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Exit Music: The Radiohead Story | 
 enlarge | Author: Mac Randall
Publisher: Delta
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 707711
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0385333935
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.421660922
EAN: 9780385333931
ASIN: 0385333935
Publication Date: September 12, 2000
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Condition: Brand new, never read. No remainder marks. Very minor shelf wear to cover.
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This October, when Radiohead release their highly anticipated follow-up to 1997's guitar-driven OK Computer, music critics may very well bestow the Oxford quintet with "The Most Important Band in Rock" accolade that cursed U2, R.E.M. and the Clash. The East Coast editor of Launch magazine, Randall is undoubtedly one of the many journalists eager to exclaim "genius!" again, but his biography of the Grammy winners is economical, restrained and unauthorized (band members "respectfully declined" Randall's requests to cooperate). After briefly reenacting the now mythic June 1997 concert at New York City's Irving Plaza, attended by rock's superstar aristocracy (Bono, Lenny Kravitz, Madonna, etc.), Randall smartly spends most of his narrative on the band's fascinating, decade-long conception in and around culturally barren Oxford, whose Radiohead landmarks he visited and lays out. Non- and neo-Anglophiles will especially appreciate Randall's definitions of British terms and background on the British music industry, music press and education system (all five musicians met at the all-male Abingdon School). As for the inevitable "record critique" chapters, Randall rarely throws in his two cents, preferring to sprinkle passages with the band's own pithy observations and recording-session anecdotes culled from magazine interviews. Exit music? Not quite, as Radiohead are pushing the boundaries of pop music (the new record is rumored to include Miles Davis and backwards singing). Because the book will be published right before the new album debuts, it will be nearly out of date by the time it hits bookstores. However, Randall's work will still serve as a reliable introduction to an ever-evolving band.
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 Good insights July 29, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
One of the few bands that has hit fame and fortune, but hasn't been wrecked by it. Mac Randall's "Exit Music: The Radiohead Story" is a solid, informative cache of background info on this band, without being either vindictive or fawning.It charts the group's origins, the guys behind the music, and their rise from an unusually sedate gathering of British guys to a world-famous band with immensely popular music and legions of devoted fans. No tabloidy gossip here -- it's focus on the band and what they do best. The pictures are the main disappointment; they're black and white, and are basically shots of the band members and not much else. Randall is a fan but not a fanboy; his attitude is cool and professional. He offers a basic, informative description of Radiohead's history. As the band members do, there is relatively little info on their early personal lives or love lives, but plenty on their careers and music. It's not earthshattering, but a good source of information and background information. Solid read for Radiohead fans, old and new.
 Decent Insight Into the Band June 30, 2002
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
When I purchased Exit Music: The Radiohead Story, I expected stories about Radiohead's challenges in making albums, touring, and other random tidbits of information about the band members.The book contained a handful of these types of stories, but a lot of the material critiqued Radiohead's music. For example, there were numerous descriptions of how songs went from this chord to that chord... or this song contained three guitars... So before purchasing this book, be aware that a good majority of it covers the actual content of Radiohead's work, describes their music, etc. I was looking more for a "VH1: Behind the Music" type biography.
 Good Book About Radiohead June 19, 2001
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great book for all Radiohead fans. This book is also good if you're just a muscian, because it has a very nice break down of every song off of Pablo Honey, The Bends and OK Computer (The best 3 CD's ever)
Excellent! June 4, 2001
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This Book is Excellent! I reccomend it to every Bond fan especially those who love the books!
good but not up-to-date January 25, 2001
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book was pretty good. Though I am an ardent fan, this is the first book I've read about the band. I found it very readable and it went by very quickly tracing the beginnings of the band until after OK Computer. As some other reviewers suggested, I also find it a little confusing as to why biographies are being written at this point, while there is still so much ahead of them in their career. Though this book is good, I would have rather received a more updated book that covered Kid A, the latest album.
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