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FEEDER TIMELINE |
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Here is a brief overview of Feeder's carrer from the early days to the present. I thought it would be a better idea to do an at-a-glance info page so you can just glace at it and find out anything you need to know what happened in a particular year during Feeder's career, rather than having to wade through a load of text to get the info you need :-). |
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1987: Grant Nicholas or "Grantley Nicholas" makes his very first appearance on a commercially released record as lead vocalist for Multi-Story after their original singer leaves. |
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1988: Grant Nicholas and Jon Lee form the band "Temper Temper" who are explained as an 80's synth pop band. |
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1990: Grant and Jon join up with some of their mates to form a band called "Raindancer", Jon plays drums and Grant does lead guitar and backing. They split in 1992 after failing to get a record contract. |
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1992: Feeder form under the name of "Reel" with only Grant and Jon shortly before recruiting a bass player (or drummer I think with Jon on bass?). Before this happened, Jon recorded with the Darling Buds. |
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1993: Changed their name to "Real" and then their original bass player returned to Wales. |
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1994: Recruit Japanese bass player Taka Hirose after responding to an advert. They change their name to Feeder and get signed to Echo after sending a demo tape which included the original and yet unheard version of "Don't Bring Me Down". |
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1995: Play their very first gigs, and release the gigs only release the "Two Colours" double-a sided single, which includes the songs "Chicken On A Bone" and "Pictures Of Pain". The release is limited to 1.700 7"'s and 1.000 CD's. Some find their way to indie stores and sells enough for them to chart at #178 in Sept.
They played their VERY FIRST gig in Yeovil that year. |
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1996: Feeder play a series of gigs wearing orange boiler suits!, they started this in 1995 and stops in 1997. They become a regular support for Terrorvision and Reef, and release their first commericially available CD as well as playing Reading in the main tent that year. The CD is called "Swim" and is a 6 track mini-album showcasing their amazing talents, as well as being highly approved by Kerrang! magazine in their 1996 list. It wins Feeder a dedicated following which they today still have and released their first commercially available debut single: "Stereoworld" from "Swim". It charts at #128 with no airplay at all on commercial radio, but gets many favourable reviews, mainly in Kerrang!. |
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1997: Feeder get their first official chart hit when "Tangerine" charts at #60 thanks to a dedicated fanbase and making brillaint music, despite no radio 1 airplay despite getting played the once on an emergency situation. Feeder continued to tour with Reef and Terrorvision and get onto the radio properly for the first time thanks to a few local stations playing then forthcoming single "Cement" which makes it to #53 in May of that year. Their critically-acclaimed debut LP "Polythene" charts at #65 in late May. Despite no airplay Feeder continue to rack in the fans as follow-up "Crash" makes #48 without any radio 1 airplay and only local station support. Soon later that month the boys play on the main stage at many festivals with their highlight being Reading 97, when they shared the same stage with many acts such as Metallica. A month later in October "High" makes #24 giving them their first bona-fide chart hit and radio hit as it makes the b-list of the radio 1 playlist, and gets played very often by the station, also during festival season.
To this effect "Polythene" gets re-issued including "High" and "Stereoworld" b-side "Change" replacing "Waterfall" as well as a Grant remix of "Polythene Girl". It charts lower than the original release at #90, but wins many critical-acclaim yet again, as well as winning "Album Of The Year 1997" in Metal Hammer magazine, beating the million selling "Urban Hyms" by The Verve in the top 5. |
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1998: Feeder tour America for the first time winning over many fans and doing brilliantly for a band who are not so well-known in their homeland. "High" makes #24 on the Modern Rock chart and stays there for 14 weeks!, the track also features on the soundtrack for the teen-film "Can't Hardly Wait".
In the same year in Feburary Feeder release much to fans disapproval a single of "Suffocate" which is a re-recording of the album version with all of the boys involved :-). The single charts at #37 and still gives Feeder radio 1 play. |
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1999: Feeder return back home and shoot the video for "Day In Day Out", the single becomes one of 4 hit singles over the year making #31. Other hits that year were "Insomnia" in June (#22 and first TOTP and TFI Friday appearances!), "Yesterday Went Too Soon" in August (#20 and second TOTP!) and "Paperfaces" in November (#41).
Between the single and album release of "Yesterday Went Too Soon", Feeder play the Reading festival being higher up on the bill than ever before at the time!. Before playing YWTS Grant says that Feeder were one of their first bands on in 1997, and are now one of the last during the day. A week later the YWTS album comes out to much critical-acclaim (I read 7 great reviews!), and charts in the top 10 of the album chart at #8 in August, it stays in the top 75 for 3 weeks and in the top 40 for 2.
The guys also support the Chilli Peppers at Wembley Arena!, as well as play with the Manic Street Preachers on Millenium Eve at the Manic Millenium gig.
Feeder play many highly rated radio shows and gigs that year, and becomes their most eventful at the time!. |
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2000: Feeder go over to Great Lindford Manor in Milton Keynes to record the follow up album to "Yesterday Went Too Soon", and showcase a few of the songs at the summer festivals. At V2000, Grant introduces "Oxygen" saying "I wrote this song before I was born", and also play a memorable rendition of "High" at T In The Park that year. At the start of the year in January the guys headline an unforgettable night at the London Astoria, with A being amongst the support. Strangely it's an NME Premier Show....................
At the end of the year Feeder make the Radio 1 A List for the first time with "Buck Rogers" and also play a series of small gigs around the country, such as Leeds Cockpit. |
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