Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band that formed in. To positive reviews which focused on the more experimental style of the album in comparison to Blackened Sky. Blackened Sky is the debut studio album by Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro. Largely produced with the band by Chris Sheldon, it was released by Beggars Banquet Records.

• • • • ZZC Website Members • • • Biffy Clyro are a Scottish band that formed in,, composed of (guitar, lead vocals), (bass, vocals) and (drums, vocals). Currently signed to, they have released seven studio albums, four of which (,, and ) reached the top five in the, with their sixth studio album, Opposites claiming their first UK number-one album. After their first three albums, the band expanded their following significantly in 2007 with the release of their fourth,, creating more mainstream songs with simpler rhythms and distancing themselves from the more unusual dissonant style that was present in their 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 in 2012 went Platinum in the UK, having sold over 300,000 copies.

The band released in 2009 which reached No. 3 in the UK chart and went gold within days of its release in 2009, going platinum later in 2010 (achieving double-platinum status in August 2011) and receiving a nomination. Only Revolutions included the UK hit singles ', ' and ' all of which reached the UK Top Ten. The latter reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart after 2010 winner, covered the song, and became for the year 2010. In 2011 the band was nominated for the for Best British Group.

At the, they received the award for Best British Band. On 25 August 2013 Biffy Clyro headlined the main stage at Leeds & Reading Festival. Based on their album and single certifications, the band have sold in excess of 1,240,000 albums and 400,000 singles in the UK alone. As of 2016, in total, the band have spent 155 weeks in the top seventy-five of the UK Album Charts, with two of those weeks being at the top position at number one and seventy weeks within the main top forty of the albums charts. The band's singles have spent a total of seventy-nine weeks in the UK Singles Charts, with six weeks in the top ten and forty-two in the top forty. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] 1995–2000: Early years and formation [ ] The first incarnation of what would eventually become Biffy Clyro was formed in 1995, when fifteen-year-old -based guitarist met another guitarist, 20-year-old Boyan Chowdury and the pair recruited -born. Soon brought in was Ben's twin brother,, and the four spent the next two years rehearsing, writing and covering songs.

On 31 January 1995, they played their first gig under the name 'Skrewfish' as the support for a band called Pink Kross at the Key Youth Centre in, now known as Universal Connections East Kilbride. In 1997, guitarist Boyan left the band and moved to Liverpool (where he would eventually form ) and the resulting trio moved to Glasgow, where Neil went to the, and the Johnston twins went to, studying Electronics with Music and Audio Engineering, respectively. Biffy Clyro performing live in Leeds, 2006 After playing gigs around Glasgow and receiving positive and enthusiastic reactions from audiences, the band were spotted by Dee Bahl, who soon became their manager. Bahl offered them a chance to release an independent single on 's Babi Yaga record label: ' was released on 28 June 1999, with Northsound Radio's (later of & ) giving the band their first radio play. This first release led to the band being chosen by Stow College's record label to release a record: was released on Nerosa on 13 June 2000, receiving airplay from DJ. A few days prior to the release of thekidswhopoptodaywillrocktomorrow, the band were spotted at the Unsigned Bands stage at by a representative, and were signed to the Beggar's Banquet soon thereafter. 2001–2005: Blackened Sky, The Vertigo of Bliss and Infinity Land [ ] On 9 April 2001, the previously unreleased ' was released as a single.

On 1 October 2001, a song from thekidswho. Was re-recorded and released as a single, '; this was repeated again on 4 February 2002, when the song ' was released. Falling From The Sky By Sarina Bowen. On 11 March, the band's debut album,, was released to generally positive reviews. It was around this time that the band began touring extensively, including supporting on 20 March at the in. On 15 July, the fourth single from the album, ', was released as a double A-side with a newly recorded song called ' (which would later also appear on their next album ). In 2003, the band retreated to the recording studio in,, England, to record the follow-up to Blackened Sky.