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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... ๐ 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 |
๐ฝ๐: ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ. ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐’๐ข ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ซ๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐ข๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช….
๐ข Brian Molko: “Don’t be afraid. I won't bite you! Probably.” (laughs)
๐ฝ๐: ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ช๐จ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐ช๐ข “๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ฃ”, ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค. 1 ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐พ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐จ. ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐จ?
๐ข 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.”
๐ฝ๐: ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐. ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ [๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐จ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ 15 ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง’๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐] ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ?
๐ข 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.”
๐ฝ๐: ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ?
๐ข 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)
๐ฝ๐: ๐ผ๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ซ๐ค๐ช๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค ๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐?
๐ข 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.”
๐ฝ๐: ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ค๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง?
๐ข Brian Molko: ”No, it’s not like that, but it is (pause) a job in the end.”
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| Photo credit: Cyber Campus |
๐ฝ๐: ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐?
๐ข Brian Molko: ”I arrived an hour ago. So...”
๐ฝ๐: ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ก ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ. ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐จ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ?
๐ข 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.”
๐ฝ๐: ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช!
๐ข 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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