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!
💖𝘛𝘩𝘦
𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰
𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮💕
♦️ 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙑𝙄𝙀𝙒
(1996) ♦️
𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒆:
This interview was found at an archived Japanese fan site, the only
info is that it was taken from an unknown fanzine.
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫:
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥
𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞
𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞
𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧
𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨: Huff huff (suddenly
breathing heavily)
𝐈: (𝐎𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲
𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠)
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞
𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠?
𝐁: Mic test's over.
𝐈: 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬
𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.
𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞
𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮
𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮
𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝
𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐞?
𝐁: (Happily) We depart tomorrow
morning, at 9.
𝐈: 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞
𝐭𝐨?
𝐁: Italy, Switzerland, France,
then Holland I think.
𝐈: (𝐓𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭
𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲
𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧)
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮
𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭
𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬
[𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐞]?
𝐁: (A bit offended) We didn't,
we were invited to. He took a liking to us.
𝐈: (𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝)
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮
𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧
𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐞?
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: 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭,
𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭
𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨
𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡?
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: 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲
𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟
𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐬?
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: (𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲
𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬)
𝐔𝐡, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞
𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠?
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: 𝐀𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞
𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧
𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐈
𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬
𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠
𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥
𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮
𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.
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: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭
𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜
𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞?
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.
Source: https://bit.ly/3dcd5QL
📸 Photo credits: Unknown
photographer at unknown Festival from 1996 / Edit made by Rita
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