Date of Birth: 28th March 1968.
Died on the 7th January 2002
Place of Birth: Newport, South Wales
Drummer. Tribute Website: http://jonlee.disko.co.uk
Jon Lee was the original drummer for Feeder. For years he played a vital role in the bands success and is one of the most respected British drummers in history. Jon committed suicide at the age of 33 on January 7th 2002. Thousands turned out for his funeral and many more wrote poems, messages and tributes to him in and on the many magazines, fan sites and tribute pages to him.
Jon was born in Newport, South Wales on the 28th March 1968.
He was a keen sprinter and even represented Wales, up until a knee injury ruled him out of future athletics
Jon formed his first band at the age of 13.
He had seven GCSE's at school before moving onto College, but he dropped out after a year, bored.
When he was 18, Jon worked as a journalist in South Wales for the 'South Wales Argus', and wrote music reviews after breaking a Union Directive, reviewing an Elton John gig when the other journalists were on strike.
Before Feeder, Jon was in an unsucessful 10-piece band
Other bands he played in include Temper Temper also with Grant and Raindancer
He followed Grant to London where together they formed Feeder with aspirations of fame and fortune
In summer 2000, Jon married Tatiana Englehart, a model from Brazil. They had two sons, Cameron and Nick (Nick being from Tatiana's previous relationship) and they moved to a villa in Miami, Florida
Tatiana and Jon's son were offered roles in a Pampers advert Jon said. "Three days old and already he's earning more money than me, He must take after his dad."
Jon once woke up covered in bruises after a 'scuffle' with bouncers at the Kerrang Awards
Grant has said he wore Jon's socks at the first Reading Festival after his death. Grant said he hopes Jon was looking down on him and saying "You bastard. You've got my socks."
After his death, Grant wrote this about the drummer:
"Jon had such a taste for life, which makes this whole thing such a mystery to us all. He could be the life and soul of any party, yet quiet, sensitive and understanding to anyone that needed a friendly ear. I always felt there was a raging fire in his soul which he channelled into his drumming; showing no fear to anything he put his hand to - except maybe gardening, press interviews and getting up early. (The latter not one of Jon's strong points)
He also had a great sense of humour, which most of you would have experienced and he would often quote lines from our favourite tour bus films such as Twin Town and One Flew Over the Coockoos Nest, which would have everyone in stitches of laughter. He was a complex person, which often went unnoticed unless you spent any real quality time with him. He could mesmerize you with his drumming ability and would make the most difficult of drum fills seem so effortless. He was a loving husband to Tatiana and father to Cameron and Nick, who he treated like his own son. He totally adored them all and would always be showing photgraphs of them to anyone he knew. He was also a caring son, himself to Pat and Norman as well as a great brother to Andrew.
Jon always wanted to be the centre of attention (like myself!) and to have the biggest, brightest, highest and most flamboyant drum riser in musical history.
I first met Jon on the local band scene here in Newport and Chapstow, 16 years ago, where we both realised that we shared the same dream, girlfriend and hairstyle! That dream was to become rock stars and conquer the world.
After moving to London we met Taka and that dream started to become a reality. Sheer perseverance and a strong bond between us over the past years have brought us a step closer to our goal. As Jon often said in interviews "talent can never be denied" and of course Jon Lee was never wrong ? ?
He will be dearly missed by his family, myself, Taka , Matt and the Feeder crew, all the fans who have been so supportive over the years and his friends that I know loved him so much. Hope you are at peace now, Jon boy. Forever young. Your friend always".
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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/