Biffy Clyro has 3 people listed as members in MusicBrainz: Ben Johnston, James Johnston and Simon Neil. This page reflects the MusicBrainz artist entry retrieved 2026-11-01. It presents the member roles and date information recorded there, while distinguishing members listed without an end date from the original line-up designation. MusicBrainz lists Biffy Clyro as active 1995–present and from the United Kingdom.
Current Members
MusicBrainz lists all three members without an end date. The entries below use the role wording shown for each person and preserve the database’s year wording. In particular, “years not listed” means an individual year span is not given in the entry; it does not provide a basis for adding a start or end year. The “current” grouping here follows the no-end-date status in the MusicBrainz member relations.
- Ben Johnston – background vocals, drums, years not listed
- James Johnston – background vocals, bass guitar, years not listed
- Simon Neil – guitar, lead vocals, years not listed
Former Members
There are no members to place in this section from the MusicBrainz entries used for this list. Each of the three listed member relations has no end date, so this page does not move any of those names into a former-members group. The section is included to make the distinction clear: an absent former-member entry is not an additional claim about a person or a separate career period. It reflects the end-date information attached to the listed relations.
Original Line-up
MusicBrainz marks each of the three listed members as an original member. No more detailed timeline can be stated from those fields.
- Ben Johnston
- James Johnston
- Simon Neil
Line-up Timeline
The table gives one row for each person and keeps the role and year information alongside the name. Since the membership years are not listed, the table does not assign dates or arrange people into dated phases. It is a concise view of the same MusicBrainz member information shown above, not a separate chronology with inferred start or end points.
| Member | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Johnston | background vocals, drums | years not listed |
| James Johnston | background vocals, bass guitar | years not listed |
| Simon Neil | guitar, lead vocals | years not listed |
Studio Albums Listed
The MusicBrainz entry also provides a studio-album list with years. These titles offer a separate way to identify the band’s recorded releases in the database, but their years do not fill in the missing individual member-year ranges. They are included here as a bounded reference, not as evidence for assigning a person to a particular recording or period. The listed titles and years are:
- Blackened Sky (2002)
- The Vertigo of Bliss (2003)
- Infinity Land (2004)
- Puzzle (2007)
- Only Revolutions (2009)
- Opposites (2013)
- Ellipsis (2016)
- A Celebration of Endings (2020)
- The Myth of the Happily Ever After (2021)
- Futique (2025)
How This List Was Compiled
The member list is based on MusicBrainz “member of band” relations for Biffy Clyro, retrieved 2026-11-01. It reflects that database, including its three listed members, their role labels, original-member markings and absence of end dates. Touring/session players are not included. The Wikipedia article is titled Biffy Clyro; the member details presented here are attributed to MusicBrainz, rather than treated as details from Wikipedia. Where a reader is looking for an individual membership year or a role that is not shown here, MusicBrainz does not list it in the member information covered by this page.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many members are listed?
MusicBrainz lists 3 people as members of Biffy Clyro: Ben Johnston, James Johnston and Simon Neil. That number describes the member relations represented in this entry, and is the complete list presented here.
Who is listed without an end date?
Ben Johnston, James Johnston and Simon Neil each have no end date in their MusicBrainz member relation. Accordingly, all three appear in the Current Members section, and none is placed in the Former Members section.
Who does MusicBrainz mark as original?
MusicBrainz marks Ben Johnston, James Johnston and Simon Neil as original members.
Where does the information come from?
The member information comes from the Biffy Clyro entry on MusicBrainz, retrieved 2026-11-01, and this list reflects that database. The named Wikipedia article is Biffy Clyro; the member relations and fields in this reference are attributed to MusicBrainz.
Final Thoughts
MusicBrainz lists three Biffy Clyro members, identifies each as an original member and shows no end date for any of them. Individual membership years are not listed, so this reference keeps those dates unspecified.