Radiohead

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RADIOHEAD RESARCH

Members:
Thom Yorke
Ed O'Brien
Phillip Selway
Johnny Greenwood
Collin Greenwood





Radiohead are one of the most celebrated alternative rock groups of the last two decades, wowing critics while maintaining a sizable following across the globe despite their insistence on producing challenging, forward-thinking music. When the British band began in the '90s, they resembled a traditional modern-rock group, but in subsequent years the quintet have slowly moved away from conventional guitar-and-drum-based music to explore experimental structures and tones.
They may not be the most popular group in rock, but they're certainly one of the most respected.
The group formed in 1985 and are 32 years old.
Their music is catergorised as alternative to rock and the aim is at middle aged people generally as it was popular when these generations were younger.


Chris Hopewell - the video director
Chris Hopewell is an English music video director. He has directed videos for Radiohead, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Scissor Sisters, Louis XIV, The Knife, The Offspring and several other bands. His video for Radiohead's "There There" received an award for art direction at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.
He also co-directed with Crispian Mills on the film A Fantastic Fear of Everything starring Simon Pegg. His most recent work is directing the music video for Avenged Sevenfold's 2016 single, "The Stage".



'Burn the Witch' a famous song and comes from the popular album called 'Moon shaped pools' commenting on and raising awareness about Europe’s refugee crisis and the “blaming of different people… the blaming of Muslims and the negativity" the music video is also directed by Chris (pictured above). The song is described as an indie/ alternative genre, it was released in 2016 and has received a variety of awards for the music video and song including:
The events during the video are based upon the classic British horror called The Wicker Man produced in 1973. The narrative of this film includes a reclusive lawman travels to a secluded island to search for a girl who has gone missing. Once there, he discovers sinister forces at work among the island's secretive residents, including strange sexual rituals, a harvest festival and possible human sacrifice. The clip is described as eerie and is inspired by the British children’s TV series the Trumptonshire Trilogy which came out in 1966 and ended in 1969. Clear similarities can be noted in the design of the sets and characters ect for example the clay/wax figures. 

Trumpton Town





A Moon Shaped Pool - the album cover


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