Biffy Clyro biography
Kerrang reported that they were filming the video for the first single from the album in July 2009, "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 on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show on 8 July and it was then announced that the single would be released on 23 August 2009. It went on to reach #10 on the UK Singles Chart. "The Captain" was released as a single 26 October 2009, following its first radio play on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show on 8 September. And were confirmed to be supporting Muse for 14 dates on their European tour. Only Revolutions was released on 9 November 2009. The band were slated to perform at New Zealand's largest music festival Rhythm & Vines at Waiohika Estate Vineyard in Gisborne on 29 December, but had to pull out due to "minor medical procedures" required by two band members. On 24 February 2010, "The Captain" won an NME Award for Best Video. Biffy Clyro performed on the Main Stage at the T in the Park, Oxegen and Reading and Leeds music festivals in 2010. They were also announced as the main support act for Muse at Wembley Stadium on 11 September, performing after I Am Arrows and White Lies.
On 2 and 3 July 2011 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.
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"'Mon the Biff!" or "Mon the Biffy!" is a well known chant among Biffy fans, usually shouted in between songs at gigs, or before the band comes on stage. The band have never actually disclosed exactly where the name 'Biffy Clyro' originated. They have a series of stories as to how the name came about; whilst being interviewed on Soccer AM the band stated that they named themselves after a footballer called Biffy Clyro who played for Scottish side Ayr United, while also admitting that they make up stories about how they are named because they are bored with being asked the same question. Another story is that one of the members owned a Cliff Richard pen, i.e. "Cliffy Biro", which was accidentally spoonerised on a drunken night out. Simon Neil appeared to confirm this as the real reason in a 2010 interview with Eve Jackson on France 24, and 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. The name Biffy Clyro has also been claimed in another interview to come from an acronym for "Big Imagination For Feeling Young 'Cos Life Yearns Real Optimism". The band also state in an interview for BalconyTV that the band name was that of a Finnish footballer from the 17th century. On Off the Ball in August 2011 Ben Johnston claimed "Well it's a marriage of two words: Biffy is in fact the nickname of the spy who the James Bond novels was based on and Clyro is a town in Wales where both our families"¦used to go on holiday"¦"¯.
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