on a friday signed a contract with emi, a large record label, in 1991. they changed their name to "radiohead". this name came from the song "radio head" on the album "true stories" by talking heads. they released their first ep, called "drill", in may 1992. it was not very popular. radiohead started work on their first album. it was called "pablo honey" and it was recorded in 1992 in a studio in oxford. they released their first single, "creep", late in 1992. they released "pablo honey" in february 1993. initially, the album was going to be released also in late 1992 but was delayed. the album did not become popular, but "creep" did, and the band got a lot of fans because of it. at the time, radiohead's style of music was not very popular, and people said it sounded like nirvana, but was not as good. they said that other britpop bands, like suede, were better. "creep" was played on the radio at a lot of colleges around the world, however. when radiohead went on tour in the united states in early 1993, the music video for "creep" was being played frequently on mtv.