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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Music Flea to Play Bass for Thom Yorke, Everything Starting to Make Sense

Posted by Mike Conklin on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 3:21 PM

You have undoubtedly already heard about the all-star band handpicked by Thom Yorke to back him up during some upcoming solo dates. And just like that, after years spent trying to find exactly the right way to explain to people why I've never liked Radiohead, I've finally got it: Even though you might not think so at first, Thom Yorke is exactly the type of person who would choose Flea, of all people, to play bass in his backing band.

Tags: Radiohead, Thom Yorke, Flea, Why I Hate Radiohead

        
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Is a competent reader supposed to understand what you mean by that?

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