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We weren't listening to guitar bands, we were thoroughly ashamed of being a guitar band. So we bought loads of keyboards and learned how to use them, and when we got bored we went back to guitars.
Thom Yorke
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Thom Yorke
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: October 7
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