davewarden Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 There's pretty much no chance of that.How do you know????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 He's in the band! Arggggggh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 How do you know?????I write setlists for Biffy Clyro.Nah, I saw them at Music Hall last time round and they didn't play much old stuff then, certainly no b-sides, so there's little chance of it happening in SECC. But then, i'm cynical generally, so who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovers_spit Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 don't see the new album as them "selling out" either, still sounds like biffy to me and its got some great tracks on it although blackened sky remains their best work imo.How can they not be selling out? They were quoted to say they have now started making music to purely generate cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 to the person who said that travis perkins was good? how can you say that? please justify!that whole iname ep is fucking awful. terrible local band shite.vob is still class. blackened sky makes me cringe now listening back. i used to love this band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 I'm with the above. Travis Perkins is possibly the most boring, grunge-lite song in the world. Nice to see they're going back to their roots (Wahay).Biffy Clyro playing the SECC as a thank you to their old fans is like giving your granny a Ferrari for Christmas while she's freezing to death in a tiny flat with a broken stair-lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 I think you should all grow a pair and stop crying about a band that doesn't give a shit about you, or what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 Oooh, hello boozy post.But still, I think you know what I meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted August 10, 2008 Report Share Posted August 10, 2008 half the tickets have been sold already. people are travelling to this show as they know it'll be better than london or manchester.to be fair biffy have played EVERY venue in Glasgow on numerous occasions and before this new album did 4 nights at tuts.... so you kind of have to give them their dues.... 10 years on to finally headline their own Arena... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 half the tickets have been sold already.Fuck!I better buy mine quick. :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stupot Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Selling out is a phrase used entirely by kids and amateurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 I can see why they get this sort of devotion, being that they were, for a lot of people, the first 'proper' gig they went to. A band I know a lot of people got excited about going to see at Lava/The Lemon Tree, going into one up to buy their singles on all formats, trying to get a parent to pick them up after the gig (but not waiting too near the venue to avoid embarassment). That kind of rite of passage. However, it seems completely stupid that people complain when a band they like gets popular, in a very organic way, ie. touring a LOT and gradually building up to bigger and bigger venues. Sure, they could play Barrowlands, but why play somewhere where a lot of people will miss out on tickets and be disappointed? Also, it's hardly shocking that a band signed to a major label would y'know, play big shows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_1903 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Guys, Biffy have not sold out.If I had been playing the best and most inovative music in the uk for years, playing a shitload of gigs, whilst shite like the fratellis, view etc etc play massive gigs despite being shit and then they get the opportunity to record with gggarth and get signed to a major label and then play venues like the secc...would i say 'no thanks' ? Hell no.Besides, despite the fact that Puzzle is not as experimental as previous albums, and is far more commercial, it still kicks arse.So..yeah. Mon the biffy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_1903 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 How can they not be selling out? They were quoted to say they have now started making music to purely generate cash.No they weren't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Selling out is a phrase used entirely by kids and amateurs.Urrr... not really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framheim Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Guys, Biffy have not sold out.If I had been playing the best and most inovative music in the uk for years, playing a shitload of gigs, whilst shite like the fratellis, view etc etc play massive gigs despite being shit and then they get the opportunity to record with gggarth and get signed to a major label and then play venues like the secc...would i say 'no thanks' ? Hell no.Besides, despite the fact that Puzzle is not as experimental as previous albums, and is far more commercial, it still kicks arse.So..yeah. Mon the biffy!in what way were biffy ever experimental? or for that matter, innovative?edit: should point out, don't have anything really against biffy but i don't think they could ever lay claim to being experimental or innovative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stupot Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Urrr... not really.Yes really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Yes really.You really can't imagine a hypothetical instance in which you would deem an artist as having sold out? I mean... by definition, a musician who's lyrics deal with anti-capitalism signing to a major label for lots of money would be selling out. End of story.Not that I think Biffy are necessarily selling out by playing the SECC. It's their choice if they want to play in an aircraft hangar I suppose, and they probably know what their fans want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 I mean... by definition, a musician who's lyrics deal with anti-capitalism signing to a major label for lots of money would be selling out. End of story..Or you could view it as they're spreading their views to a larger audience. Biggest example of that in recent times would be Anti-Flag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovers_spit Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Or you could view it as they're spreading their views to a larger audience. Biggest example of that in recent times would be Anti-Flag.No. It's just outright hypocrisy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 No. It's just outright hypocrisy.I don't think so. There's nothing wrong with getting paid for what you do. There's also nothing wrong with expanding your target audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 I don't think so. There's nothing wrong with getting paid for what you do. There's also nothing wrong with expanding your target audience.Not if that's the very thing you protest against in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Not if that's the very thing you protest against in the first place.If you protest against earning money and playing your music to people who like your music you're a bit of an idiot to be fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovers_spit Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 If you protest against earning money and playing your music to people who like your music you're a bit of an idiot to be fair.The arguement was that you're "selling out" if you take part in what you protested about in the first place.Not "you're an idiot if you are against playing music to people" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 selling out or not, people simply change their minds/opinions, so it's not quite as black and white as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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