Virgin Radio Classic Artists: Feeder

Feeder formed 25 years ago in Wales and since then they've released 9 albums selling nearly 2 million records. Tim Cocker is talking to the band’s frontman, Grant Nicholas and bassist Taka Hirose about their career and new album Tallulah which came out on Friday.
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[@dgt83]

Feeder and Billie Eillish would be quite interesting! Loving the new album and have been a fan of Feeder since the mid 90s. Long may they continue.

[@CheapskateMotorsports]

They were on Gran Turismo 1, Gran Turismo 3 and Gran Turismo 4, no wonder they got so big in Japan

[@Intemporality]

Yeah I think GT does deserve some credit here.

[@matdavies8620]

Yes GT definitely deserves some cred, it's where I found Feeder on the first game, Sweet 16, Shade & Chicken On A Bone 3 of my all time faves.

[@BDaMonkey]

@@matdavies8620 Yeah, this is the reason why I think Swim is their best.

[@matdavies8620]

@@BDaMonkey Completely agree my friend, Swim has most of the bands best guitar work!! The solos they are totally up & down the cords some of the best of it's time, puts Oasis in the Shade ; ) drumming is great too, would absolutely love a Swim 2 if it was ever possible.

[@BDaMonkey]

@@matdavies8620 I think they kinda matured and lost a little bit of the grungey/metally sound they had. That's not really an insult, I still love the stuff after, but the chances of them doing Swim 2 are probably next to none.

[@lisajane5868]

Brill interview with an Awesum band, they always deliver great songs and are lovely people! 💗

[@Nathanfx2006]

My favourite band of all time, timeless music for me.

[@winterkarasu7560]

..The last album i bought from Feeder was Echo Park, and i still miss the Yesterday went too Soon album (got borrowed and never returned ). Nice to see the guys still playing and i hope they'll keep going. The new songs "Daily Habit" and "Blue Sky Blue" has the same impact when i first heard a song from Feeder years ago..👌👍✌

[@winterkarasu7560]

@Kotokonpa ..I definitely will.🍻

[@iainnuttall4860]

Brilliant extensive interview covering most of the band's career. Great watch, cheers!

[@Grimeyhoob]

Iain Nuttall I know this will be a controversial statement but I always found Feeder to be a way better band than Oasis or Blur. Their songs are just musically much better and they have a wider range of songs as well. Just my personal view

[@spark_6710]

@@Grimeyhoob Because of Jon .Most don't know ! Please remember Jon Lee.💜🥁🐉🎤

[@iainnuttall4860]

@@Grimeyhoob Not controversial to me!

[@nickrophiliac7469]

Interesting to actually hear Taka speaking (albeit reticently)

[@poegerard6421]

Great interview with these legends

[@matdavies8620]

Top, top band and really nice people too.

[@matdavies8620]

Cheers

[@lukeroberts3464]

Independent record label launched by Chrysalis Group in 1994. Distributed via MCA Music Entertainment GmbH in Germany from 1995.

[@jonlcfc1]

Interesting interview, I didn’t know Come Back Around and Godzilla were partly done with Jon, I assumed everything on Comfort in Sound was written by Grant well after Jon passed

[@spark_6710]

You know more than the most know ! I am impressed !! Really ! But,obviously not all . Please just remember the fact Jon was the Feeder's core musically . And more ,there's a lot more ! But,I can't tell you. I am hoping Grant will do the right things in the near future !! Please remember Jon Lee !!! 💜🥁🐉🎤💞

[@TheHobatron]

"After Silent Cry" "8 year break" They released two albums before the break, Renegades in 2010 and Generation Freakshow in 2012...

[@streamleazefishhouse]

Awesome interview.

[@Crate-Digger]

Great interview! Grant really is a great bloke.

[@lukeroberts3464]

As shown on 13:46-13:49 that’s polythene debut studio album 💿 I didn’t know that polythene was actually going through rough times and then as shown on 13:52 to trust that you guys have confidence in the band as shown on 13:55 to exactly 13:56.

[@lukeroberts3464]

As shown on 13:31-13:58 yep 👍 echo is definitely independent.

[@DanielShai]

Tallulah is the best thing they could have come up with! Still can't stop listening to it.

[@lukeroberts3464]

As shown on 13:25-13:37 agree totally 💯 agree grant.

[@lukeroberts3464]

And 20th century trip is actually a strophic form because it’s the same music 🎼 🎵 🎶 but changed the lyrics I’m shocked 😮 that polythene was going through rough times man Grant Nicholas I didn’t know that you guys were going some rough times with that record but in my honest opinion polythene is an amazing 🥲 😻 🤩 record and also it’s the coolest record that I’ve ever hear 👂 from start to finish and stereo world 🌍 has a breakdown and then break and then 20th century trip actually has a strophic form now that’s frickin cool 😎.

[@lukeroberts3464]

On 6:587:12 right when polythene was originally was released in Japan on May 2nd 1997 high was not there when the album was there and fun fact for track 4 crash was track 4 and waterfall was the song that everyone was originally was connected too for the original polythene. And the standard edition was on May 9th of 1997 and when they dropped waterfall and they replaced it with high for track 4 and Chang for track 10 the whole 🌍 in America which is the 🇺🇸 we went 🥜 for them and we were like we want feeder to be back. And also for on 7:38 when you guys released the album on October 24th in America which is the 🇺🇸 please ask grant to release the album polythene but in a 📦 set like what they done to with Achtung baby from the Irish rock band u2.

[@lukeroberts3464]

But Howie Weinberg was actually a mastering engineer for feeder.

[@lukeroberts3464]

The first album 💿 was polythene.

[@joemarlow46]

1:32 apart from the loss of Kurt

[@lukeroberts3464]

Brian Sperber.

[@lukeroberts3464]

I wonder why feeder’s records are independent not major like warner brothers.

[@lukeroberts3464]

So wait grant played high to Kannada before marriage to her he was girlfriend to her.

[@lukeroberts3464]

20th century trip is strophic which is amazing 🥲 yay 😁.