Grant Nicholas
from Feeder

Singer and guitarist Grant Nicholas (b. Newport, Wales) formed rock outfit Feeder with former Temper Temper bandmate Jon Lee. The pair had met in Cardiff, playing together until the group fell apart, and Grant left South Wales for London to embark on a crash course in studio engineering. After completing the course he dragged drummer Jon up to London to form a new band, while supplementing his income as a bike courier.

The pair were later joined by Japanese bassist Taka Hirose, and began playing under the name of Real. After signing to the Echo label later that year, the trio changed their name to Feeder and played their first gig in Yeovil, Somerset on 25 May.

They released their debut Two Colours EP in November 1995, followed by six-track mini-album, Swim. LP ‘Polythene’ was released in 1997 and the single ‘High’ reached number 24 in the UK chart. The band returned in March 1999 with a new single, 'Day In Day Out', followed by 'Insomnia' and ‘Yesterday Went Too Soon’. Anthem ‘Buck Rogers’ became Feeder's biggest ever UK hit, debuting at number 5 in January this year.

Their most recent single ‘Seven Days in the Sun’ entered the Top 40 at number 14 on April 14th.

Listen to Grant talk about:

(o)   The most trouble he’s ever been in
(o)   If he could beat Liam Gallagher in a fight
(o)   His views on Anne Robinson
(o)   What song describes him best

Click here to read a transcript of the interview