Feeder - High (Reading 1997)

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"Gamblers at a roulette table looking to double their money traditionally face the choice of putting it all on black or red. And on Black / Red, their landmark 12th album, Feeder also go for a high-stakes double: 18 tracks, two “discs” and one raised middle finger to today’s supposedly TikTok-ravaged short attention spans.
Luckily, if there’s any band that could be described as a sure thing, it’s probably Feeder. There’s barely been a misstep across those dozen records and while this trilogy-concluding follow-up to 2022’s excellent Torpedo is certainly ambitious, Grant Nicholas and Taka Hirose emerge with their high-rolling reputations enhanced.
The ’Black’ disc continues Torpedo’s hard-rocking renaissance, the tightly wound classic rock riffing of Playing With Fire and the expansive, cinematic landscape of ELF striking a charming juxtaposition with the irresistible pop rush of Hey You. ‘Red’ isn’t quite as heavy, but it’s just as intense, stuffed with Feeder’s ’00s trademark: melody-drenched, emotive alternative-rock anthems such as Sleeping Dogs Lie, Unconditional and Here Comes The Hurricane.
Feeder are still more than capable of springing a surprise - lord alone knows what odds you’d have got on the poignant Soldiers Of Love sporting a bagpipes intro, 30 years after they first blasted out of South Wales. But as that song rails against a world 'When you feel nothing is real', you’ll realise that - whether you have time to hear these songs all together or listen to them in splendid isolation - Black / Red is an authentic representation of a great band in full, long-distance flight.
And, if you’re looking for a band to keep it real in a world of fakes, you could do a lot worse than to put it all on Feeder."
Mark Sutherland
Kerrang

[@jamieold1380]

2020 anyone, RIP JON ❤️

[@amylouise999]

RIP Jon lee, I miss you

[@Songwriterbehindthecurtain]

We’re gonna missed you John Lee From the Roberts family.

[@borjino]

oh my god the grant's voice in this era was totaly amazong

[@AlexMcPake]

2016 and still bumping this killer version

[@gaynorhennessy9954]

Rip Jon , funny I wasn't a fan as such but now as you are buried by my dad I put roses on your grave regularly and I'm sat watching this because I hate seeing your grave bare the majority of the time ❤️

[@JCridford]

I have such fond memories of this song, polythene was my first album aged 7 - I was obviously a disturbed child, listening to ROCK haha. Then all those times in the park as a teenager playing this album over and over with my friends, GOOD TIMES!

[@giggs102]

jon lee.. u are amazing... rip.

[@Killercrush69]

I was there! Best day of my teens!

[@turns2ashes]

Same!

[@poisonglitterkisses]

Was on the barrier for the whole of Feeder and the Stereophonics sets tat Sunday. Always makes me glow when I hear this. Saw them at 06 aswell and it felt like watching a child grow up

[@simensays]

gosh, in 1997 feeder was my favorite band because of this song. Today they are my favorite band because of a few more songs added from their catalog. But they were so awesome live back then

[@TheIkaraCult]

their best song :)

[@FeederGunsNRoses]

Just got goose bumps..... everywhere

[@passdop]

great live vocals!!

[@sonicadv27]

there are some videos with their 2006 performance here on youtube, and they're gonna rock this year!!

[@MJ123P]

FEEDER NEVER STOP GETTING BETTER

[@laikarob]

me too! what a great sunny 2nd on the bill set it was too.

[@Blacksadback]

Perfect performance

[@dabz___]

fantastic

[@jylebarok17]

great band!

[@matttrolli12345]

they are! its gonna be awesome :]

[@MewCun]

First time I ever saw Feeder, this was.

[@PinktheFloyd]

And amen to that :)

[@JCridford]

Such a shame: By the time of this performance, it looked like they were going to become the biggest rock band in the country - if only!!

[@spark_6710]

Please remember JON LEE .🎵🥁🎤🎶🐉💜💜💜💜

[@CelesticaDemonix]

Grant was 30 then .. and he was AWESOME !!!

[@stefdu43007]

qu'est ce qu'il est canon ce grant, et puis son sourire...

[@tomwhelan80]

I was there, they knocked it out the park

[@tommcglone2867]

Tom Whelan knocked it out the Echo Park

[@JCridford]

Gawd, these were the days! Has anyone got the rest of this performance at all? Top tune froma top band, I miss it when they sounded like that

[@borjino]

just fucking amazing, my fav "live" ever

[@boltontoughnut]

feeder have always dominated festivals were ever they go, its a pity they can't dominate the charts

[@MaximumPrat]

Anyone else think that Jon looks like Patrick Berger (the striker)??

[@Dejfff23]

Maybe.. But Berger was a midfielder

[@martinrose6357]

@@Dejfff23 As an avid PES 6 enjoyer to this day, I can confirm this. Also, Berger is fluctuating between a left winger/attacking mid - make of that what you will.

[@Feederinourhearts]

I'm missing the old Feeder sound. They were SOOOO great Now they're just good ;-(

[@yingfelagund]

we'd all grow old.. can u imagine Grant is 41 year-old already?! my god.. he was 30 then!

[@jamieold1380]

I doubt you’ll see this, but I saw them the other night, and he’s 51 now!

[@buckfastdead5989]

Saw them last night and he hasn't aged. Absolutely 10/10 band.

[@Haydn0211]

Love this version!! But does anyone have (or know where to find) the guitar tab for the intro/verse????

[@giggs102]

its basically put the capo on 2nd fret and basically play the exact same thing an octave up, then just play arpegios, but everytime you play the Cadd9 play the B as a pickup note, i hope im making sense to you..

[@JCridford]

Has anyone got the rest of this performance anywhere?

[@Alex_19XC]

watching this straight after watching the same song performed at IOW 2012, It sounds exactly the same.

[@jungsbodyguard]

@FeederGunsNRoses I've noticed that happens with a lot of singers over time. Don't forget he's like 43 (I think) and has been touring with feeder for 20 years. The schedule is bound to have an effect on your voice. On some singers it suits them and they sound better, with others it gets worse. I guess that's the way it is.

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

Taka's first gold bass!

[@MaximumPrat]

TheGalwayFarmer got to love the raw, early feeder - peroxide hair and all!

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

Oh I do!!

[@Simpobee]

Hope they play this at Leeds 11 years aon... don't think they did in 2006.

[@giggs102]

@SuperMegabar lol that made me laugh so hard. haha

[@FeederGunsNRoses]

Oh my god such a great performance! Why doesn't grant sing like that anymore, or he doesn't seem to. He seemed to sing songs as they sounded when recorded.

[@tommcglone2867]

Oskar Danvers-Watson in 2009 he suffered every singers worst nightmare bleeds on vocal cords. trust me im frontman of a band called Xplicighte and my dad was a frontman in a small time metal band. he was rendered unable to sing any of the songs after his vocal cords cried enough

[@arieldelpuerto]

20 years ago today

[@vinniechan]

Jon....... (weep)

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

a different jazzmaster there!

[@MaximumPrat]

TheGalwayFarmer yeah, the other jazzmaster has block inlays

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

This one looks like a Japanese 90s model. He later changed the neck to a block one made by Combat

[@Songwriterbehindthecurtain]

How old is grant Nicholas in reading 1997

[@MaximumPrat]

29 or 30?

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

29

[@Songwriterbehindthecurtain]

29 or 30 😯 that to me that’s a really good dang year right there.

[@Songwriterbehindthecurtain]

I would say 29 because right after reading grant did suffocate single and he nailed it with a 💥. And I wish that they add the reworked version to the album then I would be very 😆.

[@Songwriterbehindthecurtain]

@@TheGalwayFarmer great age.

[@giggs102]

serious.. taka is seiously underrated...hes kickin ass on thebass..he needs better basslines now! his basslines frm polythene are kickkkass!

[@vinniechan]

yeah, I sometimes feel they kinda lost their energy. They were young and powerful, but now they're just different It's not necessarily good or bad though.

[@shit311]

cant see johnny well only from behind his back O:

[@FEEDER87]

Wonderful!