You’re of course entitled to your opinion but I don’t agree with it. I’ve been a fan of Feeder for 7 years now. I remember the first time i heard of them was in March 1999 when they played ‘Insomnia’ live on ITV’s ‘CD:UK’. Then I in the summer i got acquainted with ‘Yesterday Went Too Soon’ on TOTP and never looked back since.

I too was the lone voice back in school, always banging on about Feeder where most people were like “Fee..who?!” I loved the lyrics, the songs, the style; they played the ultimate music and Grant Nicholas was the guy I wanted to be.

The one thing that has always impressed me with Feeder is how with each album they always came out with a different sound. It wasn’t simply re-gurgitated pasteurised rubbish you get with some bands. They always played around with new stuff, not afraid of trying a new sound and really do good music. That’s one reason why they’ve been around for such a long time, they’ve managed to appeal to different music listeners.

You can be cynical and say that Feeder progressively changed their sound only to appeal to the mainstream and be more commercially successful, at the expense of ‘art’. Although I think there’s more to it, sure who doesn’t want to be successful but I think it’s just Grant Nicholas and Feeder as a whole wanting to try new sounds and see where they go. Each of their diverse albums is proof of this. I will admit that I remember an interview in which Grant stated (sometime before Echo Park) something along the lines of “if we’re not successful with the next album, then we’re doing something wrong”. So yes a yearning to be successful and the fact they drafted in Gil Norton a big name producer to help produce ‘Echo Park’ would indicate a desire to make it big, in which they did of course. However I also remember Grant stating in another interview that he felt ‘Echo Park’ may have been “too poppy” as he put it, that doesn’t bother me as I love the album. If Feeder had sold out they would’ve just become monotonous automatons, which they definitely haven’t.

Putting aside the tragic death of Jon Lee, I believe Feeder were going for a more mature sound anyway. As it’s stated that most of the songs for ‘Comfort In Sound’ had been written before Jon Lee’s death and also may have tied in with Grant Nicholas’ desire to get away from the pop sound of ‘Echo Park’ and go for something more grounded. It’s a great album nonetheless and it’s one of my favourite Feeder albums.

I will say I like bands or singers because they play good music, not whether it’ll make me seem cool with the snobby ‘chic’ music crowd. There is a trend sometimes for people to only like bands when they’re ‘unknowns’. Then as soon as they make it big they ditch them because it’s simply not ‘cool’ to like a famous band. That notion to me seems utterly asinine.

Enjoy your ‘Silky Coronets’ or whoever’s the ‘in thing’.

what the hell is up with you? Feeder have one THE most devoted fanbases I know. Sure, I may be slightly biased as I have been a huge fan for ages now. In fact, they are my favourite band. okay, orrite. I’m 13. But I don’t thinkI’m cool cause i listen to feeder. I am in a school where you are expected to likerap. Rap’s crap. I will always remeber the first time i heard buck rogers. I didnt know who sang it. To me, it was great. It was differant and I liked it.

Feeder actually care about their fans.

Please, don’t insult them..