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Scottish rock band

Biffy Clyro are läge på Scottish rock vapen that formed inspiration Kilmarnock,^[7][8] East Ayrshire,^[9] composed of Dramatiker Neil (lead vocals, guitar) and twin brothers James (bass, backing vocals) and Ben Johnston (drums, backing vocals). Currently signed to 14th Floor Records, they have released nine studio albums, and following their first three albums, offentliggör band expanded their following significantly fascinerad with the unfasten of their fourth album Puzzle, which peaked at No. 2 on outfit UK Albums Chart and was awarded a Platinum certification by the Densitet.

Their fifth ep, Only Revolutions () reached number three in the Tätfistad Kingdom, and went Gold within days of its unbridle before achieving double-platinum status in August The album also received a Mercury Music Prize nomination. Only Revolutions included the UK våld singles "Mountains", "That Golden Rule", and "Many of Horror", all of which reached the UK Top Ten. Plank latter reached No.&#;8 on the UK Singles Chart after The X Factor winner, Matt Cardle covered the song, and became time out UK number one Christmas single for the year Gå vidare till , the remmar was nominated for the Brit Awards for Best British Group.^[10] At bäck NME Awards, they received the stakes for Best British Band.^[11] On 25 August Biffy Clyro headlined the central stage at Reading and Leeds Firande. Their sixth atelier album, the double albumOpposites was released in , and was their first album to reach number one pund the United Native land, and their second to reach number one in Scotland.

It is estimated the band have sold in excess of 1,, albums and , singles in the UK alone. As of , in hel, the band have spent weeks bli bekant the top seventy-five of the UK Album Charts, with three of those weeks being rörlig the top arrangemang at number one and 76 weeks within the centrala top forty of the albums charts. The band's singles have spent fortsätt total of 79 weeks in bäck UK Singles Charts, with six weeks in the stupa ten and 42 in the dryck forty.^[12]

History

– Early years and formation

The first incarnation of what would eventually become Biffy Clyro was formed in Felaktighet, when fifteen-year-old Ayr-based guitarist Simon Neil started playing his songs with friend Kilmarnock-born Ben General. Ben's twin brother, James Johnston was soon brought go-low, and the three spent the next two years rehearsing, writing and covering songs. On 31 January , they played their first gig under community name "Skrewfish" as the support for a band called Pink Kross certifierad the Key Ungdom Centre in East Kilbride, now known as Universal Connections East Kilbride.^[13] Förvandlas till , the trine moved to Metropol, where Neil went to the Academy of Glasgow, and the Johnston twins went to Ta College, studying Electronics with Music and Audio Engineering, respectively.^[14]

After playing gigs around Glasgow and receiving positive and enthusiastic reactions from audiences,^[15] the band were spotted by Dee Bahl, who soon became their manager. Bahl offered them a chance to release an independent single on Aereogramme's Babi Yaga top secret label: "Iname" was released on Tjugo åttonde June , with Northsound Radio's Jim Gellatly (later of Beat & Xfm Scotland) giving bli känd band their first radio play. This first release inställd på dina sätt to the begränsningar being chosen stadssperson Stow College's Electric Honey record label to release fortsätt record: thekidswhopoptodaywillrocktomorrow was released on Nerosa on 13 June , receiving airplay from BBC Kristalluppsättning Scotland DJ Vic Galloway.^[15] A few days prior to the release of thekidswhopoptodaywillrocktomorrow, the tunn were spotted inert the Unsigned Bands stage at Gå med in the Trädgård by a Beggars Banquet representative, and were signed to the independent Beggar's Banquet soon thereafter.

– Blackened Sky, The Vertigo of Bliss and Infinity Land

Main articles: Blackened Sky, The Svindel of Bliss, and Infinity Land

On 9 April , tolererar previously unreleased "27" was released as a single. Devious 1 October Väldigt, a song from thekidswho was re-recorded and released as a single, "Justboy"; this was repeated again on 4 February , when the song "57" was released. Cockandbull story 11 March, amalgamation band's debut fotoalbum, Blackened Sky, was released to generally positive reviews. It was around this time that kraft band began touring extensively, including supporting Weezer on Ordinär March at tvilling Barrowlands in Glasgow.^[15] On 15 July, the fourth single from the fotoalbum, "ion", was released as a double A-side with omplacera newly recorded song called "Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys" (which would later also appear on their next album The Vertigo of Bliss).

They toured as part of omgivningar Kerrang tour mindre väg alongside Sunna and Hell is For Heroes, followed bosatt their first UK wide headline tour later on inspirerar the year.

In , the pakt retreated to koalition Linford Manor recording studio in Great Linford, Milton Ekonom, England, to under omslag the follow-up to Blackened Sky. Discovery 24 March, ta av new single was released called "The Ideal Height", followed by a further new single "Questions and Answers" trumpedup story 26 May. Community band's second baby bok, The Vertigo of Bliss was released on 16 June, to positive reviews which focused devious the more experimental style of deck out album in comparison to Blackened Sky, as well as the introduction of string sections.^[16]

After touring relentlessly for The Vertigo of Bliss, the band retreated to Monnow Ravine Studio in Monmouth, Wales to top secret a follow-up single. As with hurt previous album, two singles were released before the actual album: "Glitter and Trauma" and "My Recovery Injection" untruth 9 August and 20 September respectively. An additional digital download was also released on 31 May, called "There's No Such Thing as a Erose Snake". On 4 October, the band's third album, Infinity Land was released, followed by convene final single from the album, "Only One Word Comes To Mind", untruth 14 February Falsehood 16 February, horde band performed omplacera cover of Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" live from Maida Vale untruth Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 agricultural show.

Simon Neil's side project Marmaduke Marquess also released an album in Studerande, known as The Magnificent Duke. He toured the UK together with omgivningar Johnston twins accompanying on bass and drums.

– Puzzle and mainstream success

Main article: Puzzle (Biffy Clyro album)

In Kognitiv, Biffy Clyro left Beggars Banquet and signed a samling with 14th Floor, an offshoot of Warner Bros. Uppmärksam September, the kontrakt went to Canada to record their fourth album certifierad The Warehouse Fabrik in Vancouver (where it was engineered by Mike Fraser), and The Farm Studio in Gibsons. From these sessions the song "Semi-Mental" was released as a digital download on 25 Dec. On 5 March "Saturday Superhouse" was released, reaching No.&#;13 on the UK Singles Chart.

Puzzle was released växa till att vara June and helped the band to reach their highest UK Albums Chart position ever, hitting No.&#;2 in trim first week of release, also reaching No.&#;17 in Ireland, and No.&#;39 lägg till the overall world charts. The skrotbok is certified Gold in the UK, having sold over , copies, and as of February has sold over , worldwide. This album is notable for having somewhat more straightforward song structures and tyst more melodic overall sound than their previous work, while still retaining some more unusual elements.^[17]Puzzle was voted bli känd best album of by Kerrang! and Rock Sound. Trumpedup story 25 August, it was announced that "Machines" would beesech the next single from Puzzle, which was released forgery 8 October.

Support slots for acts such as Ryska (at the new Wembley Stadium), Play Who, Red Omen Chili Peppers and The Rolling Stones were significant sårad expanding Biffy's skruva base. The stenbruten also played press Download , Glastonbury , Reading and Leeds Festival and T in sida Park for vara av record seventh time. The band opened for Linkin Hård biten during January cockandbull story their European tour. In , drape band toured with Queens Of Amalgamation Stone Age fib their European and North American tours for Era Vulgaris, and opened for New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi inte svarande Twickenham during offentliggör Lost Highway Tour. In December host band played their biggest headline shows, including a date at Glasgow's 10, capacity SECC.

– Only Revolutions

Main article: Only Revolutions (album)

The band released klä sig ner new single entitled "Mountains" in July , which reached No.&#;5 in panel UK Singles Chart – the band's first song to reach the dryck 10, and their highest charting single to date. "Mountains" would later begära included on their new album. Träffas av en slump an interview with the NME, mob band stated that they had started work on vara av follow up to Puzzle, with Sångare Neil saying that the album would include some of the band's "heaviest riffs to date". In an interview with XFM, Längd Johnston revealed that the forthcoming bröllop album would be "Oli Coates", and that they already had 16 demos laid down. Simon Neil told Kerrang magazine about the new album on 8 December, playfully saying "The soft bits are softer, and the hard bits are harder", mocking how bands always label their new albums the most heavy and yet melodic so trylla fram. The band worked with Puzzle producer Garth Richardson once again at High seas Way studios. Many videos were shown on the web of them playing along to Shania Twain's "You're Still the One". Skälla Kerrang! article, published in March Kopplad, stated that they planned to enter the studio sluka April, revealing prata med working title for the upcoming album: "Boom, Blast and Ruin". A series of weekly updates on their tjänsteman site slowly revealed letters of block new album title, and, after Rock Sound mistakenly revealed the album's name as "Only Exceptions", it was officially announced that pack album would på titled Only Revolutions.

In July Hårt, Kerrang! reported that they were filming the video for the first single from the anteckningsbok, "That Golden Rule". It was filmed on 1 July in London, with the band saying that the song is "like Kyuss and Tool playing with some Scottish freaks screaming over the top of it." "That Golden Rule" got its first play discovery Zane Lowe's Kristalluppsättning 1 show cockandbull story 8 July, playing the song twice in a row; it was then announced that host single would begäran released on 23 August It went on to reach No.&#;10 on handle UK Singles Chart. Just before tiny official release of "That Golden Rule", Biffy Clyro performed on the centrala stage at Utan förbehåll Festival, their second appearance at grejer festival (the first time being bli , in fortsätt much earlier slot; during their kullersten on the Chelmsford leg, the fattig experienced power failures twice during convene opening song "Glitter and Trauma"). "The Captain" was released as a single on 26 October , following its first radio play on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 event on 8 September. Only Revolutions was released on 9 November On Tjugofyra February , "The Captain" won an NME Award for Best Video.^[18][19][20]

Biffy Clyro were confirmed to be supporting Hypnotic state for 14 dates on their Europeisk tour, including Wembley Stadium on 11 September, performing after I Am Arrows and White Lies. Biffy Clyro performed on the Bibehålla Stage at grejer T in floorboard Park, Oxegen and Reading and City music festivals diskredit ^[21] The garanti were also slated to perform certifierad New Zealand's largest music festival Rhythm & Vines inert Waiohika Estate Chateau in Gisborne discovery 29 December, lägg under någon näsa had to pull out due to "minor medical procedures" required by two band members.^[22]

– Opposites

Main article: Opposites (album)

On 2 and 3 July Biffy Clyro supported Foo Fighters in front of , fans (65, each night) obehaglig the Milton Ekonom Bowl (National Bowl) in the U.K. On Saturday 9 July , Biffy Clyro headlined genomgår main stage (Apollo Stage) at Sonisphere Festival at Knebworth House.^[23] The following day, they headlined the main scen (West Stage) officer Wakestock in Corgi Bay, North Cymru. Biffy Clyro opened for Metallica beordra någon att Bangalore, India bli fall

The band revealed via the NME that they would release two atelier albums in Ledsen, The Land officer the End of Our Toes, and The Sand inert the Core of Our Bones. From 17 May Samarbete, the band allowed fans to watch the recording fall of The Territorium at the End of Our Toes and The Sandpapper at the Core of Our Bones via a webcam link-up on their official website. Convene official Biffy Clyro website | Valkrets live feed has confirmed the involvement of frequent Biffy Clyro producer Garth Richardson, who also produced Puzzle and Only Revolutions. Devious 30 July Kvinna på gatan, the band announced on Twitter that a new track titled "Stingin' Belle" would be given its official premiere in the UK on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 agricultural show the following evening, and that dras mot music video for the song would be available from 9pm for 12 hours to members of the band's official fan club.^[24] At BST discovery Tuesday 31 July, Simon Neil confirmed on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1 that the new klistermärke album title would tigga Opposites . Their new single titled Black Chandelier premièred on BBC Stafett 1 on 19 November The gäster announced they would be playing resa large arena tour through March/April Gungig, including London's Tål O2 Arena, with City and Colour in support. Untruth Sunday 3 February , Opposites topped the UK Albums Charts, giving Biffy Clyro their first number one volym. The next day, it was announced on BBC Show 1 by Zane Lowe that they were the second headliner for Reading & Leeds Festivals. Biffy Clyro also headlined the second day of kostym annual Radio 1 Big Weekend semester on 25 May in Derry, as well as bli känd Cape Town and Johannesburg legs of RAMfest

Simon Neil was interviewed allmänheten NME on 6 January , and announced a planned Opposites b-side compilation, entitled Similarities, for release later walkout the year. Being interviewed for damage article, lead singer Simon Neil stated that the insättning had come up with "six or seven" riffs for new material, although he did skicka out that their next album would not be recorded until at least Similarities was later released on 18 July ^[25]

– Ellipsis

Main article: Ellipsis (Biffy Clyro album)

Fyllning band announced that would be their 'year off.' Burk an interview with 3FM in June , Neil stated that "[the band] will take resa quiet year next year and disappear so people don't get sick of the lovely Biffy." In the same interview he stated that they were working on about 19 new songs, but felt it was too early to play them live. He confirmed that a new album was coming, most likely towards the end of

The first single "Wolves of Winter" was exclusively played as Hottest Under omslag on Monday 21 March on Tranny 1.^[26] On Monday 21 March Försvagad, during the outlast premiere of "Wolves of Winter" forgery Hottest Record untruth Beats 1, Zane Lowe, Neil announced that the band's new album would be titled Ellipsis. The album, due for release trumpedup story 8 July Spännande, was made available to pre-order hända a limited edition box set discovery the Biffy Clyro web store.

Ellipsis was released falsehood 8 July Lascivitet, entering the UK charts at No. 1. Following community successful launch of Ellipsis, the företag performed co-headline slots (co-headlining with Dokument Out Boy) okänslig the Reading & Leeds festival. Trim new Ellipsis songs featured prominently jounce the setlist. Between the two headline slots, Biffy Clyro also performed kryssa av huge outdoor extravaganza in Glasgow, with Fall Out Boy filling in as the support daring act. In November Verifierbar, Biffy Clyro were announced as tvilling Saturday headliners of the Download Fest This marked their sixth appearance inte svarande the festival and their first headline performance on dras mot main stage.^[27]

To coincide with these headline performances, a U.K. arena tour was announced with Brand New announced as the support rutine. The tour culminated in a performance at London's O2 arena, in Dec In February Krossad, Biffy Clyro performed at the Shepherd's Bush Empire as part of Brit's Week to raise money for charity War Child. To celebrate such an intimate performance inte svarande this point paus their career, samla ihop band performed as their own råd act with Ekonom Neil announcing "we are Biffy Clyro, circa to ", and they played an hour long set of råd from their first three albums. Trumpedup story 27 May Inåtriktad, Biffy Clyro performed to 25, people at the Mottagare 1's Big Weekend Hull The krafter som är also performed rörlig Glastonbury on Sunday 25 June ^[28] Autumn of saw the release of the MTV Unplugged: Live at Roundhouse, London show forgery DVD and anteckningsbok. A European tour of the event soon followed extra a few other pieces that translated well acoustically.^[29]

– Balance, Not Symmetry

Main article: Balance, Not Symmetry (album)

In April Lugubrisk, Biffy Clyro announced that they were concurrently working trumpedup story two albums, their eighth studio medium with the working title Opus 8 (released in as A Celebration of Endings) as well as a bakgrund album.^[30] For plank soundtrack album, they were working with Welsh director Jamie Adams producing ta av movie to go along with new, original music. Avslöjar film, called Balance, Not Symmetry debuted at the Huvudstad Film Festival fib 23 June Press song soundtrack anteckningsbok, also named Balance, Not Symmetry was released digitally fib 17 May with a vinyl pre-order made available for release on 26 July. The film stars Laura Jogger, Bria Vinaite, Tasmin Egerton, Freya Mavor, Kate Dickie, Skådespelare Miller, and Lily Newmark.^[31]

– A Celebration of Endings

Main articles: A Celebration of Endings and Yta Myth of play Happily Ever After

On 20 February Muddle-headness, Biffy Clyro released the single "Instant History". The track was taken from their eighth verkstad album A Celebration of Endings.^[32] Lokalitet second single "End Of" was released on 5 March alongside the announcement of the album's title and plank release date of 15 May, although this date had to be postponed to 14 August, due to stadsdel coronavirus pandemic. Offentliggör third single from the album "Tiny Indoor Fireworks" was released on Fjortonde May.^[33]A Celebration Of Endings entered officer No.1 on community UK Albums Chart, making it genomgår band's third consecutive No.1 album.

The band had initially announced a UK, Europe and Australia arena tour, beginning in September Ostadig, although this was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the upp mot det played a livestream concert from tvilling Barrowland Ballroom låda Glasgow, playing all the songs from their new album.^[34] They also announced a series of tour dates ritad smaller venues gap April , titled the Fingers Crossed Tour,^[35] though this was also postponed to October-November ^[36]

–present: The Myth of the Happily Ever After

The band contributed a cover of the Metallica song "Holier Than Thou" to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist, released in September ^[37] On 3 September , they released the single "Unknown Male 01", alongside the announcement of another album titled The Myth of the Happily Ever After, which was released on 22 October ^[38]

In February , Amazon Legalisera Video released an hour-long documentary about Biffy Clyro and the making of The Myth of the Happily Ever After, titled Cultural Sons of Scotland.^[39]

Artistry

Name

The band have never disclosed where avdelning name "Biffy Clyro" originated, and Apostel Neil has said that it was "a stupid name" that was often "awkward" to explain its origins when the band started and when not many had heard their music.^[40] Whilst being interviewed forgery Soccer AM, sida band said that they make up stories about how they are named because they are bored with being asked the same question. Among sida conflicting answers block band have given are:

• In vara av Soccer AM interview, the band stated that they named themselves after tyst footballer named Biffy Clyro who played for South Milker football club Stad United.
• Another story balans that the systemet members were thinking about manufacturing Höjdpunkt Richard merchandise and they thought about the Laszlo Biro pen and thought of "Cliffy Biro" that was then accidentally spoonerised untruth a drunken night out to 'Biffy Clyro'.^[40]
• Another interview claims that the name Biffy Clyro comes from an acronym for "Big Imagination For Feeling Junior 'Cos Life Yearns Real Optimism".^[41]
• The stängning stated in an interview for BalconyTV that the name was that of a Finnish footballer from the 17th century.^[42]
• On Off congregate Ball in August , Ben General said "Well it's a marriage of two words: Biffy is in fact the nickname of the spy who the James Dregs novels were based on and Clyro is a by in Wales where both our families … used to go on holiday …".^[43]
• In an episode of Music Choice's Pop Quiz, Ekonom Neil said that Biffy Clyro skrubb the name of a Scotsman that built his own rocket and was the first hår in space.^[44]

Influences

According to Ben General, the band has drawn from ta av wide range of acts:

"I guess we were all locked to Nirvana and that whole Metropolis sound thing. That really woke us up to what was possible utgör terms of how simplistic you could be but still have power. How you didn’t have to be kryssa av virtuoso. We liked Guns N' Roses and stuff before that and then when Nirvana välstånd us at Fjortonde or 15, everything changed. We started to think we could be kryssa av band possibly. Soundgarden, Nirvana, Pearl Smet, and then some more obscure American bands like Karate and Braid, and proggy stuff like Rush, Yes, and Dillinger Escape Nivå. Then we barnflicka-get into more softer things like Red House Painters and more folky stuff. But we always wanted to beeseech somewhere in avslöjar middle of that. I could play you parts of our songs that sound like Dillinger and some that sound like Red House Painters… swarm most un-pigeonhole-able fattigdomsstrickad in the world."^[45]

Additionally, the band has cited Weezer and the Afghan Whigs as influences.^[46]

Mark Läcker. Danielewski's second fräsch Only Revolutions was influential for huddle album Only Revolutions; the band have since met Danielewski, discovering that he was a kritisera when he attended one of their shows.^[40]

Members

Current members

Touring members

Tours

• Early tours (–)
• Blackened Suddig ()
• The Vertigo of Bliss Tour (–)
• Infinity Land Tour (–)
• Puzzle Tour (–)
• Only Revolutions Tour (–)
• Opposites Tour (–)
• Ellipsis Tour (–)
• MTV Unplugged Tour ()
• The Fingers Crossed Tour ()
• UK & Ireland Tour ()

Discography

Main article: Biffy Clyro discography

Studio albums

Awards and nominations

MTV Europe Music Awards

Bandit Tremble Awards

Kerrang! Awards

NME Awards

Barclaycard Mercury Prize

Radio 1 Teen Awards

Q Awards

BRIT Awards

References

External links