Feeder Tickets

History
Formation (1991-1994)
At the age of 14, singer and guitarist Grant Nicholas joined a band called 'Sweet Leaf', named after a Black Sabbath song, who were the first band he had seen play live. At this time Japanese bassist Taka Hirose and drummer Jon Lee were playing in different covers bands, but did not know each other at the time. While playing in different bands on the Newport gig circuit, Grant and Jon became friends. They formed an electronic duo called 'Temper Temper' after Jon left Newport band The Darling Buds. Shortly thereafter, they formed a band called 'Rain Dancer'. Both of these bands failed to win a recording contract, with the sound of the latter once being compared by Grant with that of The Waterboys.
Early releases (1995–1996)
Feeder's first official release was a two-track EP entitled Two Colours, released in 1995 which was only available at the band's early gigs. It was limited to 1,500 CDs and 1,000 7" vinyls. In 1996, the band released their first commercially available release, being the EP Swim and received a 4/5 review in Kerrang! magazine (KKKK). Swim was later re-released in July 2001 with extra tracks, being a selection of b-sides from their earlier singles, alongside the videos for the Polythene singles "Crash" and "Cement". Overall unit sales for Swim stand at 40,000 as of February 2005.
Polythene (1997–1998)
After building a strong fanbase with the release of Swim, the band released their first full-length album in 1997. The result Polythene, was one of the most critically acclaimed albums of 1997 with Metal Hammer and Kerrang!, placing the album at first and sixth in their respective end of year lists. Two tracks from Swim were used for the album, being "Descend" and "Stereoworld".
Dates
Date Events Venue Price Range
Mon, Feb 07, 2011
(19:00) Feeder Tickets O2 Academy Liverpool
Liverpool
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Tue, Feb 08, 2011
(19:00) Feeder Tickets O2 Academy Leeds
Leeds
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Wed, Feb 16, 2011
(19:00) Feeder Tickets The Junction
Cambridge
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Sun, Feb 20, 2011
(19:30) Feeder Tickets Roundhouse
London
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