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Radiohead tribute unites local musicians
The Oklahoman/News 9 has an article on a local band doing a tribute to Radiohead:
Few current bands exert the influence Radiohead holds over its audience and its fellow musicians. The British progressive band’s music has become so iconic, composers now create classical arrangements built around “OK Computer” songs. An entire genre of British bands emerged after 1995’s “The Bends,” and one of the most popular free mp3s on the Internet is “Rodeohead,” a bluegrass medley of Radiohead classics.
So, when organizers of the Mix Tape Club concerts sat down to discuss a theme for reviving the series of tribute nights, it did not take long before they found “Everything In Its Right Place.”
“Radiohead sells itself,” said Tony Shanks, co-founder of the Mix Tape Club. “It’s not like we have to sit down and come up with a concept like we did with ‘TV Party’ and with ”80s Night.’”
“A Tribute to Radiohead,” featuring members of Starlight Mints, Student Film, the Fellowship Students, Cheyenne, the Short Story, Ambassador Bill and the Mad Laugh, kicks off at 10 p.m. Saturday at the Green Door, 329 E Sheridan. This Mix Tape Club show will be the first of its type since October’s “Glam Night” featuring songs by David Bowie, Queen and Roxy Music.
Justin Rice, lead singer of the local art-pop band Student Film, said the participants find unique challenges in performing Radiohead songs.
“The experience of it has been pretty cool,” Rice said. “It’s kind of hard, because Radiohead … they’ve got a lot of equipment, especially on songs from ‘Kid A,’ stuff that we don’t have. It’s kind of hard to duplicate that stuff, so we’ve been trying to find other ways to go about it.”
“Trial and error is the best way to put it,” Student Film drummer Eric Nauni said. “A lot of times, it’s just sitting around a lot of times not even as a band working things out on your own. It might just be a keyboard effect, but it’s trying to figure out the thing you can bring to the rest of the band.” [read it in full]
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