His full name is
Thomas Edward Yorke. He was born in Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire,
England on the 7
October 1968 and studied
English and
Art at
Exeter University. He was born with a paralysed left
eye but after five operations and having to wear an
eye patch during a year his
eyesight improved. Thom's life changed when he was eight after moving to the
Thames Valley when he received a
spanish guitar as a
birthday present. In addition to
singing and playing
guitar, I think it has been a bad
omission that he also
writes
songs for
Radiohead. He also plays
piano in the
band.
My favourite male vocalist, there's something about listening to him put raw emotion into his music that makes me feel pretty good. He also has a bit of a phobia about cars ever since he and his girlfriend at the time were involved in a car crash in his teens. This is evident through songs like Airbag, Stupid Car, and Killer Cars (the latter having some excellent paranoid sentiments that I share with him).
Addendum 22-11-2001:
Thom and his wife, Rachel celebrated the birth of their first child, Noah on February 6, 2001. Rachel and Thom have been together since university.
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Following the request, I've included the information from nodes by brian, tharris and Helmut:
Thom has also been given the nickname "newt" by fellow classmates when he was in grade school, due to his lazy eye. He has collaborated with many artists such as Drugstore, U.N.K.L.E., P.J. Harvey and Bjork.