Feeder consists of Grant Nicholas (vocals, guitar), Jon Lee (drums), Taka Hirose (bass).
Feeder is an independent rock band who formed in London, England in 1992. The band are Welsh singer/ guitarist Grant Nicholas, Japanese bass guitarist Taka Hirose, and English drummer Mark Richardson. The band's original drummer, Jon Lee, committed suicide in 2002. There is an "unofficial fifth member of Feeder". The phrase was coined by the close-knit Feeder fanbase, referring to touring guitarist Dean Tidey, whom many fans regard as a member of Feeder also, although he never appears in music videos but has been known to play with the band on live television appearances. Dean also has his own band, the Sandstone Veterans.
The band's first release was the 1995 Two Colours EP which was a limited edition of 1500 and is now quite valuable. After this was the 6-track mini-album, Swim, originally released in June 1996 and later re-released with bonus tracks in 2001. This was followed by their first full-length effort, Polythene. The band's second release, Yesterday Went Too Soon, met with little more mainstream success than their first. However, in 2001, their third full-length album Echo Park hit the big-time. Singles from the album soared into the charts, with songs such as " Buck Rogers" and " Seven Days in the Sun" receiving extensive radio play. "Buck Rogers" also appeared on the soundtrack to the film Behind Enemy Lines.
"Echo Park" was also voted in 25th place in a Kerrang! magazine readers poll in 2005 to discover the top 100 British Rock albums of all time. Also, "Polythene" was Metal Hammer magazines #1 album of 1997, and "Yesterday Went Too Soon" featured in many end of year lists in various music magazines in 1999.
