Biffy Clyro life and biography

Biffy Clyro are a rock band that formed by Simon Neil (guitar, lead vocals), James Johnston (bass, vocals) and Ben Johnston (drums, vocals). Currently signed to 14th Floor Records, they have released five studio albums, two of which, Puzzle and Only Revolutions (2009) reached the top five in the UK Album Charts.

The band formed in 1995 by fifteen-year-old Ayr-based guitarist Simon Neil, who recruited Kilmarnock-born Ben Johnston and someone known 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.

After their first three albums, the band expanded their following significantly with the release of their fourth, Puzzle in 2007 creating more mainstream songs with simpler rhythms and distancing themselves from their more unusual dissonant style that was present in the previous three albums. Puzzle peaked at number 2 on the official UK album charts on 16 June 2007. The album went Gold in the UK, selling over 100,000 units and later went Platinum in the UK in 2012 selling over 300,000 copies. Biffy Clyro's popularity was built upon further in 2008 and 2009 with the release of the singles "Mountains" and "That Golden Rule", which both reached the top 10 of the UK singles chart.

Their latest album, Only Revolutions, reached #3 in the UK chart and went gold within days of its release in 2009, later going platinum in 2010 and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. Only Revolutions includes the UK hit singles, " Mountains", "That Golden Rule" and "Many of Horror" all of which reached the UK Top Ten singles charts. The latter reached number eight on the UK Singles Charts after The X Factor 2010 winner, Matt Cardle covered the song. It became the UK number one Christmas single for the year of 2010.

Recently, Biffy Clyro supported Foo Fighters in front of 130,000 fans (65,000 each night) at the Milton Keynes Bowl in the U.K. In July 2011, Biffy Clyro headlined Saturday at Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth. They headlined the lineup for Wakestock festival in Wales.

They have stated in a recent NME magazine that they are set to record their next album and are working on 22 tracks. Biffy Clyro opened for Metallica in Bangalore, India in 2011.

Current members:
-Simon Neil – lead guitar, lead vocals
-James Johnston – bass guitar, vocals
-Ben Johnston – drums, vocals

Studio albums:
-Blackened Sky (2002)
-The Vertigo of Bliss (2003)
-Infinity Land (2004)
-Puzzle (2007)
- Only Revolutions (2009)

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