By Chloe Yates
by Chloe Yates
So another month, and another free Feeder gig. Feederweb had 100 pairs of free tickets to give away, upon supplying the answer to the question “how many fests will Feeder play this year?” After a bit of debate as to whether T4 on the beach counted or not (I still maintain the mimefest shouldn’t) answers went in and tickets were won. Sadly, although having won tickets, a number of the board regulars’ can’t make it, too short notice, working etc etc and like ULU there was a plethora of spare tickets up for grabs. However, other than myself, Craig, Kev, Marcus, Alex and Si would be there, plus my housemates Stacey & Lindsey were also gonna make it down - both of whom had missed the tour dates, and as such were really looking forward to it - Lindsey having not seen the guys since the Roundhouse Warchild shows back in ‘06.
Other than the Feeder gig my plans for the day involved heading off to Hyde Park to see The Mongol Rally departure - ex work colleague of mine Rich was heading off in the Burgundy Beast (a Peugeot 106) to drive to Mongolia, along with 299 other teams. Aim of the game is to raise as much money for charity as possible, and attempt the trip in a suitably crap car. Vehicles competing include a London double-decker bus, a Gobi Ambulance, a Mini with a phonebox strapped to its roof and many many more. If you’re interested, follow the action at http://mongolrally.theadventurists.com/
As my bus back from Hyde Park goes straight past Koko in Camden, I’d already planned to jump off there on the way back, rather than going all the way home to come straight back out again. However, the Rally departure took less time than advertised by Rich, and instead of it being around 4 o’clock when I get to Camden it was nearer half 2. After popping into Costa to get a fruit smoothie, I go back across to Koko to see if the group of people already waiting outside includes Marcus or any other FFSers. It doesn’t, so I’m in the process of trying to decide whether to try and contact the boys and see if they’re in a pub anywhere to join up with, or just go do some window shopping when I hear a voice say “Hello Chloe!” Looking up I see a taxi waiting at the traffic lights right in front of me, with a certain Mr Dean Tidey waving from the back! Ever so slightly embarrassed there’s time for a quick “Hi, Hello, you ok?” before the lights change and his taxi drives off. No sooner had he done so than Kev, Marc and Craig walk up with Subway bags - and having pointed out Deans’ taxi to them, the boys decide to plonk themselves down and eat, before Si joins up with us.
Having queued for about an hour, I say “there’s a familiar looking trio!” Kev mishears me and asks why I’m talking about Trees, before realising that Mark, Dean and CeeCee are walking down the road towards us. There’s time for a quick chat and I ask Dean if they mind signing my Silent Cry inlay - he’s happy to oblige, and when I tell him he really made me jump calling from the Taxi, he laughs and apologises. Mark protests that Marcus really can’t have any more Feeder albums to get signed, but obliges none-the-less and CeeCee tells us they’re due on stage at Half8. As usual my mind goes completely blank about things to ask the guys, not helped by CeeCee having very reflective sunglasses on - I could see like 4 miniature me’s reflected in them and when talking to him all my brain can do is shout to me "there's mini me! and another mini me! and a mini Kev and a mini Craig and ooo shiny!" it’s most off-putting! As they walk off, Dean asks why we’re here so early. Kev then completely drops me in it by shouting I was there first (half true, the boys had been there before me but then buggered off to subway)… I try to explain the whole Mongol Rally/Hyde Park detour but I’m not sure the Feeder boys buy it… and Kev takes great delight in telling me I’ve gone as red as my new hair colour. Pants!
Anyway, doors are meant to be at half6, but email went round earlier in the day to say that if you were there by half5, you might get in early to act as an audience for some interviews. This duly happens, though a production person has to run around grabbing some randomers off the street as there’s not enough of us in the queue in time (they needed 30). So yours truly along with Kev, Marc, Si & Craig get to stand behind a sofa containing first 3 Hollyoaks people, then comedian Iain Lee and watch them being interviewed by Dave Berry and Peaches Geldof. It’s amusing enough although I hope I don’t see the footage as I no doubt look like a complete twat. Marc & Si get separated after 1 interview by the head guy, as he feels two Feeder tshirts next to each other “gives them too much free advertising…” (Go street-team!) but Iain Lee gets revenge by during his interview making a point of mentioning “the two guys in Feeder shirts here and here” pointing to them both. We also have the pleasure of Peaches singing Just The Way I’m Feeling to us, and 6 of us informing Dave Berry that the track on the P&O advert is Feeling A Moment (and not looking like geeks at all :p).
Interview over, there’s a bit of a cock-up by organisers. Having first informed us that coming into the interview would still mean we’d keep our places at front of barrier, they then send half of us right upstairs in Koko to “wait for the floor to be cleared”, but let some of the group who’d been queuing wait on the floor there. Those of us who went upstairs spot the Feeder guys enjoying a quiet drink in a booth beforehand, no doubt surprised to suddenly see an influx of fans, though Grant does respond to Kev throwing him the peace sign in kind. Koko then open the doors and get everyone to go upstairs onto the balconies, which are barely big enough for the crowds, and we manage to head back down and are first down onto the floor when they finally open up, so still get to the barrier, Taka side, bumping into Soph in the process. Can’t help but feel organisers opened doors too early - interviews had over-run, so tell people that, sort the floor out, move us interview audience across, then open main doors. Oh well.
Support are Infadels, and although not having seen them before, I really really enjoy them. They’re a bit more dancey than my usual tastes but I still really get into it, and the cover of Eurythmics Sweet Dreams is awesome, better in my opinion than the version I heard Annie Lenox do at Live8. Though why Infadels announce it as a Futureheads track I’ve no idea.
After Infadels, the curtains shut while they set up for Feeder, and we’re treated to a video screen of some of last years iTunes Fest performances before announcer bigs up the main attraction of the night, telling us of their 16 year history and 24 top 75 single hits. The curtains open to the band on stage, I get a nod of recognition from Mark and Grant looks genuinely surprised by the rapturous applause they’re getting before launching straight into Sonorous - which is just an awesome opener. We then get Pushing The Sense and Feeling A Moment and the crowd is already going mad, feels like the whole room is instantly into it - improvement on recent gigs where I felt the crowd took longer to warm up. Mark is waving at the balcony to his right, and I soon spot a couple of kids up there, looks like Dean’s son Elliot, Mark’s son Alex and Mark’s ex-wife are here for the show, and who can blame them, this is shaping up to be as good a gig as ever.
Air-drumming must track Come Back Around follows, and then Grant dedicates the next track to Mark’s son Alex - it’s Miss You and Mark & Alex are exchanging rock horns. (that’s 2 gigs in a row that are making me broody…hmm interesting new development of Free Feeder gig-going). Miss You simply kicks ass live, I can’t rave about it enough, just rocking Feeder at their best and joyous sweaty moshing agogo. It’s then straight into We Are The People, another belter of a new track live, and we get some good banter with Grant after. After a shout of “not bad” from the crowd (alluding to Grants earlier comparison of Koko to the Muppets Theatre perhaps), Grant jokes that they “still rock for a few old blokes” before saying “well…. some old blokes should stop rocking”. Asked by Kev to “name them” he refuses, admitting he’s dug himself into a hole, but would only mention that they begin with “R” - Rolling Stones anyone? Grant avoids any more awkward questions by going into Just The Way I’m Feeling, and we then get the “new single” in Tracing Lines - complete with some quite simply breath-taking boogying by Mr Tidey, much to our, and Marks’ great amusement.
More banter with Grant after shouts for Tangerine result in a bemused response of “every gig someone shouts for it, what is it about that song?!” Grant, as we’ve told you many a time, its cos we know you hate it, and we’re evil like that! Grant then says “well… we’ll play it at Reading” prompting me and Kev to shout back “No you won’t!”. Grant looks at us and laughs and responds “well… you’ll have to come to Reading and see!”. Sadly I can’t afford fests this year, so unless Mr Nicholas wants to shout me a ticket I won’t be there… so they’d better not play it ;)
Grant then goes into his new favourite cover version of Pixies track Monkey Gone To Heaven, dedicating it to Frank Black, while Mark looks a bit bored, saying “come on!”. It’s then, unsurprisingly, into Buck Rogers , and the usual enthusiastic response from the crowd. Grant introduces the next track as “being about always being away from home and leaving someone behind”, its my current favourite bouncy track of Itsumo (it’s the only way) and that’s followed by grunge legend My Perfect Day - I’m loving this in the small venues, it’s what it was made for. Mark obviously agrees cos he’s mirroring me, Kev & Si during the intro - one drumstick-clutching arm raised in salute, and then head-banging like a ’muther! Taka and Dean are also loving this gig, both of them taking turns to bounce onto Marks’ drum-rise before leaping off it, Dean taking out a mike in the process, the rebel.
Next up is “one from the new album” and joyous Fires - with Mark singing along to us, the crowd taking up the mantel, singing the last “she lights the fires then she goes, be-low” at Grant, much to his delight. We then get another “bewdiful” track with Yesterday Went Too Soon, something I refuse to apologise for going completely mental for - I quite simply adore it. Last up before the encore is Lost & Found, complete with Foos All My Life thrown in the middle, each gig the crowd are getting more and more into this and so they should!
Time for the encore, and only one track this time, Grant saying “they couldn’t decide what to play for the last track, but think you might like this one…do do do do….”. Of course, would it be anything else but Just A Day? Everyone (and I mean everyone) moshes for this. Stacey & Lindsey were up on the balcony and tell me after that the entire floor was going mad for it - usually its just the front and middle, but no, every person on the floor appearing to be moshing, awesome stuff.
Job done and a happy crowd, it’s off into the dusk and goodbyes to be said. Some folks have still got festivals to come, most of us are awaiting the October/November tour with anticipation. Cash permitting I’ll see some of you at Brixton, Loughborough and the legendary stickiest floor in the world that is Rock City. Bring it on!
Piccies provided by Mr B
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'Tracing Lines' release date has been moved from 11th August to 25th August. More to wait! :(
A good thing is that you can download 'Somewhere to Call Your Own' by digital download.
I wonder if the next single will come out on a physical copy as well as a digital one...I hope it does...
New single is on the Feederweb:
http://www.feederweb.com/releases.php
What the f. The Forum just went down.
oh go on stace, listen to it on the bus... just don't sit next to me while you're doing so!
That is possibly my favourite review...of anything...ever.
I'm never gonna be able to listen to Miss You without laughing away to myself ever again. Maybe i should avoid listening to it on the bus then...hmmmn.
and FFS does it again, brilliant review
(and thank god, someone else agrees that Songs From The Crypt was a much better title idea!)
I'm curious for that review too... I hope FFS will write a good one.
Will we be seeing a Silent Cry review soon?
Nice banner ;D
You're forgiven xD
Feeder! Feeder! Feeder! Feeeeeeeder!
sorry guys, mad moment :P
Bloody hell, I hate it when a decent album like Feeder's doesn't get well known. I guess give it another month or two, it will probably get more popularity when an advert pops on TV or something.
Agree... Feeder need to come to Australia. If small little indie artists can make it over here, why can't feeder?!
What happened to the lyrics page? Is it being updated?
I love Feeder's new album :]
what i hate is that i live in Australia and they havent toured here since 2000 i think its time for another visit its been so long and its time to come back around again.
what marcus said its so true...plus they deserve more then what they got now but hey at least there selling records and got a good fan-base too
thanks Rach :)
Yeah Suey, it really annoys me, EVERY TIME Coldplay put out an album there's this big media fanfare, but when it's Feeder it's all hush-hush in comparison :-(.
Nothings funny about a mean review when it's band you like. Why is it when Feeder get bad reviews the writer really, REALLY rips into them?!, it don't happen to other bands. Pathetic and childish, that's what it is.
er... yes. Leo's post was so good he had to post it twice.
Chloe, I love yer tour diaries. Ace reading!
I just listened to the album for the first time there now and i blew off a load in my underpants
I just listened to the album for the first time there now and i blew off a load in my underpants
Feeder photos from Proud Galleries online now at ThrashHits.com
cheers
Raz
it´s a good record, but since Jon Lee was gone, the band has lost the typical "feeder-sound". YESTERDAY WENT TO SOON" is the best record...cheers from germany.
got the Deluxe version and have been listening to it ever since monday! Great album :)
just bought We are the People off iTunes. i love these guys =)
I've just got the new CD, oh... it's marvellous!
It's so great to hold a new Feeder record in my hands! These are the beautiful moments of life! Cheers!
*shouts* :D
I like this album, lots!
Silent Cry in my hands baby! The three years were worth the wait.
Got my deluxe version through the door today :D
Must say though, the bonus tracks aren't really anything special...oh well, so happy to have the CD in my hands.
Whats with the xmas decorations at the top of the page? ;)
ooooo its all pretty! ta for putting my diary up dude :)
Ooo a new look...very swish!
Love the new look! Looking forward to the reviews...
DJ Rodney Bingenheimer on KROQ in Los Angeles played "Into the Blue" on his show. That was pretty cool to hear.
calling out for days is quality! haven't heard the other bside though cos my parents record player is bust :(
Miss You was on Euro 2008 yesterday. There must be a Feeder fan at the BBC!
summer of sport coming up though, euros, olympics and wimbledon.. bound to be some feeder music in the background there ;)
Thats a shame, cheers Nance
Not sure there will be a TV ad. The Singles had one because of the EMI collaboration...
Yeeeehhhh.
We're back on
I meant TV advertising, It's just that I am sick of seeing the ad for the new Coldplay album,
How awesome was Bristol! Who's The Enemy, MPD, YWTS, Insomnia, High, All My Life crowd takeover (!) and a chance to see the guys outside before/after the gig. My best Feeder gig so far :)
sue - what sort of advertising do you mean? street teaming has officially started, brighton seemed to be covered in silent cry posters already...
Any ffs'sers that have myspace feel free to add me - www.myspace.com/staceywatkins - :o)
I don't think there's been a "fire". I reckon Pro Boards haven't paid their credit card bills and have had all their servers repossessed.
When are we going to see some advertising for the new single or album.
Hell yeah, I dont start my new job till the 23rd I'm there :D
If anyone's bored, I just put the recent Kerrang interview with Grant on the Scrapbook :) Well it will kill five minutes anyway...
Hello Fellow Shout Boxers!
A Hate crime? lol
been trying to work out the time-scale from the proboards support forum but most of it is greek to me! sounds like ffs server (20) is one of the worst hit - they have all the data but no power or something (so we won't have lost any posts, though once the forum is back we might have some missing temporaily). from what i can make out they will have power for our server back either tonight or tomorrow night (doesn't help its all in american time :p)
i got that info from here: http://support.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=networkdiscussion&action=display&thread=245186
if anyone can figure it out more clearly please do!
So glad they did a small london gig! got 2 tickets! WOOO! is the FFS "Fire" not put out yet?
maybe ffs doesn't actually exist and we all dream it!
"this product is out of stock" - camden gig sold out it seems.
I love the way FFS has put the words fire and hosting facilitiy in quotation marks... like it's fake or something ;)
check the email... it says something about must be in the venue for 9 :D
Bought 2 tickets for the Galleries, but it'd be nice to know what time I need to be there!
Hmmmn i'm probably gonna be in Leeds....not that i have the money anyway, even itf it is cheap. Oh well.
Glad people like the announcement ... sounds like a good little gig! :-) We'll already be on the Isle of Wight at the time :-(
well done , Chloe , have a great time . By the way i was in Camden earlier on this year with my hubby , i enjoyed it muchly .
i know some of the people in the London area were a bit disappointed with the recent mini tour venues , so hope this makes it up a little bit for you ( you lucky Londoners ) good luck everyone , hope you get tickets . Also the producing of receipt and i.d should stop people buying them just to sell on e-bay .
2 tickets bought - woop woop! perfect way to dispell the post feeder gig blues. just remind me not to look at my bank statement when it arrives....! who else is there? drinks in camden first??
Special annoucement from feederweb!!!
http://www.feederweb.com/microsites/Feeder/news.html
you ffs londeners grab em'! 6 quid!! feeder!!! its just crazy, enjoy :P
fweb 5pm announcement, mini gig @ camden proud galleries next week, £6. 400 tickets, see fweb for link...
Enter to win tickets to see Feeder at iTunes Live in July; http://www.ituneslive.co.uk/feeder/ (iTunes account required)
hehe that'd impress mr nicholas wouldn't it? ;)
You should go out under the cover of darkness and stickerize every lamp post in Crouch End ;)
what, clangers? where???
chloe is back from oxfam crouch end which now has a little pile of silent cry stickers :D i also attempted to stealth sticker some lamp-posts but this was thwarted slightly by 2 pcso's following me down the street....! oops!
It is a fantastic surname....it'd be even more fantastic if it was Clanger :D
I love that the founder of ProBoards is called Patrick Clinger. What a fantastic surname. :D
Loved the green room, i like the fact Mark fluttered his eyelashes when Gabriella's question was something like what music star would you date hehe cheeky! im glad they sung WATP, really love WATP live!
Also on a serious note i just thought i've give out some useful info i've found out, im on another board powered by proboards and because i joined in the recent month, i'm part of the missing data which means i can't login as i joined recently, so when the forum is up and running i was told by chole the last months posts will be back within a few days after SO...If you've joined within the last month and you can't login and you're using exactly the same password, don't make a new account, wait a few days until posts and members are updated to the system and everything should be back to normal, pain in the bum i know but it saves confusion!! :o)
- Stacey
Still no proboards? I think it's just some evil plot to give me no option but to actually do some work....grrrrrrr.
Oooo a butterfly...
just want to say , i'm loving Itsumo , 1 week to go for the single , looking forward to quality 'b' side and counting the days for the album , can't wait !!
i thought the green room was a repeat from when they sang Miss You . When i just happened to turn the telly on to ch 4 they were singing watp . Will catch the repeat purely for Takas dancing !!
hehe sorry Rach ;)
Green Room will be repeated on saturday for those who missed it - some of it is online but theres a couple of class moments that aren't. (seriously, watch it for the Taka dancing...)
Brighton diary - was emailed to Mr MW on thursday so provided i sent it to right email address (!) it'll be up whenever he has time to.
on that note i'm off to my Oxfam shift, armed with Silent Cry stickers :D
Feeder were in the Nokia Green Room again yesterday, singing WATP, I missed it, but its on line, their server is working
Oh dear, Chlo. You just can't help yourself can you?? ;)
Didn't see the Green Room yesterday, have recoreded it though. Sounds v. interesting!
When's Chloe's Brighton tour diary gonna be up on here then? I keep looking for it but it's never here!
'who's the enemy'? guess that would be the proboards techies? , hopefully this won't be a 'silent cry' and they will be 'guided by a voice' to fix it. cos, ffs, we 'miss you'!
(sorry, i'll shut up now and go do something more productive...)
Someone put the 'Fires' out please cuz 'We Are The People' who are unable to access the board! :D
mornin' rach!
did you see greem room yesterday? Taka scooter dancing...... genius!
Yeah, Feeder obviously tempted fate with that song title!
Me wants FFS boards back now, please. :(
theres a joke in there somewhere about track 6 ;)
Least the Fire wasn't on the Boat!
acording to the proboards update page
http://support.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=status&action=display&thread=244766&page=2
only 2 servers left to get up and running.... sods law ffs is on one of them eh?
while we wait, who wants a cuppa?!!
hope the fire gets put out soon , was eager to hear how the gig on the boat went , maybe tomorrow then , goodnight .
Awww, i miss the forum, hope to speak to everyone soon :o)
Wow, totally loving the Gay Parsnips!
proboards hq in the usa has had some issues with a fire, hence most of their servers are down and they're in the process of repairing/changing them all over. FFS will apparently be back up and running later this evening.
was trying last night but couldn't get on message board either
I can't get past this page. aaaaaarrgh
stevo - spot on about last night! and mpd in a punkrock club - perfect setting. roll on october tour, i already need another feeder fix!
Got lucky enough to get some tickets for the Festivals warm up gig at Brighton...Damn...I know Feeder are good but this was stunning...small sweaty club, a proper Indy Rock band on full power....As Grant said himself...'this is punk rock'... Energy was amazing, Band was amazing, The new stuff sounds great...deserves to be No 1(although there will probably be some manufactured junk that keeps the top spot hogged as usual....dont want real music frightening the populace now do we...). Cant wait for the autumn gigs...Howza about everyone buys the new CD on release on the 16th so it gets the recognition this band deserve...And how is it possible to look that good at 40...Bastard!!! Taka...cool as ever, Mark...like you've always belonged...Long live feeder, good on ya guys. Cheers.
Yep they've played and toured over in Australia before, mainly during YWTS era though.
Has Feeder ever been to Australia? All they ever do is tour the UK.
They're quite big here, so wonder why they never make it over?
Even bloody Malcolm Middleton made it to Brisbane a couple of months ago, so I'm sure Feeder/Echo can afford it!
Great new video - liked the changing faces effect, but were the steps the same as the Tumble And Fall video?
vid for WATP is up on kerrang folks...
http://www2.kerrang.com/2008/05/exclusive_watch_feeders_new_vi.html
loving marks bike cameo
It was much better back then. You waited for a record in excitement and on the day it was released you listened to it with every fan at the same time. This magic is gone.
Anyway I'm looking forward of holding the new album in my hands on 16th June. I hope it will get some nice reviews.
Cheers!
:)
where are you hearing it from!?!
i'd love to wait but suspense is too much of a killer!!:P
Just to let you know the last two posts from "Stephen" is a from a different Stephen than myself who posts on the FFS proboards :P
Pre-ordered album and singles as usual but couldnt wai to hear the songs before the gig in May, downloaded and was no dissapointed!! BUY THIS ALBUM !!
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time for fan power once more guys, lets flex our muscles and remind them why we're the best group of fans around, we did it for Shatter, now add your voice to the campaign to get a physical Tracing Lines/Silent Cry release AND a new track!
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/feeder/