Atoms for Peace (band)

Atoms for Peace
Atoms for Peace performing in 2010. From left to right: Nigel Godrich, Thom Yorke, Flea, and Mauro Refosco (obscured behind Flea, Joey Waronker behind the drums)
Atoms for Peace performing in 2010. From left to right: Nigel Godrich, Thom Yorke, Flea, and Mauro Refosco (obscured behind Flea, Joey Waronker behind the drums)
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
Genres
Years active2009–2013, 2018
LabelsXL
SpinoffsUltraísta
Spinoff ofRadiohead
Past members
Websiteatomsforpeace.info
Thom Yorke playing guitar and Nigel Godrich performing
Thom Yorke (front) and Nigel Godrich
Flea playing bass and Mauro Refosco playing percussion instrumnets
Flea (front) and Mauro Refosco
Atoms for Peace performing at Melt! Festival 2013

Atoms for Peace were an English-American rock supergroup comprising the Radiohead songwriter Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano), the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, the Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich (keyboards, synthesisers, guitars), the drummer Joey Waronker of Beck and R.E.M., and the percussionist Mauro Refosco of Forro in the Dark.

Yorke formed Atoms for Peace in 2009 to perform songs from his debut solo album, The Eraser (2006). They toured the US in 2010. In 2013, they released an album, Amok, the product of combining Yorke's electronic music with the band's jamming. It received mainly positive reviews, with critics likening it to Yorke's solo work. Amok was followed by a tour of Europe, the US and Japan. The band members have collaborated intermittently since.