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Thom Yorke: Ghost in the Machine

Nick Kent, MOJO, August 2006

Q: What happens when "a bunch of stupidly self-critical pathological overachievers" form a rock band?

A: They become Radiohead.

Thom Yorke talks candidly to Nick Kent about his bleepy new solo album, that "smug cunt" Tony Blair, and Radiohead's hush-hush, near-fatal 2004 split. Do you want to know a secret? Read on...

Total word count of piece: 5998

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