Feederz sound like a brick through a plate-glass window, but one wrapped in a very clever, very mean joke. It is classic 80s punk stripped of any stadium aspirations, replaced instead with a jagged, brittle energy that feels like it might snap at any moment. The guitars are thin and biting, the drums are frantic, and the vocals delivered by Frank Discussion possess a unique quality of bored, intellectual contempt that is far more menacing than a standard hardcore scream.
What truly sets them apart is their commitment to the 'intervention.' This isn't just music; it is a series of tactical strikes against consumer culture, religion, and the state. From their infamous sandpaper album covers designed to ruin the records shelved next to them to their use of actual firearms in early shows, the band treats the medium of the LP as a delivery system for Situationist disruption. Their lyrics are brilliantly caustic, using irony and shock to force a reaction from a numb public.
Start with 'Ever Feel Like Killing Your Boss?' for the definitive statement of their philosophy. It is the perfect entry point for anyone who finds standard political punk too earnest and prefers their rebellion served with a side of dangerous, high-concept absurdity. It is music for people who want to see the gears of society grind to a halt.
The Feederz are a punk rock band, originally from Arizona. They are known for their controversial song "Jesus" (aka "Jesus Entering from the Rear"), which was featured on Alternative Tentacles' infamous Let Them Eat Jellybeans! compilation, and for their provocative album covers. The Feederz have strong Situationist tendencies, verging into communism and anarchism. Their songs were highly critical of government, consumerism and religion. Lead singer Frank Discussion is also known for his "subvertisements" or "derailments", an adaptation of the situationist tactic of detournement, as well as what he calls "interventions" whereby one detournes physical events by intervening with an out-of-place element in the physical world, a tactic expressed as simply as placing disparate items in unsuspecting people's shopping carts, thereby raising the action beyond the level of mere prank to a conscious tactic used to undermine society and to express a unified critique of it. He is also known for being one of the developers of "antistasiology", along with Tara Humara, defined as the comparative study of various types of tactics, strategies and organizational structures used by various resistance movements, historically and currently.
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