By Chloe Yates
by Chloe Yates
So radio station XFM announced an all-day breakfast event, a day of London gigs at venues across the city, from artists such as get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Paul Weller, Primal Scream, and our very own Feeder boys. Having entered the XFM online competition in an unsuccessful attempt to win tickets (Mark did used to drum for Girls Aloud yes? :p) I was chuffed when Fweb announced 100 pairs of tickets to give away and I was one of the names out of the hat, score! My spare ticket went to Kev, as he’d missed out on the Proud gig, and as a large proportion of FFSers and official board regulars had also been lucky, looked like it was going to be a good day, with the chance to put faces to more boarders names.
It was due to be an early evening gig, doors at 4, support from Brandon Steep (who’d supported at Bristol) at 5pm, Feeder at 6. Decided that I’d try to make it 3 gigs in a row at the front, so met Kev at Goodge Street tube at about half1, and wandered down to find the venue, it being another new one for me. Met Marcus down there already, and Mister B soon walked up for a chat, and we were soon swapping tour stories, and sharing photos etc. We hadn’t been there that long when Taka emerged from the back of the venue and walked up past us, saying he’d come back later to sign stuff for us, and that gig was “in doubt ’cos there’s no power…”.. ooo-er that doesn’t sound good thinks I. Next up, Mark & Dean walk up from the venue, with one of the crew, plus Dean’s wife and buggy containing their son Elliot. Dean asks how I am, while Mark says Hi and signs one of my Silent Cry stickers, and asks if I’ve made any cake recently… I reply with “Not since Erika’s” [Mark‘s girlfriend, who‘s band iMMa I street-team for, I gave her a birthday cake at her gig the week before] Mark looks sad and says “I didn’t get any of hers!”, though when I point out she didn’t get any of his either, he agrees that it’s probably fair enough. They then go to get some food, Mark crouching down and bouncing alongside the buggy to make Elliot laugh.
Few more faces turn up, I meet Polythene Chris for the first time, plus get a chance to catch up with Si who I’d not seen since the Coronet, say hi to Craig, and have a proper chat with KJ, someone else I’ve seen at loads of Feeder gigs and never properly talked to (Feeder… bringing people together) Then first Mark and then Dean come back down the road towards the venue, and although they’re both in a hurry (Mark: “power’s back, sound check time, I’m late!”) they both quickly stop for a photo with me - thanks guys, much appreciated, and ta Mr B for camera duties as well!
Queue gets bigger, and security come out to tell us that “technical issues” mean doors won’t be opening at 4, but they’ll keep us updated re developments. 4pm comes and we can hear Feeder sound checking from within, so at least the power is on! Then Grant’s missus Kana and their little girl Hana turn up, Kana asking the people on the door where the backstage entrance is, while Hana shows off her rock skull shoes and mini Feeder t-shirt (so cute!). We wait longer, and longer, in the meantime meeting TheAlex from the boards, hi mate! And credit to security for telling us what was happening - the power issues meant they had to cancel the support act, and doors eventually opened at half5. We were in and central at the barrier ready for Feeder at 6.
XFM were broadcasting live, with the audio being played over the speakers into the venue - very odd déjà vu esque sensation when DJ Alex Zane was on phone to presenter backstage/on stage and hearing it both on radio and in person. Anyway, Feeder were introduced and came on just after 6pm, straight into Sonorous - great to hear something different as an opener, and I thought this worked really well. Mark clocked me at the front and gave me a grin, and then the guys went into Feeling A Moment, getting us all wooo oooo ing. Next was Shatter, good to hear it after missing it at Proud, and then they started into “our new single” We Are The People - only something went wrong ’cos Grant said “woah.. Lets start that again, live radio!”, on take 2 it sounded awesome, by the end Mark leaned back and clearly said “f*** me I’m knackered!” to his tech… we’re only 4 songs in mate! I have to say, WATP is amazing live, as Mark said in a recent web-chat it “rocks big kahooooonas”, it’s only slightly bettered by next in the setlist, the awesome Miss You, during which Mark ala L&F @ Proud (see diary) made sure I was looking at him before mentally head banging along - that happened a couple of times during the set, hand-banging in unison before I gave him the thumb-ups (he loves the attention!). CeeCee/Dean's backing vocals are coming through loud and clear - he’s a great addition to live Feeder, and Dean and Taka are on usual top form - no sign of Taka’s recent back problems as he bounces as energetically as ever.
Mark has to change his snare after Miss You, before the guys play long-time crowd pleaser Come Back Around. Grant then gives the album a bit of a plug, joking that its out-selling Coldplay 4:1 (cue cymbal riff from Mark) and that his mum has bought 450 copies… before going into another fave of mine in Itsumo, promoting another head-banging moment with Mark. Grant then takes the opportunity to introduce us all to his 3 year old daughter Hana, sat up in the balcony, we all give her a wave, she takes the opportunity to shout “Daddy!” before the guys launch into Tracing Lines. This is followed by Grant “taking us back to Comfort In Sound” with classic Just The Way I’m Feeling, followed by even more of a classic in My Perfect Day - I’ve loving the MPD love at the moment, keep it up!
Next up is Fires - in the gigwise web-chat earlier in the week, Mark had decided to tell everyone that this was about me burning cakes… (transcript can be found on the FFS Proboards http://feederfansite.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=FEEDER&action=display&thread=3463&page=3 ) so I get a nod and a wink for this, but that aside this is again rather epic live - it’s a track that to begin with I didn’t quite get all the fuss about, but its completely grown into one of my favourites on Silent Cry (mind you, its hard to pick a least favourite on that album, they’re all bloody great, even Space!) I’ve a feeling Fires is going to be immense at the fests.
Grant dedicates the next track to support act Brandon Steep (www.myspace.com/Brandonsteep) who’d been unable to play due to power issues. It is Lost & Found… midway through Grant does the recent usual and breaks into Foo Fighters All My Life, and, in genius fashion, it completely takes off and most of the crowd sing out the whole first verse - Grant letting us get on with it and looking at Dean well chuffed that it’s happening - 3rd gig I’ve been to when Grant has tried All My Life and it’s the first time for me that the crowd have really got behind it -nice one! And it earns us a “Bewdiful” from Mr Nicholas.
Grant is then completely evil introducing the next track, saying “we weren’t going to play this, but we want to prove we still have a sense of humour in our old age, and you’ve been asking for it to be played…” my instant reaction is “he’s not actually going to play Tangerine is he?!” but then he says “this is dedicated to Elliot & Hana” (cue Hana shouting out Daddy! Feeder!” again) and we get Buck Rogers. It’s not that long since you played that Grant, but still it goes down well, and Mark shows he’s learnt the words since his Never Mind The Buzzcocks appearance and sings along to “so don’t you try and fake it” in the last chorus in our direction. Grant reworks the ending of Buck as well, by throwing in a few lines of Pixies track “Monkey’s Gone To Heaven”.
Then introduced as the last track of the evening, Just A Day prompting the usual mass bounce - unlike at Proud we have a decent barrier so the experience is much more enjoyable. The guys thank us and go off-stage, the “Fee-dah! Fee-dah!” chants starting almost before they’ve gone - in fact Mark stands stage-side and points at one of the crew, joining in with the chants to him for a little while before vanishing. However, we’re not giving up, we want an encore, and conducted by one of security, plus the XFM DJ Alex Zane helping us out over the airwaves we’re chanting “Feeder!” and “We want more” for a good 5mins 24 secs (thanks to the radio rip for the precision there!). Finally first Mark pops back on stage “But it’s just me!” to huge cheers, before the Deans, Taka and finally Grant follow him out. “I was in a cab! Had to turn the car around!” jokes Grant before launching into one final track in High. This is indeed the end now, short of the throwing of various stuffs into the crowd - thanks to Kev’s superior catching skills he hands me 2 of Marks towels, a special XFM London green number and usual big white fluffy thing, and Kev himself nabs a set-list.
Me & Kev along with Si join Mister B, Marc, Craig, KJ and a few others and decide as its early we might as well hang around by the backstage entrance and see if we can nab the guys coming out. Before long Dean appears with one of the crew, then says he’ll be back out to say hi in a minute, popping back inside, then later reappearing carrying the buggy, with his wife and son behind. As he’s with family it doesn’t seem appropriate to bother him for autographs etc, so aside from reassuring him that it was a good show, we let him head off down the street, looking very rock and roll pushing a buggy complete with AAA pass stuck to it! A little while later Mark heaves the door open and appears, looking slightly bemused to see us there “here comes trouble” says Kev, with Mark responding “oh yeah, here I am, eventually!” He points at me saying “I saw you!” *puts one arm in the air*, then says “and I saw you!” to KJ, *puts both arms in air* commenting that he didn’t recognise her with new hair, KJ replying she’ll have to dye it back to blue for next time. I get Mark to sign my ticket, and we have a quick chat, Mark commenting on it being very weird coming out from a gig so early and in daylight, and I ask after his dog Banjo. CeeCee aka Dean number 2 appears, and I get to meet him for the first time, before Kana, Hana and Grant come out, with a black cab waiting for them at end of road. Again it doesn’t seem appropriate to take up Grant’s time as he has his family there, so I just say “good show, thanks” and shake his hand, before obliging by taking a photo of him with a couple who‘d been waiting with us. He then gets into the cab with Kana & Hana, Hana waving at us through the window, before Mark suddenly legs it over, and dives half into the cab to say bye to Hana. I then get CeeCee to sign my ticket, as Mark’s phone rings, and he works out where Dean is getting food from (nothing quite like hearing the words “Goodge Street” in a Yorkshire accent…) he hangs up and announces he’s off to get dinner and “Tidey - you coming? Oops, sorry wrong Dean I mean CeeCee!” haha! Must be very confusing having 100% extra Dean these days...! There’s just enough time to offer Mark my hand to shake, at which point he grabs it, says “Alright Love!” and pulls me in for a hug and “mwah” kiss on cheek - bless his cotton socks. Mister B takes the opportunity to ask if Taka is still inside, CeeCee informing us that yes “but he won’t be out until all the wine is gone!” CeeCee & Mark head off to meet Dean number 1 and we decide to take our chances and wait for Taka to complete the quintet. He soon appears, signs everything in sight and is happy to pose for a quick photo with me, before saying “oo group shot group shot!” and we get 2 photos of the gang of us with Taka, awesome. Oh his tip for Euro 2008 is Russia, and his fave track on Silent Cry is Heads Held High.
Time for us all to go our separate ways until no doubt the October Tour beings us all together again,. Or, you never know, we might be lucky and get itunes festival tickets for July…. Fingers crossed, cos free Feeder? It doesn’t get much better than that!
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/