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Placebo are Brian Molko(vocals, guitar),Stefan Olsdal(bass, guitar and keyboards) and no more Steve Hewitt(drums).Placebo's unique vision of music and life,began in Luxembourg where Meeting by chance in a London tube station,old classmates Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal..got talking and Brian,noticing that Stefan had a guitar strapped to his back,invited him to come and watch him sing and play guitar..The two guys hadn't been friends at the school they went to in Luxembourg,Bri had been unpopular-preferring drama to sport-and Stef was a star player on the basketball team..As Bri recalls,"in the space of seven years we might have exchanged one sentence."Bri came to London when he was 17years old,studying drama at Goldsmith's College.Stef,meanwhile,had followed his parents to England,and was studying guitar at the Musicians Institute in the East End.It was thus by sheer accident that he ran into Stefan at South kesington tube station(at 9:30-a time when Bri was never awake),"There he was,with a guitar strapped to his back,and he didn't actually want my phone number he asked for it out of courtesy".By that time Bri was also working on his own musical ambitions,writing songs as well as playing occasional gigs with a drummer called Steve Hewitt and happened to be playing a gig that night.Stef attended,and immediately decided a band had to be formed "I fell in love with his voice and his guitar playing because it was really different" remembers Stef.Steve Hewitt- whom Brian first met outside Burger King in Lewisham in 1991 through a common friend who was Steve's girlfriend- was also involved with another band called Breed,but contributed to Placebo's intial demos when time permitted.Because of his conflicting commitments with Breed, Hewitt was replaced in Placebo by a Swedish drummer called Robert Schultzberg.Olsdal called round with Robert with whom Stef has been at school and in a band with in Sweden(he was coming to London to study music)and Placebo was born."It was perfect, it just gelled " remembers Brian.The band was named after a drug which cannot work,they figured something..you only think makes you feel better".Robert was asked to leave the band on the way to a rehearsal for The White Room as the atmosphere within the band was unbearable."I think Robert had a very big problem with me,being the personality that I am.I guess being more flamboyant than him,receiving more of the attention than him,being more of a focus in the band than he was.I just became increasingly tired the focus of Robert's rages against the world.i did a lot to gain his trust, but it was never enough."It was the original chemistry which eventually proved to be the most enduring,and Hewitt was to permanently re-join Placebo in 1996.By that time the band had already made an extraordinary impact.Startring with their live debut at London's Rock Garden in January 1995. During 1995 they toured with Ash,Whale and Bush,determined to hook all-comers into their congregation,and released their debut single, 'Bruise Pristine' on the Fierce Panda indie label in November1995.The band were also constantly on the road,playing club gigs and support spots in order to properly hone their music. Indeed,at the end of the first year Placebo had their first taste of tangible success when 'Come Home' a single recorded for the Deceptive label,reached number three in the indie chart.In January 1996,Placebo signed a deal with Hut Recordings. They've attracted attention from the outset,pursued by A&R men repeating the mantra,"You were brilliant.We've got to meet up.You blew me away" Placebo secured their deal with Hut a mere 51 weeks after their first ever gig.They have also,in that time,set up their own label,Elevator Music,via a special deal with Hut Recordings.They began in 1996 with the critically acclaimed 'Come Home' single in January '96 and toured the UK with Belgian art rockers Evil Superstars and Europe with David Bowie,he became a fan of the band instantly,he invited Placebo to support him on several of his European concert dates."We went from 300 capacity venues to 8,000 to 12,000 capacity stadiums almost overnight,which was freaky"Brian notes "Now we've played to 16,00 people in Paris,those festivals are not going to scare us".Placebo's first album was recorded in Dublin during the spring of 1996 The 10 tracks were mostly about 53X.The self-titled debut album was released in June of 1996 preceded by singles '36 Degrees' and 'Teenage Angst' and went on to achieve gold status.Placebo then returned to the road,re-tracing their touring schedule of the previous year,this time playing to packed houses throughout the country.When Robert 'left',Steve was the first drummer to be phoned by Brian who had placed at the top of a list of three.
'I sat in my bedroom with my practice kit for two weeks and learnt the LP',Steve recalls 'Then we had one and a half days rehearsal before touring thirteen countries in four months!'.
In that way,the band embarked on a series of international tours-in America,Germany and France-.If confirmation was ever needed about Placebo's rising fame,it came in January 1997 with the release of 'Nancy Boy' as a single.As one of the stand-out tracks on the album,'Nancy Boy' went to number four in the UK chart.The same month Placebo played at Madison Square Garden in New York as special guests on the bill of David Bowie's 50th birthday party.The New single 'Bruise Pristine' was released on May 12th.The band were clearly visible throughout much of the year,headlining their own UK tour,culminating with a show at London's Brixton Academy-before supporting U2 on many of the Popmart European dates.Placebo were also invited by executive producer Michael Stipe to play parts alongside Ewan McGregor and Eddie Izzard in the forthcoming film Velvet Goldmine,due out to be released in the autumn of 1998.The time had come to record their second album.At the begining of 1998 the band started work at Real World Studios in bath,with Steve Osborne-whose past credits include U2 and The Happy Mondays-as producer.Due to be unveiled in October 1998,the new album is a collection of twisted love songs which deal,in one form or another,with heartbreak and loneliness.All this is fuelled by a powerfull new sonic identity;there's now 53x in the groove,the result of Steve's obsessions with funk and hip-hop.Despite being out of the public eye and in the studio for months,on end August 1998 saw 'Pure Morning',the first single from the second album,go straight to number four in the UK charts.WYIN,their Virgin debut,expands upon the sound earlier eponymous disc(released in America on Caroline Records)and shows the London-based trio thriving on ambiguity,uncertainty,and pure glorious noise.And once again David Bowie shows his attachment to the band offering us a sublime duet with Brian of 'WYIN',the 4th single.For the pleasure of French fans and their own delight,the band released a French version of Burger Queen on November 23th before starting a third album.July 2000, more viril than ever,the man is back,and he didn't lose of his good taste.'Taste In Men' is the first single of the so much awaited third album recorded in London with Paul Corkett who engineered WYIN.10 October2000.The world release of BMM.Awaited by the fans and the critics.Placebo are in France to promote the album,autograph session in a music store,an interview and a live performance in a French show.As Brian says,'it is indeed a distillation of the successful first albums,nothing new,the same nervous guitars and twisted love songs.Just pleasant.'"Run away from all your boredom"..Seems like it was what the critics expected.But the fans are there,others are joining the troup..And there's apparently no one who will stand on their way.October2001,Placebo will brilliantly end their world tour back in Europe,having marvelled thousands rimmed eyes around the world.Finally some rest for the band..They brought back some souvenirs for us.24Mars2003,after 2 years of silence,well not really silence but let's call it discretion:collaboration with Alpine Stars-Carbon Kid;Trash Palace-Je t'aime moi non plus(Brian and Asia Argento going back and forth to the Serge Gainsbourg so famous call-to-53x song),the trio is coming back with "SWG".Rather promising album,it was definitely not a Bitter end for Placebo.Excellent tracks such as the devilish intrumental "Bullet proof Cupid", the mellow slow "Centrefold","Protect me from what I want".. Some tracks are definitely bringing us back few years ago,during the glorious "WYIN" time.Those same successful ingredients will lift that album to the charts again for our great pleasure.2004 is the year of all success.Placebo did reconcile with its WYIN past success.A successful tour followed by a DVD release,Placebo are surfing on their wave,and we hope that it will last.In September 2005,the band finished the recording phase of their new album,which was released on March 13th(Delayed in U.S. until April 4th).The first single on the new album to be released in the UK on March 6th is titled 'Because I Want You',whilst ‘Song To Say Goodbye’ will be released on that date in the rest of the world.The new album,Meds,is a return to the band's roots,with a WYIN meets Sleeping With Ghosts vibe. The band will be working with Timo Maas for some songs as Brian has also worked with Timo for his new album, with his vocals featuring on the single "First Day",which was released in May 2005.In November 2005, Molko revealed in an interview that they had been working on 15 new songs since the June of 2004 in the South of France,and had been in the studio recording since August of 2005,working with French Producer Dimitri Tokovoi,who is a friend of the band and has produced the songs "The Ballad of Melody Nelson" and "Running Up That Hill" for the band in the past.They have also been recording tracks at RAK studios in London earlier in 2005.Molko said that the new songs are sounding more guitar based,like "The Bitter End" off their latest album and like many of the songs on their first album.Most of the tracks are based on 2 guitars,drums and a piano.Recording has been finished and they have been mixing since October 29th 2005.Two duets with American singers were also confirmed,who are Alison Mosshart(from the band The Kills) and Michael Stipe(from the band REM).Meds was leaked over the Internet on January 17,2006.No details are available on how the album was leaked.However, the official release date of 'Meds' was 13.03.06,making the leak almost two months early.The album contains 13 tracks,different from their last three albums which have only contained 12 tracks,but Meds has no 'hidden tracks'.The video for the single 'Because I Want You' was shot on the 24th of January at Koko in Camden,London.The leak was projected by the band's record label to potentially cause a very dangerous loss of profit upon the albums release,although this has proved to be wrong in most countries with the album debuting at #4 in Australia, and #7 in the UK.The next single from 'Meds' will be 'Infra-Red',released on June 19th 2006 in the UK.A limited edition U.S."Meds" was released on April 4th,making the gap between the leak of the album and the official release date even longer.The reason for the delay was what the band called "extended manufacturing needs".The limited edition U.S."Meds" features a DVD in the NTSC format compatible with U.S.DVD players,plus the CD. Albums:
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Placebo (Released : 17.07.96)
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Without You I'm Nothing (Released : 12.10.98)
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Black Market Music (Released : 09.10.00)
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Sleeping With Ghosts (Released : 22.09.03)
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Soulmates Never Die - Live In Paris (DVD Released : 15.03.04)
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Once More with Feeling (singles 1996-2004DVD Released : 25.10.04) ________________________________________
Once More With Feeling (Singles 1996-2004 CD Released : 25.10.04)
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Meds (Release : 13.03.06)
________________________________________ ( The limited edition U.S."Meds" is not the 'deluxe' version with 40 page booklet.2007 Meds [Bonus Tracks] 2006 Placebo [Bonus DVD] 2006 Meds [Import CD/DVD] 2006 Meds [Bonus DVD] 2006 Meds [Australia CD/DVD] 2006 Meds 2004 Sleeping with Ghosts [Bonus Tracks] 2003 Sleeping with Ghosts [UK Bonus Tracks] 2003 Sleeping with Ghosts [Bonus CD] 2003 Sleeping with Ghosts 2001 Black Market Music [Bonus Tracks] 2000)
Albums:
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Placebo (Released : 17.07.96)
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Without You I'm Nothing (Released : 12.10.98)
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Black Market Music (Released : 09.10.00)
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Sleeping With Ghosts (Released : 22.09.03)
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Soulmates Never Die - Live In Paris (DVD Released : 15.03.04)
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Once More with Feeling (singles 1996-2004DVD Released : 25.10.04) ________________________________________
Once More With Feeling (Singles 1996-2004 CD Released : 25.10.04)
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Meds (Release : 13.03.06)
________________________________________ ( The limited edition U.S."Meds" is not the 'deluxe' version with 40 page booklet.2007 Meds [Bonus Tracks] 2006 Placebo [Bonus DVD] 2006 Meds [Import CD/DVD] 2006 Meds [Bonus DVD] 2006 Meds [Australia CD/DVD] 2006 Meds 2004 Sleeping with Ghosts [Bonus Tracks] 2003 Sleeping with Ghosts [UK Bonus Tracks] 2003 Sleeping with Ghosts [Bonus CD] 2003 Sleeping with Ghosts 2001 Black Market Music [Bonus Tracks] 2000) 
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