Thom Yorke

Dig into the origins of "Harrowdown Hill" and you begin to see the sinister side of world affairs that is Thom Yorke's muse. The song -- a seven-minute downtempo dirge -- is named after the place where the body of Dr. David Kelly was found dead of apparent suicide the day after he testified to a Parliamentary committee. Months before, in what he believed was a private interview, Kelly had called into question UK intelligence regarding Iraq's WMDs; his quote was leaked to the press and raised controversy about England's involvement in the Iraq War. Shame, Yorke contends, can be lethal.