Founded: 1995
Location: United Kingdom
Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band that formed in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, composed of Simon Neil (guitar, lead vocals), James Johnston (bass, vocals), and Ben Johnston (drums, vocals). Currently signed to 14th Floor Records, they have released nine studio albums, six of which (Puzzle, Only Revolutions, Opposites, Ellipsis, A Celebration of Endings and The Myth of the Happily Ever After) reached the top five in the UK Albums Chart, with their sixth studio album, Opposites claiming their first UK No. 1 album. Three consecutive studio albums (Opposites, Ellipsis and A Celebration of Endings) peaked at number one in the UK official albums chart. After their first three albums, the band expanded their following significantly in 2007 with the release of their fourth album, Puzzle, creating more mainstream songs with simpler rhythms and distancing themselves from the more unusual dissonant style present in their previous three albums. Puzzle peaked at No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart on 16 June 2007. The album went platinum in the UK in 2012, having sold over 300,000 copies. In the early 2010’s, they built up a reputation of being one of the biggest rock bands in the UK.
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Neil's intention for the album was “Just f*cking mayhem."
Amazon Music, Warner Records and Biffy Clyro are celebrating the release of 'Biffy Clyro: Cultural Sons of Scotland', a documentary film showing the back-to-basics recording process they adopted to create their ninth studio album, The Myth of the Happily Ever After.
Here's what The Music's writers rated in 2018...
"Biffy Clyro are the archetypal band that captures musical technicality, and the rawest elements of turning everything up to 11 and making a racket."
"It's all so effortless and this Scottish clan of musical thoroughbreds are just about as versatile as they come."
"Working on new ideas, but not knowing which music will end up with which project; I think that's bringing out the best in the band, it makes us kind of free."
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"I feel like the people who voted to exit have been lied to. And all the politicians that circulated these lies are now buggering off..."
"If someone is fucking with your show you’ve got the right to do what you want to him. If they don’t like it they can leave."
"The boys roll out their best song first."