Kieran Scragg, singer-songwriter and mighty fine guitarist, started the band with his cousin Joel, who moved to Devon where they shared a flat, and later added Ella
to the line-up due to the bands old drummer leaving.

After a series of gigs around Exeter, the band released 'Airborne' on their own label Pixel Records in '99, which is already extremely rare. Soon after, a friend of Kieran, Neil Reed, joined on keyboards. An early version of 'Barricade' was played on Steve Lamacq's Evening Session, and a radio plugger heard it and passed on a 4 track which included Barricade, Who Stole the weekend, Ghost and Sparkle Me to Daren Robson. Robson went to see the band play in Plymouth and they talked about an E.P deal, but to the delight of the all involved, an album deal was signed.

December 2001 saw the release of 'Casino' on Fantastic Plastic records as a limited edition, to take the pressure off it charting. Thanks to airplay from Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley, 'Casino' unexpectedly charted at 87. The end of the year also brought with it a support slot on The Mull Historical Society's tour, the highlight of which being a gig at the Ulu, where the band played to 800 people, their largest crowd to date.

'Barricade' was decided as the second single to be released, and the band embarked on a 14 date joint-headlining tour with Oxford band Goldrush to support it.

Kieran recently confirmed the album title as 'The Picture Show', which was recorded late 2001 with Ian Caple (JJ72, Mansun, Tindersticks) and Michael Brauer (Coldplay, New Radicals).

Kieran explains:

"The Picture Show sums up what all the songs are about....pictures...in a show!

No, its to do with the songs being stories. Sparkle Me is a true story. All the people in that song exist and the lyrics revolve around a period of my life during my A-levels. I try to right unusual pictures with my lyrics, attempting to stay away from:

"babe you are my life, I see you every night cause your skins as white, as a kitchen knife" etc....

Cause no one needs lyrics like that.

Martin Luther King said:

" Most of us will not have to repent of the great evils we have done, but of the apathy that has prevented us from doing anything at all"

That's what Casino is about. And its a story. Which is why our albums gonna be called The Picture Show. Mmmmm, me is waffling now, better stop."

Barricade received some fantastic reviews:

NME:
"One of the best singles of 2002"

The Guardian:
"When playing live, the Buffseeds introduce this song as "a song about people who think it's cool to throw pipe bombs at primary school children". It aches with the soft spoken falsetto anger and disgust that Robert Wyattgave to Shipbuilding. And praise comes no higher. Should be compulsory listening in every school in Northern Ireland. And India. And the Middle East. And indeed everywhere. Although, naturally, the subversive humanity contained herein is too dangerous to be taught to mere children"

Teletext:
"Kieran Scragg's vocals are precisely like JJ72, but their melodies are more thoughtful than the Irish trio. Swirly, churning
and hellishly cute"

The summer of 2002 was pretty quiet for the band, with their only gig being at the Ashton Court festival.

Announcing fan favorite 'Who Stole The Weekend' as the third single, Buffseeds embarked on a 12 date tour to support it, starting at Aldershot on the 5th of October and ending on the 24th in Wolverhmapton.

This was the bands first proper headlining tour, and went fairly well, apart from a couple of quiet nights, namely Sheffield, which Kieran later described as a 'Glorified practice'. People sang along to Casino and Barricade, and if they didn't know the words to those, then Kieran made sure they had a chance to stretch their vocal chords with the now classic cover of Genie in a Bottle.

My body's saying no but my heart is saying let's go.

Ahem.

During this time, Who Stole… was released, which charted lower than the previous 2 singles, although still making the top 100.

The Picture Show now looks likely to be out in January 2003.

This Biography will be constantly updated as the bands career progresses, so check back soon!