Radiohead
Sylvie Simmons, Rolling Stone, 1995
"THE LAST couple of years", says Thom Yorke, "have been pretty mind-altering." Thom, 26, is so thin and sharp-edged youd cut yourself if you touched him. He looks like a spiny amphibian who, if kissed by a beautiful maiden, would turn into a hamster.
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