Radiohead uploaded the 1.8-gigabyte collection of recording session outtakes and rare live performances on their radiohead.bandcamp.com website.
LONDON - Alternative rock legends Radiohead released an 18-hour trove of private recordings from their 1997 album"OK Computer" after getting hacked by someone seeking a ransom of $150,000 for the music.
The genre-banding English musicians uploaded the 1.8-gigabyte collection of recording session outtakes and rare live performances on their radiohead.bandcamp.com website.The group is also selling downloads of an album of the 18 hacked MiniDiscs for £18 and donating the proceeds to the Extinction Rebellion environmental campaign group."It’s not v interesting," he added."As it’s out there it may as well be out there, until we all get bored and move on.
"So instead of complaining -- much -- or ignoring it, we're releasing all 18 hours on Bandcamp in aid of Extinction Rebellion," he wrote."This is a bit of a doozy," a user identified only as u/santicol wrote. The user described how someone claiming to have the archive came in contact with a"well-known leaker" and offered them previews of the tracks.
"They were asking upwards of $150,000 for the entire set, at $800 per studio track and $50 per live track," the Reddit user wrote.SourceAfter a number of incidents of violent crimes at schools recently, should metal detectors be installed at the entrances?
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