I kind of need to explain what I'm doing a bit with the Atoms for Peace thing, just a little bit because it's something different, and some vague effort to explain myself, occasionally I think, is morally acceptable.Īlec Baldwin: Tell us about the Atoms for Peace. Thom Yorke: Yeah, on a need-to-know basis. The band calls themselves Atoms for Peace.Īlec Baldwin: You don't do a lot of press, or you do it on an as-needed basis. Thom Yorke: Yeah, because someone told me you were like all vegetarian and that.Īlec Baldwin: Thom Yorke has a new record out, Amok.

Thom Yorke: Actually, I've got you a health food snack. He complains about celebrity worship, and I wasn't sure what to expect. That said, Thom Yorke hasn't necessarily been comfortable on the spotlight. Radiohead may not have been the first to thumb its nose at the music industrial complex, but they might be the first to do so and sell out a major arena. Fans were invited to pay what they wanted for the album. In 2007, Yorke and his band mates released In Rainbows on their website first. The New York Times called Radiohead 'rock's most experimental Top 10 band,' and the spirit of experimentation isn't limited to their music. Each new album explores a different sound, delighting their followers and scooping up more fans along the way. Radiohead's music actively resists definition. Yorke's band has become a commercial and critical success, selling over 30 million albums. Radiohead's front man and principal songwriter, Thom Yorke, is my guest and if it was his wish to be special, the world granted it. In 1992, Radiohead released their stunning debut single, 'Creep.' It was quiet yet explosive, even haunting - and its refrain had a powerful hook. Lex Records finally released Yorke’s “Man on Fire” remix as part of their ongoing Lex.XX remix series celebrating the London label’s 20th anniversary, Pitchfork notes.Alec Baldwin: This is Alec Baldwin and you're listening to Here's The Thing from WNYC Radio. “The ‘Man on Fire Remix’ is searing caustic noise on first listen, but in that dense mass of jarring sirens, there’s a lurching, jerking funk track that becomes clearer on every repeat.” The first version was originally released simply under ‘Thom Yorke Remix’ but he delivered it with the moniker ‘Monkey Hustle Remix’ to differentiate it from the ‘Man on Fire Remix’, which gets its debut release 12 years after Thom delivered it,” Lex Records said in a statement. However, Lex Records revealed Thursday that the released remix was actually one of two that Yorke sent in. The Radiohead singer originally remixed the J Dilla-produced Born Like This track in 2009, with his version appearing as an iTunes bonus track for the album. Lex Records has unearthed a second remix of the late MF Doom’s “Gazzillion Ear” created by Thom Yorke.

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