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Enter for in depth conversations on the living, breathing legends that is Feeder.
Anything from their early, grungy metal to their present upbeat / uplifting rock. They have contributed to Rock music things that other bands can only dreaming of. By writing their own lyrics and music, only doing live performences and playing their own instruments they put teeniebopper favourite's "S Club 7" in their place.
Having added numerous awards worldwide including "Greatest Heavy Metal Band Album of 1997" for their debut full album "Polythene."
Named the best Live band around, they overwhelm onlookers at festivals and concerts worldwide including in Japan, U.S.A, Germany, Italk, France, Spain and of course, The U.K.
No matter what mood, circumstance or emotional condition you're in, there's always a Feeder song to suit your situation. From the uplifting catchiness of Top 5 hit "Buck Rogers" to the moving and inspirational "Yesterday Went Too Soon."
Whether you like Rock, Pop, Metal, Indie, or Nu Metal, Feeder has a place in their Kingdom for you, and your dinner table is waiting for you to be uplifted by the bands amazing musical talent.
To summarise... God Save Feeder.
Anything from their early, grungy metal to their present upbeat / uplifting rock. They have contributed to Rock music things that other bands can only dreaming of. By writing their own lyrics and music, only doing live performences and playing their own instruments they put teeniebopper favourite's "S Club 7" in their place.
Having added numerous awards worldwide including "Greatest Heavy Metal Band Album of 1997" for their debut full album "Polythene."
Named the best Live band around, they overwhelm onlookers at festivals and concerts worldwide including in Japan, U.S.A, Germany, Italk, France, Spain and of course, The U.K.
No matter what mood, circumstance or emotional condition you're in, there's always a Feeder song to suit your situation. From the uplifting catchiness of Top 5 hit "Buck Rogers" to the moving and inspirational "Yesterday Went Too Soon."
Whether you like Rock, Pop, Metal, Indie, or Nu Metal, Feeder has a place in their Kingdom for you, and your dinner table is waiting for you to be uplifted by the bands amazing musical talent.
To summarise... God Save Feeder.
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I didn't write the reviews no, and was not tryin to pass them off as mine. Looking back it seems that I forgot to state this in the first one but after that it says somethin like "I found a nother review" clearly stating I FOUND IT. I'm sorry if it looked like I was tryin to steal people's work. I'm just trying to get my word count up! ;-)
And that intro at the start of this page is by me.
And that intro at the start of this page is by me.
Oops, did it really take me that long to get that together? :-)
SK wrote:
> For those of you don't know, and want to, I've written a little(ish)
> biography on Feeder.
Don't you mean "copied and pasted"?
http://www.fmrecords. com.au/viewartist.cfm ?ArtistId=164
http://www.witnness.com /Festival/artist_biog.asp ?ID=48
http://www.feeder2000 .homestead.com/info.html
Practically word-for-word.
Now, if you are the original author, I will apologise now.
If not, please don't try to pass of other people's work as your own!
> For those of you don't know, and want to, I've written a little(ish)
> biography on Feeder.
Don't you mean "copied and pasted"?
http://www.fmrecords. com.au/viewartist.cfm ?ArtistId=164
http://www.witnness.com /Festival/artist_biog.asp ?ID=48
http://www.feeder2000 .homestead.com/info.html
Practically word-for-word.
Now, if you are the original author, I will apologise now.
If not, please don't try to pass of other people's work as your own!
Busted!!!!!!!!
Do you want to know how good that Glasto performace was? I was at it yet totally forgot all about it until you mentioned it there. Yeah, great gig.
Now Bowie, that was memorable, if a little dissappointing. I think I was expecting a little to much from him though, so fair enough.
Now Bowie, that was memorable, if a little dissappointing. I think I was expecting a little to much from him though, so fair enough.
Yet another review!!! I'm desperatly tryin to get my word count up!!! This time it's a review of their performence at Glastonbury 2000...
What do you say about Feeder's appearance at Glastonbury 2000, simply that pound for pound it was the best showing by any performer at the festival. Yes, bigger bands had bigger crowds but that was expected. Feeder on the other hand took what they had, a mere inkling compared to say Bowie's audience and made it seem like there was ten times the actual amount.
Storming through their set the crowd chanted their name in a mad frenzy between songs and the band returned the appriciation by making each song better than the last.
Rocking through an excellent rendition of 'My Perfect day' at the end of their set the crowd grew more and more wild and it seemed like every other person was floating on a sea of bodies. At the end of it all the huge grins on the band's faces told the whole story. Feeder are without doubt one the best live acts around.
What do you say about Feeder's appearance at Glastonbury 2000, simply that pound for pound it was the best showing by any performer at the festival. Yes, bigger bands had bigger crowds but that was expected. Feeder on the other hand took what they had, a mere inkling compared to say Bowie's audience and made it seem like there was ten times the actual amount.
Storming through their set the crowd chanted their name in a mad frenzy between songs and the band returned the appriciation by making each song better than the last.
Rocking through an excellent rendition of 'My Perfect day' at the end of their set the crowd grew more and more wild and it seemed like every other person was floating on a sea of bodies. At the end of it all the huge grins on the band's faces told the whole story. Feeder are without doubt one the best live acts around.
Another Review of Feeder for you, this time from TOTP. (Sorry but I'm tryin to get my word count up! ;-)
Highly feted UK alternative rock band Feeder were formed in 1995 by sound engineer Grant Nicholas (b. Newport, Wales; guitar/vocals) and Jon Lee (b. Newport, Wales; drums), who had previously played together in Reel and Rain Dancer. They were joined by Taka Hirose (b. Nagoya, Japan; bass), and began playing under the name of Real. After signing to the Echo label later the same year, the trio changed their name to Feeder and played their first gig in Yeovil, Somerset on 25 May.
The band released their debut Two Colours EP in November 1995, and built up a substantial live reputation as a support act for Terrorvision and Reef. An acclaimed six-track mini-album, Swim, followed in June 1996, but their early singles 'Stereo World' (October 1996), 'Tangerine' (February 1997), 'Cement' (April 1997) and 'Crash' (August 1997) made little progress in the charts. A new song, the dramatically charged 'High', gained heavy airplay on mainstream radio, and entered the UK charts at number 24 in October 1997, with the band finally looking like achieving the success their highly melodic guitar rock deserved. 'High' was included on a reformatted version of their debut long-player Polythene, originally released in May 1997. An excellent collection of post-grunge alternative rock, the album saw the band receiving further high praise from the music press.
They returned in March 1999 with a new single, 'Day In Day Out', followed by the supercharged 'Insomnia' and Yesterday Went Too Soon.
Highly feted UK alternative rock band Feeder were formed in 1995 by sound engineer Grant Nicholas (b. Newport, Wales; guitar/vocals) and Jon Lee (b. Newport, Wales; drums), who had previously played together in Reel and Rain Dancer. They were joined by Taka Hirose (b. Nagoya, Japan; bass), and began playing under the name of Real. After signing to the Echo label later the same year, the trio changed their name to Feeder and played their first gig in Yeovil, Somerset on 25 May.
The band released their debut Two Colours EP in November 1995, and built up a substantial live reputation as a support act for Terrorvision and Reef. An acclaimed six-track mini-album, Swim, followed in June 1996, but their early singles 'Stereo World' (October 1996), 'Tangerine' (February 1997), 'Cement' (April 1997) and 'Crash' (August 1997) made little progress in the charts. A new song, the dramatically charged 'High', gained heavy airplay on mainstream radio, and entered the UK charts at number 24 in October 1997, with the band finally looking like achieving the success their highly melodic guitar rock deserved. 'High' was included on a reformatted version of their debut long-player Polythene, originally released in May 1997. An excellent collection of post-grunge alternative rock, the album saw the band receiving further high praise from the music press.
They returned in March 1999 with a new single, 'Day In Day Out', followed by the supercharged 'Insomnia' and Yesterday Went Too Soon.
Picked up another nifty review of Feeder's latest album "Echo Park." What d'ya think?....
So why is Feeder singer/songwriter/guitarist Grant Nicholas not a superstar yet? Well, these days the average rock god has to be a Neanderthal throwback or a Pope-baiting shock monster. Grant's cute but let's face it, he's basically a bloody nice bloke. Somehow then, he and colleagues Take Hirose and Jon Lee find themselves in the unenviable position of being the British band perpetually destined to be big 'next year'.
It's not that Feeder don't have a large and committed fan base, but the fact that they've so far failed to enter the public consciousness (despite churning out cracking records) makes you wonder if it's ever going to happen. However, with 'Echo Park' they've made the record that gives them their best chance yet of headlining Wembley Arena come December.
You should already be familiar with the singles 'Buck Rogers' and 'Seven Days in the Sun'. The good news is that their unmistakable quiet/loud Feeder formula is very much the order of the day on the album's other ten tracks. The bad news however, for those who like their rock fast and raw, is that the myriad of studio effects drenching both singles are pushed to the fore throughout the album.
The end result of such trickery, combined with Grant's ear for a catchy melody, means that many of these songs won't sound out of place being covered by future generations of boy bands. Don't let this put you off though, as there are enough top tunes to keep fans bouncing around bedrooms for months to come. 'Choke' will be firing up mosh pits for years to come and the perfect harmonies on the chorus of 'Tell All Your Friends' are potentially defining pop moments of 2001.
Throw in 'Under the Weather', the first song to ever include a reference to "Nurofen Plus" and the anthemic 'Satellite News' and you've got one of the most flat out enjoyable records you're likely to hear this year. All Grant needs to do now is start dating an All Saint and offend a major religion. Wembley beckons.
So why is Feeder singer/songwriter/guitarist Grant Nicholas not a superstar yet? Well, these days the average rock god has to be a Neanderthal throwback or a Pope-baiting shock monster. Grant's cute but let's face it, he's basically a bloody nice bloke. Somehow then, he and colleagues Take Hirose and Jon Lee find themselves in the unenviable position of being the British band perpetually destined to be big 'next year'.
It's not that Feeder don't have a large and committed fan base, but the fact that they've so far failed to enter the public consciousness (despite churning out cracking records) makes you wonder if it's ever going to happen. However, with 'Echo Park' they've made the record that gives them their best chance yet of headlining Wembley Arena come December.
You should already be familiar with the singles 'Buck Rogers' and 'Seven Days in the Sun'. The good news is that their unmistakable quiet/loud Feeder formula is very much the order of the day on the album's other ten tracks. The bad news however, for those who like their rock fast and raw, is that the myriad of studio effects drenching both singles are pushed to the fore throughout the album.
The end result of such trickery, combined with Grant's ear for a catchy melody, means that many of these songs won't sound out of place being covered by future generations of boy bands. Don't let this put you off though, as there are enough top tunes to keep fans bouncing around bedrooms for months to come. 'Choke' will be firing up mosh pits for years to come and the perfect harmonies on the chorus of 'Tell All Your Friends' are potentially defining pop moments of 2001.
Throw in 'Under the Weather', the first song to ever include a reference to "Nurofen Plus" and the anthemic 'Satellite News' and you've got one of the most flat out enjoyable records you're likely to hear this year. All Grant needs to do now is start dating an All Saint and offend a major religion. Wembley beckons.
For those of you don't know, and want to, I've written a little(ish) biography on Feeder.
Feeder are Grant Nicholas (guitar, vocals), Taka Hirose (bass), Jon Lee (drums)
Feeder were originally formed in 1992 in Wales but the present line-up came together in London in 1995 when South Walians Grant Nicholas and Jon Lee decamped to London and found bassist Taka Hirose (from Tokyo) in the musicians ads Loot. Signing soon after to Echo, the band started touring - something they've rarely stopped doing over the last four years.
A mini-album entitled 'Swim' (released Spring 1996) made a lasting impression on the UK's rock scene - the band's heavy guitars and sugarsweet melodies encapsulated within 'Swim''s six songs. More touring around the country followed as the band quickly built up a fanatical following.
A set of singles previewed the band's debut album proper, 'Polythene', released in May 1997. Album Of The Year in Metal Hammer, 'Polythene' captured the band's thrilling, overdriven rock sound and featured live favourites 'Descend' and 'My Perfect Day'. Over the Summer Feeder played festivals accross the country, featuring a new song, entitled 'High', in their set. This soon became the band's anthem, Feeder's 'team song' even. Released as a single in October 1997 it was the band's biggest hit - reaching number 24 and receiving blanket daytime radio play.
'High' was ultimately patched on the 'Polythene', and in Spring 1998 Feeder interrupted a mammoth US tour for a set of heroic, homecoming UK shows that culminated with two nights at the Astoria in London. Heroic simply put because Grant Nicholas cracked a cheekbone halfway through the tour, but the band played on.
For the rest of 1998 Feeder continued a rigorous North American touring schedule (125 dates all in all) including countless Summer Radio Shows (the US equivalent of the UK Festival), before returning to the UK to record the second album in RAK Studios in London. 'Yesterday Went Too Soon' was mixed in early 1999 in New York by Grant and Andy Wallace, who's previous credits had included Nirvana's 'Nevermind' and Slayer's 'Reign In Blood', amongst others.
A Spring 1999 tour (during which time Jon Lee broke his ankle, but the tour continued, of course) saw Feeder play songs from 'Yesterday Went Too Soon' for their passionate fans for the first time. Two more top forty hit singles were released before 'Yesterday Went Too Soon' entered the album charts at number seven. The album saw a further advancement of Grant Nicholas' song writing, featuring gorgeous ballads ('Tinseltown', the title track), explosive power pop ('Insomnia', 'Waiting For Changes') and quirky tunes ('Day In Day Out', 'Picture Of Perfect Youth'). In October, Feeder played their biggest headlining dates yet, culminating in a show at Brixton Academy.
Over the course of the year, the band had played in front of huge crowds on the bills of Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds, Mt. Fuji Festival in Japan and the Ashton Court Festival in Bristol, which the band headlined in front of a 25,000 crowd. The year ended on another high, as the band celebrated New Years 1999 on the bill of the Manic Millennium at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff.
Feeder headlined a prestigious night at the NME Carling Premier Awards shows in London in January 2000. Recently the band toured Australia for the first time and Jon Lee got married in Miami.
The rest of last year has seen Grant writing their third album and the Summer was spent recording in Great Linford Manor in Buckinghamshire with Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters) at the helm. The end results are widely regarded to be by far the band's best music yet. The album 'Echo Park' was released in Spring 2001, preceded by a single 'Buck Rogers' on 8th January. A short set of exclusive Christmas shows took place 12-19 December.
The band's first single from Echo Park titled "Buck Rogers," was the greatest chart success so far for Feeder, getting into the Top 5 in the first week. The song got a huge number of commercial shows including Top Of The Pops, CD:UK, and The Pepsi Chart. It was, and still is, constantly played on Radio 1.
The band's next single, "Seven Days In The Sun," also did very well, entering the Top 15 in it's first week. Also played on numerous shows and radio stations, not to mention a frequent request at Festivals and concerts, the song was named "Summer Rock song of the year 2001" by Radio 1.
Feeder's latest Single titled "Turn" represented a slower and more subtle side to Feeder. Although not as well known as their last two singles, "Turn" is still regarded as one of Feeder's greatest mood changing rock songs.
Thanks for reading, SK.
Feeder are Grant Nicholas (guitar, vocals), Taka Hirose (bass), Jon Lee (drums)
Feeder were originally formed in 1992 in Wales but the present line-up came together in London in 1995 when South Walians Grant Nicholas and Jon Lee decamped to London and found bassist Taka Hirose (from Tokyo) in the musicians ads Loot. Signing soon after to Echo, the band started touring - something they've rarely stopped doing over the last four years.
A mini-album entitled 'Swim' (released Spring 1996) made a lasting impression on the UK's rock scene - the band's heavy guitars and sugarsweet melodies encapsulated within 'Swim''s six songs. More touring around the country followed as the band quickly built up a fanatical following.
A set of singles previewed the band's debut album proper, 'Polythene', released in May 1997. Album Of The Year in Metal Hammer, 'Polythene' captured the band's thrilling, overdriven rock sound and featured live favourites 'Descend' and 'My Perfect Day'. Over the Summer Feeder played festivals accross the country, featuring a new song, entitled 'High', in their set. This soon became the band's anthem, Feeder's 'team song' even. Released as a single in October 1997 it was the band's biggest hit - reaching number 24 and receiving blanket daytime radio play.
'High' was ultimately patched on the 'Polythene', and in Spring 1998 Feeder interrupted a mammoth US tour for a set of heroic, homecoming UK shows that culminated with two nights at the Astoria in London. Heroic simply put because Grant Nicholas cracked a cheekbone halfway through the tour, but the band played on.
For the rest of 1998 Feeder continued a rigorous North American touring schedule (125 dates all in all) including countless Summer Radio Shows (the US equivalent of the UK Festival), before returning to the UK to record the second album in RAK Studios in London. 'Yesterday Went Too Soon' was mixed in early 1999 in New York by Grant and Andy Wallace, who's previous credits had included Nirvana's 'Nevermind' and Slayer's 'Reign In Blood', amongst others.
A Spring 1999 tour (during which time Jon Lee broke his ankle, but the tour continued, of course) saw Feeder play songs from 'Yesterday Went Too Soon' for their passionate fans for the first time. Two more top forty hit singles were released before 'Yesterday Went Too Soon' entered the album charts at number seven. The album saw a further advancement of Grant Nicholas' song writing, featuring gorgeous ballads ('Tinseltown', the title track), explosive power pop ('Insomnia', 'Waiting For Changes') and quirky tunes ('Day In Day Out', 'Picture Of Perfect Youth'). In October, Feeder played their biggest headlining dates yet, culminating in a show at Brixton Academy.
Over the course of the year, the band had played in front of huge crowds on the bills of Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds, Mt. Fuji Festival in Japan and the Ashton Court Festival in Bristol, which the band headlined in front of a 25,000 crowd. The year ended on another high, as the band celebrated New Years 1999 on the bill of the Manic Millennium at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff.
Feeder headlined a prestigious night at the NME Carling Premier Awards shows in London in January 2000. Recently the band toured Australia for the first time and Jon Lee got married in Miami.
The rest of last year has seen Grant writing their third album and the Summer was spent recording in Great Linford Manor in Buckinghamshire with Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters) at the helm. The end results are widely regarded to be by far the band's best music yet. The album 'Echo Park' was released in Spring 2001, preceded by a single 'Buck Rogers' on 8th January. A short set of exclusive Christmas shows took place 12-19 December.
The band's first single from Echo Park titled "Buck Rogers," was the greatest chart success so far for Feeder, getting into the Top 5 in the first week. The song got a huge number of commercial shows including Top Of The Pops, CD:UK, and The Pepsi Chart. It was, and still is, constantly played on Radio 1.
The band's next single, "Seven Days In The Sun," also did very well, entering the Top 15 in it's first week. Also played on numerous shows and radio stations, not to mention a frequent request at Festivals and concerts, the song was named "Summer Rock song of the year 2001" by Radio 1.
Feeder's latest Single titled "Turn" represented a slower and more subtle side to Feeder. Although not as well known as their last two singles, "Turn" is still regarded as one of Feeder's greatest mood changing rock songs.
Thanks for reading, SK.
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