Home / Music / The Bends was Radiohead's artistic turning pointMusic linernotes album music radioheadThe Bends was Radiohead's artistic turning pointThe Bends marked a major shift from Radiohead’s debut Pablo Honey, moving toward a more complex guitar-driven sound and establishing their artistic identity. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesRadiohead thought the OK Computer mansion was hauntedRadiohead promoted Kid A almost entirely onlineKid A went from polarizing to untouchableKid A proved an experimental album could still go number oneKid A's leftover material became AmnesiacExploreTom Waits recorded Nighthawks at the Diner in front of a live studio audienceThe Who Sell Out was a pirate radio broadcast disguised as an albumMorphine made a full rock sound with zero guitarsRadiohead recorded OK Computer vocals in a mansion's stone entrance hallTalking Heads recorded Fear of Music from a loft with a studio truck on the streetPrevious The Blue Nile recorded Hats at Castlesound Studios in East LothianNext The Avalanches' Since I Left You had the working title Pablo's Cruise