Today I have an ♦️𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪♦️ for you that Brian gave to Time Out KL before Placebo's first ever gig in Malaysia in 2010. Enjoy reading.
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📢 “Like a fish that crawls out of the water, grows legs and walks.“
𝗜𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠 „𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗡“ 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦, 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘?
📢 “Our decision to use brass was inspired by our love of soul, reggae and Beatles’ records. We’ve used strings before; check out ‘Pierrot the Clown’ from [the album] ‘Meds’.“
𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠𝗦 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠 𝗔𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗕𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗘. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗟?
📢 “Each new album starts as a reaction to its predecessor, which is the biggest influence of all because it determines exactly what we do not want to do. With that in mind, and with a little distance for perspective’s sake, Stef and Idecided that ‘Meds’ was a very claustrophobic and monochrome album that offered hardly any hope to the listener. Thus it seemed logical to make a new album bursting with colour and optimism. Having said that, whether we did so or not remains up for debate.“
𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗣𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗠 (𝗢𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞, 𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡) 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧?
📢 “Absolutely not. It does make you a very good drunk, though.“
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📢 “It’s good to have someone gullible in the band to mess with.“
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗'𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗫𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨 – 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨? 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧?
“Both attraction and repulsion are created by such honesty. Empowerment can only be achieved through the courageous and political act of standing up to be counted.“
𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗧 𝗔 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖?
📢 “Yes, especially during the primal act of performance. Sometimes I feel like a stripper, in the sense that I am making myself emotionally nude.“
𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗢𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗚𝗢𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗥𝗘/𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘-𝗨𝗣 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢. 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗟𝗨𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡?
📢 “I wear make-up and have black hair. Why does that make me a goth? Look at Cher – she wears make-up and has black hair, does that make her a goth? Show me a picture where I look like a goth and I’ll show you a picture of me and Cher getting it on.“
𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗦, 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗦𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗛. 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗢𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥?
📢 “David Bowie. He was somewhat of a mentor at the beginning of our career.“
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📢 “I am always very happy when The Black Eyed Peas receive bad press. Beyonce, however, is a very significant artist and a true star.“
𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘'𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗞𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗔 𝗟𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗨𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗 (𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘) 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗥 𝗛𝗔𝗗 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘, 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗘𝗬𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗦. 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬?
📢 “I would like to outlast Leonard Cohen.“
𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠? 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗜𝗧 𝗕𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘?
📢 “It will sound like the first scream of a newborn baby.“
(Time Out KL, March 24th 2010)
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