Spin: Radiohead 15th band of all time

Posted on January 2nd, 2002.

In the new Spin (Feb 2002), Radiohead was #15 top band of all time. Spin claims that Travis, Sigur Ros, Coldplay, Clinic, JJ72, Doves, Elbow, Wes Borland are influenced by Radiohead. The magazine named OK Computer as their Classic Album.

“On 1995’s The Bends, Radiohead were a compelling young Brit-Pop band, but with follow-up OK Computer, they spooked rock fans into a new level of obsession. The album’s brooding minor chords and white-noise buzz grew more claustrophobic with each track, even as Thom Yorke’spersonal-yet-impersonal lyrics made songs about car crashes and crushed insects somehow moving. Newer bands began to cop Radiohead’s paranoid but confessional, slurry but catchy approach. In response, they sighed deeply and recorded Kid A, somehow transforming glitchy prog rock into classic pop.” [thanks chance]

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