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๐๐๐ผ๐พ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ 1997
Placebo are Brian Molko, 24, on guitar and vocals; Stefan Olsdal (23) on bass; and Steve Hewit (26) on drums. With their first album, “Placebo”, they have reached number four on the charts of their country, Great Britain. Nothing to do with brit pop, but very English. Live they sound the same or better than on the stereo. Until you have Brian’s 1.60m in front of you, you may think that he's a girl. He is the owner and lord of an asexual voice and likes to paint his face and nails.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ถ๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต? "๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ." Ambiguous, of course. However, they are not repellent or Martian. On the contrary, they are nice and being conceited is far from them (well, maybe of Brian not so much). Their music is charged with sensitivity and the lyrics are abstract and introspective.
๐๐ฌ "๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ" ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ?
Yes, I am talking about states of mind. It is a bit autobiographical because I explain feelings experienced by me.
๐๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง? ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ?
Yes. The music belongs to everyone ... the lyrics don't appear on the album because we don't really want to give it much importance. We are not poets. We want to offer everything at once.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง "๐๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐"?
Of dehumanization.
๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง "๐๐๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฒ"?
It is our most popular song. It has a double aspect. It is both a mockery and a hymn to hedonism.
๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐จ.(๐๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ)
I, (Brian) was on the dole. Stefan was studying at the conservatory and Steve was the drummer for the Boo Radleys. Stefan and I studied together. We weren't friends. After a while we met again at a concert and decided to do something. We got together with a drummer, friend of Stefan from Sweden (because Stefan is Swedish). The drummer left and we called Steve. We talk about our influences and we jump into it.
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ?
Well, it was in Germany. Steve had been with us for a day and a half but that concert was already scheduled. It was in the former East Germany. This wasn't a club, it was a seedy dump. It was a bit of a mess but a lot of fun.
๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐?
Steve had been screwed enough by record labels before he was with Placebo. They were all small labels and it was a nightmare. Offers began to rain on Placebo but we didn't want to rush. It was our first moment and we waited six months. (๐๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ!)… Well, it's not so little. We had our own label. We edited our records and controlled everything.
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Interviews (๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต). Yes, really. We know many people that we will never really get to know at all. Like dwarfs and bugs everywhere. (๐ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ๐ฃ๐ถ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ!)
๐๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ? ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐๐?
When we started playing, everything was fine. We had the respect of other bands and such, but we never imagined that we were going to make the charts. And less in four ... now we are all day from one place to another. You lose stability and friendships.
๐๐๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ?
Bowie saw us at a concert and everything went smoothly... he's "A lovely man !!" (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด). I met him at a club, but don't ask me what I told him. He's a guy you can talk to calmly. He has a lot on his mind and he knows what he wants. It's great to be able to talk to him.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐?
Well, not great things. Rock is garbage. With the Oasis boom, many groups came out, but what is really interesting is reduced to a very small underground circuit. There is also a lot of influence from the US. What interests us the most is the dance scene.
๐๐จ, ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?
Yes - ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด -. It is vital, organic music. It's not about I'm going to put a little guitar here and there, no. It is something that comes in and out. And I leave it.
๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ?
Everything.But what I really like is getting a blowjob.
๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐!. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐?
We have always had ambitions, but now they have grown. The fact that important artists request our collaboration makes your chest swell but it is also likely that you sink more easily.
Stefan has barely opened his mouth and he is the only one who knows some Spanish. He stares at drilling everything. He's the perfect shy and introverted guy. He plays the bass without much fuss despite being 1.90 m tall with dyed blonde on the highest end. Steve, the ex-drummer of the Boo Radleys, is the one who seems the most sensible. Brian is the whirlwind of the trio. He speaks through the elbows and has leadership skills. He likes the crazy and haughty vibe (that English pride!) and having all their after shows recorded on video.
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๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: They are dirty and dopey, not more in Germany! (๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ).
๐๐๐๐: At first we were going to go on tour with them and we said: f*ck off! But the last two singles are very good.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐: Some c*ck s*ckers.
๐๐๐๐๐: The situation has been like this for a long time and it will not change.
70'๐ ๐๐๐๐: We love it. Bowie's "Hunky Dory" is the best. Right now we have done a cover version of "20 Century Boy" by T. Rex for a movie called Velvet Goldmine with McGregor (from Trainspotting).
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: The change has been good. In France too. The previous ones were bastards without balls. Although the new one does not have enough either. In short, he is the least demon within the group of political demons.
๐๐๐๐๐: Do you have?
๐๐๐๐๐: It is the root of all bad things. Now we have money but no time to spend it. Look what shoes I'm wearing (๐๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต).
In one year, Placebo have charted a dizzying trajectory. They go to full train assimilating stages that last days. “๐๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐น ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ”. Based on sedatives, it will have to be. Now they're up, wherever the pentagram sky is. Playing the songs from their album with painted faces in Europe. They will return to Spain to play with Bowie and at Doctor Music. If you enjoy watching them, it will not be by suggestion, it will be because they have a good handful of beautiful themes.
Original Text: Raquel Ramos - 01.07.97
mondosonoro.com
Translation to English: Rita Molko de L. for Placebo Anyway.
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