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i like radiohead too much put me down

Left: a rare photo of Thom playing a cream Fender Telecaster Standard at a gig in December 1992 — presumably a touring backup for his black Tele Standard (Q #179). Right: Thom holding his Fenix-brand Tele Thinline copy during a gig in early-1995 (Rock&Folk).

This week, we updated Thom's page with more info on his Pablo Honey and The Bends era Telecasters. There's now better documentation of the mods done to his original black Tele Standard, his black Tele Thinline, and his Fenix Thinline copy. There's also info on Thom borrowing three different Teles from Jonny — see if you can guess which ones.

None of these guitars were used after touring for The Bends finished, either because of disinterest or because they were stolen. The theft of the latter two in October 1995 caused Thom to buy some vintage 70s Telecasters. He used those vintage instruments heavily from OK Computer through Hail To The Thief. Like the past two, his new "no1" Telecaster was also black, but this time it was a Deluxe with Wide Range humbuckers.

It was already mentioned on Thom's page, but I'd like to highlight a blog post from Deviation Street Magazine. They shared some awesome photos from Radiohead's gig at The Joiners Arms on February 18, 1993 — four days before the release of Pablo Honey! The writing offers a nice step back in time to an era when Radiohead was basically unknown.

30 Days of LP. Day 27: A Linkin Park song that reminds you of yourself

⛥ Somewhere I Belong ⛥

linkin park for Metal Hammer Magazine