Saturday, May 16, 2020

Placebo interview from 1996


The last two weeks we published two interviews that our soulmate Jun M. From Japan shared exclusively with Placebo Anyway. Today we bring you the third and last one that goes back to the band's early years, when Robert Schultzberg was still on drums. We hope you enjoy reading it!
💖𝘛ð˜Đð˜Ķ 𝘗𝘭ð˜Ēð˜Īð˜Ķð˜Ģ𝘰 𝘈ð˜Ŋ𝘚ð˜ļð˜Ē𝘚 𝘛ð˜Ķð˜Ēð˜Ū💕





♦️ 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙑𝙄𝙀𝙒 (1996) ♦️

ð‘ĩ𝒐𝒕𝒆: This interview was found at an archived Japanese fan site, the only info is that it was taken from an unknown fanzine.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞ðŦðŊðĒ𝐞𝐰𝐞ðŦ: ð“ðĄðĒ𝐎 𝐰ðĒðĨðĨ 𝐛𝐞 ð­ðĄðž ðĶðĒ𝐜ðŦðĻðĐðĄðĻ𝐧𝐞 𝐎ðĻ ðĐðĨ𝐞𝐚𝐎𝐞 𝐎ðĐ𝐞𝐚ðĪ 𝐟𝐚𝐜ðĒ𝐧𝐠 ð­ðĄðĒ𝐎 𝐝ðĒðŦ𝐞𝐜𝐭ðĒðĻ𝐧.
𝐁ðŦðĒ𝐚𝐧 𝐌ðĻðĨðĪðĻ: Huff huff (suddenly breathing heavily)

𝐈: (𝐎𝐛ðŊðĒðĻðŪ𝐎ðĨðē ðŽðĄðšðĪðĒ𝐧𝐠) ð–ðĄðšð­ 𝐚ðŦ𝐞 ðēðĻðŪ 𝐝ðĻðĒ𝐧𝐠?
𝐁: Mic test's over.

𝐈: ð“ðĄðšð§ðĪ𝐎 𝐟ðĻðŦ ð­ðĄðšð­. 𝐋𝐚𝐎𝐭 𝐭ðĒðĶ𝐞 𝐰𝐞 ðĶ𝐞𝐭, ðēðĻðŪ 𝐎𝐚ðĒ𝐝 ðēðĻðŪ 𝐰𝐞ðŦ𝐞 𝐠ðĻðĒ𝐧𝐠 𝐭ðĻ 𝐛𝐞 ð­ðĄðž ðĻðĐ𝐞𝐧ðĒ𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐟ðĻðŦ 𝐃𝐚ðŊðĒ𝐝 𝐁ðĻ𝐰ðĒ𝐞?
𝐁: (Happily) We depart tomorrow morning, at 9.

𝐈: ð–ðĄðžðŦ𝐞 𝐭ðĻ?
𝐁: Italy, Switzerland, France, then Holland I think.

𝐈: (𝐓ðŦðēðĒ𝐧𝐠 𝐭ðĻ ðĶ𝐚ðĪ𝐞 ðĒ𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐎ðē 𝐊ðŪ𝐞𝐎𝐭ðĒðĻ𝐧) 𝐇ðĻ𝐰 𝐝ðĒ𝐝 ðēðĻðŪ ðĶ𝐚ðŦðĪ𝐞𝐭 ðēðĻðŪðŦ𝐎𝐞ðĨðŊ𝐞𝐎 [𝐭ðĻ 𝐁ðĻ𝐰ðĒ𝐞]?
𝐁: (A bit offended) We didn't, we were invited to. He took a liking to us.

𝐈: (𝐓ðŦðĻðŪ𝐛ðĨ𝐞𝐝) ð–ðĄðšð­ 𝐝ðĻ ðēðĻðŪ 𝐰ðĒðŽðĄ 𝐭ðĻ ðĨ𝐞𝐚ðŦ𝐧 𝐟ðŦðĻðĶ 𝐁ðĻ𝐰ðĒ𝐞?
𝐁: Hmm, I'd like to talk to him and hang out, if possible. It'll be quite the experience to be around someone so famous.

𝐈: 𝐑ðĒð ðĄð­, ð°ðĄðšð­ 𝐚 𝐠ðŦ𝐞𝐚𝐭 ðžðąðĐ𝐞ðŦðĒ𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐎 ð­ðĄðž 𝐰ðĻðŦ𝐝 𝐏ðĨ𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛ðĻ 𝐄𝐧𝐠ðĨðĒðŽðĄ?
𝐁: Yeah, more precisely Latin. It means 'I will please'. It's basically a drug that has no effect. A lot of bands jokingly name themselves after drugs.

𝐈: 𝐒ðŪ𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧ðĨðē 𝐰𝐞'ðŦ𝐞 ðĻ𝐧 ð­ðĄðž 𝐭ðĻðĐðĒ𝐜 ðĻ𝐟 𝐝ðŦðŪ𝐠𝐎?
𝐁: (gets worked up) That's what I'm saying, it's a drug that doesn't work. Though, drugs may or may not make life more interesting. (Suddenly turns to the camera) Will you stop with the pictures already?

𝐈: (ðĒ𝐧𝐎𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭ðĨðē 𝐟ðĨðĒð§ðœðĄðžðŽ) ð”ðĄ, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭ðĻ ð­ðĄðž ð§ðžðąð­ 𝐊ðŪ𝐞𝐎𝐭ðĒðĻ𝐧? 𝐇ðĻ𝐰 𝐝ðĒ𝐝 ð­ðĄðĒ𝐧𝐠𝐎 ðĄðšðĐðĐ𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 ð­ðĄðž 𝐛𝐞𝐠ðĒ𝐧𝐧ðĒ𝐧𝐠?
𝐁: Originally I went to the same school as Stef, our bassist, but we were in different groups so we didn't talk. Then, 2 or 3 years ago we met in London by chance. So we decided to make the band together.

𝐈: ð€ðĄ, ð­ðĄðž 𝐒ðĻðŪð­ðĄ 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐎ðĒ𝐧𝐠𝐭ðĻ𝐧 ðŦ𝐞ðŪ𝐧ðĒðĻ𝐧. 𝐈 𝐠ðŪ𝐞𝐎𝐎 ð­ðĄðšð­'𝐎 𝐎ðĻðĶðžð­ðĄðĒ𝐧𝐠 ð­ðĄðšð­ 𝐰ðĒðĨðĨ 𝐛𝐞 𝐰ðĒð­ðĄ ðēðĻðŪ 𝐟ðĻðŦ𝐞ðŊ𝐞ðŦ.
𝐁: Yeah, exactly. Because it changed my life. After that, we created the band and we had no luck with the drums. But Stefan's friend Robert offered to play the drums and it was perfect.

𝐈: ð–ðĄðšð­ ðĪðĒ𝐧𝐝 ðĻ𝐟 ðĶðŪ𝐎ðĒ𝐜 𝐝ðĻ ðēðĻðŪ ðĨðĒðĪ𝐞?
𝐁: The 3 of us have wildly different tastes. Stefan is more into pop music such as The Beatles and Abba.
Robert likes The Cure and The Police.
And I like British underground stuff.

(Sheer's soundcheck starts)

𝐈: You said underground stuff, what kind?

(Very hard to hear...)

𝐁: Minxus, Pram, Moonshake, these are pretty good.

(The volume of the soundcheck only goes up, making it impossible for us to keep on talking... unfortunately?)


Copyright credits to the original author of the text.
Interview translation credits: Jun M.
ðŸ“ļ Photo credits: Unknown photographer at unknown Festival from 1996 / Edit made by Rita

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