Thom Yorke
Thom Yorke is Radiohead’s singer and main songwriter, a solo electronic musician, a member of The Smile, and a composer for film and theatre.
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Thom’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus his backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
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Overview
- From
- England; Radiohead formed in Oxfordshire.
- Work
- Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer.
- Started
- Formed On a Friday with schoolmates in 1985; the band became Radiohead.
- Breakout
- Creep, released in 1992, became a worldwide hit.
- Also hear him in
- The Smile and Atoms for Peace.
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How it started.
Yorke formed On a Friday with fellow pupils at Abingdon School in 1985. The group later became Radiohead, and Creep brought them a worldwide audience. OK Computer followed in 1997, before Kid A took their music further into electronics in 2000.
A solo path.
His first solo album, The Eraser, arrived in 2006. He formed Atoms for Peace to perform that material, with collaborators including Nigel Godrich and Flea. ANIMA followed in 2019, while his screen work includes the soundtracks to Suspiria and Confidenza.
More ways to make music.
The Smile brings Yorke together with Jonny Greenwood and drummer Tom Skinner. Their debut, A Light for Attracting Attention, came out in 2022. In 2025 he released Tall Tales with Mark Pritchard and co-created Hamlet Hail to the Thief, reshaping Radiohead songs for the stage.
Pictures alongside the songs.
His visual work with Stanley Donwood runs alongside the records. Their Ashmolean exhibition, This Is What You Get, brought together more than 180 objects from a collaboration spanning thirty years, including paintings, drawings and lyrics.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2026Traffic LightsCo-writer, vocals, piano and synth
- 2025Tall TalesCollaborative artist with Mark Pritchard
- 2025Dialing InWriter, performer and co-producer
- 2022A Light for Attracting AttentionThe Smile member
- 2019ANIMASolo artist
- 2006The EraserSolo artist
- 2000Kid ARadiohead singer and songwriter
- 1997OK ComputerRadiohead singer and songwriter
Film and theatre
- 2025Hamlet Hail to the ThiefCo-creator and orchestrations
- 2024ConfidenzaOriginal soundtrack composer
Visual art
- 2025This Is What You GetExhibiting artist with Stanley Donwood
Awards
Quotes
We live in strange times. It's not my fault.Thom Yorke, XL Recordings artist page
The line appears as his introduction on his record label’s artist page.
Trivia
- On a Friday took its name from the day the school band could rehearse.
- Yorke met longtime artwork collaborator Stanley Donwood while studying at the University of Exeter.
- In 2016 he auctioned handwritten Airbag lyrics inside a William Blake book to benefit Oxfam.
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