The Feederz are an Arizona punk rock band formed in 1977 by Frank Discussion and Clear Bob . Art Nouveau later became drummer.
the Feederz issued a press release for their first show that the local media mistook as a terrorist communique. Discussion caused a panic at this show by firing blanks from an AR-15 rifle into the audience.
In 1980, the band released their first recording, the four-song EP Jesus.
In 1982, Discussion wrote “Bored with School” a diatribe against school and work posing as an announcement from the Arizona Department of Education, and distributed 5,000 copies to local high schools. He fled Arizona to escape arrest for this incident and settled in San Francisco.
In 1984, Discussion reformed Feederz with Mark Roderick (credited as “Mark Edible”) and D.H. Peligro (as “Darrin Henley”), with whom he recorded Ever Feel Like Killing Your Boss?. In Situationist style, the album sleeve was covered in sandpaper. In 1986, Teachers in Space was released, with Jayed Scotti replacing Peligro on drums. Scotti, a partner of Winston Smith, created album art for bands such as the Dead Kennedys, MDC and Crucifucks. The cover of Teachers in Space featured a photo of the Challenger disaster. Later in the decade, Discussion again disbanded the Feederz, but by then their orbit of influence had expanded, including Kurt Cobain among their fans. A fan’s post to the Nirvana newsgroup, alt.music.nirvana, revealed that Cobain had taken a bumper sticker from the Feederz' Teachers in Space LP and stuck it on his all-black Fender Stratocaster, made famous at the 1991 Reading Festival in England, where Nirvana performed with Sonic Youth. The sticker read: “Vandalism: As beautiful as a rock in a cop’s face”. In small type underneath were these words: “Courtesy of Feederz: Office of Anti-Public Relations”. (This bumper sticker message would become the title of Feederz' comeback release more than a decade later.) Cobain’s use of this guitar in the 1991: The Year Punk Broke film later that year indirectly lent even more exposure to the Feederz (until Cobain smashed it into pieces at a Paris show the following spring).
Feederz reformed in 2002 and released Vandalism: Beautiful as a Rock in a Cop’s Face, engineered by Jack Endino. This lineup included Ben Wah on drums and Denmark Vesey on bass, both from Seattle. They toured throughout 2003. Discussion and Wah both relocated to Los Angeles in 2003-2004, and continued the band, playing with bassist Brant Boling, until 2007, when they played their last show at Mondo-Video-A-Go-Go.
In 2017, Feederz once again reformed, with Discussion joined by early members Clark and Peligro. The trio recorded four songs with producer Cris Kirkwood of Meat Puppets, two of which were released by Slope Records on April 15 as the WWHD: What Would Hitler Do?
The Feederz's first album Ever Feel Like Killing Your Boss? released on Sun Jan 01 1984.
The most popular album by The Feederz's is Ever Feel Like Killing Your Boss?
The most popular song by The Feederz's is Gut Rage
The Feederz's first song L-O-V-E (Another Damp Thing) released on Thu Jan 01 1970.