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Thom Yorke is an English musician best known as the lead singer of the rock band Radiohead. He matters because Radiohead is one of the most influential and critically acclaimed bands of the past few decades, reshaping alternative rock through innovative albums and experimental approaches to music-making.
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Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. UK
Thom Yorke is a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer, principal songwriter, and one of the founding members of the British band Radiohead.
Known for
- Thom Yorke Live at Sydney Opera House — Self2026
- Tall Tales2025
- It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley — Self (archive footage)2025
- The Smile: 6 Music Festival 2024 — Self2024
- The Smile: Agora Theatre 2023 — Self2023
- The Smile: Live Broadcasts — Self2022
- The Sound of 007 — Self (archive footage)2022
- This Is Sparklehorse — Self2022
- The Smile: Forget Everything You Knew ... A Debut Concert in London — Self2022
- The Smile: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival — Self2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Wellingborough
- Spouse
- Dajana Roncione
- Sibling
- Andy Yorke
- Occupation
- multi-instrumentalist
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- glitch
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- XL Recordings
- Official website
- www.radiohead.com
- Image
- AllPointsEastAug2022 (327 of 385) (52327062411) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Rome
- Voice type
- baritenor
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- Atoms for Peace
- Commons category
- Thom Yorke
- date of birth
- 1968-10-07
- social media followers
- 268000
- birth name
- Thomas Edward Yorke
- name in native language
- Thom Yorke
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Edward Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician who is the singer and main songwriter of the rock band Radiohead. He plays guitar, bass, keyboards and other instruments, and is noted for his wide vocal range. Rolling Stone described Yorke as one of the greatest and most influential singers of his generation.
Yorke formed Radiohead with schoolmates at Abingdon School in Oxfordshire. They gained notice with their debut single, "Creep" (1992), and went on to achieve acclaim and sales of more than 30 million albums. Yorke's early influences included alternative rock acts such as the Pixies and R.E.M. With Radiohead's fourth album, Kid A (2000), Yorke moved into electronic music, influenced by Warp artists such as Aphex Twin. For most of his career, he has worked with the producer Nigel Godrich. He designs artwork for Radiohead and his other projects with Stanley Donwood.
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