An email I got Monday May 11/98
hey guys - I'm a radio dj in portland Maine. My on air name is shoeman!!! Its a nickname I've grown up with and it works great as a radio name. It blew my mind to see you with same name. I was wondering how to get a hold of your disc and if you have any paraphenilia(ie t-shirts). Send me a message back or call me on my show weekdays between 10-2 at (phone # removed). I would love to talk to you guys on air about the whole name thing. It would be cool
thanks - the Shoeman
Something Kent found from a Radiohead page, May 10/98
That kind of drive and intensity has marked Radiohead from the day the band formed at the tail end of the '80s: "We began out of sheer boredom," recalls Yorke. "Everything had become so sedate, with all the shoegazing bands on one side and electronic dance music on the other." While pursuit of college education's forced music to the sidelines for a spell, the band staged its first proper assault on the collective consciousness in the summer of 1991. Just a few weeks later, they'd received more than 20 record company offers. -Thom Yorke of Radiohead Fame