Radiohead release hours of hacked MiniDiscs to benefit Extinction Rebellion

Thom Yorke describes hours of recordings from OK Computer sessions as 'not v interesting', while climate activists thank the band for 'unprecedented support'

Radiohead have released a vast collection of unreleased tracks made during the sessions for 1997 album OK Computer, after a MiniDisc archive owned by frontman Thom Yorke was hacked last week by an unnamed person, who reportedly asked for a $150,000 ransom to return the recordings.

The band have now made the 18 MiniDisc recordings, most of them around an hour in length, available on Bandcamp for 18. Proceeds will go to climate activists Extinction Rebellion.