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The Bends was the first Radiohead album with artwork by Stanley Donwood, who has worked with Yorke to create all of Radiohead's artwork since. [44] Donwood met Yorke while they were students at the University of Exeter , and previously created artwork for the My Iron Lung EP. [ 44 ]
Live at the Astoria was released on VHS on 13 March 1995, the same day as Radiohead's second album, The Bends. [2] A DVD release followed in 2005. [2] On 28 May 2020, Radiohead added Live as the Astoria to YouTube. [2] [1] [3] The performance of "My Iron Lung" was used for The Bends, with Thom Yorke's vocals replaced and the audience removed. [4]
"The Bends" is one of Radiohead's most frequently performed songs and has been described by New York as a fan favourite. [103] [104] It was the first song they performed from The Bends, [105] debuting live at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, Scotland, in May 1992, four months before they began recording Pablo Honey. [51]
7 Television Commercials is a collection of music videos by the English rock band Radiohead, covering the period from The Bends (1995) to OK Computer (1997). [4] [5]
Their second album, The Bends, released in March 1995, reached number four in the UK and is certified triple platinum. [1] Radiohead's third album, OK Computer, was released in May 1997. It remains their most successful album, reaching number one in the UK and Ireland and the top 10 in several other countries.
[5] [6] The Bends (1995) marked a move toward "anthemic rock", [5] with more cryptic lyrics about social and global topics, and elements of Britpop. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] OK Computer (1997), the first Radiohead album produced by Godrich, [ 9 ] features more abstract lyrics that reflected themes of modern alienation , [ 10 ] and subtle, complex and ...
"Just" was the first song Radiohead finished while working on their second album, The Bends (1995), at RAK Studios. [9] According to the guitarist Ed O'Brien, earlier versions were about seven minutes long. [8] Yorke said it was the most exciting thing Radiohead had recorded up to that point. [8]
Recording Radiohead's second album, The Bends (1995), was stressful, as they felt pressured to release a follow-up to "Creep". [42] Yorke in particular struggled. According to the band's co-manager, Chris Hufford, "Thom became totally confused about what he wanted to do, what he was doing in a band and in his life, and that turned into a ...