Thank god they didnt split.

How did the pay-what-you-want thing revolutionize anything, exactly?

yeah man, hope they stay together for a loooong time.

DGG – What Radiohead revolutionized was the way to distribute music and the lack of need for major record label distribution. Although Radiohead certainly did not invent distributing music on the internet or music for free, they did bring it to the masses and showed a lot of other artists what is possible with the use of intenet distribution.

Nine Inch Nails split from their label and took a cue from Radiohead and really made a killing selling their album in different formats on the internet and providing a free version of the album.

I think you will see more of this in the future. Established artists will see when the record label is more of a hinderance than an asset to their creative and commercial success. Artists can distribute their music for lower prices on the internet to fans directly by avoiding the costs associated with label overhead, iTunes, and retail store markups. Many artists could give away their music as Radiohead and NIN did and still have solid revenue from merchandise and touring. We will see this more and more in the future as it has the potential to provide benefits to the artists and to the fans.

Wow! That manager really sucks. Thankfully they didn’t listen, In Rainbows was their best albums in years.

Great advice!

Damn! I cant stand Radiohead. One of my biggest dreams for music could have been fulfilled. I solute you for your efforts Brian Message. Can we say the same thing to Nickelback before their next album?

Damn! I cant stand Radiohead. One of my biggest dreams for music could have been fulfilled. I salute you for your effort’s Brian Message. Can we have someone say the same thing to Nickelback before their next album?

Radiohead has changed the landscape of the music industry. It’ll be interesting to see how music will be made & distributed in the long term future and whether all artists can survive being without record labels. Look how the old Hollywood system fell apart, it used to function the exact same way as record labels, keeping a tight leash on actors and controlling what they could and could not do. We’re reaching the end of a decade, so naturally they’ll be huge changes by the next one.

Brian Message should become the manager of other acts like Jonas Brothers and Coldplay and give them the same advice.

Radiohead did right by not breaking up. Let em do it on their own terms.
But
Rollingstone please get Radioheads collective sacks out of your mouth for two seconds. They were not the first to put an album on the Net and pay-what-you-want is not revolutionary. Radiohead is a really good band but they don’t walk on water or cure cancer.

Alright. Rolling Stone is officially senile. First, the only good songs on In Rainbows were Nude, Reckoner, and Last Flowers. The only good thing on the album before that was There There. Both those albums are tire pumping music, music you listen to when you are pumping your tires. Plus, wake up. Radiohead did not revolutionize the market with their pay what you want to system. Quit throwing that line around.

They are truly a “once a generation band”.

Good thing, They didn’t break up.
Abyssimal the music scene as it is
nowadays. Coldplay are a joke! They’re nothing but a Radiohead or U2 wanna be!

If you dont like Radiohead, you need to get your hearing checked, and you must not like to actually listen to music. Face it, they are great.

go listen to your guns and roses gnrbuckeye. Maybe mr message should have told axl rose to call it quits and lay off the botox.

Gawd, haters will never learn. Listen up ….. Radiohead was, is and will always be better than your favorite band, so get over it.

Wow man I’m so glad that Radiohead are still together. If they had broken up I wouldn’t know what other band to listen to when I’m smoking weed.

You’re giving us Guns fans a bad name…on a side note, I miss the Bends-era Radiohead. The three guitar attack was epic.

Radiohead is sorta the new Floyd…trippy music for stoners. I can’t stand ‘em..they put me to sleep. Give me some Hinder!

I love you Radiohead fans especially you gnrbuckeye-stop posting. Youre so easy to fluster! My original posting had the exact effect i predicted it would. I personally do not hate nor like Radiohead. I just think theyre boring. Im very indifferent but that being said they are not the gods of rock n roll like Rolling Stone and all of you have crowned them. Im not saying Guns N Roses is either but at least theyre entertaining & fun. All Radiohead does is whine. Just my opinion though. Dont get all fanatical and crazy on me now.

I’m not a “Radiohead fanatic.” I think everything through OK Computer was fantastic and then they started to lose me…as for my comment to you; I was trying to be ironical:) being a fan of Guns isn’t exactly en vogue these days.

Radiohead as a whole is a bit overrated. The Bends and OK Computer are great albums, but Radiohead just went all wierd after that. Not that Amnesiac, Kid A, Hail To The Thief, and In Rainbows were terrible albums, but the music got well, boring. Rock and Roll was formed on the foundation of having a good time, and having a great punch. Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Stones, Aerosmith, AC/DC, and other great acts are very energetic, not all dull and dreamy-like like the newer Radiohead. Don’t get me wrong, I like Radiohead, but they’re just overrated.

Dull and dreamy? Have you ever SEEN a Radiohead live performance? Especially from their pre-OK Computer days?

Rock and roll, musicman, was based on the blues which was, last time I checked, NOT about having a good time.

And the Rolling Stones aren’t? Please.

I def agree with the last poster. AC/DC and The Stones are possibly the two most overrated bands of all time.

All, if you haven’t ever gone to a radiohead show than you wouldn’t understand!! They are the furthers thing from boring!!

Yes, the blues are not all based on a good time, but also please AC/DC and the Stones overated? Those guys have sold millions of records, but so have Radiohead. What makes them top dogs are that they have all been through a lot in their careers (deaths, poor record sales, as examples) but have bounced back stayed on top. Like I said, Radiohead is a good band, but don’t lift a candle to AC/DC, Aerosmith, The Clash, Ramones, Stones, Beatles, Zeppelin, or other great rock acts because they over time have also alienated a lot of their fan base because they keep changing. Not that change is a bad thing, but they just keep selling out to what is deemed popular. AC/DC has always stuck to their guns, no matter what. True they have a couple of duds (Fly on the Wall, Blow Up Your Video). Radiohead just needs to make music that has more energy and feeling, like their earlier stuff. There is probably a million Radiohead fans who will disagree, but Radiohead needs to stop doing the soft-pop/dreamy like music and embrace their original stuff.

Yes, the blues are not all based on a good time, but also please AC/DC and the Stones overated? Those guys have sold millions of records, but so have Radiohead. What makes them top dogs are that they have all been through a lot in their careers (deaths, poor record sales, as examples) but have bounced back stayed on top. Like I said, Radiohead is a good band, but don’t lift a candle to AC/DC, Aerosmith, The Clash, Ramones, Stones, Beatles, Zeppelin, or other great rock acts because they over time have also alienated a lot of their fan base because they keep changing. Not that change is a bad thing, but they just keep selling out to what is deemed popular. AC/DC has always stuck to their guns, no matter what. True they have a couple of duds (Fly on the Wall, Blow Up Your Video). Radiohead just needs to make music that has more energy and feeling, like their earlier stuff. There is probably a million Radiohead fans who will disagree, but Radiohead needs to stop doing the soft-pop/dreamy like music and embrace their original stuff.

Their music, it’s juts not fun. They do have some beautiful songs like “Paranoid Android” but, overall, I think they are a little bit overrated.

Radiohead selling out to what’s popular? Do you realize how many people DIDN’T like Kid A and its following albums? They made their changes because they were tired of doing the same old same old unlike bands like AC/DC who have been doing the exact same thing for decades.

You guys keep to your “fun” music. I’ll stick to music that means something.

Musicman, you are an idiot! Radiohead have done the exact opposite of selling out especially with KID A onwards. Them experimenting with their music was not deemed unpopular by their record company but they did it anyway! They knew they were going to alienate fans but they took the challange and succeeded anyway.

Musicman, you are an idiot! Radiohead have done the exact opposite of selling out especially with KID A onwards. Them experimenting with their music was not deemed unpopular by their record company but they did it anyway! They knew they were going to alienate fans but they took the challange and succeeded anyway.

One of the best bands ever. They are truly one of the only bands that never gets old, and they are self-aware enough to know when to call it a day.

Radiohead still has a lot of great music to write. I hope they are around for a lot longer.

hinder can suck my ass ok dammit!!!

pah, to each his own, but I loved the more experimental approach of all the post Ok Computer albums. if musicman wants to hear the same stuff recycled over and over again, that’s fine and good, but I am much happier hearing Radiohead create sounds and textures that I have never had the pleasure of hearing before.

No one likes “dirty looking” bands anymore.
They look of “we don’t care” is OVER.

radiohead are amazing

sure In rainbows wasn’t as experimental or as interesting as hail to the thief.. personally I liked hail to the thief much more.. but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t good.Cut the guys some slack 4 f sake.. Radiohead are artists.. not pop stars.. I think some people have a hard time understanding this when comparing them to bands like the rollingstones of today.. personally I don’t give a toss how they put their music out really.. as long as they’re still together and making music..

the day Radiohead breaks up is the day I off myself(kidding)
Radiohead is the best band on earth.

thank god they didn’t break up
i’d be heartbroken

I don’t see why they have to make fun music, have to look clean, or have to stay the same. Radiohead does not HAVE to do anything, thats what they’re all about! Personally, I liked The Bends as much as Kid A, and I thought In Rainbows was great too. I don’t see why they would want to conform to someone else’s ideas of whats good or not, they have done what they’ve wanted for over a decade, and its got them a monstrous loyal fan base, and both critical and popular acclaim. I love Radiohead.

radiohead can suk my rockin balls