First formed in 1992 in Wales, having various names before meeting Taka. In 1995 Grant Nicholas and Jon Lee placed an ad in a loot (a musicians magazine) advertising for a bass player. Taka Hirose answered and they became Feeder. They released the rare mini-ep 'Two Colours', and gigged all over the uk, gaining a decent fan base. When they released the ep 'Swim' things got big for feeder, they released numerous singles and supported various big name acts, REM and the Manic Street Preachers for example. They released their first album 'Polythene' in 1997, this showed feeders sound maturing, with singles 'High' 'Cement' and 'Crash' being released. But feeder never really appealed to the mainstream, most pop fans dismissed them as just another rock band, and most rock fans thought they were too pop.

The release of 'Yesterday Went Too Soon' changed a lot of peoples minds, this album was the most important of their career. From the out and out rock of 'Anaesthetic' and 'Hole In My Head' to the reflective 'Tinsel Town', this album had everything feeder were, and are, capable of. Still feeder weren't hitting the big time, they toured relentlessly off this album, and tried to crack America, but to no avail.

When feeder released 'Buck Rogers' everything changed for them, this time they had a huge hit, and people were taking notice, with the release of 'Echo Park' they became one of Britain’s premier rock acts, along with The Stereophonics, etc. The success of this album put a lot of strain on the band, most notably Jon Lee, although no-one knew it at the time, Jon was becoming increasingly unhappy with the rock star life, and in 2002 he hung himself. Grant and Taka took a break from the music industry, Taka went to Japan, and Grant sat and wrote songs without thinking about them.

When he looked at what he had wrote, he was astounded to find that it was very good material, so he showed it to Taka on his return to the UK, and they started recording 'Comfort In Sound'. The hardest part of this was finding a replacement for Jon Lee, but they finally decided upon ex-Skunk Anansie drummer Mark Richardson. 'Comfort In Sound' is regarded as Feeder's best album yet, with the new line up we will just have to wait and see if they can better it.