Placebo singles - Bruise Pristine
▪️Brian Molko: "Yeah, our very first single, "Bruise Pristine", and it's about to be released on a Fierce Panda compilation," blurts Brian, without hesitation. "We really hate that version, it's so fast and, honestly, I do sound like Mickey Mouse on it. We were going to say no, but it's so ridiculous it has to be documented in some way. I can't really understand where this helium thing came from. My balls have dropped since then."
๐ธBrian Molko, Melody Maker, October 1998
๐ค"Perfect Piece of Trash: What is that picture on the front of the Bruise Pristine original fierce panda release?"
▪️Brian Molko: "It's a Cecil Beaton photograph of children in a bomb shelter during the Blitz."
๐ธBrian Molko, Raft Chat Transcript With Placebo, 2001
๐"Bruise Pristine" is a song by our favourite rock band Placebo, released in its original version as a split single with the band Soup by record label Fierce Panda in October 1995.
It was re-recorded for the band's 1996 self-titled debut album, and this version was released in May 1997 as the fifth and final single from the album.
๐ธThe song is a heavy riff-based track and is notable for its "behind the bridge" guitar solo. It's played in F-A-D-G-C-C tuning. It opens with a natural harmonics riff on the 12th fret. It proceeds with an overdriven riff that's played during the verses. During the chorus there's a chromatic power chord progression from F to G.
๐There are three official versions of the song that have been released: the 1995 single version, the album track and the radio edit. The radio edit is intended to be more radio friendly; after the intro it cuts directly to the vocal verse and the solo is cut short.
๐Placebo - Bruise Pristine
๐Placebo - Bruise Pristine (Demo-95)
๐Placebo - Bruise Pristine - Unsigned In the City - Part One 23.10.1995
๐Placebo - Bruise Pristine
Placebo - Nancy Boy [1995-10-23 - Unsigned In the City - Part Two]
๐Placebo - Bruise Pristine - Unsigned In the City - Part Three 23.10.1995
๐Placebo - Bruise Pristine (One Inch Punch Remix)
๐Placebo - Bruise Pristine (Lionrock Remix)
๐Placebo - Bruise Pristine - Live at The Virgin Megastore Paris 18.04.97
๐Placebo - Bruise Pristine - Live atTop Of The Pops - London, U.K. 23.05.97
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