FEEDER, newly bright and electric.
FEEDER; definitely all bright and electric right NOW! “Trends come and go but good songs last forever.” (Grant Nicholas). New album, UK tour and Camden Rocks Festival.
Respect rockers, FEEDER have a genuine roller coaster story behind a long maintained, successful career. If anything, it seems like Grant Nicholas and Taka Hirose have hurtled through the last fifteen years, then recdently turned on a giant spotlight to an even brighter current state of affairs.
A couple of months ago I bumped into an old friend on his way to The Roundhouse in Camden, where the band were headlining as part of fourteen sold out shows. That same evening, I was seeing Apeman Spaceman across the road at The Monarch and was tempted to see if I could blag a double gig adventure, but stage times for both bands were too close. Feeder are a band I’ve witnessed on their way up in small venues, years ago. Their ongoing success is eternally satisfying. They give hope for the exciting new bands in the small music bars, and special guest slots of now.
2017 feels like the musical lives weaved into TheZineUK story, are increasingly entwined with key cultural reference points of Britain’s noisy, escapist counter culture. Asylums and The Shimmer Band hit the road for shows with Jesus And Mary Chain, The Tuts and MOSES are two of the bands supporting Feeder on their March/April shows. It only makes the headliners more relevant to now when they give a leg up and exposure to up and comers. Our entertainment industry and it’s economy/employment need and appreciate this. Feeder are in the tale now so it made sense to grab a quick interview; read on.
Another Day On Earth.
Since they started releasing records in 1992, Feeder have never been far from the charts or strangers to the stage. Having sold over five million records, they’ve played all over the world, bringing rock anthems to fans old and new, always exhilarating, always celebratory. Tracks like ‘Lost and Found’, ‘Just The Way I’m Feeling’, ‘Buck Rogers’ and ‘Feeling A Moment’ and are just some of the twenty-five Top 40 chart hits the band have enjoyed over the years. Revitalised, Feeder are ready to reclaim their position as one of the ex-UK's biggest and best bands.
They have found a new lease of life, after a four year hiatus, returning with their new, and positively titled album, ‘All Bright Electric' - their seventh Top Ten Chart hit. Feeder have landed back in the public eye, just as independent guitar scenes and anti-scenes are the most effervescent in a noticeable amount of time.
TheZineUK : “Does being Feeder, success and energy maintained, just get better with time?”
Grant Nicholas: “I think we are in good place at the moment and most importantly still enjoying it. The music business is very different to when we started out in the early 90's but we still feel inspired to play and make new music.”
There is more than one opinion that right now feels like the start of when Britrock and Britpop were just about to break in the early 90s.
Maybe the last few years of Grime and Punk revolt under radar, owes something to forgetting the dystopian austerity that is article fifty shades of grey depression, whenever possible. Music venues have become the positive community centres of evening unity, peace and fun, simultaneously as, like libraries and The NHS, they are under attack of closure. No wonder gigs are feeling like such a rebellious celebration sometimes. For audiences, and the artists invited to support, alike.
Z : “No need to ask if you believe in giving support to the additional stars in the wings. . .You've got some favourite bands from TheZineUK story, MOSES and The Tuts, among your special guests on tour, do you ever yearn for their simple life of the small tour vans on the rising star circuit?
Grant: “I recently toured the U.K and Europe in a van for my solo album and really enjoyed it. However we did years of that before Feeder became successful so having crew and a tour bus is a lot easier and more comfortable.”
Z: "With regards to performing on the club circuit as Renegade with the new material, are Feeder feeling the current renaissance of rock?"
Grant: "We just do what we always have done but I think we will always have a place in UK indie rock. Hopefully we have been an example to younger bands that hard work and belief can pay off. Trends come and go but good songs last forever. We also have a great and loyal fan base of all ages and that is what keeps us going and continuing on our musical journey."
And long may Feeder continue enjoying their unique journey through the universe of life. Scroll down for tour dates and band link. Thanks to Grant/Matt for the interview.
Feeder embark on the second instalment of UK shows in support of ‘All Bright Electric’, revisiting some of their biggest hits whilst additionally performing live favourites from recent albums;‘Generation Freakshow’ and ‘Renegades’.
Headline Tour Dates
March
24 London Academy
25 Edinburgh Queens Hall
27 Edinburgh Queens Hall
28 Southampton Guildhall
30 Keele University
31 Sheffield Leadmill
April
2 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
3 Oxford Academy
5 Coventry Empire
6 York Barbican
Newly announced; Saturday 3rd June - Camden Rocks Festival
