Kurt Loder: "England's Radiohead broke through in this country 2 years ago with a terrific single called 'Creep' - then drifted off for a bit. But the band recently returned with a second album called "The Bends." The clip for the band's new single - 'Just' - is quite a piece of work, and we caught up with the lads in England while they were shooting it."

MTV: "It's all a days work for Radiohead, whose phenomenal success both in the UK and in the States means that their schedule is completely booked up for the foreseeable future. Their second album - The Bends - has cemented their reputation as melancholic pop craftsman, delivering tales of love and loss with an overwhelming sense of desperation."

Thom: "I suppose it's a desperate record, but I think it's a really modern, and its positive. I always end up saying I think its positive simply 'cause it got made, and it could have not got made. But it did, so there."

MTV: "The pressure was really on with this album. The success of 'Creep' tended to overshadow everything else, but they seemed pleased with the fact that they haven't had a similar hit in The Bends."

Colin: "I'll tell you what I think is good about "The Bends" is... What will happen, I hope, is that album will replace album, you know. That's what we've always been about."

Thom: "We haven't got the screaming hit single with it, which is fine. We've got the screaming hit album instead. Which is good. I'd rather be known as the band that did The Bends rather than the band that did 'Creep'."

Kurt Loder: "'Just' - the new single - sees the band exploring classic Radiohead territory, but singer Thom still isn't quite sure if he knows what the song is all about."

Thom: "It's about an old friend of mine, maybe, but maybe not. Most of it happened maybe, but maybe it didn't. It's supposed to be really, just shaking all the crap... It's you, you know, stop blaming anybody else, anything else. You're the one responsible for screwing yourself up."

MTV: "Having to make videos isn't quite the chore you would expect it to be from Radiohead -- even though they seem to be such reluctant pop stars."

Thom: "It can be a really good fun when it's a great idea, and it's great, you know - when you're making three or four minutes of film, and enjoying it. And that's an immense privelege, even if you are standing there making a proud of yourself."

MTV: "Making a proud of yourself on being the focus of so much attention. Well you can be forgiven being a bit self conscious, but Thom's come up with some excellent tips on how to cope."

Thom: "The perfect solution for that is to shut your eyes, always, under any circumstances."

Colin: "You could say that about lots of things then, couldn't you?"

Thom: "Yeah, except driving."

Colin: "Except driving, which would be bad. Or flying a plane. That would be bad."

Thom: "No, shutting your eyes is great. I've done... I've done a good play for an hour and a half, and I barely open my eyes the whole show, you know. It's great."

Kurt Loder: "Martin Short and the rest of Radiohead -- currently opening for R.E.M. -- play Buffalo, New York on Friday and Hartford, Connecticut on Saturday. The group hooks up with Soul Asylum in Denver on October 4th and will be back to play more US dates early in the new year.

That's the news for now. Be sure to catch "The Week in Rock" this weekend - Friday at 7:30 and Saturday at 6:00 PM. And we'll have more news later here on MTV."