This Isn't Happening: Radiohead's Kid A and the Beginning of the 21st Century

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 0306845687 ISBN13: 9780306845680 Release Date: September 2020 Publisher: Hachette Books Length: 256 Pages Weight: 0.85 lbs. Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.4" A Rolling Stone-Kirkus Best Music Book of 2020 "In this brilliant book, Steven Hyden goes deep into why Kid A matters--it's the fascinating saga of how the music turned into the symbol of a new cultural era." -- Rolling Stone THE MAKING AND MEANING OF RADIOHEAD'S GROUNDBREAKING, CONTROVERSIAL, EPOCHDEFINING ALBUM, KID A. In 1999, as the end of an old century loomed, five musicians entered a recording studio in Paris without a deadline. Their band was widely recognized as the best and most forward-thinking in rock, a rarefied status granting them the time, money, and space to make a masterpiece. But Radiohead didn't want to make another rock record. Instead, they set out to create the future. For more than a year, they battled writer's block, intra-band disagreements, an