Feeder (band)

Feeder
General information
origin	Chepstow , Wales
Genre (s)	Indie rock , Britpop
founding	1992
Website	www.feederweb.com
Founding members
singing	Grant Nicholas
bass	Taka Hirose
Drums	Jon Lee (until 2002, †)
Current occupation
singing	Grant Nicholas
bass	Taka Hirose
Drums	Karl Brazil (since 2009)
former members
Drums	Mark Richardson (2002-2009)

Feeder is a British rock band from Chepstow , Wales .

history

Feeder was founded in 1992 in London by Welsh singer Grant Nicholas, Japanese bassist Taka Hirose and drummer Jon Lee.

After the two EPs Two Colors and Swim , which were released in 1995 and 1996, Feeder released their first album Polythene the following year . The next two albums, Yesterday Went Too Soon and Echo Park , which were released in 1999 and 2001, landed in the UK charts in single digits. The singles , especially Buck Rogers from the album Echo Park , were also successful. Both Seven Days in the Sun and Buck Rogers were often played on the radio in the UK, the latter also appeared in the soundtrack of the film Behind Enemy Lines - alone against all ( Behind Enemy Lines ). Both titles can also be heard in the European version of the PlayStation 2 game Gran Turismo 3 - A-Spec ; A special mix of Just a Day serves as background music for the intro . In the successor Gran Turismo 4 , the Shatter, which can also be heard in the movie Watchers of the Night, is included on the release date . The song Sweet 16 from the EP Swim could already be heard on the first version of the PlayStation 1 game Gran Turismo .

In January 2002 Jon Lee was replaced after his suicide by the English drummer Mark Richardson , who was originally the drummer of Skunk Anansie until their breakup. The album Comfort in Sound , released in October 2002, was still made with the participation of Jon Lee. The album seems full of sadness, the death of the former band member lies like a dark cloud over every anthemic part of the melancholy songs. Nevertheless, the album also exudes hope and confidence.

Feeder's next album Picture of Perfect Youth was a collection of 36 B-sides, including the song Just a Day , which was sold as a standalone single, but was only available as a B-side before. This album was initially only available in limited numbers on the band's website. A re-release has been available in stores since 2007.

Their fifth album Pushing the Senses was released in 2005 after a long break, followed by the album Silent Cry in 2008.

On May 6, 2009 it was announced that Mark Richardson had left the band to join the reunited Skunk Anansie . With the drummer Karl Brazil, the side project Renegades was founded in December 2009 , which has so far released two EPs.

The seventh feeder studio album Renegades has been on store shelves since July 5, 2010 , which was created with the drummer Karl Brazil, among others.

In spring 2012, the band released their eighth studio album Generation Freakshow with the same line-up , the first single Borders of which had been available since January.

After four years of silence, the band's ninth album, All Bright Electric , was released on October 7, 2016 .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		AT	CH	UK
1997	Polythenes	-	-	UK65 gold (2 weeks)UK	First published: May 19, 1997
1999	Yesterday Went Too Soon	-	-	UK8th gold (4 weeks)UK	First published: August 30, 1999
2001	Echo Park	-	-	UK5 platinum (24 weeks)UK	First published: April 23, 2001
2002	Comfort in sound	-	-	UK6th platinum (66 weeks)UK	First published: October 21, 2002
2005	Pushing the senses	AT62 (1 week) AT	CH75 (1 week) CH	UK2 gold (16 weeks)UK	First published: January 31, 2005
2008	Silent Cry	-	-	UK8 (4 weeks) UK	First published: June 16, 2008
2010	Renegades	-	-	UK16 (2 weeks) UK	First published: July 5, 2010
2012	Generation freak show	-	-	UK13 (2 weeks) UK	First published: April 23, 2012
2016	All Bright Electric	-	-	UK10 (1 week) UK	First published: September 21, 2016
2019	Tallulah	-	CH66 (1 week) CH	UK4 (1 week) UK	First published: August 9, 2019

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
		AT	CH	UK
1996	Swim	-	-	UK91 (1 week) UK	First published: June 24th, 1996 Republished: July 30th, 2001
2004	Picture of Perfect Youth	-	-	UK65 (1 week) UK	First published: August 10, 2004 Republished: March 19, 2007
2006	The Singles	-	-	UK2 platinum (35 weeks)UK	First published: May 15, 2006
2017	The Best Of / Arrow	-	-	UK10 (2 weeks) UK	First published: September 29, 2017

EPs

• 1995: Two Colors
• 2008: iTunes Live: London Festival '08
• 2008: Napster Sessions

More publishments:

• 1997: High
• 1998: Polythene: The Video Singles
• 2000: Another Yesterday
• 2001: Seven Days in the Sun
• 2001: Best Days in the Sun
• 2003: Find the Color
• 2005: Feel it Again
• 2009: Seven Sleepers

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		UK
1997	Tangerine polythenes	UK60 (2 weeks) UK	First published: February 24, 1997
	Cement polythenes	UK53 (2 weeks) UK	First published: April 28, 1997
	Crash polythenes	UK48 (2 weeks) UK	First published: August 11, 1997
	High polythenes	UK24 (2 weeks) UK	First published: October 6, 1997
1998	Suffocate polythenes	UK37 (2 weeks) UK	First published: February 16, 1998
1999	Day In Day Out Yesterday Went Too Soon	UK31 (2 weeks) UK	First published: March 22, 1999
	Insomnia Yesterday Went Too Soon	UK22 (3 weeks) UK	First published: May 24, 1999
	Yesterday Went Too Soon Yesterday Went Too Soon	UK20 (4 weeks) UK	First published: August 9, 1999
	Paperfaces Yesterday Went Too Soon	UK41 (2 weeks) UK	First published: November 20, 1999
2001	Buck Rogers Echo Park	UK5 silver (7 weeks)UK	First published: January 8, 2001
	Seven Days in the Sun Echo Park	UK14 (8 weeks) UK	First published: April 13, 2001
	Turn Echo Park	UK27 (4 weeks) UK	First published: July 2, 2001
	Just a Day Picture of Perfect Youth	UK12 silver (7 weeks)UK	First published: December 10, 2001
2002	Come Back Around Comfort in Sound	UK14 (6 weeks) UK	First published: October 7, 2002
2003	Just the Way I'm Feeling Comfort in Sound	UK10 (8 weeks) UK	First published: January 13, 2003
	Forget about Tomorrow Comfort in Sound	UK12 (5 weeks) UK	First published: May 5, 2003
	Find the Color Comfort in Sound	UK24 (4 weeks) UK	First published: September 22, 2003
2005	Tumble and Fall Pushing the Senses	UK5 (5 weeks) UK	First published: January 17, 2005
	Feeling a moment pushing the senses	UK13 (5 weeks) UK	First published: April 4, 2005
	Pushing the Senses Pushing the Senses	UK30 (3 weeks) UK	First published: June 27, 2005
	Shatter / tender pushing the senses	UK11 (4 weeks) UK	First published: October 10, 2005
2006	Lost and Found The Singles	UK12 (5 weeks) UK	First published: May 1, 2006
	Save Us The Singles	UK34 (2 weeks) UK	First published: July 24, 2006
2008	We Are the People Silent Cry	UK25 (2 weeks) UK	First published: June 9, 2008
2011	Side by side	UK91 (1 week) UK	First published: March 27, 2011
2012	Borders Generation freakshow	UK52 (1 week) UK	First published: January 30, 2012

More singles:

• 1996: Stereo World
• 2001: Piece By Piece
• 2003: Comfort in Sound
• 2008: Tracing Lines / Silent Cry
• 2010: Call Out
• 2010: Renegades
• 2010: Down to the River / This Town
• 2012: Children of the Sun
• 2012: Idaho
• 2016: Universe of Life
• 2016: Eskimo
• 2017: Another Day on Earth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Important Feeder News ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Accessed May 7, 2009  
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: AT CH UK

Web links

Commons : Feeder (tape)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Feeder at laut.de