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Taka Hirose
On stage at the Cardiff CIA, 1 December 2005
Background information
Birth name	Takashi Hirose
Also known as	Taka
Born	28 June 1967 (1967-06-28) (age 42) Mizuho, Gifu, Japan
Genres	Rock pop soft rock
Occupations	Bass guitarist
Instruments	Bass guitar
Years active	1995-present
Labels	Echo, EMI
Associated acts	Feeder
Website	http://www.feederweb.com

Takashi "Taka" Hirose (Japanese: タカ・ヒロセ (広瀬 隆), born 28 July 1967 in Mizuho, Japan) is a Japanese musician who is the current bass guitarist for the rock band, Feeder.

Biography

Hirose began playing bass at the age of 14 in secondary school and played in several jazz and metal bands during his school years. After leaving school, he moved to Tokyo and worked for guitar manufacturing specialists ESP as well as working at night in a downtown bar.

In 1992 Hirose planned to move to London to work as a graphic designer, but was unable to come up with the money for the flight by himself, and earned it by playing for Tokyo yakuza bosses. After moving to London, Hirose planned to continue his musical activities, and answered an advertisement in the local Loot magazine from Grant Nicholas and Jon Lee, who were searching for a bassist in their new band, which would later become Feeder. A few days later, Hirose met Lee at Camden Station and they went back to Nicholas' house where the band was officially formed.

As Feeder began to take off, Hirose began to consider quitting. He had only planned for his music to be a sideline, and was unwilling to give up his newspaper office job to do it professionally. Following persuasion from Nicholas and Lee, and supported by his wife, Hirose resigned from his previous occupation. After winning critical acclaim for their debut release Swim and their first full length album, Polythene, the band made their chart breakthrough with Top Ten follow-up Yesterday Went Too Soon. In January 2002, after Feeder had spent the previous year enjoying the success of their fourth album Echo Park, Lee took his own life at his house in Miami. Hirose returned to Japan to spend time with family and friends.

After deliberation, Hirose and Nicholas decided to continue, and set to work later that year on their fourth album Comfort in Sound, with Mark Richardson recruited as their new drummer. This was continued with the follow-up release Pushing The Senses.

References

External links

• Official Feeder website

Taka Hirose Official Twitter Account