๐ธ✨๐ธ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ „๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐“ ๐ญ๐จ „๐๐๐๐“ - ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ธ✨๐ธ
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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
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You can listen to this remix here:
๐ถ https://bit.ly/3xFhPsp
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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.
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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
๐ถ 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.
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Official website:
https://sneakerpimpsmusic.com/
Here you can pre-order a new album:
https://sneakerpimps.bandcamp.com/
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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:
๐At 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)
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๐/.../ 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)
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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?๐
Anyway, here in this interview, Chris mentions the Placebo guys very nicely (listen from the 13th minute, but the whole interview is amazing)
๐ฃ 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.
๐Thanks 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:
๐ถ https://bit.ly/3iW9T1X
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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:
๐ „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.“
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