Radiohead interviews

Melody Maker cover, March 1995

Thom Yorke on fame, fear and ugly beauty

InterviewMelody Maker, March 1995

In March 1995 Thom Yorke talks about the awkward price of sudden success: being reduced to ‘the Creep guy’, the industry flattening everything, touring’s numbing habits and a deep, personal fear of beauty.

Select cover, July 1997

Radiohead and the Haunted Mansion Sessions

InterviewSelect, July 1997

In July 1997 Radiohead were holed up in an Elizabethan house, finishing OK Computer amid leaks, late-night internet paranoia and a fog of cigarettes, wine and weird technical glitches. The band talk fear, secrecy and why this record feels unearthly.

Retold by Raygum from original scans on the Internet Archive — each page links to the full original.