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Radiohead are:

• Thom Yorke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, electronic programming)
• Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboard, ondes martenot, electronic programming, string arrangements, various)
• Ed O'Brien (guitar, harmony vocals, special effects, percussion)
• Colin Greenwood (bass, keyboards)
• Phil Selway (drums and percussion)

Radiohead's style, notable for its variety and versatility, can be largely explained by the eclectic musical tastes and accomplishments of its members. Lead guitarist Jonny Greenwood is currently the BBC's Composer in Residence, a multi-instrumentalist, and the only classically trained member of the band, playing (aside from the guitar) such instruments as the Ondes Martenot, banjo, viola and harmonica. Lead singer Thom Yorke, as well as writing most of the lyrics, plays several different instruments, and has also focused in recent years on the digital manipulation of sound. He and Jonny are both credited with playing "laptop" on the band's most recent album.

Though Yorke and Greenwood are often seen as the main creative influences within the band, songwriting is chiefly a collaborative effort, and all members are cited equally by the band in their album credits. For example, Ed O'Brien, though usually employed as a guitarist and backing vocalist, is responsible for creating many of the noises and effects heard in songs (such as the end of "Karma Police"), and is also a skilled drummer; and bassist Colin Greenwood and drummer Phil Selway are known to have played an influential role in shaping several of Radiohead's recent pieces. Since the Kid A and Amnesiac recording sessions, band members have felt less constrained to always play "their" instrument, often switching off depending on what the song requires, although in live shows the roles are usually more consistent.

This spirit of creative collaboration is also shown in the band's close relationship with their producers, in particular Nigel Godrich, who worked with the band as coproducer on OK Computer and the following three albums after serving as an engineer on the recording of The Bends. Godrich has often been dubbed the "sixth member" of Radiohead in an allusion to George Martin's work with the Beatles, but this association has been at least temporarily broken following the band's decision to work with Mark "Spike" Stent during current recording sessions.

Graphic artist Stanley Donwood is another long-term associate of the group, having produced together with Yorke (who is often listed under the pseudonym "Tchock","Tchocky", "Dr. Tchock", or "The White Chocolate Farm") all of Radiohead's visual artwork (excepting music videos) since their My Iron Lung EP. For Radiohead, Donwood has produced art ranging from oil paintings to computer generated imagery to collages and antique style posters, and prefers to work in the same place the band is recording so as to find a visual equivalent for their sound. Donwood thus projects significant influence over the public image of the band, and the issues addressed in his artwork have been seen to act as a catalyst to themes within Yorke's lyrics. Together with Yorke, he won a Grammy in 2002 for a special edition of Amnesiac packaged as a library book.

Thanks to wikipedia!

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