Radiohead have released 18 hours of OK Computer sessions that recently leaked online. Listen below, and buy the sessions for £18 (about $23) on Bandcamp. Proceeds go to Extinction Rebellion, the nonviolent climate activist group that recently staged sweeping protests in London. The release will be available for 18 days. Read Jonny Greenwood’s statement below.
Greenwood wrote:
We got hacked last week – someone stole Thom’s minidisk archive from
around the time of OK Computer, and reportedly demanded $150,000 on
threat of releasing it. So instead of complaining – much – or ignoring
it, we’re releasing all 18 hours on Bandcamp in aid of Extinction
Rebellion. Just for the next 18 days. So for £18 you can find out if
we should have paid that ransom.Never intended for public consumption (though some clips did reach the
cassette in the OK Computer reissue) it’s only tangentially
interesting. And very, very long. Not a phone download. Rainy out,
isn’t it though?
In 2017, Radiohead reissued the 1997 classic titled OKNOTOK in honor of its 20th anniversary. It featured three unreleased songs and the long-awaited fan favorite “Lift,” as well as the bonus cassette Greenwood mentions above.
