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| birth_date = | birth_place = Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England | Instrument = | Genre = | Occupation = | Years_active = 1985–present | Label = XL | Associated_acts = | Notable_instruments = *Gibson SG *Fender Jazzmaster *Gibson Hummingbird *Fender Telecaster Deluxe *Gibson ES-330 *Epiphone Casino *Rhodes piano *Fender Mustang Bass }} Thomas Edward "Thom" Yorke (born 7 October 1968) is an English musician best known as the singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Radiohead. As a multi-instrumentalist, Yorke mainly plays guitar, piano and synthesiser, but also plays other instruments including bass guitar and drums. He is known for his falsetto vocals; in 2008, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked him the 66th greatest singer of all time. Yorke was born in 1968 in Northamptonshire. His family moved often before settling in Oxfordshire, where Yorke attended Abingdon School and founded Radiohead with his schoolmates. After he graduated from the University of Exeter, Radiohead signed to Parlophone; their early hit "Creep" made Yorke a celebrity, and Radiohead have gone on to achieve critical acclaim and multi-platinum sales. Radiohead's fourth album ''Kid A'' (2000) saw Yorke and the band move into electronic music. In 2006, Yorke released his debut solo album, ''The Eraser'', comprising mainly electronic music. In 2009, to perform ''The Eraser'' live, he formed Atoms for Peace with musicians including Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich; in 2013, the band released an album, ''Amok''. In 2014, Yorke released his second solo album, ''Tomorrow's Modern Boxes''. He has collaborated with artists including DJ Shadow, Björk, Flying Lotus and PJ Harvey, and has composed soundtracks for documentaries and theatre. With artist Stanley Donwood, he creates artwork for Radiohead's albums. Yorke has been critical of the music industry, particularly of major labels and streaming services such as Spotify, which he believes cannot support new music. With Radiohead and his solo work he has pioneered alternative music release platforms such as pay-what-you-want and BitTorrent. He is an activist for human rights, environmentalist and anti-war causes, and his lyrics often address political themes. ==Early life== Yorke was born on 7 October 1968, in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. He was born with a paralysed left eye, and underwent five eye operations by the age of six;〔Randall, p. 19〕 according to Yorke, the last surgery was "botched", giving him a drooping eyelid. Yorke's family moved frequently. His father, a nuclear physicist and later a chemical equipment salesman, was hired by a firm in Scotland shortly after his son's birth; the family lived there until Yorke was seven, and he moved from school to school.〔Randall, p. 21〕 The family settled in Oxfordshire in 1978.〔 Yorke received his first guitar when he was seven; his earliest musical inspiration was guitarist Brian May of Queen.〔 At 10, he made his own guitar, inspired by May's Red Special.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin: interview with Thom Yorke )〕 By 11, he had joined his first band and written his first song.〔Randall, p. 23〕 In Oxford he attended the boys' public school Abingdon, where he met Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway, and brothers Colin and Jonny Greenwood;〔Randall, p. 26–33〕 they formed a band named On a Friday, named for the only day they were allowed to rehearse.〔 Yorke said: "School was bearable for me because the music department was separate from the rest of the school. It had pianos in tiny booths, and I used to spend a lot of time hanging around there after school." After leaving school, Yorke took a gap year, during which he worked a few jobs and was involved in a car accident that influenced the lyrics of Radiohead songs, including the ''Bends'' B-side "Killer Cars" and "Airbag" from ''OK Computer''.〔Randall, p. 38–39〕 In late 1988, Yorke left Oxford to study at the University of Exeter, which put On a Friday on hiatus aside from holiday break rehearsals.〔Randall, p. 43〕 Yorke said he had "wanted to go to St John's to read English, because that's what everybody did. But I was told I couldn't even apply – I was too thick. Oxford University would have eaten me up and spat me out. It's too rigorous." At Exeter, he worked as a DJ, performed experimental music with a classical ensemble, and played with the band Headless Chickens, performing songs including future Radiohead material. He also met artist Stanley Donwood, with whom Yorke collaborates to produce artwork for Radiohead albums, and printmaker Rachel Owen, with whom he was in a relationship for over two decades.〔Randall, p. 52〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thom Yorke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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