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FULL
NAME: Thomas Edward
Yorke. |
BIRTH:
October 7, 1968. |
INSTRUMENT:
Guitar, vocals, keyboards. |
EDUCATION:
Abingdon School; studied english and art at Exeter University. |
PREVIOUS
JOBS: Played guitar
in Exeter techno band Flickernoise, worked as an ordely in a mental hospital.
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KEY
WORDS: Creative,
guarded, sarky, moody, hyperactive. |
FAVE
MUSIC: Past influences
- Elvis Costello, Scott Walker, Japan, R.E.M, Throwing Muses, Joy Division.
Current faves P.J Harvey, Faust, Can, Prince Buster, DJ Shadow, Laika, The
Verve, Penderecki. |
FAVE
MOVIES/TV/BOOKS:
"Arthur", "Married with Children", anything with Joe Pesci or Dudley Moore,
"The Medusa Frequency", "A Night On Earth", Waiting For Godot". |
LIKES:
Love, hope, passion, articulation. |
DISLIKES:
You tell me. |
INFLUENCES:
Lack of sleep. |
OTHER:
During his first year at Exeter University he sported a long coat and a
trilby hat; Steptoe & The Bunnymen chic. Still likes clothes. Changes his
hairstyle more often and more radically than the others. Writes the bulk
of the songs which the band arranges and mutates. Drives a Fiat Punto. |
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