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| Credit and edit: Silke Mitteregger |
We had 20 minutes to talk. It is very important to me to act professional in my job, but in this case I knew I couldn't hide that I am extremely nervous, and so I admitted that this was not business as usual for me because I've been a Placebo fan since the very beginning. Brian put his hand on my shoulder and said: “Don’t be afraid. I won't bite you.” This broke the ice for me because I found it quite funny. We started the conversation and I have to say that Brian was very nice and politely from the beginning to the end. I started to feel comfortable with the situation, and I also had the feeling that he answered my questions honestly.
Before our time was over we smoked a cigarette together and I asked Brian for a picture. He also signed a poster and dedicated it to me. Usually I don't ask for such things because I try to separate private from job. But hey, with this beginning of the interview every bit of professionalism was lost... 😂 Anyway, I'm really grateful that I had the chance to meet Brian in person and I will never forget this special day.
The interview was printed in an Austrian newspaper, so the language in the original is German. The following translation back to English is just an excerpt.
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| Photo credit: Cyber Campus |
𝘽𝙕: 𝙃𝙞 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪….
📢 Brian Molko: “Don’t be afraid. I won't bite you! Probably.” (laughs)
𝘽𝙕: 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 “𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙣”, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙣𝙤. 1 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨?
📢 Brian Molko: ”Being in a band is like being in a relationship, where you develop, evolve, change, and experiment. ’Meds’ was a very dark album – we all had problems with certain drugs and we were depressed. Placebo was practically at its end as a band. ‘Battle for the sun’ in comparison is a colorful album full of energy. It should evoke hope.”
𝘽𝙕: 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙏𝙑 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙. 𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙚 [𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 15 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚] 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩?
📢 Brian Molko: ”Well, there are a few people in the music business and the media sector, I call them ‘taste-makers’, who have power to make people believe what is good.
This award was given directly by the audience; therefore it is something valuable for us.”
𝘽𝙕: 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩?
📢 Brian Molko: ”My voice, it is unique. No matter which song you listen to, you will always know: this is Placebo.” (He seems extremely self-confident)
𝘽𝙕: 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚?
📢 Brian Molko: ”No, I haven’t felt that way in a long time. And this is a multi-tasking thing. I have to control my instrument, get the right note, communicate with my band mates and give the fans a show… there is no space for nervousness.”
𝘽𝙕: 𝙄𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧?
📢 Brian Molko: ”No, it’s not like that, but it is (pause) a job in the end.”
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𝘽𝙕: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙑𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙖?
📢 Brian Molko: ”I arrived an hour ago. So...”
𝘽𝙕: 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙑𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨. 𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮?
📢 Brian Molko: ”Vienna is well known as a city of art. I already have been to some museums. But please do not ask me for their names.”
𝘽𝙕: 𝙏𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝, 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙮 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪!
📢 Brian Molko: “There's nothing to confess. I’m a totally normal guy. And in case I am not, I won't reveal it now.” (starts to grin).
(BZ – Wiener Bezirkszeitung, November 2009, interview by Silke Mitteregger)
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