Radiohead cover interview in ‘Classic Rock presents Prog’
UK Magazine ‘Classic Rock presents Prog’ have Thom Yorke on the cover, with 8 pages inside on Radiohead’s past, present and future.
Issue 4 of this special issue of Classic Rock has an interview with Colin Greenwood. In the only UK interview of this year Colin explains that, despite some rumours, the band are not splitting up just yet. Colin: “We’ve never said we were going to do that. But we can’t stop the speculation”.
This Summer Thom Yorke told the Believer that the band was done with the ‘album format’. But Ed O’Brien told NME that with sessions planned this winter the band would “definitely” be releasing a full album physically next year.
In the interview with Classic Rock, Colin explains: “I think that everything is important all the time, when it comes to music. Whatever the format. Downloads are cool, and CD’s are still cool. Anything that encourages people to find new music and share it with others is just fantastic. I hope music still means something to people, and that’s all that matters. (…) These are times when you want to release a full album of songs. But there are others when an EP is more sensible. Again, just putting out one song on its own, as we did with ‘Harry Patch (In Memory Of)‘ is the answer.”
Colin continues: “The Biggest problem that we’ve had sometimes is that we do take an age in the studio. Sometimes doing one track really quickly actually turns out for the best. You can spend forever reworking songs, and remixing them, and never be satisfied. There’s sort of self-considered, analytical self-consciousness that we’ve taken on before which can be crippling – although it can act as quality control, too. You have to strike the right balance. To learn when enough is enough. In the past, that’s a lesson we’ve learned the hard way”.
On releasing the track ‘These Are My Twisted Words‘, which leaked in August and was rumoured to be included on a new EP, Greenwood smirks, “What EP? We decided to make one song available, because we’re going to play it live soon. There are other songs in various stages of development, but nothing else is ready.”
The Radiohead feature also includes an interview from 1992 with Thom Yorke. Besides Thom calling Jim Morrison a fat, talentless bastard, here’s one quote from Thom on being signed to a big record label (EMI), while a lot of artists are getting dropped: “At the moment, we’re in a very strong position because our record label has a lot of faith in us. And it’s one of those things, you have to be very honest with them, you can’t mess them about. But at the same time, we signed with them because it was an amazingly good deal.”
Read the full interviews in ‘Classic Rock presents Prog‘.
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15 Responses to “Radiohead cover interview in ‘Classic Rock presents Prog’”
Colin
October 19th, 2009
this is old. I read that article 4 weeks ago… Thx for posting anyway 
mattt
October 19th, 2009
“We all hate progressive rock music.”-Colin Greenwood.
blah
October 20th, 2009
… great to also see a long awaited feature on the CARDIACS, who along with Radiohead are probably the greatest band ever.
David
October 20th, 2009
I have it!
sexual cover photo 
Phoebe
October 20th, 2009
They signed with EMI, when? Playing live soon, when?
ernesto
October 22nd, 2009
I hope he was kidding when he said Jim Morrison was a fat talentless person. Come on Thom you guys are not quite up to the Doors legendary status, yet….
ernesto
October 22nd, 2009
that’s great man!!!!
i like it very much this article!!
javiiii
October 22nd, 2009
Not quite up to The Doors’ legendary status yet? Bullshit. And I like The Doors.
Nick
October 22nd, 2009
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October 23rd, 2009
I have to say the same. I love The Doors, they are one of my favorite bands, but Radiohead is a better band. They just have have come about in an age when music is less influential to our culture; it is more of a backdrop than anything else. The 60’s were all about music and drugs.
It disappoints me that Thom said this in ‘92, even if he was joking. If that was his view, hopefully he has since seen it as folly. Pablo Honey was necessary for Radiohead to become what they became, but it doesn’t hold up to any one of The Doors albums. Jim was a drunk, but his lyrics and singing are great in its own way. Sometimes you need some bravado.
rick
October 24th, 2009
How many things did you say when you were in your late teens/early 20s that you regret? I’m sure Thom’s opinions, or at least the way he expresses his opinions, have changed over time. But frankly, I hate the Doors. My opinion.
aperturius
October 26th, 2009
Okay but Radiohead is already much older than the Doors were, that is Jim Morrison died when he was 24 or something. Come on now Radiohead is my favorite band but the Doors changed the music scene and the business and stayed true to their artform. I think Thom was kidding. “The End” come on now, never ever in the history of music will there ever be a song like that. And there is not a RAdiohead movie yet either.
ernesto
October 26th, 2009
Regardless of whether you like the doors or not, you have to recognize what they did for music. Personally I absolutely hate Rush, but I know they are great musicians and influenced a ton of people. Personally I love The Doors, but I think Thom was just joking. I have to agree with the drunken, fat (in later years), and oft times bastard part. Talentless? Not by a long shot, TY!
People always knew where they stood with him Jim, he made zero compromises with his art. You have to respect that no matter what.
takethemoneyandrun
October 27th, 2009
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dsasdsa
November 7th, 2009
What EP?