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Ask Dr Thom

Radiohead
Jun 10, 2010 Updated Jun 15, 2010

Radiohead singer Thom Yorke has told aspiring musicians to avoid the "sinking ship" of major record labels.

Giving advice to young artists in a new UK school textbook, he said: "When the corporate industry dies it will be no great loss to the world.

Radiohead were signed to EMI for 12 years, but released their last album In Rainbows via their own website in 2007 and have since severed their ties with the troubled label.

In the interview, Yorke also cites bandmate Ed O'Brien's opinion that "It's simply a matter of time - months rather than years - before the music business establishment completely folds".

Source: BBC News external link

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Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments), Colin Greenwood (bass), Phil Selway (drums, percussion) and Ed O'Brien (guitars, backing vocals). Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992. The song was initially unsuccessful, but it...

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On Jun 12, 2010. 7:35am
Anonymous said

this is like rowing upriver or like the oldtime ballad of mighty jim. Thom beats Sean Selig.
again

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