top of page
Colin Greenwood is a British musician best known as the bassist for the rock band Radiohead. His innovative and eclectic playing style has been a key element in the band's distinctive sound. Greenwood, along with his bandmates, has been influential in shaping the alternative rock genre, and their work has received critical acclaim and a devoted global following.
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"In Kid A and Amnesiac, the guitar becomes one more texture, difficult to separate from other textures."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"Motion Picture Soundtrack on Kid A was another Coltrane inspiration."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"If you're working on a computer and you're editing bass, it looks like a warm curvy, sort of feminine object."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"In OK Computer, the guitar was already moving towards a tone generator as well as a riff generator."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"I mean, I'm in a band, we're reasonably successful, I've got a very nice suit - I'm not even a bad person- so why can't I get a shag?"

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"I've seen the Mass For The End Of Time in concert but my brother's the more musical one really."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"For me that's what's fascinating about the internet, that aggregate thing."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that's really important."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"My page is junk, because I hate putting anything to do with me on the site, it just feels wrong."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"Limits are very important."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"It's a full on job just looking for human social responsibility."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"Jonny doesn't want to do TV interviews because he thinks that he comes across as an idiot."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"The thing about rock is that people are not just interested in bands because of where they want to go. It's where they want to escape from that matters."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"Coltrane would do what you'd get a Roland Pro Tools module to do but with a group of jazz musicians."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"Warp was important to Thom about two years ago when he was looking for different sounds."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"We stuck the record head so it kept on recording over and over on top of itself and played keyboard notes into it to create this ghost repetition melody."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"With our website we didn't want people to come to our site and find out about Radiohead. We wanted them to come to our site and find out about what Radiohead are finding out about."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"When we rehearse, we're always trying to aim for something else. But we never quite succeed in getting there."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"One of the books we read a few years ago that had a big effect on us was Repeated Takes by Michael Chanan."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"People need to focus on bigger issues instead of whether George Bush is an idiot or not."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"The guitar is a much more efficient machine than a computer. More responsive."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
GettyImages-1390397976_b_edited.jpg
Quote_1.png

"You should approach a sequencer like you would a Dobro guitar."

Share on Facebook_Black.png
Share on X_edited.png
Painting Icon
bottom of page