Thursday, 5 January 2023

Wiki Challenge - The Music of Radiohead

 Okay – so I have given myself a good talking to. If I’m serious about using the wiki challenge to try to boost my specialist aggregate for the coming Mastermind heat – and I am – then the fact that I think the Music of Radiohead will be a more difficult subject to do the wiki challenge with isn’t a good enough excuse for not trying. So I’ve put together this set – all of these questions are culled from the information given on the Radiohead Wikipedia page, and any mistakes in them are (probably) mine.

Now all I need is to find out what the fourth subject is - it didn't say when I looked on the official Mastermind website.

Radiohead were formed where in 1985 – Abingdon

Name their original studio albums in order of release –

Pablo Honey 1991

The Bends 1995

OK Computer 1997

Kid A 2000

Amnesiac 2001

Hail to the Thief 2003 (last EMI album)

In Rainbows 2007 – download – customers set their own price

King of Limbs 2011

A Moon shaped Pool 2016

 

Name their 7 UK top 10 singles

Creep 1992

Street Spirit (Fade Out) 1996

Paranoid Android 1997

Karma Police 1997

No Surprises 1998

Pyramid Song 2001

There There 2003

In which album did lyrics address the war on terror? – Hail to the Thief

Which album prominently featured Johnny Greenwood’s orchestral arrangements – A Moon Shaped Pool

What was the band’s original name – On A Friday

Which record label offered On a Friday a ecoring deal but were turned down because the band members thought that they weren’t ready and they wanted to go to university? – Island Records.

In which venue in Oxford did the band play their first gig? – Jericho Tavern

Thom Yorke performed songs later used by Radiohead when performing with which band at the University of Exeter? – Headless Chickens

While at the University of Exeter Tom Yorke met which artist who went on to design album covers for Radiohead? – Stanley Donwood

In 1991 who became On a Friday’s first managers? Chris Hufford and Bryce Edge

What was the title of the demo the band passed onto EMI A and R man Keith Wozencroft? – Manic Hedgehog EP

The band’s name Radiohead was taken from a song on which Talking Heads album? – True Stories

Where did Radiohead record their debut EP Drill? – Courtyard Studios

Paul Kolderlie and who else were brought in by EMI to produce the band’s first album? – Sean Slade

A review of debut single Creep in which paper described Radiohead as a lily livered excuse for a rock band? – NME

Creep first became a hit in Israel, after which DJ played it frequently on Israeli radio? Yoav Kutner

In their first US tour Radohead supported two acts – who were they? – Belly and PJ Harvey

In their first European tour Radiohead supported which act? – James

Which of their future producers first worked with the band on their second album as an audio engineer? – Nigel Godrich

In 1995 following the release of The Bends, Radiohead toured America supporting which act? – REM

Where did Yorke and Johnny greenwood play an acoustic set on the 1995 tour after their van was stolen with all of their equipment? – Denver Colorado.

In late 199 Radiohead recorded which song as a single to help promote the War Child charity’s The Help Album? – Lucky

Which 1996 B side featured in Baz Luhrman’s 1996 film of Romeo and Juliet? – Talk Show Host

What was the name of the converted apple shed near Didcot where Radiohead recorded several songs in 1996? – Canned Applause

What was the name of the mansion near Bath where Radiohead also recorded some of the songs on OK Computer? – St. Catherine’s court

OK Computer won Radiohead’s first Grammy in which category? – Best Alternative Album

Radiohead made their first headlining Glastonbury appearance during which tour? – Against Demons world tour

Who directed the video for No Surprises and also the 1999 documentary Meeting People is Easy– Grant Gee

Which song did the band record for the 1998 film “The Avengers” although it was never released – Man of War

Which early electronic musical instrument did Radiohead use for the first time in the recording of the album Kid A? – The ondes Martenot

Radiohead’s 2000 tour in a custom made tent free of advertising was inspired by whose book No Logo? – Naomi Klein

Which track on Amnesiac, originally recorded in the KidA session featured the Humphrey Lyttelton Band? – Life in a glasshouse

In the 2001 live album I might be wrong, which unreleased track is performed? – True Love waits

Radiohead wrote music for which dance piece performed by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in the Brooklyn Academy or Music – Split Sides

In 2004 Radiohead finished their world tour at which festival in California – Coachella

Whom did Radiohead initially bring in as producer for In Rainbows, although the collaboration was unsuccessful? – Spike Stent

Who released the retail version of In Rainbows in December 2007 – XL Recordings (USA – TBD records)

In the 2009 Grammy Awards, Yorke and Johnny greenwood performed which song with the University of Southern California Marching Band? – 15 Steps

Which single from In Rainbows was the first to enter the US Top 40 since Creep? – Nude

In April 2008 Radiohead launched which social networking service for fans? – W.A.S.T.E.

What was the title of Radiohead’s 2009 tribute to the last surviving British soldier to have fought in World War One? – Harry Patch (In Memory Of) – proceeds to the British Legion

Following the release of their 8th album King of Limbs Radiohead released a double A side of two songs not on the album for Record Store Day – which two songs? – Supercollider and The Butcher

Which drummer who had worked with Portishead did Radiohead recruit for live performances of King of Limbs? – Clive Dreamer

During their US tour in 2012 Radiohead recorded material at which studios which was later discarded? – Jack White’s Third Man Records

At which Toronto venue did the roof collapse half an hour before their last concert, injuring several crew members and resulting in the death of drum technician Scott Johnson – Downsview Park

In 2015 work on Radiohead’s 9th album was delayed when they were commissioned to write the theme song for which film – the song was subsequently rejected and not used in the film. – Spectre

On A Moon Shaped Pool, choral vocals and strings were performed by whom? – London Contemporary Orchestra

In 2017 Radiohead performed in which city, earning criticism from Roger Waters and Ken Loach for breaking an international cultural boycott – Tel Aviv

A new version of the track Bloom created by Hans Zimmer was featured in which BBC documentary series of 2017? – Blue Planet II

If you say the word and which other song were previously unreleased songs which feature on 2021’s Kid A Mnesia? – Follow Me Around

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