Taka Hirose
Taka Hirose (born July 28, 1967 in Nagoya, Japan) is the Japanese bassist for the successful British rock band - Feeder.
Biography
Taka began playing bass at the age of 14 in high 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 nights in a downtown bar.In 1992 Taka 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 earnt it by playing for Tokyo mafia bosses in exchange for money. After moving to London, Taka planned to continue his musical activities, and answered an ad 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, Taka met Grant at Camden Station and they went back to Grant's house where the band was officially formed.As Feeder began to take off, Taka began to consider quitting, he had only planned for his music to be a sideline and was unwilling to give up his graphic designer's job to do it professionally. Following persuasion from Grant and Jon, Taka packed in the job and Feeder set off to try and break the music business. 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 and most popular album Echo Park, which spawned hit singles Buck Rogers and Seven Days in the Sun, Jon comitted suicide at his house in Miami. In shock and unsure whether Feeder would continue, Taka returned to Japan to spend time with the family and friends he had left behind. After much deliberation, Taka and Grant decided to continue, and set to work later that year on their fourth full-length album Comfort in Sound, with Mark Richardson recruited as drummer. The album's change in direction towards a more melancholy sound, largely due to the sadness caused by Jon's death, earnt Feeder new fans and more success, and this was continued with the follow-up release Pushing The Senses.Trivia
Taka is accomplished at judo, which he practised since an early age.He once hit Keanu Reeves in the face with an orange.The Shining is one of Taka's favourite film's, and he has a photo of Jack Nicholson taken from the film attatched to one of his guitars.He is a huge video game fan, and has helped make several games, including assisting
production of Gran Turismo 3, on which Feeder featured on the soundtrack.He once broke Jon Lee's fingers by trapping him in a van doorDespite being able to write and produce music, he is yet to contribute in any way