Biffy Clyro
| Biffy Clyro | |
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 Biffy Clyro at an autograph session in Glasgow (2008) |
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| General information | |
| origin | Ayrshire , Scotland |
| Genre (s) | Alternative rock , progressive rock |
| founding | 1995 |
| Website | www.biffyclyro.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Simon Neil | |
Bass , vocals |
James Johnston |
Drums , vocals |
Ben Johnston |
Biffy Clyro is a Scottish band from Ayrshire formed in 1995.
history
There are various rumors about the origin of the name. Simon Neil once stated that he had a ballpoint pen ("biro-pen") at school that had a picture of Cliff Richard . They jokingly called him the "Cliffy-Biro". By swapping the initial sounds, they came up with their band name. Another explanation is that the band name is an acronym for Big Imagination For Feeling Young 'Cos Life Yearns Real Optimism .
Following the albums Blackened Sky , The Vertigo of Bliss and Infinity Land , all produced by Chris Sheldon , her major debut Puzzle Garth oversaw 'GGGarth' Richardson , who had also produced Rage Against the Machine , Skunk Anansie and Chevelle . In April 2009, the trio went to Los Angeles to record their fifth album, Only Revolutions . In 2013, Biffy Clyro's sixth work, the double album Opposites , was released. Her album Ellipsis , released in July 2016, landed, like Opposites before , at number one on the British album charts. On February 21, 2020, the band released the single Instant History .
Biffy Clyro is close friends with the band Aereogramme , also from Glasgow . Simon Neil and aereogramme drummer Martin Scott have known each other since elementary school. Simon Neil started the rock project Marmaduke Duke with JP Reid from Sucioperro .
Since the festival tour in 2010, Biffy Clyro has been supported live by Mike Vennart (former singer and guitarist of Oceansize ) on the second guitar. Since the tour for the last album, Gambler (also a former guitarist of Oceansize) has been playing keyboard live.
style
On her first album Blackened Sky , Biffy Clyro played an alternative rock that was heavily influenced by bands like Far , and which was compared early on to American bands like Jimmy Eat World . Carsten Agthe from the progressive rock magazine Eclipsed chose the term “popcore” for the style and was reminded of Fugazi and Jimmy Eat World. With her second album The Vertigo of Bliss , she began a change in her style towards progressive rock. Agthe found it "more thoughtful and harmonious" than the debut. He recognized it as " emo , art , post and alternative rock full of stylistic twists, surprising breaks and polyphonic vocal harmonies". Every now and then it sounds punk, but also sometimes epic. For him, this resulted in "the perfect interface between Mogwai and Pearl Jam ". Since this album is rather difficult to access, it is as revered as it is controversial by many fans. Their third album, Infinity Land , continued the development in the direction of Prog-Rock, but now had more pop echoes again. It has been classified as emo rock by Agthe. He said that when you listen to it you don't necessarily know what's next, because “ Techno blubber ” is followed by an “orgiastic hard core attack”, alternative rock interspersed with reggae rhythms by “crazy breaks” and so on.
Discography
- 2000: thekidswhopoptodaywillrocktomorrow (EP, Electric Honey Records)
- 2002: Blackened Sky ( Beggars Banquet )
- 2003: The Vertigo of Bliss (Beggars Banquet)
- 2004: Infinity Land (Beggars Banquet)
- 2007: Puzzle (14th Floor Records)
- 2009: Only Revolutions (14th Floor Records)
- 2010: Lonely Revolutions (B-side compilation, 14th Floor Records)
- 2011: Revolutions / Live from Wembley (Live CD & DVD, 14th Floor Records)
- 2013: Opposites (double CD & DVD, 14th Floor Records)
- 2013: Opposites - Live from Glasgow (only in Germany / Austria / Switzerland, 14th Floor Records)
- 2014: Similarities (B-side compilation, 14th Floor Records)
- 2016: Ellipsis (14th Floor Records)
- 2018: MTV Unplugged - Live at Roundhouse London (EP & CD & DVD, 14th Floor Records)
Web links
- Official website
- Official German website
- Biffy Clyro at laut.de
- Biffy Clyro at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b biography on bbc.com (English)
- ↑ Family Affairs Interview with Ben Johnston on getaddicted.org (German / English)
- ↑ [1] Review on getaddicted.org (German)
- ^ Biffy Clyro - Ellipsis - New Album Out Now. In: Biffy Clyro. Retrieved November 14, 2016 .
- ^ Biffy Clyro score second Number 1 album with Ellipsis . ( officialcharts.com [accessed November 14, 2016]).
- ↑ https://www.warnermusic.de/news/2020-02-21/biffy-clyro-sind-zurueck-und-schreiben-instant-history-hier-das-video-zur-neuen
- ↑ Biffy Clyro ( Memento of the original of July 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on altsounds.com (English)
- ↑ C [arsten] A [gthe]: Biffy Clyro. "Blackened Sky" . In: Eclipsed . For real good rock music. No. 41 , April 2002, Platten Reviews, pp. 42 .
- ↑ C [arsten] A [gthe]: Biffy Clyro. "The Vertigo of Bliss" . In: Eclipsed . Rock magazine. 54, July / August, July 2003, CD reviews, pp. 38 .
- ↑ C [arsten] A [gthe]: Biffy Clyro. "Infinity Land" . In: Eclipsed . Rock magazine. No. 69 , February 2005, CD reviews, p. 48 .
