Radiohead: Smashed!, Islington, London
Keith Cameron, NME, 19 December 1992
BY ALL accounts — primarily their own — Radiohead are Angry Young Men. And with good cause. Gig convention has it that the band's-mates-down-the-front scenario is a cast-iron portent of dodginess. In Radiohead's case, the fact that none of their mates can dance merely compounds the issue.
Total word count of piece: 294
Best Databases: RBP is Runner-up in Best Niche category
Video: Johnny Marr talks about Rock's Backpages
RBP on Spotify: The Very Best of 40-year-old Virgin
RBP Album Club, June 13th: Miki Berenyi and Lucy O'Brien celebrate a Blondie classic
Essential Listening: Green Day grilled by Roy Trakin
RBP Album Club, July 11th: Nick Hornby and Nick Coleman celebrate Southside Johnny's debut
Essential Reading: Bud Scoppa's 1971 Byrds classic