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
