Post by account_disabled on Mar 11, 2024 8:42:10 GMT
Last week the band Radiohead was the victim of theft of unreleased music for which hackers asked for a payment of 150 thousand dollars not to edit and release them illegally.
The band's first reaction was to release 18 hours of never-before-heard recordings, which had been recorded for their album Ok Computer (1997).
They also promised to allocate the profits France Mobile Number List they make to climate change activists from the group Extinction Rebellion.
Radiohead responsible
The album OK Computer is considered Radiohead's masterpiece, marking a huge musical leap from their previous album titled The Bends. The unreleased material shows the meticulous work that the band did for the album.
In this material, there is a 12-minute version of Paranoid Android, Thom Yorke's demo of the song Karma Police, and dozens of never-released or unfinished songs.
There is also material from Lift, the so-called "lost single" that the band omitted from OK Computer.
"If that song had been on that album, it would have taken us to a different place," Greenwood told the BBC in 2017.
"We probably would have sold a lot more records... But I think we killed it unconsciously."
The person in possession of the music allegedly sold individual tracks for amounts between US$50 (in the case of a live recording) and US$800 (for a full-band studio recording), or the entire file for US$150,000.
"Rather than complaining too much or ignoring it, we're releasing the 18 hours on Bandcamp to help Extinction Rebellion," Greenwood said in a statement.
He noted that the music was “never intended for public consumption” and was only “tangentially interesting.”
The climate and ecological emergency demands courage, truth and generosity like never before,” the group said. “We are very grateful to Radiohead for showing us how that is done, both now and in the lead-up to the April rebellion. Words are inadequate but actions do change the world.”
In an email published on Twitter, the band's guitarist and keyboardist, Jonny Greenwood, explained the reasons for this decision.
Environmental group Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion is an international movement that uses non-violent civil disobedience to achieve radical change in order to minimize the risk of human extinction and ecological collapse.
The band's first reaction was to release 18 hours of never-before-heard recordings, which had been recorded for their album Ok Computer (1997).
They also promised to allocate the profits France Mobile Number List they make to climate change activists from the group Extinction Rebellion.
Radiohead responsible
The album OK Computer is considered Radiohead's masterpiece, marking a huge musical leap from their previous album titled The Bends. The unreleased material shows the meticulous work that the band did for the album.
In this material, there is a 12-minute version of Paranoid Android, Thom Yorke's demo of the song Karma Police, and dozens of never-released or unfinished songs.
There is also material from Lift, the so-called "lost single" that the band omitted from OK Computer.
"If that song had been on that album, it would have taken us to a different place," Greenwood told the BBC in 2017.
"We probably would have sold a lot more records... But I think we killed it unconsciously."
The person in possession of the music allegedly sold individual tracks for amounts between US$50 (in the case of a live recording) and US$800 (for a full-band studio recording), or the entire file for US$150,000.
"Rather than complaining too much or ignoring it, we're releasing the 18 hours on Bandcamp to help Extinction Rebellion," Greenwood said in a statement.
He noted that the music was “never intended for public consumption” and was only “tangentially interesting.”
The climate and ecological emergency demands courage, truth and generosity like never before,” the group said. “We are very grateful to Radiohead for showing us how that is done, both now and in the lead-up to the April rebellion. Words are inadequate but actions do change the world.”
In an email published on Twitter, the band's guitarist and keyboardist, Jonny Greenwood, explained the reasons for this decision.
Environmental group Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion is an international movement that uses non-violent civil disobedience to achieve radical change in order to minimize the risk of human extinction and ecological collapse.