I really like the production on Friends Don’t Owe, the way the vocals sound. Great album. Biffy Clyro are missing a trick just having him play offstage and not inviting him to be a full time songwriting member of the band.
New album is starting to click for me, fairly solid but disappointed that the only real single/banger on it is Donkey Kong. The first album had Operate, Don’t Forget The Joker, and one more I think (Retaliate?).
He was definitely off stage (or at the very very edge at least) every time I’ve seen them since he joined, last time was in Dublin 2 years ago so they might have let him sneak out a bit since then.
He’s literally on-stage in this picture. Biffy Clyro is the three of them, always will be, but Mike and Gambler are key live players these days and hardly like Slipknot’s bass player playing actually backstage. Arena show I saw on Ellipsis Mike ended up front of stage, on the lip of the crowd pulling some serious moves by the end.
Yeah, he’s standing off of the side of the triangular stage set isn’t he though, behind the side spotlights and the big white light rig. I never said he was playing backstage or not visible, although for 90% of the show the lights meant that he wasn’t visible, this is the only photo of 30+ where you can see any trace of him, I said he was playing offstage.
I kind of agree with some of the comments about this album being good and having some key tracks, even beyond Donkey Kong. Although I think that is still the album’s highlight.
on a note about Biffy, they have a film soundtrack titled Balance, Not Symmetry coming out soon, and the film itself is being released next Summer I guess.
There was filming in Scotland over the last month. I wonder if Mike might even play on some of it.
Had a bit of a doing over by the far-right today sadly. “Robinson” is a pro at arguing with people, that’s all he does all day long because he’s a c**t. Mike did exactly what most of us would do and just because he is too drunk/upset to not be able to break down into single chunks why the guy is a Nazi, doesn’t make it less so. In fact until it’s clear Stephen has supporters with him, Mike holds his own admirably.
Trigger warning, this is a link to “Tommy Robinson’s” Facebook page.
Send him nice messages of support. Looking at all the comments on his Facebook page makes it clear just how emboldened racists have become now. They used to be marginalised, they need to be marginalised again.
I feel like saying something, at least on Mike’s FB page but I know it’ll just be a waste of time.
I now can follow even more why people like Casey Crescenzo deleted his Facebook. I mean he could delete the post, but those trolls will just start commenting on his other posts.
I may just take this to my blog instead.
On a less contraversial and social/political note, I finally made a video the other day showing my To Cure a Blizzard Boxed Set: