EMI instructed the group to deliver a followup to "Creep" for the American market. However, according to Leckie, Radiohead had disowned "Creep" and did not "think in terms of making hit singles", and the sessions were tense. "Sulk", "The Bends", "Nice Dream" and "Just" were identified as potential singles and became the focus of the early sessions. Leckie recalled: "We had to give those absolute attention, make them amazing, instant smash hits, number one in America. Everyone was pulling their hair out saying, 'It's not good enough!' We were trying too hard." Yorke in particular struggled with the pressure, and the band's co-manager Chris Hufford considered quitting, citing Yorke's "mistrust of everybody". Greenwood spent days testing new guitar equipment, searching for a distinctive sound, before reverting to his Telecaster. According to Yorke, "We had days of painful self-analysis, a total fucking meltdown for two fucking months."