# The Captain guitar solo > Simon Neil's guitar solo on The Captain by Biffy Clyro (2009) starts at about 0:18. From the album Only Revolutions. A alternative classic from the 2000s. Canonical URL: Biffy Clyro, 2009, from *Only Revolutions*. Solo by *Simon Neil*. A thundering, riff-driven anthem where Neil's crunching guitar lines and dramatic breaks build to an arena-sized climax. The Captain by Biffy Clyro is #1 in our ranking of the best Biffy Clyro guitar solos. The solo is played by Simon Neil and the song was released in 2009. ## In our lists - [The Best Biffy Clyro Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/biffy-clyro-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2009](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2009/) — #3 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on The Captain? Simon Neil played the solo on Biffy Clyro's The Captain (2009). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)