 Grant wrote " Buck Rogers " with The Pixies as an influence , but " on a comic book level " . He had originally written the track for another band Echo Park producer Gil Norton was working with , but decided not to give it away , as he felt Feeder could have a hit with it themselves . " Buck Rogers " still receives regular airplay on alternative radio stations in the United Kingdom . Kerrang ! ' s writers have also approved of the track as one of their " 666 Songs You Must Own " , when it appeared at # 5 in their rock songs list in November 2004 . 
