![]() That’s why the setlist is what it is, that’s what I’d been obsessing about – sometimes I go in for the details to ignore the big picture. We practiced about 20/25 songs, there’s a couple we played on the night that ended up not making the record because of the sonics of them – because we didn’t play them again, like The Rain and Diary Of Always that just didn’t sound great. For me, I was just obsessing about the setlist – that’s where I was focussing my anxiety. “We tried to keep ourselves single-minded. It’s almost impossible for anything to have the same impact as it did back then in terms of the way it would slowly saturate culture, but I hope Unplugged still is that.”Īs a band, you’ve always done acoustic performances, but was there more pressure attached to this in that it was a record? You can achieve perfection quite easily these days, but what attracts me to music is the imperfections – it’s not exactly as it should be. We ended up having to play Bubbles again because of some audio thing, but for me I wanted us to capture that feeling – where if your voice breaks, if something goes wrong or you don’t play the note right, that’s it, that’s the version. Some bands go in and play a song three or four times and it can really suck the vibe out of the room. Simon Neil: “For us doing our Unplugged, our main aim was not to play the songs more than once. How important is Unplugged, do you think, in offering an experience that can really last? Historically, Unplugged doesn't just deliver stripped back songs, it's also given us lasting, career-defining live moments – the quiver of Kurt Cobain’s voice at the end of Where Did You Sleep Last Night, say. In this exclusive, unread portion of our interview, Simon Neil takes us further inside their Unplugged journey… With Biffy Clyro’s Unplugged released today (May 25) – and the performance set to premiere on MTV on the same day at 9pm in the UK, and also across the world – it marks an exciting new chapter for this heritage brand and the band, who will take their Unplugged set-up on the road in September, ![]() MTV Unplugged is a trademark of MTV Networks.In the latest issue of Music Week, we speak to Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil about how the Scottish alt-rock trio have helped resurrect MTV’s legendary Unplugged brand on UK shores.Īlbert Schilcher, VP, talent and music, MTV International has already explained to Music Week the lasting power and heritage of the brand – which over the years has offered (quiet) milestone moments for everyone from Nirvana and Pearl Jam to Jay-Z and Lauryn Hill – and outlined his hopes for the future. Sony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH. ℗ & © 1992, 2019 MTV Networks and Sony Music Entertainment / Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment. Instruments courtesy of Takamine/Washburnġ02.7 WNEW-FM Special Thanks Kelly Curtis, Brett Eliason, Tim QuinlanĪll songs © 1991 Write Treatage Music / Innocent Bystander / Jumping Cat Music / Scribing C-Ment (GMR) Mixed at Southern Tracks Recording, Atlanta, GA Tracks A4/B1 (Black/Jeremy) are erroneously swapped on the gatefold inside.Īudio facilities - Remote Recording Service MaKaufman Astoria Studios Queens Issued on 180 gram black vinyl housed in gatefold jacket with classic black paper & plastic polylined inner sleeve, including "We Are Vinyl" download code. 2021 limited repress of the 2019 Record Store Day [r=14456195 release.
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