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Kilmarnock, United Kingdom (1995 – present)

Biffy Clyro is an alternative rock band which formed in Kilmarnock, Scotland in 1995. They consist of Simon Neil (vocals, guitar), James Johnston (bass, vocals) and his twin brother Ben (drums, vocals). The band spent most of their career in obscurity (although supported by a small and loyal cult following) until the release of 2007’s Puzzle and its singles “Saturday Superhouse” and “Living is a Problem Because Everything Dies”.

Biffy, as they are often referred to, utilise a quiet/loud dynamic, constructing songs that can range from a whisper-quiet pick on the guitar, to huge walls of noise with massive distortion and crashing drums. While Simon Neil sings lead, all three members provide vocals. “’!” is a well known chant amongst Biffy fans; it is usually shouted in between songs at gigs, or before the band come on stage.

The first incarnation of what would eventually become Biffy Clyro was formed in 1995 by fifteen-year-old Irvine-born, Ayr-raised guitarist Simon Neil, who recruited Kilmarnock-born Ben Johnston and someone known only as Barry on drums and bass respectively, calling themselves Screwfish. Barry was soon replaced by James Johnston, Ben’s twin brother, and the three spent the next two years rehearsing, writing and covering songs. In 1997, they played their first gig as the support for a band called Pink Kross at a local youth centre. The trio then moved to Glasgow, where Neil went to the University of Glasgow and the Johnston twins went to Stow College, studying Electronics with Music and Audio Engineering respectively.
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  • Acwiz wrote:
    1 hour ago
    @ cj, don't know what you're talkin bout, but "dopes to infinity" is one of my most favourite albums of all time >_>

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  • bodyinflight wrote:
    1 hour ago
    New Sucio single can be heard on bbc radio 1, Daniel P. Carter show guys. I know this is the Biffy page but the select few who like them (can be bothered to listen to them) are usually on this page.

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  • CrackmanJesus wrote:
    1 hour ago
    Who said Monster Magnet!? They sing Matt Hardys theme tune in WWE >_>

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  • Acwiz wrote:
    2 hours ago
    @ weed: monster magnet, down (okay, metal...)

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  • thekillingspree wrote:
    yesterday evening
    Aaaaww man, a pic I've uploaded has finally reached the top and is the current Biffy Clyro pic on Last.fm. I feel proud of myself :3 This fake sense of self-accomplishment really nurtures my lack of self-esteem in a very comfortable way. I have no idea what I just said, but it's a shame people voted for that semi-gay pic instead of the ZOMG AWESOME BEST BIFFY PIC EVAH. I don't really feel like talking about Biffy's music today, but Weed-N-Rock definitely knows some shit, I'm impressed. Kudos to you, kid! I'm off, g'night everybody!

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  • buzz-in wrote:
    yesterday evening
    Stoner rock? Kyuss? Melvins?

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  • Weed-N-Rock wrote:
    yesterday evening
    Yeah you're right what you said about my shout bannana man the last 'sentence' in it is pretty incoherent. Sorry for confusing you, BTW who is stoner?

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  • buzz-in wrote:
    yesterday evening
    "Folding Stars’, a song that was as much a fantastic pop ballad as it was a great rock song". Ha. "Only Revolutions is a quite extraordi­nary rock album". Ha. "Inside the record are 12 songs full of metal, punk, pop, rock, and balladry". Metal? Where? "the inspired ‘Mountains’". Ha. "not exactly revolutionary". CORRECT.

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  • thekillingspree wrote:
    yesterday evening
    I must say I find it terribly disturbing that a soon as I return to this shoutbox that good healthy discussion that was heating things around here suddenly comes to a halt and all there is to see is a sad chick holding a gun and a mask advertising an OR review with a wrong score at the end. So, to make things better, I urge you all to vote up Biffy Clyro's BEST PIC EVER so we can lose that nasty Backstreet Lads pic up there. C'MON GUYS LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN!!

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  • buzz-in wrote:
    yesterday evening
    Weed-N-Rock, could you use more punctuation in your sentences please? I'm finding it quite tiring to interpret.

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  • sacredmountain wrote:
    yesterday evening
    'Only Revolutions' review http://sunonthesand.com/2009/biffy-clyro-only-revolutions/

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  • chickrocksteady wrote:
    yesterday evening
    weed n rock doesnt listen to stoner. i'm sad.

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  • thekillingspree wrote:
    yesterday evening
    At last I come here and see this shoutbox plagued with loads of walls of text THAT ARE NOT MY OWN!! I'm happy. I'll leave you all happily chatting among yourselves for a change :)

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  • Weed-N-Rock wrote:
    yesterday evening
    Biffy have always comparable to 'indie MTV2 shit' even since Blackened Sky but they were able to transcend into Kerrang and Scuzz mind you. It's true that begger's banquit didn't want to take a chance on marketing Biffy to a commercial audience because they didn't have enough money to do so. 14th floor picked Biffy up invested alot money into them and convinced them to tone themselves down a bit so that they could capitolize (sp?) on the serge in 'MTV2 indie guitar shit' (Arctic Monkeys, The Kooks, Kaiser Chiefs) now that the trend has pretty much passed and Electronica music is coming into the mainstream you can expect the next Biffy album to have alot more synths and they will be continually answering to trends.....that's the way big labels work.

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  • smit9891 wrote:
    yesterday evening
    would they though? 14th floor would expect less sales yes, but not so sure about the band. and every other album instead of puzzle as you put it did not bomb. go and have a think about howmuch money beggars banquit would have put into advertising the band, and well money put into the band in general. It's nothing compaired to howmuch 14th floor have put in. not saying Baggers were tight, but they just couldnt afford to.

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  • Gimpology wrote:
    yesterday evening
    The simple fact that their albums have now become comparable in any way to "indie MTV2 shit" is why I'm not expecting them to release a truly amazing album ever again.

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  • Weed-N-Rock wrote:
    yesterday afternoon
    It's not a matter of opinion if they included songs like those from 'Ininity Land' and 'The Vertigo of Bliss' in their new album they would expect a lot less sales and it would have probably bombed like every other album instead of Puzzle. Don't get me wrong I bet a lot of people would love to see them do that but a lot of other people are enjoying the new sound they are producing, and hell I bet there are some people with foot in both camps

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  • DaiThFlu wrote:
    yesterday afternoon
    Weed-n-Rock is right - they did water down the last two albums to make money, but have proved they can still write good tunes but use them mostly as b-sides. S'all there is to it I guess.

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  • CrackmanJesus wrote:
    yesterday afternoon
    in your opinion.

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  • Weed-N-Rock wrote:
    yesterday afternoon
    'these songs were infact of the real 4th album'- There's a reason they are left of the REAL album because the new albums were made to make money as well as making good music, it might be a tad watered down but some people like the softer touch in the newer albums I for one can stand screamo shit in music so I'm glad that kind of stuff is on the B-Sides for Biffy purists can be happy but if the band wants to hit a wider audience they need to make catchy songs too which they should do because their catchy songs are really good much better than the rest of the 'indie MTV2' shit out there

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BIFFY ACOUSTIC SESSION

10 Nov 2009 | from www.biffyclyro.com/news.htm

Biffy Clyro dropped in to The Sun HQ this week to play a Biz session for the newspaper. Performing acoustic versions of tracks found on new album ‘Only Revolution’ – out this week - the band’s session. …

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