Why Feeder Are Way More Than Their Biggest Hit ("Buck Rogers") | New British Canon
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By 1997 Britpop was winding down. But Brit Rock had a new wave of bands that preferred heaviness to cribbing from the Beatles. Amongst this lot were Feeder, framed as the plucky underdogs. At first dubbed the “British Smashing Pumpkins”, Feeder hit the scene delivering grunge-affected heavy pop gems imbued with heart, charm and nostalgia for better days. Though they would score twenty Top 40 singles, their 2001 hit about a brand new car would be the one that remains glued in the national consciousness, in spite of their frontman’s enduring indifference to it. This is New British Canon, and this is the story of “Buck Rogers.”
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00:00 Introduction
01:20 "Don't Wait Up Because I Won't Be Home"
06:12 "Buck Rogers": "I Think We're Gonna Make It"
10:25 Echo Park: 2001 - The Good Year
13:47 Comfort in Sound: 2002 - The Bad Year
17:52 Feeder Twenty Years Later
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I'm an American and Feeder are one of my favorite bands. They are criminally underrated in my opinion.
I once met them.
I'm from the U.S. My license plate says FEEDER the last 23 years. For me, FEEDER is the best I've ever heard. I played Gran Torismo with the guys on the tour bus. Grant handed me a glass of wine. I have signed drumsticks from Jon Lee. FEEDER has only been here 4 tours. I've seen them all 4. Nothing better than FEEDER.
Yes dude! They are amazing & so good you got to hang out with them, genuinely good guys & so down to earth which is rare with such talent.
Feeder had one of the best sets I have ever seen played by a band. It was Leeds Festival 2007, Slipknot were due on before Feeder, but Joey Jordison had broken his foot, and noone in the crowd were sure if they were going to appear or not. Avenged Sevenfold were on beforehand, but had the flu, so only played 4 songs (they got some poor girl up from the crowd to sing "A Little Piece of Heaven" for them, who promptly started greeting her eyes out - hilarious, but still felt sorry for the lass). After a lot of anticipation, instead of Slipknot, Feeder come onstage to an onslaught of booing from a crowd of raging Slipknot fans (admittedly putting Feeder in the middle of what was definitely a very 'metal' day might not have been the best booking.)
"Sorry, we aren't Slipknot, but let's have fun".
They played one of the best sets I have ever ever seen, and within 2 or 3 songs had completely turned the whole crowd around, which is not only a testament to their completely underappreciated back catalogue ('the band you know the songs for, but don't know the band who played them'), but their sort of grungey heavy roots.
Metallica finished that night out, but I still think Feeder was the highlight of the whole night by far.
@@TheAdArchive 😂 definitely drunk at least! I've seen some belters since (Meshuggah at ATG two years ago sticks high in the highlights), but that one just stuck with me for their professionalism- everyone around me seemed to be loving it, from memory!
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I’m curious if your disputing his version of events or just his recollection/opinion of their performance.
I would think that if his recollection of turning that crowd around then regardless of intoxication or either of your opinions about the gig, I would argue that there was ‘something’ to it and that that “something” probably wasn’t garbage.
@@TheAdArchive The crowd seemed to liked it.
You're not wrong mate, a large majority of that set from Reading is on youtube and in a way you can tell the crowd are not at all what you would expect at a feeder gig (Circle pits going on during "Just the way i'm feeling" which is actually hilarious). But it shows their flexibility and professionalism as a band that they did win over the crowd and arguably made for one of the most unexpected success stories in the festivals history. The crowd just totally popped off to songs like "Shatter" "Buck Rogers" "Just the way i'm feeling" "Lost and found" and of course "Just a day" A real testament to their wide palette of influence in their sound as a band
I think you're talking abou Download Festival not Leeds.
GRAN TURISMO 3 - I cannot hear Feeder without visualising the bumper of my pimped out TVR Tuscan Speed 6 with the purple chameleon custom spray finish. Taking it in turns with flatmates to hold down the X on the keypad during the endurance races.
RIP Jon Lee
Please never forget Jon Lee .💜🥁🐉🎤💞
Anyone who allows themselves to become immersed in a Feeder album won't come out of it the same person. It unlocks parts of your personality and asks questions, and that's a powerful thing for music to do. A timeless band.
Constantly overlooked is Ash. Have a load of bangers and been around for 25 years, they should've been included at the start!
Agree, when it comes to similar music to Feeder, Ash came immediately to mind.
Ash are a pretty successfull band and have been since the 90s.
Ash had No.1 albums so I would say probably not. 1977 is a classic album
Girl from mars is a perfect pop song , that solo too , so sweet.
'Comfort In Sound' was such a turning point for Feeder. Since the death of Lee the band have never been the same, but they managed to make it work in their favour.
I absolutely love that song.............
Crazy overlooked band. Especially here in the states. Loved that you finally did a video about them. My first exposure to Feeder was hearing "Buck Rodgers" in the movie Behind Enemy Lines.
Not the first overlooked band over there, mind you we have some over here, Goo Goo Dolls, Third Eye Blind
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One of the best things about Feeder is that they have those top 3 or 4 songs everyone knows but the rest of their top flight singles and some b sides are absolutely beautifully crafted songs. They've also had a hand in many different types of song and indie to rock genres. No band I know can go from Descend to something like Forget About Tomorrow, which is probably their most underrated track and I think Grant's favourite.
I'm very (pleasantly) surprised to see a music channel cover Feeder's journey, they are a criminally underrated band. Myself, like many others, found them through the Gran Turismo games, they always had the best tracks in any given entry of the franchise.
Their newer stuff sounds good but it doesn't have that same impact their early 2000's albums have.
Just A Day playing during the GT3 opening sequence is what first got me into music aged 8. I'll forever be thankful for that.
Have you heard Magpie?
yea the preexisting songs as well as what they commissioned or did in house, sadly i don't think we'll ever get a game again that beats the overall volume and quality that GT4 had for its time
my older brother got me into feeder when I was younger, I remember listing to feeling a moment for the first time and my mom thought the cd had scratched in the intro or that the sound was too low because she turned the volume way up and then the song comes in full blast and gave us all a big jump. I love all of the music and the memories from that time.
"Turn" is such a masterpiece of a song.
I've lived in the UK for 20 years now and think they are so unrepresented in British radio, it's criminal. Radio DJs still pining for Oasis, or on a good day, Manic Street Preachers. Thanks for shining a light on these absolute gems.
Anytime a band is likened in a good way to my favourite band the Smashing Pumpkins, it always gets my attention. Spotify here we go. A playlist with Feeder and the Silversun Pickups
I'm pleased you mentioned Gran Turismo as I discovered Feeder through the original game and especially the song Sweet 16. That song is a gem. Thus began my journey with Feeder. Echo Park released at the perfect time for me, I was 17 and I listened to that album so many times and couldn't get enough of them. Then John Lee's death and I was utterly shocked. I look back at "Comfort In Sound" and love the album now but at the time I wasn't ready for it. This was perhaps the first musicians death I really felt. It was a painful listen and coupled with a live performance in 2002 (I think) which I didn't enjoy put me off listening to Feeder for a good few years. Between the likes of Buck Rogers, Sweet 16, Picture Of Perfect Youth and High I came back to Feeder and greatly appreciated Come Back Around and newer albums.
Thank you for this video. I'm off to listen to some Feeder now!
Like you I discovered Buck Rogers through Gran Turismo. I remember racing my yellow Toyota Celica and silver Mercedes compressor. I must've been 10/11 at the time. Although I was never a Feeder fan I have liked everything I've heard. I loved Feeling a Moment when that came out but haven't heard anything since
Yeah same. Sweet 16 was a standout on a great soundtrack. There was also instrumental versions of other Feeder songs off that ep in the game.
Feeder are such a part of my childhood growing on the Gran Turismo series.
Ironically, GT3 was the last game that had their music in it that I played, so my nostalgia is for Sweet 16 from GT1 and Shatter from GT4. But when I finally got GT3, Just a Day, Buck Rogers and Seven Days in the Sun hit a chord with me!
Nowadays I'm a huge fan of a lot of their songs; B-sides, standalone singles and track exclusives all alike. From Rubberband to Itsumo to Criminal; I love their work from all generations!
Me too! For some reason Feeder seems to save their biggest bangers for B-sides. Check out the Picture of a Perfect Youth compilation, it's just B-sides from their first few years and there's a ridiculous amount of good songs on it. 36 tracks all up, that's crazy output.
@@with_the_ghosts5729 I have already done so.
And it's a shame some of those songs are B-sides, especially their covers of *The Power of Love* and *Can't Stand Losing You.*
Those should have been on the Best Of!
Purple, Sex Type Drug, TV Me, Shade, Here in The Bubble (technically on first issue of Polythene,) Pictures of Pain (two colours version), Whooey, World Asleep are some of my faves..
I was going to mention 'Sweet 16'. Glad you commented it. :)
Feeder will always be a milestone in my life soundtrack. I was listening to their debut album on a plane to another country, knowing I'm moving there maybe for the rest of my life. Truly a soundtrack to a life-changing moment
I sometimes forget how many great songs Feeder made, and they are greatly under appreciated, when you think of great late 90s to early 00s bands you rarely hear them mentioned but you put on a Feeder playlist and you always find yourself bobbing your head, Grant Nicholas has a great ear for a hook. Despite a tragic story they somehow continue to put out great music today, when a lot of other bands have broken up a long time ago.
I think of Descend when I think of feeder. That is an amazing song.
I was at one of their first gigs with Mark on Drums, his reception was amazing. I think His T-Shirt said 'My name is Mark and I'm the drummer. '
Jon put his heart/ soul in that song & nobody can drum that song better than Jon ! 💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
Feeder were such a huge part of my musical development. As with most Buck Rogers was the introduction but I grew to love every record from Yesterday Went Too Soon to Silent Cry. Comfort In Sound will always be the highlight though. I was 15 when that was released and it introduced me to mourning loss through music. It was such an important record.
Damn. I never hear anyone talk about Feeder. I loved those guys.
Seriously, thanks for this. Feeder were my first love when I was getting into music in the late 90s. The Best Of collection proved conclusively why they've stayed around for so long; every song is brilliant, and while they've had a couple of passable albums, they've written plenty of great ones too. Grant has never got the recognition he deserves as a writer.
I always felt that feeder developed along with my own tastes, so as each one of their new releases comes out, there’s always something for me to love. Their cover of The Power of Love is really gorgeous
Sooo happy to see a spotlight on Feeder. Been a fan for over 20(!) years now and they are, as all their fans point out, criminally underrated. I lost count of the number of times I've listened through Echo Park and the Singles compilation front-to-back years ago. The last couple of albums have been nice but I'm more excited for the way Torpedo is shaping up.
FWIW, early songs of theirs (Tangerine, Sweet 16, Chicken on a Bone) appeared on the original _Gran Turismo_ OST as well, albeit not as the intro track like that different mix of Just A Day is on GT3 (cued in just after the coolest opening sequence of any racing game ever). They should put a couple of Torpedo tracks on GT7 that also launches in March!
Thank you for doing this video. Like other commenters here, I absolutely adore Feeder and think they're criminally underappreciated. I love their stuff to this day; so many dropped off around Silent Cry/Renegades, for me their weakest was Generation Freakshow, but since they came back from their little hiatus they've been on fire. All Bright Electric in particular is a stunning album.
They'll never peak like they once did again, but I'm glad I'm not alone in loving them. Up the Feeder.
Finally ... someone showing appreciation for Feeder ... Soooo underrated !!!
one of yr best videos thus far. Feeder are one of my all time favourite bands, and having recently experienced a suicide in my own band, i’ve felt an empathetic connection to Grant and what he must’ve been going through. watching this opened my eyes more to how Feeder got through the pain of their loss and kept pushing on, even if their popularity waned. thank you
Seven Days in the Sun was my first Feeder experience. I'm in love with them since. Shame they don't really leave Great Britain. I'd really love to see them once.
When I think of feeder I think of just a day. It's the first time I ever saw a band release a video of fans singing along
Feeder is probably one of the bands that stuck with me the longest, been listening since i was about 10 and im 34 now
I remember in the nineties Feeder were consistently getting excellent album reviews in metal hammer magazine
There's a section of the readers of Metal Hammer that are shocked when they are told the magazine gave great reviews for Ash, , Terrorvision, Wildhearts and Feeder.
Love this series. Never a bad video from you! Keep it up!
Loved this one, I only really got into Feeder two years ago through the lockdown, but blimey what a fantastic band they are! I was doing a bit of research into Britpop/Post-Britpop bands, because at the time I was really into bands like Oasis, Stereophonics, Snow Patrol, Coldplay, Blur, Muse, Keane, Travis, Radiohead and The Verve and I wanted to listen to a band that was similar to them. After listening to a few of their albums on Spotify/YT etc, I found that they were a hybrid between American Rock and British Rock and that was very fascinating, so of course they started off sounding more like Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins, then to bands like Blink-182 and Green Day however after Jon Lee passed away in 2002, Feeder opted for more of a Post-Britpop sound akin to Coldplay, Oasis, Keane, Travis and Snow Patrol for their albums, Comfort in Sound and Pushing The Senses but then afterwards went back to sounding like American Rock again. Moreover I could see how songs like High, Buck Rogers and Just A Day were very popular in America, as they had the grunge/pop-punk sound. Then of course anthemic songs like Comfort In Sound, Just The Way I'm Feeling and Feeling a Moment all being really popular over here in the UK. Just The Way I'm Feeling and Feeling a Moment are their best songs imo, plus they're my favourites as well. While Buck Rogers is an amazing song, I reckon Feeder look at it as their 'Wonderwall', a song that's way more popular compared to the others but also to an extent overrated as they have better songs than that in their catalogue.
Either way the best thing about Feeder are their versatility of rock styles, being able to switch up between Post-Grunge, Post-Britpop and Pop-Punk not many bands from that era were able to emulate that as successfully as Feeder did. That being said though I find it criminal that they're so often overlooked in the rock scene, they surely deserve the same recognition as the likes of Coldplay and Oasis. For me, Feeder are definitely one of my favourite bands of all time.
"Crunchy grunge Fuck Off guitars" yes that is Feeder in a nutshell! Fantastic work
You are and always will be one of my favorite YT channels!
Really great video. I heard Buck Rogers on a whim last year and ended up listening to and enjoying Echo Park. I’ve been meaning to revisit that album, and definitely should go and listen to more of their discography. Really interesting to get the history of the band!
Thank you so much for this. Personally. A lot of amazing and sad memories with these songs. But the video as usual was fantastic with lots of information I never knew and footage of the band I have never seen. Keep them coming! 🤩
My favourite all time band. From the old days overproduced heavier sound to these days' catchy pop rock. I 've always found so sad how their popularity decreased, specially after the Silent Cry era. Still, they have a huge loyal fanbase and hope we can someday see them playing in big arenas or headlining big festivals again.
Brilliant video. I never realised I liked or even noticed Feeder but subliminally they’re there and this video has made me realise it. Great work as ever 🍻👍
Great video! Looking forward to more New British Canon in 2022.
What a beautifully put together video!
You're my favourite channel man, you always make compelling videos even if it's about a band or singer I'm not really even interested in.
I only know Buck Rodgers and Just a Day, both great songs no doubt
Also I had no idea their story was so sad, that's what I mean man you make the best music related videos on CZcams
I'm rather fond of Feeder, they had a cracking good run of great rock / pop singles in the 90's / 2000's and were also a terrific live band, saw them maybe 7 or 8 times, always a great night out and, I can confirm, from personal experience of meeting them, they're really nice guys as well. Sadly, they dropped off my radar after 'Silent Cry', I'm glad to see they're still going and must get up to date... also must catch them live again one day and, to quote Prince, 'party like it's 1999'... ;o)
I think it's super cool you're doing videos about these lesser known bands and putting so much effort into them. It's a nice change from other CZcamsrs on here that just milk the big names over and over. Love these!
Insomnia was one of the first songs I ever learned on guitar. This video really hit me in the nostalgia. Thanks
Can't Hardly Wait was sooo good, it can't be overstated how good it was to my teenage self when it first came out and the soundtrack was amazing. Always had a close place in my heart for Ethan Embry due to that movie.
Was it named after the Replacments song?
Very overlooked and very much in my top 5 bands of all time. Loved them from the beginning and still buy their LPs, but for me "Pushing The Senses" is an all-time classic album, followed by "Comfort In Sound". And Grant's solo stuff is great too. Living in Hong Kong for 26 years I only saw them live once at the Rockit festival in Victoria Park there in 2005. Amazing day I'll never forget. Looking forward to the new album and many more.
This's my favourite of these vids and I've never gotten properly into them but this has made me want to!
1:53 footage of them playing a haunt we regularly enjoyed playing in Western Norwich called The Oval Rockhouse. Feeder also played Fat Pauly's in the city and my former band Spot were asked to come and support them at Norwich Waterfront during their "High/Polythene (repackaged)" tour. They travelled up from London, fresh from appearing on the Ch5 Jack Doherty show that evening. A great night with our labelmates Sod's Law also adding support that evening....
Thanks for reintroducing me to this amazing band. I heard some of these gems from Feeder, but I totally forgot about them.
Absolutely love these videos, such good content. Any chance of one about Jamiroaquai or Muse sometime next year?
Great band with some excellent songs. Too often overlooked. I first heard them on the first Gran Turismo game, which had Tangerine, Sweet 16 and another track on I think
I've loved sweet 16 since hearing it on Gran Turismo, couldn't believe it when I looked it up and it's a b-side!
The first Gran Turismo had Sweet 16, Chicken On A Bone, Shade, and Tangerine all featured on it. Though the latter three were instrumental versions.
Thanks for this. I'd forgotten so many of these songs x
Thank-you for making this. Feeder were one of my favourite bands, and I always felt they were underappreciated. I'm sure I remember the NME criticising them in the early days for being "trendy grunge"
really great job, keep going dude!
Please keep giving us such quality stuff. tahnk!
I'd never heard of this band before your video and "Buck Rodgers" has since become one of my favorite songs ever. This is EXACTLY the kind of contemporary music I'd have been listening to at the time. I was listening to it constantly when I went to the UK over Christmas.
That’s awesome. They have a new album which came out last Friday. It’s been getting some great reviews & entered the UK Album Charts at Number 5.
I discovered Feeder through Gran Turismo. It's such a shame that they are in the same bandwagon of artists who seem to despise videogames as a medium. I've discovered so many great artists through gaming.
Do feeder hate video games?
@@RabbidTheNabbit I got that impression from the video.
@@joelmonteiro1419 czcams.com/video/HJ3sAbmNOLw/video.html i doubt it
@@RabbidTheNabbit I was talking about THIS video. That was the impression I got. Thank you for that.
this brings back memories! great video....
Thank you so much for this video! Maybe this video can explain the love I have for this band better that I could in the last 22 years .
My fav band!! Thanks for the vídeo man!!
Found you via the Paramore video and I am so happy to see some Feeder representation. I've been a huge fan of them since I heard them on Gran Turismo 1 (Sweet 16 and Shade IIRC). They're definitely underrated, but they have the most solid fanbase of any band.
Where Phonics and Manics had massive peaks and faded away, Feeder have consistently worked away putting out great music and consistently touring. I can't think of many more hard working bands
Believe it or not i found this band through a meme about Gran Turismo and looking them up was one of the best decisions I've made in the past few years
Man, I love your videos.
‘Buck Rogers’ was my first contact, but I really Discovered Feeder through their interviews with various British guitar magazines, often celebrating Grant’s love of Jazzmasters, or their custom made instruments (‘Combat’?), and then started exploring more of their music. Liked, rather than loved, their albums, but I wish I’d seen them live - that’s still on my bucket list...
Mine too - my wife had just bought a Jaguar, and I came down and heard it while I was making breakfast. But definitely not one of my favourite Feeder songs.
Fantastic video and an incredible band that don't deserve to be overlooked.
Thank you for such a wonderful covering of this band. I am embarrassed I am only a cursorily familiar, until now.
Echo Park and Comfort in Sound were the first two albums I ever owned and I still revisit them from time to time. Cool to see this great band get some recognition!
Before Gran Turismo 3, Feeder had the song " Shade " on the Playstation Game " Omega Boost "... On the Japanese Version, at least. Coincidently, Omega Boost was made by Polyphony Digital, the Developers of the Gran Turismo series.
That was a badass game , still remember the giant Dune worm boss fight lol .
Great video! Great band.
I had a strange feeling you would do a video about feeder, I've been getting into them over the past few months and really enjoyed this video
I only knew of 'Buck Rogers'. Thank you SO MUCH for this episode. Really hope there's an episode on The Stereophonics down the line. Cheers.
I usually have at least some kind of an idea of the topic you're talking about, but these Feeder songs seem to ring no bells whatsoever. Still, a very enjoyable video and I'll be using some of it for my endless knowledge for pointless pop music trivia.
Really like Feeder. First heard Buck Rodgers when I watched that Channel 4 comedy Teachers and just discovered the rest of their discography from there. Super underrated band.
It’s really sad that I discovered them today through this video. I was in my last year at school when their first albums came out. On the other hand, it’s also great to come across great music from that era. You made my day, 🙏
Welcome my friend
It's so easy to forget how many great songs they had. Just The Way I'm Feeling still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Great one, thanks
haha nice new title - fully reflects how i felt as a day 1 feeder fan - looking forward to when you do a hundred reasons or funeral for a friend video
Grant was the guitar player I got interested in using capos through and tuning to drop D. The song 'My Perfect Day' was very influential and we used to cover 'Insomnia' and 'Yesterday Went Too Soon' in an old covers band. I got turned onto the band by a girl I fancied giving me a mixtape! Lol - Ahhh teenage bliss, I am getting old.
What a band, great vid mate
Feeder is such a lost gem! One of my favourites when I was a teen. I don’t like their new stuff that much tho. My first time hearing them was in gran turismo 3. I’d put the soundtrack so it would only play ’Just a day’ 😄
Tbh I always remembered feeder more for just a day and just the way I'm feeling.
Based on the choices you put in the poll, I had a feeling that the video would be about this. I couldn't choose because I have a some loyalty towards A and The Wildhearts, but out of all the songs, Buck Rogers is definitely the most anthemic. It's definitely a huge singalong.
As always, great video and perfect choice of subject matter.
PS: Love the mention of A and including the Old Folks video.
My enduring memory of this song will always be that it plays when the jet fighter is introduced in 'Behind Enemy Lines'. This is a good essay- thank you.
Just a Day is a perfect pop song. Just the Way I'm feeling is beautiful.
I’ve never heard Feeder before but this video has caused me to look into them, thanks for that.
@ Roman Kotas - try their a-side album, Picture of Perfect Youth. Feeder have released some incredible non-album songs. Yesterday Went Too Soon is my personal favourite, however, as it's the album that got me into them. Renegades is also very good. Pushing The Senses and Silent Cry are my least favourite, although like all Feeder songs they contain some great tracks.
B-side album, sorry.
Actually , thanks to Gran Turismo 1, many already knew about Feeder. As an 8 year old listening to Sweet16 on a racing game felt like a breath of fresh air, because videogame soundtracks in the 90s were just starting to have that edge (GT1 had Ash, Garbage and Feeder, Wipeout 2097 had Prodigy, Chemical Brothers and Fluke), the landscape was changing and although definitely not representative of Feeder's body of work, Swim is a really good album (EP), Chicken On A Bone, Descend, Sweet16, Shade and others are incredible tracks. Haven't kept up with Feeder since Renegades (felt like the music was becoming a bit derivative), but Torpedo actually sounds pretty good so I'll definitely check it out! Great video
I LOVE Buck Rogers. It's the song that introduced me to Feeder, & it takes me back to my adolescence. I get why they hate it though. Feeder are an amazing band that sadly are massively overlooked.
Me reading the original title of this video: I don't know who are those. I won't watch it
Me reading the new title: there were British smashing pumpkins? I must watch it
Wonderful band and my favourite growing up. Echo Park is a fantastic album and some of Feeders lesser known songs are brilliant. Underappreciated in this day and age
As with many others, "Buck Rogers" was my introduction to Feeder, but the track "Piece by Piece" from the same album became a personal favourite for me. This video reminded me how many of their songs marked that period in my life
"crunchy grunge fuck off guitars" is the best sentence I've heard in an age, cap doffed.
Absolutely LOVE feeder!...even the B-sides on their CD singles were class.
My favourite band for over 20 years,awesome live too.
Criminally underrated imo 🎸🎸🎶🎶🎤🎤👊👊💙💙
Feeder are quite possibly one of my favourite bands of all time, it’s a shame that people only focus on buck Rodgers and just a day.
Just A Day was always on Kerrang when I was younger (probably still is) To think most of the kids in that video are now in their 30s and 40s makes me feel so old!
Impressive, still putting out solid releases 20 years later and not going the route of pop junk like so many other acts. A rare thing.
Love it, I will have to check out their back catalog, I'll always remember Feeder - Sweet 16 on the Gran Turismo Soundtrack.
Loved Feeder when I was a teen. I remember hearing 'Seven Days in the Sun' on a Kerrang compilation CD and immediately purchased Echo Park.
Jon wrote that song ,he did write many songs ,but never got credits . Without Jon ,Feeder isn't the same .💔💜🥁🐉🎤💞
I saw Feeder quite a bit back in the day, including their first gig at Reading 02 after losing their drummer which was quite a moment. They always seemed like good guys. They had a big gay following as well which is a little known fact. Echo Park is a great album, but they actually seemed to be victims of their own success imo. The height of their popularity came in their later years with a lot of soft rock tracks and it all got a little bit... Hollyoaks. Their music was all over TV and radio for a period and for me it was very bland compared to their earlier stuff and I think a lot of people just lost interest. This seemed to happen to a ton of bands around the early 00's though so they weren't alone. British indie seemed to lose it's edge throughout that period, for me at least.
Do you know why they had a big gay following?
Great video!! I bloody love this band. They are so criminally underrated and as you so rightly said they have far better songs than Buck Rogers!! Also looking forward to the new album.