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| Background information | |
| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Noise rock |
| Years active | 1979–1989 & 1996 |
| Label(s) | Aberrant Records Rough Trade |
| Associated acts | 3 Toed Sloth |
| Members | |
| Rick (guitar, vocals), Al (bass), and Tom (drums). Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Noise rock (also known as noise punk) describes one variety of Post-punk Rock music that became prominent in the 1980s In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Rough Trade Records began as an Independent record label, based in London, England. | |
feedtime was an independent postpunk rock trio from Sydney, Australia, formed in 1979. Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 The name is spelled with a lowercase f. The members were credited by their first names only: Rick (guitar, vocals), Al (bass), and Tom (drums).
feedtime made four albums in the 1980s. Initially they recorded only for Aberrant Records in Australia, but their second through fourth albums were released internationally by the legendary indie label Rough Trade. Rough Trade Records began as an Independent record label, based in London, England. The second album, Shovel, received the greatest critical acclaim. The last of these four albums, Suction, was produced by Butch Vig. Butch Vig (born Bryan David Vigorson, August 2, 1955, Viroqua, Wisconsin) is both a Record producer and the Drummer
feedtime's sound was loud, primitive, and brutal. The most distinctive musical element is thick, roaring electric guitar, played with a slide, over a thick, chugging rhythm section. Their loud but stripped-down, minimalist approach led them to be compared to the British postpunk band Wire (although feedtime didn't know Wire's music), but feedtime's sound also heavily referenced rural American country and blues. Wire are an English rock band formed in London in October 1976 (and intermittently active to the present by Colin Newman (vocals guitar A large influence from classic rock is most easily heard on their covers LP Cooper S on which they covered the Rolling Stones and the Animals in addition to punk forebears like the Ramones and the Stooges. Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first Punk rock group The Stooges are an American rock band that was active from 1967 to 1974 then reformed in 2003
Bruce Griffiths of Aberrant Records describes working with feedtime: "The bands that have given me the most satisfaction to work with. . . Possibly the most satisfying was feedtime, because they became extremely close friends as a result of working with them, and I guess part of the satisfaction with them was the fact that they achieved recognition; they were licensed to Rough Trade in America, they're now licensed to Vinyl Solution in England and Europe, to Megadisc in the Benelux countries in Europe, so I guess that was satisfying in the way things happened, and a lot of people as a result of my involvement and us working together came to appreciate this band that I thought was really special. " [1]
feedtime surfaced again in 1996, with a different drummer, for a reunion album Billy (for Amphetamine Reptile). Amphetamine Reptile Records (or AmRep) is a nationally renowned Record label which was founded in 1986 by then US Marine Tom Hazelmyer in
Selected discography
- feedtime (Aberrant, 1985)
- Shovel (Rough Trade, 1986)
- Cooper S (Rough Trade, 1988)
- Suction (Rough Trade, 1989)
- Billy (Amphetamine Reptile, 1996)
Further reading
- profile and short interview in Swellsville #7
- interview in Adderlaid magazine (referenced in the Swellsville piece)
External links
- Allmusic
- Trouser Press
- entry on History of Rock Music site
- detailed discography
- 1989 interview (reprinted from Noise for Heroes #15)
- reviews of Shovel and Cooper S by Robert Christgau