Tonight will again be marked by memories and humor.
I found a beautiful interview for you, which Stefan gave to the well-known Polish reporter Robert Sankowski in 1999.
The conversation in which we see the world of Placebo through Stefan's eyes is very nice and funny. So enjoy it with us.
𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 - 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐋𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐋
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| Photo credit: Gilbert Blecken |
Oh, the decadent world of rock'n'roll .../.../
𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 1997, 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓, 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒕, 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐?
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: "Oh yes! We didn't get along well with our previous drummer, Robert. We were all not satisfied with what we were doing. After all, playing in a band should be a lot of fun. You cannot go to rehearsals feeling like you are going to the next shift at the factory. And that's what playing Placebo was like. When Steve showed up, everything changed.
He brought a lot of life to the band. Both as a human being and as a musician. He is a very talented drummer. He plays great in many different styles. He brought a bit of a black feeling to Placebo. Although you cannot see it, I'm convinced that some African blood flows in his veins ..."
- 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 …
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: Agreed.
- 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 ...
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: Sure! Because we are not his accompanying band ...
- 𝑰𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒔 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖?
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: The interview story began a few years ago. Initially, neither I nor Robert wanted to talk to the press. Besides, when we all were seating at one table, nothing good came of it. As I said, we didn't act very well together. So, Brian kept the contacts with journalists. As a result, all media attention was focused only on him.
Today we do it on a more democratic basis. We are a real band. Hence the change in approach to the media .. /.../
- 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒌 𝒇𝒂𝒏, 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝑽𝒊𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕 𝑽𝒖𝒍𝒄𝒂𝒏 ...
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: Yes...
- 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔?
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: (laughs) I'm not very familiar with its content. I prefer The Simpsons ...
- 𝑫𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒏?
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: Oh my! I don't know. It's hard to say. He's definitely got something from Lisa though ...
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| Photo credit: Gilbert Blecken |
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: If you can't look at yourself with some distance from time to time, if you can't laugh at yourself, you become pouting and boring. And because of that, your music would suffer.
We, for example, don't treat our songs too seriously. We don't improve them endlessly like other bands do. It's all about having fun for us.
- 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒆 𝑰𝒅𝒐𝒍 (𝑽𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒕 𝑮𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆)...
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: It was a really fun adventure. For a few days, we could fool around and look completely ridiculous in all those glam costumes. You know, sparkling clothes, bell-bottoms, platform shoes.
And we covered T-Rex's 20th Century Boy there. And it's a great song …
- 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑮𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒔. 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌?
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: We have nothing to do with this. They only write this about us because Brian paints his nails and dyes his hair black ...
- 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏 ...
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: That's true. And this guy deserves to be called Goth more than Brian, me and Steve all together ...
- 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓?
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: (laughs) We are actually quite a strange combination. But we can all respect each other. We understand that we come from different worlds, different circles, and different cultures. That we are just different. And probably this diversity is our advantage./.../
- 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 ...
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: That's right.
- 𝑺𝒐 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒈𝒂𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓?
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: (laughs) Sure!
- 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚?
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: Yes! Does it surprise you?
- 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒚𝒆𝒔. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 ...
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇: You see, we attract all kinds of people.
In Placebo, everyone can find something for themselves ..
(𝑅𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑜𝑤𝑠𝑘𝑖, 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 1999)
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| Photo credit: Gilbert Blecken |
"I'm really bad at jokes. I'm not a very good storyteller. One time, though- and this isn't actually a joke, as such- I went up to Billy Corgan very drunk, with tour laminates clipped on my nipples, and asked him whether his approach to music had changed since he shaved his head. He wasn't amused."
(”𝑈𝑝 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑎𝑛 𝑂𝑙𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑙” 𝐾𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔, 2000)
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