Feeder biography
Feeder are an alternative rock band, formed in Newport, Wales during 1992 by lead singer, songwriter and lead guitarist Grant Nicholas and drummer Jon Lee. Bass guitarist Taka Hirose joined later.
Feeder first saw mainstream success from their third album Echo Park (2001), and its first single "Buck Rogers" which also became their first top 10 hit. Feeder have won two Kerrang! Awards in 2001 and 2003 for "Best British Live Act" and "Best British Band", as well as charting 24 singles and eight albums, with six of those making the top 10 between 1999 and 2008. They are launching a side project band called Renegades on their own Big Teeth Music label, after Echo ceased existence as a label. During this time Feeder are on hold, but announced they will resume in the future.
History
Formation (1992-1994)
At the age of 14, singer and guitarist Grant Nicholas joined a band called 'Sweet Leaf', named after a Black Sabbath song and were the first band he had seen play live. At this time Japanese bassist Taka Hirose and drummer Jon Lee were playing in different covers bands, but did not know each other at the time. Both of these bands failed to win a recording contract, with the sound of the latter once being compared by Grant with that of The Waterboys.
Going back to the drawing board, they formed a three-piece band called 'Reel'. They fired their bass player and then changed their name to 'Real'. A track from the demo entitled "Don't Bring Me Down", appeared as a b-side on the "Day in Day Out" single and is also a different version.
Early releases (1995-1996)
Feeder's first official release was a two-track EP entitled
Two Colours, released in 1995 which was only available at the band's early gigs. It was limited to 1,500 CDs and 1,000 7" vinyls. In 1996, the band released their first commercially available release, being the EP
Swim and received a 4/5 review in
Kerrang! magazine (KKKK).
Swim was later re-released in July 2001 with extra tracks, being a selection of b-sides from their earlier singles, alongside the videos for the
Polythene singles "Crash" and "Cement". Overall unit sales for
Swim stand at 40,000 as of February 2005.
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