8MileBU Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 52 minutes ago, Doctor said: I have no idea when I first heard their music but I vividly remember thinking it was great to hear there was a Scottish guitar based band who were breaking through and then every one of their songs is just loud, overly aggressive crap with a horrendous weegie accent on top (yes i know they are from kilmarnock) Seen Biffy quite a few times before they were signed (they gigged everywhere and anywhere) and actually quite liked them. Quite heavy and like nothing I’d heard before. Then they get signed and start churning out pop disguised as alt. 28 minutes ago, Oscar Wilder said: If aw you think Biffys bad, wouldn't like to hear your views on Twin Atlantic!! Fucking awful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 I saw Biffy live once, and thought they were brilliant. On record, they do absolutely nothing for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Biffy Clyro are just a scottish version of the arctic monkeys except they replaced clever melodies and clever lyrics with power chords and screaming 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Not really forgotten as such since the various members are still pretty well known but... Captain America The Boy Hairdressers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) I have very vague memories of a band called Marcha Fresca. The above video is pretty much all I can find on them. It sounds like TTF but I always thought that they were a rock band. I seem to recall The Daily Record bigged them up for a while but they sunk without a trace. Edited August 9, 2020 by tongue_tied_danny 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toma_BullyWee Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 21 hours ago, Doctor said: Biffy Clyro are just a scottish version of the arctic monkeys except they replaced clever melodies and clever lyrics with power chords and screaming That's a pretty horrendous take to be fair. I get Biffy aren't everyone's cup of tea but every album they have released has been pretty good. Saying they're just power chords and screaming makes me think you've heard about 3 songs. They used to be awful live but really screwed the nut around 2010 and became solid. As for Arctic Monkeys I'm not going to pretend I know a great deal about them but have been subjected to endless hours of listening to them working in a pub. What I heard of them was a couple of decent hooks and not much else. Just sounded like any other band that came out around that time and people flocked to them like flies around shite because they were the biggest shite available. However, I chucked the pub around 2016 so have managed to avoid them ever since. They may have improved for all I know but their fan base seemed to be full of absolute bangers. Much like Mr. Cinnamon. Now he's rank rotten. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toma_BullyWee Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 On 09/08/2020 at 12:02, Oscar Wilder said: If aw you think Biffys bad, wouldn't like to hear your views on Twin Atlantic!! I was reminded the other week that their managed went on a mad tirade against me on Bebo or Facebook back in the day because I dared not love her boys. If they punted their singer (who absolutely does not speak in that ridiculous accent he sings in) they could be onto something. I always thought the guitarist was doing some decent stuff that was absolutely ruined by that idiot at the front. 23 hours ago, 8MileBU said: Quite heavy and like nothing I’d heard before. Then they get signed and start churning out pop disguised as alt. Fucking awful. Their early stuff was fantastic. I'm still into the poppier stuff they do and fair play to them because they could easily have stayed the same and fizzled out but what I really like is how they can have a straight up guitar pop tune and still keep that weirdness from the early days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jimi Shandrix Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Just dug this 7" out. Still sounds fantastic. A couple of them went on to be in Franz Ferdinand. Needless to say they never did anything anywhere near as good as this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt_oats Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 On 12/08/2020 at 23:55, Jimi Shandrix said: Just dug this 7" out. Still sounds fantastic. A couple of them went on to be in Franz Ferdinand. Needless to say they never did anything anywhere near as good as this. They put out a best of compilation last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 On 09/08/2020 at 14:32, Doctor said: Biffy Clyro are just a scottish version of the arctic monkeys In that - they're an all male band? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 New one on me, mostly Scottish i believe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Thrum! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptn Hooch Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 On 10/08/2020 at 21:06, Navallion said: Not even their most recent lineup...it seems to change everytime I see them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 7 hours ago, BillyAnchor said: New one on me, mostly Scottish i believe Me neither. Good though. Bit of a Hollies vibe going on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 6 hours ago, Cptn Hooch said: Not even their most recent lineup...it seems to change everytime I see them. I doubt they get any better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 6 hours ago, MSU said: Thrum! I taped a session of theirs off mark radcliffe's old evening show and never heard of them again. Quite good if i remember right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptn Hooch Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 I doubt they get any better.Very good live and their last couple of albums have been some of their best stuff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 5 hours ago, coprolite said: I taped a session of theirs off mark radcliffe's old evening show and never heard of them again. Quite good if i remember right. My ex introduced them to me. Rifferama is one of those albums I always go back to. Monica Queen’s voice is incredible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 10 minutes ago, MSU said: My ex introduced them to me. Rifferama is one of those albums I always go back to. Monica Queen’s voice is incredible. Downloaded. Thanks for the recommendation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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