PROFILES

FULL NAME: Phillip James Selway.
BIRTH: May 23, 1967.
INSTRUMENT: Drums.
EDUCATION: Abingdon School; studied English and history at Liverpool Polytechnic.
PREVIOUS JOBS: Drumming in pit bands for touring musicals; sub-editor; English language teacher.
KEY WORDS: Quiet, bald, well-dressed, sensuous.
PAST MUSICAL INFLUENCES: - The Beat, Joy Division, The Ruts.
FAVOURITE MOVIES/TV/BOOKS: "Shenandoah", "This Morning", "Ask The Family", "Becoming A Mon", "Waterland".
LIKES: Being noticed, fish, vodka and tonic.
DISLIKES: Sitting at the back of the stage, in relative obscurity.
INFLUENCES: Luck, mostly.
SNEAKY INSIGHT: Often said to be the band's emotional anchor. So mild-mannered that he is known as 'Mad Dog'. The band claim they wind-up new engineers and producers by telling them to watch out for Phil's temper. Married to Kate.
PHILL BY OTHERS:
"He's the one who least likes the idea of the band as a gang." Ed
"Can you play a bit faster?" Thom
"He's been attending drum'n'bass nights." Colin
"He'll not impose his mood upon you like some members of the band." Ed

FULL NAME: Edward John O'Brien.
BIRTH: April 15, 1968.
INSTRUMENTS: Rhythm guitar, percussion, back-up vocals.
EDUCATION: Abingdon School; studied economics at Manchester University.
PREVIOUS JOBS: Barman photographer's assistant.
KEY WORDS: Tall, dark, handsome, riffs, spliffs.
PREVIOUS MUSICAL INFLUENCES: - Beatles, Dinosaur Jr, Joy Division, Happy Mondays, Smiths, NWA.
FAVORITE MOVIES/TV/BOOKS: "Delicatessen", Timebends", "Paris,Texas".
LIKES: Playing live.
DISLIKES: Sycophants.
INFLUENCES: Glenn Campbell.
SNEAKY INSIGHT: Ed's dad is well-known as a keen follower of the band's fortunes and pop in general. "His dad will come in waving the music papers and want to discuss the new Primal Scream single," said Colin. Ed has now moved into his own place.
ED BY OTHERS:
"The worst thing about Ed is his sleeptalking. Once, when he was sharing a room with Jonny, he started shouting, 'Fuck off, fuck off.' in his sleep. It was 5 am, but Jonny actually apologized and left." Colin

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.
KEY WORDS: Creative, guarded, sarky, moody, hyperactive.
PAST MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Elvis Costello, Scott Walker, Japan, R.E.M, Throwing Muses, Joy Division.
FAVOURITE 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.
SNEAKY INSIGHT: 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.
THOM BY THOM:
"I'm a control freak."
"I can't delegate. I don't care what anybody says about burning myself out because I just feel like I have to do all this stuff, it's too important."
"Exit Music was the first performance that we recorded where every note of it makes me really happy."
"Being in a band turns you into a child and keeps you there."
"It's a fine line between writing something with genuine emotional impact and turning into little idiots feeling sorry for ourselves and playing stadium rock."
"The others were all brought up to be polite. I wasn't."
THOM BY OTHERS:
"He's very quiet. He can get tense very quickly. He's moody and childish and aloof but he can also be very affectionate and friendly." Jonny
"If he has a day off he'll spend it shopping." Jonny

FULL NAME: Jonathan Richard Guy Greenwood.
BIRTH: November 5, 1972.
INSTRUMENT: Lead guitar, organ, synthesizer, piano, recorder, sound effects.
EDUCATION: Abingdon School; began course in psychology at Oxford Poly.
PREVIOUS JOBS: None.
KEY WORDS: Funny, erudite, impatient, splint, fringe.
PAST MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Jazz, Miles Davis, Elvis Costello.
FAVOURITE MOVIES/TV/BOOKS: "Prick Up Your Ears", "Going For Gold', "Generation X', "The Imperfect Art".
LIKES: Buying records, walking, touring, Lee Morgan.
DISLIKES: Buying compact discs, driving, recording, Derek Nimmo.
INFLUENCES: Frank Black, Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan.
SNEAKY INSIGHT: Hardly drinks. Married. Known as "the dreamer" at school. Likes buying clothes. Wrote The Tourist, the final track on OK Computer.
JONNY ON JONNY:
"Playing bridge goes very well with drugs."
JONNY BY OTHERS:
"He's got an environmentally-friendly stunt kite!" Colin
"He likes having as many instruments as possible in his corner." Thom
"Jonny made us all watch Pink Floyd At Pompeii and said, 'this is how we should do videos.'" Colin
"He's completely colourblind. Apparently when they were kids Colin used to change the paints around in their paint boxes and Jonny would end up with all these disturbing pictures." Phil

FULL NAME: Colin Charles Greenwood.
BIRTH: June 26, 1969.
INSTRUMENT: Bass.
EDUCATION: Abingdon School; read English literature at Cambridge.
PREVIOUS JOBS: Ents officer at Peterhouse, Cambridge; assistant at Our Price, Oxford.
KEY WORDS: Garrulous, funny, bookish, can't drive.
PAST MUSICAL INFLUENCES: Talking heads, The Fall, R.E.M, Tom Waits.
FAVOURITE MOVIES/TV/BOOKS: "Wings Of Desire", 'Bullet Park", "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities", "Perdido".
LIKES: Strawberry.
DISLIKES: Being asked, "If you were a milkshake, what flavour would you be?" in questionnaires.
INFLUENCES: Madonna, The Pointer Sisters.
SNEAKY INSIGHT: Known as Coz.
COLIN BY COLIN:
'Why can't I get a shag?"
"There's a literary analogy for that."
"What I really hated about Britpop was all that tiresome irony. As if bands shouldn't be serious things."
" I tend to play better in the studio, no pressures, just sheer volume and alcohol."
COLIN BY OTHERS:
"Here's a tip: don't believe a thing he says." Ed
"Likes a drink." Phil
"He's very strong-minded and astute." Thom
"He's downloaded a library." Thom