{"id":23701,"date":"2025-08-06T18:43:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/?p=23701"},"modified":"2025-08-06T18:43:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:43:59","slug":"hes-probably-for-my-money-one-of-the-finest-guitarists-in-the-world-radioheads-colin-greenwood-on-who-he-considers-the-best-rhythm-guitarist-hes-ever-played-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/es\/2025\/08\/06\/hes-probably-for-my-money-one-of-the-finest-guitarists-in-the-world-radioheads-colin-greenwood-on-who-he-considers-the-best-rhythm-guitarist-hes-ever-played-with\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe&#8217;s probably, for my money, one of the finest guitarists in the world\u201d: Radiohead&#8217;s Colin Greenwood on who he considers the best rhythm guitarist he&#8217;s ever played with"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Colin Greenwood has had an illustrious career as Radiohead<\/a>&#8216;s bassist and is currently moonlighting with Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. Standing side-by-side for decades with his brother and Radiohead&#8217;s lead guitarist, Jonny Greenwood<\/a>, and multi-instrumentalist frontman Thom Yorke, Greenwood is well-versed in the two guitarists&#8217; differing \u2013 yet complementary \u2013 styles, which form the very essence of Radiohead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Thom] takes it very seriously,\u201d he tells <em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>&#8216;s Brian Hiatt. \u201cHe&#8217;s probably, for my money, one of the finest guitarists in the world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-hI5YMDioDBY\" data-yt-video-token=\"hI5YMDioDBY\" title=\"Radiohead - The King Of Limbs From The Basement (December 2011) - YouTube\"><span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Radiohead &#8211; The King Of Limbs From The Basement (December 2011) &#8211; YouTube<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Radiohead - The King Of Limbs From The Basement (December 2011) - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Watch On <\/a><\/div>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-base\" \/>\n<p>\u201cHe&#8217;s one of the best guitarists<\/a> I know, like rhythm guitarists, because of the way he plays the guitar. The way he rolls with his shoulders when he plays, it&#8217;s sort of [the guitar] part of his body. He&#8217;s just incredibly physically connected, and always [has] been.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 clear-both border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hiatt comments that Jonny Greenwood, on the other hand, has a more \u201ccerebral\u201d approach to guitar, to which the bassist replies, \u201cYeah, I agree. They&#8217;re very different, how they work, which is probably why they complement each other so well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Jonny&#8217;s] first record was <em>Cool for Cats<\/em> by Squeeze on pink vinyl that my mother threw away because she thought it was obscene,\u201d he recalls when reflecting on how his brother&#8217;s eclectic playing style developed. \u201cBut he listened to anything, and I think he learned guitar by [listening to] the Pixies and Lou Reed&#8217;s album <em>New York<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-wsPySuZu6SU\" data-yt-video-token=\"wsPySuZu6SU\" title=\"Radiohead - The Bends Live at (Later... with Jools Holland 1995) HD - YouTube\"><span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Radiohead &#8211; The Bends Live at (Later&#8230; with Jools Holland 1995) HD &#8211; YouTube<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/guitarmadrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Radiohead - The Bends Live at (Later... with Jools Holland 1995) HD - YouTube\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Watch On <\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThen he was in the Thames Vale Youth Orchestra playing the viola, which I always forget because I don&#8217;t know how many times he went. 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