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!
๐๐๐ฉ๐ฆ
๐๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฐ
๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐
♦️ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
(1996) ♦️
๐ต๐๐๐:
This interview was found at an archived Japanese fan site, the only
info is that it was taken from an unknown fanzine.
๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ:
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐
๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐
๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐
๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง
๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ: Huff huff (suddenly
breathing heavily)
๐: (๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ
๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ )
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐
๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ?
๐: Mic test's over.
๐: ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ
๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ.
๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐
๐ฐ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ
๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ
๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐
๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐
๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐
๐๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐
๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐?
๐: (Happily) We depart tomorrow
morning, at 9.
๐: ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐
๐ญ๐จ?
๐: Italy, Switzerland, France,
then Holland I think.
๐: (๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐
๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ญ
๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฒ
๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง)
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ
๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ญ
๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ
[๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐]?
๐: (A bit offended) We didn't,
we were invited to. He took a liking to us.
๐: (๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐๐)
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ
๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐?
๐: 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.
๐: ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ,
๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ
๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐.
๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ
๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก?
๐: 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.
๐: ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ
๐ฐ๐'๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐
๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐
๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ?
๐: (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?
๐: (๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ
๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ฌ)
๐๐ก, ๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐
๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐
๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ
๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ญ
๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?
๐: 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.
๐: ๐๐ก, ๐ญ๐ก๐
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง
๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ
๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐
๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ
๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ.
๐: 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.
๐: ๐๐ก๐๐ญ
๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐
๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐?
๐: 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)
๐: You said underground stuff,
what kind?
(Very hard to hear...)
๐: 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
๐ธ Photo credits: Unknown
photographer at unknown Festival from 1996 / Edit made by Rita
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