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๐No. I'll go back to the beginning. When we first met, I wasn't sure if there was a connection between us. But as soon as we started talking, we found that we had a lot in common. Then one day we sat down and tried to write some songs together, we found in each other what we were missing in ourselves. It was not only that we understood each other musically, but I felt that Brian had many qualities that I didn't have. And conversely.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐?
๐I think he writes good lyrics. And he also has a vision and unusual ideas. I'm more of a technically based type. I can play many instruments and I am able to come up with instrumental ideas.
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด?
๐It was in a small pub in south London. In a terrible neighborhood. It was a tight space with a terrible sound. But between all the noise and the lousy music, I could clearly hear him singing. I thought it was an exceptional voice. Then I went to the drummer and told him I played the bass guitar. I asked if they wanted a bass player. That's when it started.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ'๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐? ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ, ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
๐Some of our drummers wanted to be more than just drummers.
๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป?
๐It was a different case for everyone. Our last drummer Steve Forrest simply didn't want to continue. He left because he wanted to go in a different musical direction. Our second drummer also started a band and we ended up with him quite a bit. It was an ugly departure.
You know, Placebo came into being between me and Brian at his house. We played children's drums and broken guitars. We also had a guitar with one string. In fact, it was always just the two of us. The drummers came to the studio to record their part and left again. The rest was up to us. I actually feel more comfortable when it's clear that the band is the two of us. A sufficiently complex policy is already emerging between two people. The creative process becomes more complicated with each other. It is not always a democratic matter. The fact that there are three people in a group does not mean that everyone contributes a third. Two work better. We finally found out that the two of us were the core.
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๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ?
๐Not at all, we don't discuss the past. In fact, this tour is challenging for us because we want to play new songs. Instead, we play songs that are even twenty years old. We look forward to looking ahead again. It will come soon.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ. ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ?
๐Sometimes yes. We're from London and the audience there is a bit dull because they have the opportunity to see many bands. When you go to play somewhere where not many musicians go, you feel that people appreciate it. They come up with beautiful surprises for us. The audience will arrange and prepare an organized event. I was touched when they created a light image in six colors of the rainbow flag on the back of the surface in Gorky Park, Russia.
๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ผ, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ป๐. ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐?
๐There are places like Iran where I would love to play, but I would be afraid for my life. One must be a realist, we do not want to expose ourselves or other dangers. In Russia, for example, the political situation is confusing. Who knows who actually controls it and how strict the regime is. But we don't find it a reason not to play there. Though, there are also places where we could get to prison.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ?
๐In Morocco, I was threatened with death while we were playing there. And in China, I was almost arrested because I jumped off the stage and went to the audience. There was a huge space between the stage and the people. It seemed ridiculous to me, when people are so far away, one can't connect to them at all. There were about a thousand police officers for ten thousand fans. I thought I was coughing at them and going after our fans. I was warned not to do that. But at a concert, you don't care, you are engulfed in situations and you do what you feel. So I went. Fortunately, this had no consequences. But it was stuffy, I probably wouldn't do it again.๐ฅ
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