29 Facts About Grant Nicholas

Grantley Jonathan Nicholas was born on 12 November 1967 and is a Welsh musician and the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Feeder.

In 2014, Nicholas released his debut solo album Yorktown Heights.

Grant Nicholas has won two Kerrang Awards for Best British Live Act 2001 and Best British Band 2003.

Grant Nicholas was born in Newport, South Wales, but grew up in Pwllmeyric near Chepstow.

Grant Nicholas performed in public for the first time at the age of 11 at school, and gained four O-levels, including an A grade in Art.

In school, Grant Nicholas played the trumpet, and joined his first band, Sweet Leaf.

Grant Nicholas was promised his first guitar by his parents, as an incentive to pass his exams.

Grant Nicholas received the guitar, an Aron Les Paul copy after passing them.

Grant Nicholas says he did not like the "cattle market" aspects of school and didn't work hard.

Grant Nicholas is using Fender Telecasters more and more and has a 73 Sunburst Fender Telecaster a 63 Black Telecaster and a Blue Standard Telecaster.

Grant Nicholas uses a variety of different pedals and effects to produce the distinctive Feeder sound.

Grant Nicholas released one album with the band called Through Your Eyes and they disbanded soon after.

Original singer Paul Ford left, leading to Grant Nicholas being recruited from local band Silent Partner: the latter re-recorded the previously laid-down vocals, while re-writing some lyrics to suit his style.

Grant Nicholas found influence in alternative rock bands such as Nirvana, the Eels, Dinosaur Jr and Foo Fighters.

Grant Nicholas enjoys movies such as Angel Heart and Taxi Driver.

The band were formed whilst Grant Nicholas was a producer, before moving to London to gain more experience.

Grant Nicholas had already met Jon Lee in Newport who moved down afterwards.

The first play of its lead single "Come Back Around" on the Radio 1 The Evening Session show, was the first time since Jon's death that the band made any public appearance and released new material, while a few days before this Grant Nicholas was interviewed on the station, in which he spoke of their first shows without Jon.

In early 2014, Grant Nicholas announced that he was recording a solo album.

Grant Nicholas is follower of football and supports Arsenal FC although he once admitted he does not follow the sport as much as his bandmates.

Grant Nicholas does consider himself an "old school" gamer.

Grant Nicholas remixed the track "Ya Don't See The Signs" by the now defunct rap group Mark B and Blade, who had released the original version as their first single.

Grant Nicholas gave the rap track a rock guitar backing different from the original's hip hop sound.

In 2001 the new version, subtitled the "Grant Nicholas Remix", was released as a single and reached No 23 in the United Kingdom.

Grant Nicholas spent the last few weeks of 2006 co-producing rock band EnjoyDestroy's debut album with Brian Sperber, who later split.

Grant Nicholas was featured on an episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks in 2008, his second appearance on the show after making his debut in 1999.

In 2003 Grant Nicholas sang on "Broken", a Junkie XL song from his album Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin.

Grant Nicholas appeared in an episode of Salvage Hunters: Classic Cars.

Amongst a gathering of interested buyers, Grant Nicholas can be seen as one of the crowd.