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Scottish post-hardcore heroes crash land in cambridge.
"Guitar, bass, drums... it's been done before and it'll be done again. But if the song is amazing it doesn't matter. You can’t polish a turd” - Simon Neil
Formed by singer/guitarist Neil and drummer Ben Johnston in the mid-1990's while in their mid-teens, Biffy Clyro's formative years were a trial-by-fire apprenticeship that saw them quickly move on from their Nirvana + Guns N' Roses fixation and a brief period as Screwfish. Ben's twin brother came in on bass and Biffy Clyro debuted at a local youth centre supporting cult favourites Pink Kross. In 1997 the trio relocated to Glasgow to study audio engineering and electronics in music, but primarily to turn Biffy Clyro into a full-time proposition.
The next couple of years saw the trio hardening their sound and broadening their musical horizons to take in the intelligent post-hardcore of Fugazi and the DC sound, influential emo originators such as Far and Mineral and all manner of other such heroes of the alt-rock hinterlands.
They played show after show, refining their taut, emotionally charged sound. Spotted playing the unsigned stage at 2000's T In The Park festival, they were signed to Beggars Banquet and released a single '27' in October 2000.
It was chosen as Kerrang! Single Of The Week and that's when things really started happening. With all three members sharing vocal duties and Simon's heart-achingly powerful lyrics painting pictures of both despair and elation, betrayal and celebration, their fanbase swelled considerably. Off the back of blitzkrieg tours that saw the band hitting every town that would have them, Biffy Clyro recorded tracks with Paul Corkett (Placebo, Six By Seven) and Chris Sheldon (Foo Fighters, Idlewild). Debut album 'Blackened Sky' was one of the most critically-acclaimed underground albums of 2002.
June 03’s 'The Vertigo Of Bliss' was a rich, diverse album of angular post-hardcore / alt-rock, an inspired rush of emotion, contemplation and twisting melodies.
Their new album 'Infinity Land' is due for release on this date! But in the meantime 'There's No Such Thing As A Jaggy Snake' (recorded for their recent John Peel Session) is available exclusively as a download single from their website,
www.biffyclyro.com.
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