Biffier than thou

Later in 2001, a friend and I (Paul, another of the authors on here) went to a gig at King Tuts to see that same friend and hang out. It so happened that Biffy were playing that gig. It was the Radio One Session in Scotland gig to promote their recently released single, Justboy. It was stunning. To a crown of maybe a hundred people, this band i'd never really heard of came on and were just... so full of energy, so full of life and passion that it totally took Paul and I by surprise.

From there, we both knew that we'd have to go and see them next time they were playing. One gig turned into two, two into four, including shows at the Arches for the Beat Room, and on from there. We roped in our other friend, Pedro in to come see them. Ever the musical nazi and unimpressed by everything, even he was convinced by this quirky three-piece from the darkest depths of Ayrshire.

In the 4 years since I first saw them, i've seen them up and down the country, to the tune of probably about 35 gigs. The biggest realisation for me came in late 2003, watching them at the Liquid Rooms in edinburgh (battle of the bands final thing). I'd seen this band about 20 times, playing the same songs, over and over, I knew every word. Was it possible that they were, in fact, my favourite band? I'd already succumbed to the thought that they were my favourite 'non-legendary' band, making a seperation between them and bands like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Metallica. I realised though, that none of those bands, not even 'Tallica, had produced quite the same level of fanaticism in me and my otherwise rational friends that Biffy had. Yeah. They are actually my favourite band in the world, and that really rattled me for a while.

Over the years, the band have been nothing but awesome (totally, totally awesome, depending on what you read...) to me, and I have to thank them for it. I've done my best to be a hardcore fan without stepping over the line into obsession, and think i've managed that pretty well most of the time, although approaching Simon at Fugazi and saying "You're simon Neil from Biffy!" "...Aye... I know.." probably did go a bit over... :-)

Hence the site. There's an ever growing fanbase for Biffy, and we're living in one of the most documented ages ever. Internet forums, Digital cameras,live journals, megabusi and ryanair flights mean that the Biffy fanbase is coordinated and linked up to an incredible extent. I wanted to record and bring together all the stuff that those fans document, the complete resource for the band, if you like. What it won't do, and what I'm not interested in is people stalking the band, or intruding into their private lives. Hence the name; it's not an elitist thing, it was a phrase coined in irony, but it does represent what the site's about, to show everything that the band's done. Biffier. Than. Thou.