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When British rockers Radiohead played The Railway Club in 1995 it was an unmitigated disaster of a show.

Lead singer Thom Yorke and guitarist Jonny Greenwood took to the tiny stage in the dank but cosy Dunsmuir Street watering hole and, according to reports and legend, played just four songs to a mostly uninterested and occasionally hostile crowd.

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“Play Creep, you f–king creep,” a yob in front of the stage repeatedly bellowed at Yorke, according to someone who was there and actually remembers being there.

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The gig, set up by Radiohead’s record company to promote the band’s sophomore release, The Bends, came to an abrupt end when Yorke, frustrated and shocked by the rowdy behaviour of the well-lubricated patrons, stormed off the stage and exited the room through a heckling crowd.

‘We’ve been all over the world and you guys are the f–king rudest people we’ve ever met,” Yorke reportedly said.