From the Wall of Sound website...

WHICH city in England boasts the largest number of signed bands per capita? Well, according to Radiohead, it's their hometown of Oxford (also home to Ride and Supergrass). All five members of the band are natives of Oxford, where they met at Abingdon School. Singer-guitarist Thom Yorke and bassist Colin Greenwood were the first to hit it off at Abingdon, sharing an affinity for Joy Division, Magazine, and cross-dressing. Ed O'Brien, another singer-guitarist, was added because Thom thought he was "cool and looked like Morrissey."...

Article OBSERVER 4-7-99 on MANSUN:

"It can often seem like the only person who can understand your suffering is Morrissey or Mansun. You could argue that these men cynically exploit your suffering but I would make the opposite case, that it is the singers who are used by the fans: as Morrissey sung on the Smiths "Rubber Ring", "Don't forget the songs that saved your life / Yes you're older now and you're a clever swine / But they were the only ones that ever stood by you." Of course Mansun is a different beast but it is really a difference of upbringing. Morrissey was beaten and sexually humiliated in Manchester schoolyards..."

In Tom Holt's Wish You Were Here, he makes a reference to how Joan of Arc should have worn a Walkman when she was being burned. Hmmm - a reference, perhaps?