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Biography of Jonny Greenwood - Modern Composer
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Jonathan "Jonny" Richard Guy Greenwood (born November 5, 1971) is a member of Radiohead. He is also the brother of fellow band member Colin Greenwood. Jonny's extremely aggressive guitar playing has led him in the past to repetitive strain injury in his right arm. Advised by a doctor to wear an arm brace for a period of time, his brace has become a trademark of sorts. "I enjoy putting it on before I play ... It's like taping up your fingers before a boxing match." He is also an outspoken champion of the Ondes Martenot, an early synthesizer, which he lists as one of his favorite instruments. He has composed a piece entitled Smear for a pair of Ondes Martenot. The Ondes can be heard on many Radiohead tracks, notably The National Anthem from Kid A. He also utilizes modular synthesizers and devices such as the Korg Kaoss Pad on newer tracks. Jonny is married to wife Sharona and has a son named Tamir (to whom Hail to the Thief was dedicated). ==Collaborations== *Velvet Goldmine Thom and Jonny got together with Bernard Butler, Andy Mackay, and Paul Kimble to form the band, The Venus in Furs. They recorded five songs for the Michael Stipe produced movie, Velvet Goldmine. The tracks are:
"2HB"
"LADYTRON"
"BABY'S ON FIRE"
"BITTER-SWEET"
"TUMBLING DOWN"
*Pavement (band)|Pavement Jonny Greenwood played harmonica on Pavement's LP, Terror Twilight. He played on the songs "Platform Blues" and "Billie". Also notice that the album was produced and mixed by Nigel Godrich ( which explains why Jonny had a little part on it) == External link == * http://www.radioheadfaq.co.uk/ Talk in Maths: A Not Even Remotely Official RADIOHEAD FAQ Radiohead

