Thom Yorke

Beyond Radiohead

Thomas Edward Yorke was born on October 7, 1968 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and comes from Abingdon, Oxfordshire. He studied English and art at the University of Exeter. His first band, On a Friday, formed at Abingdon School in 1985 and became Radiohead on signing to EMI in 1991; he is its lead singer and main songwriter, and Radiohead entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019. He plays guitar, keyboards, bass, piano and drums.

Outside the band he made the solo debut The Eraser (XL, 2006), formed Atoms for Peace in 2009 with Nigel Godrich, Flea, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco (Amok, 2013), released Tomorrow's Modern Boxes (2014), scored Suspiria (2018) and made Anima (2019). He sang on three tracks of PJ Harvey's Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea and on Bjork's "I've Seen It All" (2000), joined The Smile, and made Tall Tales with Mark Pritchard (Warp, May 9, 2025). Other collaborators include Burial, Four Tet, Flying Lotus, Modeselektor, MF Doom and Portishead on "The Rip" (2015).