Grant Nicholas performs with Feeder, 2012 (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever Media)
As he prepares to embark on a solo career with the debut album ‘Yorktown Heights‘, Feeder frontman Grant Nicholas has been looking back on the history of a band which was hit by tragedy in 2002 with the death of their original drummer Jon Lee.
“To many people, we were a good band but a bit boring,” Nicholas believes. “Then after Jon died, the press suddenly had a story. I accept that. His death still shocks me, and I still think about it all the time. Of course I do. I wonder what would have happened to us if he hadn’t died. Would we still be going? Would we have finished a long time ago?”
“There are certain songs I feel embarrassed about now,” he continues, during an interview with The Independent. “Songs that I have to grit my teeth through while playing live. But, you know, maybe if I hadn’t written them, I wouldn’t be where I am now.”
Nicholas has previously said his first solo record is a result of wanting to, ‘Bare my soul and let people hear my songs in a more acoustic way’. It will be released in August.