Biffy Clyro came to town... a really long time ago - in September. I saw them. When I worked at Blueridge off Byers Road in Glasgow at the end of 2004, we used to listen to them on repeat - only breaking for fellow new (or is that "nu"?) metal-ers YOURCODENAMEIS:MILO and My Chemical Romance. So it was mucho funny that there were some Glaswegians in the audience when they rolled through PDX supporting Editors. Talk about an odd match up.
The brothers Clyro roared through their set as two super charged fans giddily hung on every word. I wanted to take photos more of the dedicated fans than the band - not that what was happening onstage wasn't exciting - it was - and a bit ear-bleed inducing what with the high volume - though it wouldn't be Biffy without the loud sounds.
The Johnson twins no longer have that Diane Arbus almost-creepy vibe now that they have seriously different hair-cuts.
Twin one:
Twin two:
That said, I am a bit saddened. I think it made for better photos when they matched and vocalist Simon Neil was the odd one out.
So the Scots' first Portland appearance went down a storm and I finally got to catch them - it was pretty impossible when in Scotland as they're so beloved that tickets to their shows were nonexistent pretty much as soon as they were announced.
Anyway - as all were clearing out come the end of Editors set - the Glaswegian couple were still going strong - dancing in the middle of Berbati's shouting out the lyrics to Kings of Leon's "Four Kicks" that was playing overhead at the top of their lungs. Some great drunken fun on their hands.
Setlist:
"Umbrella" (Rihanna Cover) Biffy Clyro MP3
A few days ago Biffy opened for Datarock - yeah... Things didn't quite go as planned.
How often do you find something on the internet that mentions you? I JUST DID!!!! HOLY SHIT!!
Those two Maniacs for Biffy are Myself (Charlie) and my good friend Thomas. We are the PDX Biffy Army. We constantly spread the word whenever we can. If you are in the Portland area and you are a fan please email me, I need to know how many fans there are in PDX. Please shoot me a line at
smoochtech@gmail.com
If you really need proof I have all my pics and vids from the show I will post them up on my myspace if anyone wants to see.
http://www.myspace.com/smoochtech
Posted by: Charlie | January 02, 2009 at 10:17 AM