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GRANT
NICHOLAS
As the front man of
hit rock band Feeder
decides to take the
plunge into solo work, he
talks to Heather Arnold
about how a catalogue
started his career.
“
I think it’s small-town life, trying to find
something to do. Bands were cool at the time,
and I was trying to impress the girl I was
after. When you’re a kid just being a band is a
cool thing to do.”
To say that guitarist and singer Grant Nicholas
has come far would be a bit of an understatement.
Growing up in the village of Pwllmeyric in
Monmouthshire, Grant took to music to kill time and
impress the ladies. Now he has a number of gold and
platinum records under his belt.
His journey into the music industry didn’t start with
a monumental epiphany, however, but some simple
shopping literature. “I just remember when you got
catalogues and they would have a music section.
They would have a couple guitars that I was always
obsessed with – I was really drawn to tho