Mark Richardson (musician)
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| Mark Richardson | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Mark Richardson | |
| Also known as | Rich | |
| Born | May 28, 1970 (age 36) Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
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| Genre(s) | Rock Pop Soft rock |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician | |
| Instrument(s) | Drums | |
| Years active | 1993-present | |
| Label(s) | Echo, EMI | |
| Associated acts |
Little Angels B.L.O.W Skunk Anansie Sunna Feeder |
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| Website | http://www.feederweb.com | |
Mark Richardson is a British drummer, of the UK rock band Feeder.
He came in to help out after the death of Jon Lee, but had already been good friends with the band. Richardson played in Little Angels, with his most well known appearance with the band being on the 1993 Jam album; as well as drumming for b.l.o.w. and Skunk Anansie. Both of which, Feeder supported in their earlier days.
His first gig with Feeder was a warm-up for the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2002, at the Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms on 21 August of that year.
His favourite Feeder track is "My Perfect Day", from the band's 1997 album Polythene, which he first heard when Feeder supported Skunk Anansie.
Mark's first album appearance with Feeder, was the critically acclaimed Comfort In Sound of 2002, which soon became a platinum seller and elevated Feeder to the Arena level. Their previous album Echo Park, released in 2001 had lifted the band into the 'mainstream'.
A few of the tracks on Comfort In Sound had Jon Lee originally drumming on the instrumental demos, so Mark had to copy what Jon played.
In September 2003, he also infamously appeared on an episode of the BBC Two music quiz, Never Mind the Buzzcocks. During his appearance he managed to do what many other musical guests before him have done, and get a question related to one of his band's songs wrong, in the Next Lines round. The song in question was Buck Rogers, and to his defence, he was never involved in the recording of it. His excuse for being incorrect was I don't read into his lyrics, I just sit there and play drums!.
The next Feeder album Mark appeared on was 2005's Pushing The Senses. This was often described by their lead vocalist Grant Nicholas, as the band's "recovery album", and it gave the band their highest placing in the charts, when it made #2 in the first week of February that year. The set also got the band's name out even further across Europe, despite the uneven reviews the album received.
Recently, the band released a singles album titled The Singles to high critical acclaim. The album quickly went platinum in the UK.
Mark is also known for headlining the event "Drumfest", and for teaching students at music colleges in Guildford, Surrey and Brighton, Sussex. He recently completed a 2,500km bike ride across South Africa to raise money for the charity Riders For Health.
| Feeder |
| Grant Nicholas | Taka Hirose | Mark Richardson |
| Jon Lee |
| Discography |
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| Albums and extended plays: Two Colours EP | Swim EP | Polythene | Yesterday Went Too Soon | Echo Park | Swim Rerelease | Comfort in Sound | Picture of Perfect Youth | Pushing the Senses | Feeder The Singles |
| Singles: Stereo World | Tangerine | Cement | Crash | High | Suffocate | Day in Day Out | Insomnia | Yesterday Went Too Soon | Paperfaces | Buck Rogers | Seven Days in the Sun | Turn | Piece by Piece | Just a Day | Come Back Around | Just the Way I'm Feeling | Forget About Tomorrow | Find the Colour | Comfort In Sound | Tumble And Fall | Feeling A Moment | Pushing the Senses | Shatter / Tender | Lost and Found | Save Us |
