59} Ed O'Brien

 

Edward John "Ed" O'Brien (born 15 April 1968) is an English musician, songwriter, and guitarist for the rock band Radiohead. He is also responsible for harmony vocals during live concerts and on many tracks from the band's albums (occasionally with drummer Phil Selway). In addition, he has played guitar and provided backing vocals for the 7 Worlds Collide project.

Radiohead

Main article: Radiohead

O'Brien uses a large collection of effects pedals to help create Radiohead's distinct sound. Even on tracks that do not feature any guitar work, his pedals are put to use for other purposes such as altering Thom Yorke's keyboard playing (he and co-guitarist Jonny Greenwood sample Yorke's piano and vocals, respectively, with the Korg Kaoss Pad on live performances of "Everything in Its Right Place"). As well as being a self-taught guitarist, he is an accomplished drummer; though his only drum contributions for Radiohead to date have been tom drums on live performances of Hail to the Thief track "There There", a task he shares with Greenwood (though the part they play is put together on a synthesiser on the studio version).[2] and additional drumming on the b-side “Pearly*”.

Notable songwriting contributions to Radiohead include the opening riff on the song "Go to Sleep", and the riff that makes up the closing song on The Bends, "Street Spirit (Fade Out)". He has also written the instrumental "Meeting in the Aisle", "Lull", and the instrumentation of "Big Boots".[citation needed]

He mainly helps to expand on the musical framework created by Thom Yorke, and is known for his contributions to "Karma Police", (he created the effect that closes the song and his backing vocals during the chorus are an integral part of the song), "Lucky" (creating the effect that opens the song) and "Treefingers" (his guitar chords were processed electronically to sound like ambient music).

Work outside Radiohead

 O'Brien made contributions to a soundtrack project for the BBC drama series Eureka Street before recording Kid A. During sessions for Kid A and Amnesiac, he kept fans up to date with an open diary posted on the band's website, providing the most in-depth look at how those experimental albums were recorded. His most recent collaboration outside Radiohead involved guitar work on an Asian Dub Foundation album; he played on "1000 Mirrors" (with Sinéad O'Connor), "Blowback" and "Enemy of the Enemy".

O'Brien has toured and recorded with Neil Finn as part of the 7 Worlds Collide project. He provided guitar and backing vocals on their eponymous 2001 live album, and reprised his role on their 2009 studio album, The Sun Came Out, where he also co-wrote two tracks.

O'Brien and bandmate Phil Selway had programming lessons with producer/engineer Phelan Kane at The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance in London in 2001, and the same two band members also joined the 7 Worlds Collide project.

O’Brien is a founding director of the Featured Artists Coalition.
O'Brien appeared on 16 April 2011 episode of BBC Radio 5 Live's sports punditry programme Fighting Talk in celebration of National Record Shop Day; also on the panel were Bob Mills, Dion Dublin, and Steve Lamacq.

Personal life

 At 6'5" (196 cm), O'Brien is the tallest member of Radiohead. O'Brien lives with his wife Susan Kobrin, who previously worked for Amnesty International, in London. The couple has a son, Salvador born in January 2004, and a daughter Oona (born in 2006). O'Brien studied economics at the University of Manchester.

Equipment

Guitars

    "Plank" guitar (custom built by Plank himself for Ed)
    Rickenbacker 360 (x2)
    Fender Telecaster (x2)
    Gibson ES-330 (60s)
    Gibson ES-335 (60s)
    Fender Stratocaster (white)
    Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster (black) (x2)
    Fernandes Native Pro
    Gibson Les Paul Goldtop (belongs to Johnny Marr)
    Line 6 Variax 700
    Epiphone Casino
    Gibson Les Paul Custom (used for The Daily Mail)
    Fender Jaguar (Johnny Marr signature used on the King of Limbs tour)

Effects

    Akai Headrush E1 and E2
    AMS Digital Delay
    BOSS CE-1 Chorus Ensemble
    BOSS DD-5 Digital Delay (x4)
    BOSS DD-7 Digital Delay
    BOSS FC-200 MIDI Foot Controller
    BOSS FS-5U
    BOSS FV-300L (now replaced with FV-500L)
    BOSS GE-7 Equalizer
    BOSS LS-2 Line Selector
    BOSS OD-1 Over Drive (Analog Man modified)
    BOSS PN-2 Tremolo/Pan
    BOSS PSM-5 Power Supply & Master Switch
    BOSS RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay
    BOSS SD-1 SUPER OverDrive
    BOSS TR-2 Tremolo
    BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
    Catalinbread Super Chili Picoso
    Crowther HotCake
    Demeter COMP-1 Compulator
    Diamond CPR-1 Compressor
    Diamond Memory Lane 2
    Diamond TRM-1 Tremolo
    DigiTech Whammy IV
    Dinosaural OTC-201 Optical Compressor
    DOD 440 Envelope Filter
    Dunlop Cry Baby
    Dunlop Stereo Tremolo
    Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress
    Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man
    Electro-Harmonix HOG
    Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail
    Electro-Harmonix Small Stone
    Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man w/ Hazarai
    Ernie Ball VP JR.
    Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-808
    Klon Centaur
    KORG A2
    Line 6 DL4 Delay Modeler
    Line 6 Pod PRO
    Lovetone Big Cheese
    Lovetone Doppelganger
    Lovetone Meatball
    Lovetone Ring Stinger
    Lovetone Wobulator
    Marshall ShredMaster
    Mesa Boogie Footswitch
    Molten Voltage Molten MIDI 5 (programmable Whammy V controller)[6]
    Molten Voltage OZ (Strymon TimeLine Looper Controller)[7]
    Morley Bad Horsie
    MXR Dyna Comp
    MXR Flanger
    MXR Micro Amp
    MXR Phase 90
    Peterson StroboStomp 2
    Roger Linn AdrenaLinn II
    Roland SP-303 Dr. Sample
    Roland Space Echo (used pre-OK Computer)
    Strymon TimeLine
    ToadWorks True-Bypass Looper
    Voodoo Lab Commander
    Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Plus
    Voodoo Lab Pedal Switcher
    Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive
    Whirlwind Selector A/B

This list of pedals is incomplete, but are most of the ones identified over the years. Not all of these pedals were used at the same time. In 2006, a MIDI Controller took the place of many delay pedals.

He also frequently uses an EBow.

Amplifiers


    Vox AC30 (x2) (used for clean, modulation and delay tones)
    Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Trem-O-Verb (x2) (used for distorted tones)
    Line 6 VETTA II
    Fender Super-Sonic 112 combo, fed into a Super-Sonic 212 cabinet (seen used in the thumbs_down webcast)
    Fender Vibro-King (used since "The King of Limbs" live performances)

Other

    He plays the cabasa on "Paranoid Android".
    Fender Rhodes on "In Limbo".
    A shaker on live performances of "Idioteque".
    Synthesizer on the studio recordings of "Like Spinning Plates" and "Dollars and Cents" from "Amnesiac".
    A tambourine during "Reckoner".
    Bass guitar when Radiohead covered "Ceremony" by New Order on the Scotch Mist broadcast. Also used with the Seven Worlds Collide project.
    Additional drums on "There There" and “Pearly*”
    Autoharp on the studio recordings of "15 Step" and "All I Need" from In Rainbows


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