Radiohead's Thom Yorke has formed a new band.

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The frontman has recruited Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, REM collaborator Joey Waronker, Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco, and long-term producer Nigel Godrichto perform his solo material live. Yorke's new outfit have announced they will play two Los Angeles shows at the Orpheum Theatreon October 4 and 5. "In the past couple of weeks I?ve been getting a band together for fun to play 'The Eraser' stuff live and the new songsetc, to see if it could work!" the singer wrote on Radiohead's Dead Air Spaceblog. He added: "We don?t really have a name and the set will not be very long cuz... well? we haven?t got that much material yet! But come and check it out if you are in the area."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/launch/20090929/en_launch/61994634

Thom Yorke and Flee? Weird.