wilkinson. Redfernsīut Yorke got some much-needed mentorship from Michael Stipe while Radiohead was opening for R.E.M. “They felt really uncomfortable with what the press was saying about them … that they were perhaps being pigeonholed.” Led by Thom Yorke, Radiohead performed at the Glastonbury Festival shortly after the release of “OK Computer” in 1997. “They didn’t like the position they were in within the music industry,” said Wilkinson. “I think they’re a bit like the Beatles in that way,” said James Doheny, author of “ Radiohead: The Stories Behind Every Song.” “Ultimately, history is the judge, and the fact that we’re still talking about ‘OK Computer’ 25 years later is because it’s a great piece of music.”Īfter Radiohead experienced success with its 1992 debut single “Creep” and then its second album, 1995’s “The Bends,” the band was looking to break out from the Britpop brigade that was dominating UK music at the time. The cover of Radiohead’s 1997 alt-rock classic “OK Computer.” Not only is it right up there with Nirvana’s “Nevermind” as one of the very best LPs of the ’90s, it is recognized as of the greatest albums of all time, inspiring a generation of Radiohead wannabes such as Coldplay. Twenty-five years later, “OK Computer” - with a futuristic vision that was, in fact, way ahead of its time - stands as the crowning achievement in Radiohead’s considerable catalog.
So maybe the true hero of ‘OK Computer’ is actually Jane Seymour for letting them do that.” “She was away in the US, the house is empty, and they moved in. “Think of Jane Seymour, a very prim and proper actress, for some reason letting a rock band into her house to run wild,” said Apple Music Radio host Matt Wilkinson, who celebrates the silver anniversary of “OK Computer” on a special episode of “Essentials Radio” available this weekend. The magic of making “OK Computer” happened at Seymour’s lavish mansion in Bath, England, which Radiohead rented from the former Bond girl. When Radiohead was making “OK Computer” - its classic album released 25 years ago, on there was, of course, lead singer Thom Yorke fronting the band and longtime producer Nigel Godrich behind the boards.īut in the creation of what is considered their undisputed masterpiece, the English alt-rockers had a surprising secret weapon: British actress Jane Seymour. Radiohead’s online ‘public library’ is a disorderly mess Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead release unseen footage for quarantined fansġ0 albums to crank up while coronavirus has you stuck at home Watch Radiohead’s Thom Yorke sing new song, live from his basement
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