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Black Swan by Thom Yorke

Artist Biography For Thom Yorke

Thomas Edward Yorke Is An English Musician Who Is The Main Vocalist And Songwriter Of The Rock Band Radiohead. A Multi-Instrumentalist He Mainly Plays Guitar And Keyboards And Is Noted For His Falsetto. He Has Been Described By Rolling Stone As One Of The Greatest And Most Influential Singers Of His Generation. Yorke Formed Radiohead With Schoolmates At Abingdon School In Oxfordshire. Their 1992 Debut Single "Creep" Made Yorke A Celebrity And Radiohead Went On To Achieve Critical Acclaim And Sales Of Over 30 Million Albums. Yorke's Early Influences Included Alternative Rock Acts Such As Pixies And R.E.M. With Radiohead's Fourth Album Kid A Yorke Moved Into Electronic Music Influenced By Warp Acts Such As Aphex Twin. With The Artist Stanley Donwood Yorke Creates Artwork For Radiohead Albums And His Other Projects. He Often Incorporates "erratic" Dancing Into His Performances. Yorke's Solo Work Comprises Mainly Electronic Music. His Debut Solo Album The Eraser Was Released In 2006. To Perform It Live In 2009 He Formed A New Band Atoms For Peace With Musicians Including The Red Hot Chili Peppers Bassist Flea And The Radiohead Producer Nigel Godrich. They Released An Album Album Artist Atoms For Peace Amok /album In 2013. Yorke's Second Solo Album Tomorrow's Modern Boxes Was Released In 2014 Followed By Anima In 2019. In 2021 Yorke Debuted A New Band The Smile With The Radiohead Guitarist Jonny Greenwood And The Jazz Drummer Tom Skinner. Yorke Has Collaborated With Artists Including PJ Harvey Björk Flying Lotus And Modeselektor And Has Composed For Film And Theatre. His First Feature Film Soundtrack Suspiria Was Released In October 2018. Yorke Is An Activist On Behalf Of Human Rights Animal Rights Environmental And Anti-War Causes And His Lyrics Incorporate Political Themes. He Has Been Critical Of The Music Industry Particularly Of Major Labels And Streaming Services Such As Spotify. With Radiohead And His Solo Work He Has Employed Alternative Release Platforms Such As Pay-What-You-Want And BitTorrent. He Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame As A Member Of Radiohead In 2019.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Black Swan

The Song Was Released To American Radio In July 2006. In Early August 2006 The Song Placed At #40 In Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks Chart. "Black Swan" Dates Back To The Kid A Sessions. The Song "has This Tiny Shredded Segment Of Something That Was One Of The Library Samples We Had. It Was Ed And Phil Doing This Thing And I Sliced It Into Bits. The Sample Was 2000 But The Song Was 2005." The 2006 Richard Linklater Film A Scanner Darkly Features The Song Over The Closing Credits. The Title Is Possibly A Reference To Nassim Taleb's 'black Swan Theory'.

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