Biffy Clyro
Questions And Answers

They’ve been around for longer than life itself, and having toured with quite a few decent bands over the years, you’d have thought that Biffy Clyro might have managed to gust up just one spark of originality or interest between them. Sadly, ’Questions And Answers’ is nothing more than fifth-rate Idlewild-wannabe tosh that goes absolutely nowhere, and has nothing in the way of hooks or gripping melodies. Compare this to the lush, interesting rock soundscapes of Aereogramme or Deftones. No of course you can’t!!

There’s absolutely nothing here that hasn’t been done better a thousand times before, so what’s the point of it? There isn’t. It’s miserable indie shite, is what it is. It’s all very well name-dropping bands like Fugazi and Nirvana, but like Seafood, loving decent bands doesn’t make you any good.

Singer Simon Neil’s emotionless, Scootish drool is achingly flat and so devoid of any interest, poetic or sonic, you just wonder why they bother. ’Yoove got ool these greet answers to ool these greet questions…’, he keeps moaning as the same, monotous off-key guitars get louder. Yeah, and…?

Neil says on the press release, ’our only real ambition is to be our own favourite band’. Well that’s just as well really isn’t it?

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If Biffy are so shite, then why are they the main support for the Deftones at the Braehead arena???

Supporting a band is not indicative of your quality. And before you bite my head off, I am not commenting either way about Biffy Clyro. :D

...And in typical dis fashion someone hits the nail on the head- 'that's why you like Jet?'.

What?

What the hell have Jet got to do with anything?

Jet are good enough, at least they have vaguely interesting songs.

Come to think of it, there's a lot of bands I've seen and interviewed that piss all over Biffy CLitoris from a great height. Including, but not exclusively; TCTC, Boxer Rebellion, Muse, rJD2, Blur, Colour Of Fire, Dandy Warhols, Avril Lavigne, Kylie, My Computer, The Darkness, etc

Biffy are pretty much the worst band on this site, save for maybe InMe, but at least they have sex appeal.

Anyway off to Homelands today, no more shitfibgering indie music for me....

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We know who he means don't we?

You can tell that comment was posted by a DiS writer, as they html'd one of the more amusing pieces of that rant in italic. Just rather sad though, that little girls have to hide behind silly names.

I don't have a go at any band's because they are popular or successful.

When or more rightly, IF Biffy Clyro ever become successful or liked by more than a pub full of sweat little teeny indie folk, I'll still have a go at them for being fuckin' shite sub-Idlewild sucking wanksters and wouldn't know ambition or a good tune if it came all over the face of one of the pathetic little scumbags that constantly suck their cock.

I'm flattered by how obsessed you are you though, babe.

Love/poison

Andyx

Here here.

Yeah, so what if I have dreams about rubbing Mr Price's crazy hair over myself? Is that illegal? What next, are we gonna ban virgins from visiting DiS? Huh?

Are you gonna burn all homosexuals? Kill all hippies?

I'll make my fetishes public but not now. It's neither the time nor place. What exactly has any of that got to do with me slagging off a record anyway?

It's a music site for opinions backed up with thoughts and evidence, not pathetic name calling by those with groundless personal grudges, or am I missing something?

err.. vaguely interestin' songs? name one!

No, that would suggest their label actually gives a shit about them and wants to put money into them.

Diet Idlewild, after they went a bit crap

Idlewild are wank. american english?

oh come on now! i'm not biffy's biggest fan but i hardly think they're so bad they should be compared to idlewild.

"Neil says on the press release, ’our only real ambition is to be our own favourite band’. Well that’s just as well really isn’t it?"

Surely what Simon Neil says seem to show they're not in it for anyone else but the fact they love music. They're producing tracks influenced more by what they feel than what they'll get out of it. They don't need to scream all the way through or swear constantly. Just produce music which means something to them, and hopefully, with luck, someone else. Even if it is "sweat(I'm sure you meant to put a Y in there) little teeny indie folk.

I personally am a fan, although I admit, to me Questions and Answers is certainly not their best. I'm not trying to thrust my opinion on you in any arrogant fashion, and as you say "Don't be so anal about what music you listen to".

Oh- and you never know how much emotion goes into songs until you've seen them live.

& another thing, your review writing could be better, you seem to state things as fact, when really what you should be expressing is YOUR opinion, "you just wonder why they bother" I've seen and met them countless times, I'd say I pretty much know why they bother.

Cheers,

Lauren.

I have seen Biffy live but in case the heading was confusing to you, it was an alternative review of THE SINGLE; a record. A recorded version of what they do live, not the LIVE version.

Still Biffy are an unessential band. Top guys but not doing anything to turn your head.

Do you come from Reading per chance?

I know you were talking about the single. Which is why you said, review of Question and Answers, but it was a bit personal.. especially in your posts further down the page.

Biffy are totally essential to me. They've got something to compliment every mood I have, its pretty hard for bands to find that variety in what they play, which is probably why I don't listen to S Club and all the poppy stuff manufactured for people who still aren't aware of what tallent is.

& no, if you were referring to me, I'm not from Reading.

Maybe so.

But I guess your mood depends on what kind of person you are.

Anyhow - beautiful weather means I should be outside.

Its all so good to be a negative bastard ( and a horrid one at that) but what the fuck do you do can you make anything better?

who gives a fuck about labels , or other bands . I share mr Futures opinion .