I’ve since experienced a sharp existential pang regarding my. This summer marks the twentieth anniversary of the release of OK Computer, Radiohead’s epochal album about technology and alienation a reissue of the album, OKNOTOK 1997 2017, was released this past June. Meanwhile, his balladry skills (and distaste for cars) are already starting to form in the gut-wrenching portrait “Stupid Car. There’s a latent sense of hope tinged with rage tucked away in the album. In an interview with NME, guitarist Ed O’Brien noted that fans are in for a good time when it comes to celebrating the upcoming 20th anniversary of their fourth and fifth. Thom Yorke discovers his defining whine in “Prove Yourself,” repeatedly moaning, “I’m better off dead,” as the band works warped guitars into a frenzy. English alt-rockers Radiohead have been holding some online meetings to discuss what they are planning to do to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Kid A and Amnesiac. Their second album, The Bends, was quietly released to an almost zero fan base in 1995. OK Computer was released in 1997 and took the world by. Yes, people were expecting a lot from Radiohead. Experimentation and arrangements began to blossom on this album, but only hinted at their next phase. It was June 1997, the UK was still in the throes of Britpop with Oasis and Blur leading the charge. Radiohead’s first-ever release is made up of four scrappy demos that reimagine the Pixies as moody British schoolboys. This week 20 years ago, Radiohead released their eagerly awaited third album, OK Computer. This album not only represented a huge leap forward for Radiohead, but a huge leap forward for popular music in general. Ahead of the release of their OK Computer deluxe edition, we’ve trace the evolution of one of the most important bands in the galaxy. It can come in the form of rock music, pop, or folk. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels, but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. That Radiohead had such humble beginnings is what makes their lasting contributions that much more compelling. Indie music has grown to include so much. Over time, their vision of a technological dystopia under siege would come to serve as one of the definitive artistic representations of modern life. A daunting existential question resides deep in the psyche of every Radiohead fan: What would contemporary music sound like had the band never existed? Initially branded as just another one-hit grunge-pop wonder, the Oxford quintet led by Thom Yorke would go on to dismantle traditional guitar-rock, embracing ideas from the avant-classical, electronic, jazz, and world music communities.