🔹⭐🔹𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 IN 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟒🔹⭐🔹

𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔,
today I will take you to one amazing concert that took place on March 13, 2004.
✨𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆?✨
Do you remember the spirited Brian with a short cheerful hairstyle and strongly made-up eyes, thanks to which I lost the firm ground under my feet and forgot about the reality around me ...
It was a tour with then new album "Sleeping With Ghosts" on which music with a typical Placebo signature took on a completely new dimension thanks to the electronic arrangement of producer Jim Abiss ...
📌 "The electronic element is indeed very present in Sleeping With Ghosts, but I think when we listen to the album, we don't have the feeling Placebo is trying to sound electronic. We tried above all to refine and reconcile all the best elements which we experimented on our three previous albums, while trying to make this album current. 2003, not 1968."
(𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑀𝑎𝑔 2003)

Placebo in Perth 2004. Photo credit unknown

… 𝐴𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 2016, 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠:
📌 Sleeping With Ghosts
Brian: "This album is a bit of a wild card. I actually like this record because it's one of most sonically daring and electronic sounding records. It's the perfect mixture of what we were trying to do, which was fuse our sound with vintage synthesizers and old school analog recording techniques. It was around that time that Stefan and I began our obsession with old synthesizers, and we just couldn't stop collecting. A vintage synth is a very guilty pleasure for us. We find them very sexy and irresistible to buy if we see one, even if we don't need it."
🔸The ghosts in the title seem to detail a number of your past relationships, or the ghosts of them.
Brian: "Yeah, if I remember correctly, I was trying to lyrically explore memory and how reliable, how truthful memories are. Both the visual memories you re-experience but also your emotional memories, and I guess I was asking myself the question, "How accurate is it?" I think in one way or another, as time passes, we become film directors with our memories. We do our own director's cut of what's happened to us, and within that was this aspect of meditating the past romantic experiences and trying to sing about them in as abstract way as possible"
🔸Were you happy with the results?
Brian: "Yeah. I remember being very happy. I felt that record had a lot of color to it, so it pleased me at the time. Sorry, I never look back so this is hard."
⭐🔹⭐

Photo credit: Jo Stelmach

My dears, when you look into your heart, how do you feel about this album and such gems as the songs This Picture, The Bitter End, Protect Me From What I Want or Special Needs ...? What song from this album is your favorite?
𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟, ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑜 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝐽 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡:
📌
🔸 P: Triple J Breakfast, we’re joined by Brian Molko from Placebo... Brian, when we’re doing this interview, it’s the day of your Sydney concert on your tour, that you’re going around... It’s about 1:30 in the afternoon, where does this put you in the preparation for a gig night? Do you start thinking about the gig during the day, or is it just, you know, half an hour before the gig? What’s the sort of preparation on a gig day?


Brian: "I don’t really start thinking about the gig until we actually get to sound check... You know, if we’re touring around Europe or something, in a tour bus... then you know, we’ll spend most of the day sleeping. We’ll probably get up around 3 and start sound checking around 4. Erm, on a day like this, you know, I chuckled to myself as I was on the beach this morning, you know, sunning myself... and swimming around in God’s swimming pool and thinking about how miserable and rainy it was in London, you know. So that’s kind of how I’ve prepared today’s gig, very very relaxed, you know, getting up early and getting some rays."


🔸 P: Well, we’ve been playing English Summer Rain... It’s the single we’ve been playing at the moment for your tour. If you were going to write a song about an Australian weather condition, rather than English Summer Rain, what would you call the song?

Brian: "Oh God, I don’t know… Erm, “Sand in the vaseline”… How’s that one?"😁

🔸 P: Nice… So you said about the sound check, do you go through the same sort of thing each night, or do you do different things before the gig? Do you actually have a structure?

Brian: "Well… you kind of… because by nature what we do is very chaotic, and nomadic and we’re quite schizophrenic people, you know, you kind of crave a bit of a structure, you know, and erm... so what we normally do is sound check maybe for about 45 minutes and try and get an early dinner… because you can’t eat too close to show time, otherwise you feel heavy and you can still taste your dinner while you’re jumping around and trying to rock, you know. And then usually start having a couple of beers about two hours before the show, play some banging hip hop tunes and just try and get the energy levels up… take a lot of vitamins."

Placebo in Perth 2004. Photo credit unknown

🔸 P: People are going in the backstage at Placebo and they’re seeing these bowlfuls of pills… and it’s vitamin B1 and B2…

Brian: "Exactly, yeah."

🔸 P: I always wondered this, how much does.. ‘cos I do stand up comedy and obviously, it’s very reliant on, you know, the audience… In a rock show, can it really make a big difference, between the audience being a good audience or a bad audience?

Brian: "Absolutely. You know, it’s kind of… it’s like sex, you know. It makes a big difference, you know, both…"

🔸 P: If you’ve got an audience?!?

Brian: "No, not if you’ve got an audience, no!.. It’s like, you know, if somebody… if the person who you’re in bed with is making as much effort as you, you know, there’s nothing worse than a plank… You know, if you’ve made all that effort, all the drinks you’ve bought, you know, all the witticisms and charm you’ve put on, you know, kind of thing… there’s nothing worse than somebody that just lays there. And similarly… you know, and similarly with an audience, you know, you need… you need feedback from them, you need to have an exchange of energy, you know.. All good art, whether it’s painting, you know, or live music, you know, the artist takes a step towards the viewer or the audience… and they have to take a step towards them as well, for it to be a certain synergy."

🔸 P: And your show is a lot like sex as in it’s good, if it goes on for an hour and a half, and if people clap enough you do an encore…

Brian: "Exactly." /.../
⭐🔹⭐


So, friends, are you looking forward to the next Placebo concert? I know I don't have to ask you at all ...
To entice you even more, let's take a look at the video from the concert in Perth, which was the first stop in the Australian part of this tour.

𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆:
🎶 https://bit.ly/2SCivjw

Post by Marti

𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗟𝗞𝗢, 𝗜𝗤 𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗭𝗜𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟯

Like on most Wednesdays I want to share an ♦️𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖♦️ again. Brian gave this one to IQ Magazine in 2003 when Placebo were touring with their new album “Sleeping with ghosts”.

Do you want to know when Brian pulpified his first guitar, if he enjoys having contact with his fans and what his biggest fear is? If your curious for the answers to these questions you will definitely enjoy reading the interview.

Photo credit: David Willis

𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧?
📢 “No, not at all. I hardly get enough sleep. I'm quite horrible waking up. In the first hours I'm completely grumpy. After three cups of coffee it works out somehow.“

𝗜𝗡 𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗨𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘. 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧?
📢 “Yes! You need to have the feeling, that you make a progress. And at the moment, it looks like, that all the work of eight years is finally paying out.“

𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗨𝗦-𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟴 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧. 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬?
📢 “These days our stuff is even arriving in Mexico and South-America and East-Europe in time. And do you know why? Cause you can work so good with Baksheesh there!“

𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦𝗡'𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞.
📢 “No. – Is it the most civilised country?“

𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗦. 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔?
📢 “Oh yes! They decided, they are the new empire, just because there wasn't a real empire for the last years. I believe, they want to impress their McDonald's-Lifestyle on the rest of the world. In those moments an united and strong Europe is more important.“

Photo credit: Scarlet Page

𝗜 𝗚𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗥. 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗥, 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗖 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗥𝗢̈𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗦 𝗔𝗛𝗢 𝗔𝗥𝗠 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗥𝗠 𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘.
📢 “I don't know. For me it still looks like Mr. Blair is going onto his knees in front of Mr. Bush and ...“ (grinning wide)

𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗢?
📢 “I grew up in an extreme on Money oriented country, in Luxembourg.
It's like a Mini-Switzerland, where the living expenses ar quite OK, but the people have an endless amount of money. So I became fast left, a natural reaction against the whole conservatism and the mass of money around me.“

𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗟?
📢 “Just when I turned 17. In the 80ies it was so boring for Teenager, and I just vegetated. When I moved to London, I had in just three years a whole second youth, and quite a lot happened in front of the public.“

𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗡?
📢 “Absolutely! When I was 20, I had a really chaotic phase. it was truly a roller-coaster ride. But you can't ride it forever.“

𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗔𝗧 𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘, 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚?
📢 “A grinch, at least the most time.“

𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟮𝟬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗟𝗞𝗢?
📢 “Drink more water...instead of all the other stuff. And stick to it, I guarantee you, it becomes better. This time was really chaotic and self destroying, but I learned a lot.“

𝗜𝗧 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞.
📢 “Black is easy. you can easily transport it, it doesn't become dirty so fast and you can't see sweat patches right away. It is nice neutral as well. In gaudy colours I don't feel really comfortable. And black makes you look thinner! Black is the colour of Rock 'n' Roll. that goes back to Velvet Underground and Johnny Cash. Dark blue works out for me too. and a bit white.“

Photo credit: Nick Harvey 

𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗠𝗬𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗢.
📢 “Absolutely! And I think, there are not enough mysteries on the world any more and first of all in the pop music. When I was young, there were just the vinyl records, and for the most of them the booklet inside was plain white. There was a picture on the front and in the back a photo of the band - and that was it! Today you can get the information about the colour of the pubic hair of the drummer in the internet, you can find out every fucking detail! There are Groupie website. the secrets burst, and I try to keep a small piece for myself.“

𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗣 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗?
📢 “Designers are taking at least risks! I don't know, if fashion is really full of secrets. The most fashion designer I've met were pretty open.“

𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗪𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗩𝗜𝗣-𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗡 𝗔 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗠. 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗠𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗙 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗬 𝗖𝗜𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗦...
📢 “Oh yeah, you had those strange fags. they were from Austria, weren't they? And I nearly went into a fight with someone there.“

𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗨𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗥. 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗜𝗗𝗡'𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗦.
📢 “If people are impolite or are crazy, than I have the right to tell them that - polite and with reason.
The guy was annoying me and my girlfriend, on one hand he was impolite, on the other hand he made me non-stop compliments. I believe, cause I'm short, I get through, if I tell them my opinion.“

𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗢𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗?
📢 “Not so often, but if it happen, than it madden me inside, even when you can't see it from the outside.“

𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗 – 𝗗𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡, 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥?
📢 “Barely. We became a family quite naturally - a family, that function rarely well, but still a family.“

Photo credit: Jesus Aparicio

𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗣𝗨𝗟𝗣𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗨𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗥 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟴.
📢 “Just a short while ago one was destroyed in Paris, cause our lovely Bassist Stefan hit my guitar with his bass - it simply broke into pieces, it was quite funny. Stefan is on stage at the moment a bit brutal towards me. All the time he is knocking me over or bump into me. I guess, he has an unconscious antipathy against me - NO, that were just accidents. We are simply a bit more wild than in the past.“

𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗦 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧?
📢 “In the band we insult us all the time. That is some kind of sign of affection, that i still don't really understand. It is probably all the testosteron, that you carry around especially during a tour. In Paris I offended an autograph hunter. She was 45. She told me, I'm impolite, just when I started to sign an autograph for her.
So I told her, that for a woman her age there are for sure more meaningful things to do, than standing around with 20something years old girls in front of a TV station and fight for an autograph!“

𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦?
📢 “It's dangerous. It can be really cool, but it can become strange too. Fans can demand a lot. If you spend two minutes with them, than it appear not a lot for them, but if there are hundred other people, who want to have two minutes as well, than it's really a lot for me!
I get afraid, when they are screaming and treat me like I would be a divine being. I'm just a small Asshole, like the rest.“

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗥?
📢 “Being in prison the whipping boy for someone. And to be alone. I enjoy being alone with myself, if I want to be. But it is really hard, to break free from this circle of loneliness. I had that. I don't want it anymore.“
(Brian Molko, IQ Magazine, November 2003)

Post by Silke

𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬: 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗞𝗜𝗗𝗦

Today we celebrate the ♦️𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗔𝗥𝗬♦️ of “Modern Kids”, Brian's collaboration with Hotel Persona, Stefan's electro-pop project with his later husband David Amen and Javier Solo. It was released on the band's debut album “In the clouds” on June 27th 2008.

🎬 𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔 – 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗞𝗜𝗗𝗦

🎵 https://bit.ly/3sKtEum 🎵

Photo credit: unknown (2), covers of the album and the promo single / edit by Silke

📌 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 📌
Hotel Persona essentially started when Stefan and David Amen decided to spice up their friends house parties in London by providing dance tunes to get people shaking their butts. They sporadically composed songs and did performances and dj sets for their friends.

Then Stefan and David began DJ work under the name Hotel Persona. They kept themselves busy being invited to deejay around Europe. After a while a collection of songs screamed to be recorded, metaphorically speaking, and Javier Solo was recruited to sing Spanish vocals. Stefan, after years of developing his vocal tone with Placebo, sang the English versions.

The Spanish debut album “En Las Nubes“ was released May 2008. “In the clouds“, the English version of the album, followed in June. It was a co-production of Stefan and Fabien Waltmann, who remixed “Infra-red“ for Placebo in 2006. The songs were recorded and mixed in London, Madrid and New York over two years (2005-2007) and feature additional vocals from various artists like for example Samantha Fox, Miguel Bosé and of course Brian Molko.

Hotel Persona also remixed some Placebo songs and various other bands, including Queens of the Stone Age and She Wants Revenge.

Photo credit unknown

📌 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔 📌
📢 ”Hotel Persona is a side-project, when I'm not doing Placebo. I explore more of the entertainment side of making music, you know, it's more electro and it's more dance and a bit more pop-oriented. There would be no point in doing another Placebo. I mean on the first album, I got Samantha Fox in there! I guess as a musician not everything I write is going to be right for Placebo. Saying that, whenever I write a song, it always goes to Brian first and it's like "hey, do you feel this?" If he does feel it, then it becomes a Placebo song and if not, it becomes something for Hotel Persona.”
(Clic Music, April 2009)

📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗟 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔 📌
📢 ”Stef DJs under the name of Hotel Persona, and has made a record as well. I think that's definitely an outlet for him, for an aspect of his musicality which he can't explore in Placebo, and which is much more gay disco. I guess that's why Hotel Persona exists, to satisfy that aspect of his musical taste and his desire to express himself in that way.”
(Suicide Girls, September 11th 2007)

Photo credit unknown

📜 𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦
Modern kids future freaks
Following media beats
Everything is on the screen
Can't find a space
The computer erased your heart

We are modern kids
Living through a screen

No need to scour the streets
Your father is out drinking while
Your mother is home reading the bible
And you
are on your own

Go ahead let your sun shine
You've got to do it your own way
Run away don't hesitate
Run away, go run away, go run away

Tenement kids flying on E
Pretending they don't give a sh*t
Dancing for something to be
So out of place
The computer erased their hearts

We are modern kids
Living through a screen

Grabbing today because tomorrow
Is too far away
and you are alone

Go ahead let your sun shine
[They're gonna get you]
You've got to do it your own way
[Not gonna let you go]
Run away don't hesitate
[They're gonna mess you up]
Run away go run away, go run away
[Not gonna let you be yourself]

Run away, run away

run awaaaaay
[They're gonna tell you]
Run away
[Try to persuade you]
[They're always fucking with your head]

Go ahead let your sun shine
You've got to do it your own way
Run away don't hesitate
Run away go run away

Run away
Grabbing today because tomorrow is too far away

Pist by Silke

❤️🎸 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛 🎸❤️

🎸[...] 𝑴𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓, 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒚 "𝑩𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉" 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘. 𝑩𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 "𝑩𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉" 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘… "🎸
▪️𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝑜𝑛 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝒉𝑎𝑚 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑜𝑛, 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟹.

Photo credit: Tilllate.com

That's right dear soulmates, my post today is dedicated to "𝑩𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉", 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐's favorite guitar, a beautiful red-colored 𝑭𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑱𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓 that like all 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏's guitars is female and older than him. This instrument is very important within 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 and deserves a special mention. To begin with, 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝒔𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏? These are his reasons:

🎙️"I always wanted one," he says. "Because they were Sonic Youth guitars".
▪️𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝐺𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡, 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟽.

🎙️"When I was sixteen I heard Sonic Youth for the first time and they blew my head off and changed my life really and that was just as I started to play guitar. They sort of opened up so many possibilities and they acted as a sort of trampoline. I explored bands that influenced them from the Stooges the New Wave scene and through The Joy Division and The Fall and Post punk particularly and then when I was in collage I heard PJ Harvey for the first time. At that point I decided I wanted to make music that carried a similar kind of emotional weight and a similar kind of fragility and vulnerability and humanity."

🔸𝑺𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝑺𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓?

🎙️"Sister and EVOL and Bad Moon Rising, those are my tree favourites."

🔸𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍?

🎙️"Discordant sort of theme to it, yes. It's cos I play the same guitar as they play. As soon as we got a record contract I went out and bought myself a new Jaguar."
▪️𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝑆𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟽.

Photo credit unknown

♦️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 "𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡" 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨'𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞.♦️

🔸𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅?
Strumming behind the tailpiece and playing distorted harmonics has become such a part of our sound that I'm destined to use Jaguars forever for certain songs.
▪️𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟿.

🎙️𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “[...] I never wanted to have any lessons or to be taught how to do it. I think that's very important, because if you don't learn how to play the blues then you don't play the blues. You develop your own individual musical style, and I think that is what happened.“

🔸𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏?

🎙️𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: "Absolutely, it's always been an emotional thing. I remember having a really intense conversation with Paul from AC Acoustics about this. We were at T In The Park, banging our fists on the table, going: `For Christ sake, it's got to fucking mean something!' That's kind of how I feel. I want to make music which moves people emotionally, which has an emotional significance and an emotional weight.
As a performer. I have to place myself in an incredibly vulnerable position - I stand on stage and bleed my heart out to 2,000 strangers and I have to reap the consequences of that afterwards, whether they're good or bad. And it's fine, because if that's what I have to do for the music to be as honest as possible, then that's what I have to do.
The qualities which I attach to Placebo's music - honesty, vulnerability, fragility and humanity - are the qualities which attract people to us, because we're not hiding behind any macho posturings of rock or hiding behind irony and things like that.
I'd like to think of Placebo's music as being very real."
▪️𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑙𝑘𝑜, 𝑉𝑜𝑥, 𝟷𝟿𝟿𝟽.

I must confess that this last quote is one of my favorites. I love when 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 talks about 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's music and what he wants to transmit with it. 💗

Photo credit unknown

🔹𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰'𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵?
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤?
I would definitely like to know your opinion about it, soulmates. ❤️🎶

Well, although in the last two albums "𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏" (2009) and "𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆" (2013) 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 has used more other kinds of guitars, as we saw in the quote above, it is essential that he continues to use 𝑭𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 guitars to perform several 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 songs. Below, I have prepared a list - 😳 a bit long, I hope you don't mind 😁 - with some of the songs
in which 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 uses his beloved "𝑩𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉", from the super hits like "𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝑩𝒐𝒚" and "𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈", to the ones that the band has played live a few times like "𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒚" or just once like "𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝑮𝒐𝒏𝒆". Enjoy watching!

🎸 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐍𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟖
https://youtu.be/bXFLzv6kcWY

🎸 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐜 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗
https://youtu.be/bILdbFvLTSA

🎸 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑
https://youtu.be/WjTWsjPx6T8

🎸 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐠 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐤𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔
https://youtu.be/GRhhMFahMM4

Photo credit unknown

🎸 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐲 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎
https://youtu.be/ylSJIw0vKlk

🎸 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐲 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐅𝐈𝐁 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕
https://youtu.be/-SxQJV8Gi9k

🎸 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 & 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 & 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎
https://youtu.be/u1UvTEui0dY

🎸 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐨 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏
https://youtu.be/qsbhxWvQNkQ

🎸 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕
https://youtu.be/F_RaA1_hMTs

🎸 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐌𝐓𝐕 𝟓 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟖
https://youtu.be/BNEPklOHyD4

🎸 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟔
https://youtu.be/ZZD8SWlAS4Q

🎸 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥+ 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑
https://youtu.be/VDDTXuZGg6g

🎸 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐞 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟗
https://youtu.be/35fJFo2q7Cs

🎸 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐
https://youtu.be/6iiKW5IkODw

🎸 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐨 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒
https://youtu.be/FHqhm10OYv0

🎸 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏
https://youtu.be/w5rQM-BCj5Q

🎸 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐞 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝟐𝟏 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗
https://youtu.be/mhNS58EbVEQ

🎸 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟑
https://youtu.be/BqSqv-1Evwc

🎸 𝟑𝟔 𝐃𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔
https://youtu.be/Qwcr_6mO2m8

Photo credit: Madmike

✨⭐ 𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐒 ⭐✨

🎸 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 & 𝑩𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝑺𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑴𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 🎸

❤️ https://bit.ly/3qktdY4

❤️ https://bit.ly/3qgUc78

❤️ https://bit.ly/3qj0O4H

❤️ https://bit.ly/2TWVaJG

✨𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝖡𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗇 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 "𝖡𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁" 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍? 𝖣𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗀𝗎𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗋? 🎸

I wish you a fantastic weekend!
💗 Stay safe & beautiful.💗

Post by Rita

⭐𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎: 𝐈 𝐃𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 ‘𝐍’ 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋⭐

Dear soulmates!
Today I'm done with another translation of Brian Molko's 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 for you. Its Russian version was published on 𝑴𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒐 website in 2014.
Enjoy reading!🥰


⭐𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎: 𝐈 𝐃𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 ‘𝐍’ 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋⭐
On July 5th, the Gorky Park will host the Svoy Subbotnik festival which will feature Kasabian, Metronomy, Miles Kane, Jamie Woon, Tesla Boy, Naadya and The Uchpochmack (Zemfira's new project). Metro's questions have been answered by Brian Molko, frontman of Placebo, the show's main headliner.

𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝟐𝟎 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆?
Serious question. I’d say that the most significant thing is that the band remain productive for a long time, that we refuse to leave the stage for a very long time. We can’t do anything else really. I never had an office job. I graduated from the university and right after that, I founded Placebo, started to write and play songs. That’s what I still do! But there are so many bands that started at the same time as us but then gave up and got a job. The thought that I would have to do the same seemed very depressing to me. At that point, we are like The Rolling Stones. They have enough money, they don't need to go on tours but they don't know what else they could do. It’s the same about us. And now, we as a band are in a very privileged position. Every time we release an album, people are interested in listening to our music. Even after these twenty years. This is incredible! And I’m very very grateful for that.

Photo credit: Ollie Milliga

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆?
I think I improved in writing stories. Stories with their own characters. You can hear it on our latest album Loud Like Love. Paradoxically, the use of this literary technique makes the author more vulnerable and private in his songs.

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒚?
Changed completely! Nobody buys vinyls and CDs anymore...

𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒅?
I think it depends on a customer, doesn’t it?
An entire generation has grown up convinced that things which include a lot of work and money invested should be free. I think if you don’t buy music of your favourite band, they will no longer be able to make a living by playing music. The musicians will just quit and get other jobs. Like driving a cab or cleaning glasses at the bar.

𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄.
If I’m honest, I would prefer not to discuss financial things.

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒂 𝑾𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒?
Are you really asking me about Eurovision? Are you actually doing this?! It's a waste of your time! I don’t own a TV, I don’t watch it, and I don’t give a sh*t about the Eurovision! It's not even a cultural event. So, asking me that is a waste of time.

𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒚 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒔.
When they jump off the stage, it can be quite dangerous. When they got out on the stage, then, it happened, they broke the equipment. We don’t approve of these actions! And, fortunately, there are fewer and fewer of them. But people still try to run out and hug me when I play on stage. But, damn it, man, why are you doing that? I'm trying to do my work here! It’s not the best time to hug me! Also, over the past twenty years, various objects have been thrown at me. A bottle of urine. Bullets. And the ham. A box of ham. That’s just unreal! Oh yeah, and coins! Coins hurt a lot!

𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕?
I can’t answer this question. It would be too rude.

𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒏.
Cody loves me very much. He basically grew up with the band. He used to see how difficult making music and touring is.

Photo credit unknown

𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌. 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒇𝒖𝒍? 𝑷𝒐𝒑 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆. 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒂𝒆?
Reggae? I like reggae! I also love classical music and opera. But I don't listen to rock ‘n’ roll too much. I don't think there’s a lot of interesting stuff in this genre. My favorite rock band is The National. I also like Queens of the Stone Age. And a girl band from California called Warpaint. I like them very much too.

𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑱𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑳𝒆𝒕𝒐. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏?
We know each other. Jared is very talented. He won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in Dallas Buyers Club. Jared is a very interesting person. So, if someone compares us, that's not a problem for me!

𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏?
Yeah, quite happy. I'm very lucky to do what I love. Most of people on this planet are not as lucky as I am.
(𝑀𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑜, 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 4, 2014)

▪️𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑅𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑂𝑙𝑔𝑎 𝐵𝑢𝑟𝑙𝑎𝑘𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑜 𝐴𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦

Post by Olga 

Placebo and Chris Corner: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 „𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐗“ 𝐭𝐨 „𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐗“ - 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

It's been a few days since one of you suggested we write a post about Chris Corner. So today I fulfill the wishes of everyone who knows and loves this charismatic rocker😍.

🔸✨🔸𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 „𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐗“ 𝐭𝐨 „𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐗“ - 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞🔸✨🔸

Photo credit unknown

Who among you doesn't know the band 𝐒𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐒?

Sneaker Pimps supported Placebo on the 2001 Black Market Music tour.
It is from that time that the well-known joint photos of both bands come.
This band is also known to Placebo fans from the remix of
𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑴𝒆, which was released on one of the two versions of this single for the album "Without You I'm Nothing" in 1999.
You can listen to this remix here:
🎶 https://bit.ly/3xFhPsp


🔹⭐🔹
Chris Corner (born in 1974) and Liam Howe, members of the band, started meeting and composing music in the late 80's when they were very young. Chris Corner studied mathematics, astrophysics and also philosophy - even at the same university as Brian - at Goldsmiths College. But mainly because of his unfetteredness and desire not to become normal and to always be "alternative", it drew him to the life of an artist.


In 1994-5 (dates of origin vary on the Internet), the band Sneaker Pimps was formed, then still with the singer Kelli Ali. The style of music officially ranks among trip hop, the main representatives of which at the time were, for example, Portishead or Massive Attack. Sneaker Pimps is an alternative rock music mix with a very strong electronic track.
After the first very successful album called Becoming X, the singer leaves the band at the instigation of Chris Corner and her vocals are replaced by Chris himself.
The band will then release 2 more albums and then the workaholic Chris, bored with the band's inactivity, will turn his attention to his solo project "IAMX". As he himself says, the letter X has always been a symbol for him which fascinated him with its ambiguity.
🔹⭐🔹
Anyway, in 2001 Sneaker Pimps joined Placebo and they played a lot of perfect concerts on this tour.
For all those who have no idea about the music of Sneaker Pimps, here I share a link to one of the songs at the Benicassim Festival 2001
🎶 https://bit.ly/3d06GdQ


And those who miss this band - maybe you know, maybe not, but Sneaker Pimps have reunited and are about to release a single in July, which will herald a new album coming out in fall.
🎶

Official website:
https://sneakerpimpsmusic.com/
Here you can pre-order a new album:
https://sneakerpimps.bandcamp.com/
🔹⭐🔹
And now I want to share with you a short excerpt of an interview where Chris recalls a concert in Warsaw, Poland during a tour with Placebo and mentions Brian:


📌At the beginning I would like to talk about your first concert in Poland. In 2001, you supported Placebo in Warsaw, and I remember that I liked the Sneaker Pimps concert much more than Placebo.
Chris: (laughs) Thank you.


Do you remember that evening?
Chris: Yes, perfectly. It was a great concert. I remember you guys were really crazy. It was amazing (laughs)! The crowd in the full club was moving like a big wave. An impressive sight. I also remember that at one point Brian ran up and down the balcony above the hall, and people stopped listening to us. Actually, I don't know why he did it... The concert was really great, and then Brian ruined everything ... Was it going too well and he didn't like it?


I remember that moment exactly!
Chris: Do you remember? Then I thought, "What are you dude doing?" Later we finished this track and left the stage because there was no point in playing anymore ...


I was so pissed at him because you were doing great, you have conquered the audience, and he fucked everything up. I wouldn't like to use obscene words here, but that wasn't pretty behavior...
Chris: You're right... Thanks for the warm words (laughs). But anyway, it was a fantastic evening. /.../
(Muzyka.interia.pl, August 2006)

Photo credit unlnown

And another excerpt from the concert review:
📌/.../ At around 8 p.m. support appeared on stage. SNEAKER PIMPS played 8 songs. They played 45 minutes and presented themselves very well with their electronic-trip-hop rock. Even during the last number of support in the aisle at the top, behind the column, Brian showed up in the company of a few people. The audience went crazy. Totally ignored Sneaker Pimps. The uproar was enormous, although not everyone saw Molko at that moment. Placebo's vocalist ran quickly to reveal himself in all his glory and, arousing the admiration of more people, hid behind the door.
(Wywrota.pl, April 2001)
🔹⭐🔹
So, dear soulmates, what do you say to what Brian did to the band Sneaker Pimps? Do you think he was really jealous of their success or just needed to make a joke?😁
Anyway, here in this interview, Chris mentions the Placebo guys very nicely (listen from the 13th minute, but the whole interview is amazing)
📣 https://bit.ly/3zTHCPJ


As far as I know, fate has linked the artistic careers of Chris Corner and Placebo at least twice more:
An amazing song by Sneaker Pimps "6 Underground" was used to promote the film "Cruel Intentions" in which we could also hear Placebo song "Every You Every Me".


And in 2005, Chris composed and produced music for the French film Les Chevaliers du ciel (Sky Fighters). This soundtrack features 9 of Chris' songs (two with his girlfriend Sue Denim) and four others include The Crawl by Placebo.
💗Thanks Chris - this album is absolutely amazing for me.
According to many reviews, Chris's soundtrack took this film to a higher level which it would not have reached without his music.
You can listen to the whole soundtrack here:
🎶 https://bit.ly/3iW9T1X


🔹⭐🔹
Dear friends, perhaps I have brought you nice memories today and focused your attention on the man who is definitely worth it. He is an artist who adores his fans, likes to be carried away by their energy, he always addresses them "my beauties" and gets their absolute ecstasy back. I like the description of a Czech presenter who interviewed Chris in 2006.
I say goodbye to you today with her words:


📌 „When Chris Corner, the central character of the I AM X project, fixes his dark brown eyes on you, you can't help but get lost in that look. But when the former Sneaker Pimps singer speaks, you'll calm down right away. He speaks in a focused, balanced and intelligible manner; as if he didn't even have to think about words. Affect and pathos which at times feel from his music, do not seem to exist.
He is not tall and with a small, fragile figure he looks a bit like your younger brother. Until you find out he will always have the upper hand. He's a star so natural that you can really believe that this person was born a celebrity.“

Post by Marti

𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗟𝗞𝗢, 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟳

Today I want to share an old ♦️𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖♦️ with Brian about some of his “last times” with you. You will learn about the last sports event he attended back then, the last time he cried, the last time he was in a church, the last time he wanted to hit someone and many more. Enjoy reading!

Photo credit unknown

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗?
📢 “That would have been when I got thrown out of the girl's toilets in a venue in Buffalo, New York. No, I can't tell you what I was doing to get thrown out...”

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗛𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗢𝗡𝗘?
📢 “It was a fellow musician when we were taking part in a debate about Yob Rock for another magazine. He was really attacking a guy from another band, being unnecessarily insulting, so I wanted to teach him some manners.”

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗛?
📢 “For the christening of our drummer Steve's baby. My Mum used to drag me to church every Sunday when I was younger, but I have no desire whatsoever to attend now.”

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗗?
📢 “When I almost got busted in Trafalgar Square whilst carrying class A drugs. I was psyching myself up for a search and a night in the cells, because I was completely wired when the two cops searched me. I had half a gramme of speed in my pocket, but somehow they didn't find it. Someone up there likes me.”

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛?
📢 “Gary Glitter. I reckon he wouldn't shut up and he'd be really irritating. Elevator lights are too bright like the lights in McDonalds, and I think his suit would be too much for me to beare.”

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨?
📢 “Girls against Boys. We've played with them last year and they're amazing. I love them for their energy, their sexiness, their low-down crotch bass, their hip-oriented grooves, everything.”

Photo credit: Kevin Cummins

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗?
📢 “I went to my first ever, and possibly last ever, football match in Dundee on Boxing Day. I went with our manager Dave, who's a Dundee United fan, because I was staying in Dundee with my Mum anyway. I froze my bollocks off, but it was an okay match.”

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗠 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗔𝗪?
📢 “The new 'Romeo and Juliet' movie – it's excellent. It's set in modern times, and it's totally amazing with a cool, totally modern soundtrack. I'm really into films. On tour we play this game called Cinemaphobia, where you have to link different actors through the films they've been in with other people. Usually, any two actors can be linked via their co-stars within three films...”

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬?
📢 “The last time I flew back from the States I stuck my change in the UNICEF bag. I hardly ever think of giving money to charity. That's shameful, isn't it?”

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔 𝗚𝗜𝗥𝗟?
📢 “In a pub in Brixton. I got asked 'What do you want, love?', so I said 'A pint of Stella' in my gruffest possible voice. I get mistaken for a girl all the time. I was at a party once and this guy spent half an hour chatting me up before he realised I wasn't a girl. He only copped on because I finally said 'My name is Brian' – and he laughed and said 'How can your name be Brian if you're a girl?'. I think he was a little disappointed.”

𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗?
📢 “On my birthday I bawled my eyes out. It's my party so I can cry if I want to! I freak out when I get very drunk. We call it 'going to Super France'. You drink too much whiskey, shout a lot and get energetic for a couple of hours, then at some point in the evening you have a complete freak-out, and burst into tears and end up lying in the road.”

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧?
📢 “A few hours – with chemical stimulants, of course...”
(Brian Molko, interview “The last word”, 1997)

Post by Silke

𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗔 𝗦𝗜𝗥𝗞𝗜𝗦' 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡

Today Nicola Sirkis, frontman of French pop rock and new wave band Indochine, turns 62 years old.

🎈🎉 𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑷𝒀 𝑩𝑰𝑹𝑻𝑯𝑫𝑨𝒀, 𝑵𝑰𝑪𝑶𝑳𝑨! 🎉🎈

Photo credits unknown, edit by Silke

Placebo fans know him and his band because of “Pink water”, Brian's collaboration with Indochine officiel. There are three versions of the song, two of them feature Mr. Molko and were released on the album ”Alice & June Limited edition" in December 2005.

🎬 𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥
🎵 https://bit.ly/3dytHFk 🎵

📌 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢 📌
Nicolas Henri Didier Sirchis, better known as Nicola Sirkis, was born on June 22nd 1959 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine in France. He is the frontman of the French pop rock and new wave band Indochine officiel. Sirkis is the only remaining member of the original line-up of the band which he formed with a friend in Paris in 1981. Up to now the band has released 13 studio albums, a good number of live albums and compilations and more than 50 singles. They have sold over ten million records which makes them one of the best selling French bands.

📀 𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟮
🎵 http://bit.ly/32UzKgN 🎵

In 1992 Nicola Sirkis released the solo album “Dans la Lune“ on which he covered some of his favourite songs in French or English. He is also the author of the collection of short stories called "Les Mauvaises Nouvelles" that was published in 1998.

📀 𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟯
🎵 http://bit.ly/3csBFx6 🎵

Sirkis' twin brother Stèphane was a band member of Indochine until he died from hepatitis C in 1999 after years of struggling with drug addiction. Nicola still has an elder brother named Christophe..
Nicola Sirkis was married and divorced three times by now. He has a daughter and two sons.

Phote credit unknown

For the second part of this post I hand over to our French soulmate Penny Molk. She will recommend some more Indochine songs and talk about the band and her live experiences with them.

•♫•♬• * •♫•♬• * •.¸ ♡ ¸.• * •♫•♬• * •♫•♬•

𝙋𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙮:
A very difficult choice to pick some songs for you because of Indochine's long career and so many songs and live performances. Nicola is a very brilliant songwriter and the author of most of the lyrics of the songs. He has often admitted that he wasn't a good singer or a musician but it works!!! As you must know, Nicola is the only survivor of the band Indochine, created in 1981. He's the creator, the soul of the band. In my very humble opinion and as a fan for so many years, I think live performances are the best ways to express who Nicola Sirkis is as an artist, a performer and as a human being. So, I have chosen the most stunning, amazing and moving performances. But so difficult to make the best choice.

🎬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 – 𝐉'𝐚𝐢 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞́ 𝐚̀ 𝐥𝐚 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐞 ( 𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎)
🎵 https://bit.ly/2T2m4PO 🎵

Indochine's first concert at le Stade de France, 80,000 people. The first French Rock band to perform in that huge place. A very moving performance, Nicola 's eyes full of tears. I watched that concert live on my PC. So GREAT!!! A DVD was released later luckily. It's called “Putain de Stade“ which means Fucking Stadium. It's not vulgar at all. It's a compliment. Usually when Nicola is happy, he often says fucking. Fucking audience, fucking concert, fucking Paris, fucking stadium, fucking...

🎬 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 – 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝘂𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 ( 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟰)
🎵 https://bit.ly/3frP8YD 🎵

Two concerts at the Stade de France, on June 27th and 28th 2014. My daughter Maud and I were there on June 27th. Enormous!!! On the next day, June 28th it was raining cats and dogs but according to some friends of ours who were there, it was even greater. I love this part of the concert because, Nicola is never afraid of walking through the crowd, hugging and kissing his fans while singing and of course been hugged and kissed back by his fans. It must be very dangerous but I think he loves that physical contact. And fans get really crazy. It's also a way to express his love and gratitude towards the audience. You must know, if Indochine is still there, it's not because of medias who after three great albums, threw the band away because Record Companies hadn't bet on the right horse. But the fans have always been there. Every concert has always been sold out in a few days without any publicity and now you need to be a warrior to get tickets. The 6 concerts in five huge stadiums in France for Indochine 40th anniversary, Central Tour 2021, have been sold out in a few hours. Unfortunately, impossible this year but for next year 2022. Maud and I will go to le Stade de France, Paris and Stade Pierre Maurois in Lille. That song, “Trois Nuits par Semaine“ has been inspired by a novel by Marguerite Duras, “L' Amant“ (“The lover“), a very sensual and erotic love story in the ancient French colony Indochina (in French Indochine), now called Vietnam. Nicola Sirkis loves Marguerite Duras 's novels.

Phote credit unknown

🎬 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 – 𝗟' 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 ( 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘂 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟰)
🎵 https://bit.ly/3wjZfVV 🎵

“L' Aventurier“, that is the song which made Indochine famous from their very first album. The band have never stopped playing it live since its release. A kind of fireworks at the end of each concert with a collective crazy euphoria. That was the case at the Stade de France in 2014. The stadium was on fire and so were we!!! Confetti rain and balloons!! What a great souvenir !!! (Video from that DVD again, a mix of June 27th and 28th 2014) “L' Aventurier“ is a very naive song, dealing with a comic strip hero called Bob Morane. But what a music!!! It was very inoventive and unusual at that time. Through the years, songs have dealt with very serious topics, like homophobia, racism, discrimination, tolerance and understanding.

🎬 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 – 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆𝗻 ( 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗹)
🎵 https://bit.ly/2QtzUtt 🎵

Now two official video clips which show how Nicola is very open-minded to tolerance and understanding. The first one is “Marilyn“ from album Paradize 2003. No comment, everything is said. It's with that album “Paradize“ that Indochine came back officially under the spotlights. Hypocrite TV journalists were kneeling and crawling before Nicola whereas a few years before they had thrown him into the mud. Indochine received a lot of rewards for this album but Nicola has always dedicated them to his audience because the music business didn't deserve his gratitude, specially when his twin brother, Stéphane died. I don't think Nicola has forgiven that attitude but he's never said a word. Ignorance is sometimes bitter than words. Hope those nasty sharks have understood the message.

🎬 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 & 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 – 𝟯 𝗦𝗘𝗫 (𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗹) 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
🎵 https://bit.ly/2RstZFD 🎵

The second official video: Christine and The Queen is a very talented young French singer, songwriter. Maybe you know her because she also has an international career. She's a lovely little Lady with a charming ambiguity, no wonder Nicola has asked her to make a re-make or cover version of that old song called “3ème Sexe“. That song deals with: boys and girls, boys and boys, girls and girls. Brian would have said, in between. I know some old Indochine fans hate that version but I love it.

Photo credit inknown

🎬 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗣𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝘂 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟬
🎵 https://bit.ly/2T2pORm 🎵

🎬 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 – 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝘂 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟰
🎵 https://bit.ly/3v5HXMo 🎵

And now, If you don't mind, I want to add full concerts. Up to soulmates to watch them or not because Indochine usually last two hours and a half which is very great and generous, all the concerts are very cheap because it's Nicola 's priority to make them cheap in order to make any fan to be able to buy tickets. Nicola is the producer of these concerts, he manages everything, he's the boss. For these kind of events a lot of people are employed. It's a huge enterprise. Everyone is paid but no benefit is made. Nicola's aim is to make his fans having a good time, be happy and so is he and his talented band too. Let's never forget that.

🎬 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 – 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 & 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮̀ 𝗹'𝗼𝗽𝗲́𝗿𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶̈, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟲)
🎵 https://bit.ly/3hAW7B3 🎵

A beautiful concert of Indochine in Hanoï, Vietnam, 2006 with a symphonic orchestra. A special wink to our beloved Brian!!! I wish I could have shared Indochine 13 Tour concerts. My daughter Maud and I saw five of them in 2018, but there are no official videos, only videos by fans 's but they have no good quality . Amazing concerts with huge screens on the ceiling. I feel a bit disappointed just like not having official videos from Placebo's “20 Years“ Tour. But maybe, one day we'll enjoy those pearls.

A big 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 to our dear soulmate 𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐘 for finding all those great videos and sharing so much info and personal experiences with us! I hope you all liked our cooperation.

Indochine official fb page:
👉 https://www.facebook.com/Indochineofficiel/

Post by Silke

🔹𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘: 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦🔹

🔹“𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒”🔹 by Timo Maas, a German DJ and and record producer, was released 16 years ago today on June 20th 2005. The 12 tracks on the record range from house to indie dance, with many of them having a sinister feel. The album includes three collaborations with Brian: “First day”, “Like Siamese” and “Pictures”.

Photo credit: unknown (4), edit by Silke

🎬 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁. 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗼 – 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀
🎵 https://bit.ly/3ebzjoh 🎵

“First day” was released as single off “Pictures” one month before the album release, it reached no. 51 in the UK Singles Chart. Apart from Brian the singer Jokate (aka Jo Kate) Benson from Bristol features vocals on the song. Two different versions of the single were put out. One of them includes the radio edit of “First day“ and an extendend version, the other one consists of six remixes plus the video clip.

🎬 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁. 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗼 – 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆
🎵 http://bit.ly/2F5BPex 🎵

Maas' career spans over a duration of more than 35 years. He has collaborated with and remixed many artists such as Depeche Mode, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Jamiroquai, Moby, Muse, Fatboy Slim, Tori Amos and Garbage. In 2008 he launched his own record label called Rockets and Ponies.

📀 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁. 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗼 – 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀𝗲
🎵 http://bit.ly/2IfY0jU 🎵

Timo Maas. Photo taken from his Instagram account

📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗡 “𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦” 📌
[...] By the time I reached London, all that was missing [for “Trigger happy hands”] was the music. A few months later, in a serendipitous twist of fate, my friend and German Superstar DJ Timo Maas got back in touch, asking if I would be interested in working on some lyrics and perhaps singing on his new album. I found the skelleted electronic tracks he had sent me quite exiting, and I would eventually end up guesting on three album tracks. One track, however, leaped out of the stereo at me and screamed "sing over me now!". I began to mumble the words I had written that day on the train and they seemed to fit perfectly. So enamoured was I by this happy accident that I contacted Timo immediately to say that I would gladly sing on his new album, but only if he would "donate" said piece of music to the Placebo cause. Thankfully he agreed and a song was born. Now, put your hands in ze air, mütterfuckers!"
(Brian, 'Battle for the sun' Redux edition, September 27th 2010)

Post by Silke