Monday, October 4, 2021

"๐‘ฐ ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Œ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’๐’‡ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’–๐’๐’–๐’”๐’–๐’‚๐’."

๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ, ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž 2001, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ'๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”. ๐ด ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘ก, ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘โ„Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’. ๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ

Photo credit: Anja, Wall Backstage, 2000

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐˜ฝ ๐™ ๐™š๐™ฎ, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™– ๐™ง๐™ค๐™˜๐™  ๐™—๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™...
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: Stefan, our bassist/guitarist, often tells me that I'm probably the least technically minded guitarist in the world. I can't tell what keys we play in. Actually, I don't need to know, I just play songs. My general approach to music is rather instinctive.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—•๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: We have our own little "secrets", our "tricks" that are part of the ingredients of our sound. All I can say is that we play a semitone or a tone higher than the standard tuning.On Taste In Men, the six-strings were tuned in unison, because we were looking for a very special colour.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—” ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต?
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: Placebo's music comes directly from that, from that American alternative rock. Sonic Youth is by far the band that had the biggest impact on us. I like their authenticity and their taste for experimentation. They revolutionised the classic way of understanding rock n' roll, that backward vision with the masturbatory solos and one or two leaders showing off at the front of the stage.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ "๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€", ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ, ๐—œ ๐—ž๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„), ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฏ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—›๐˜‚̈๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐——๐˜‚̈ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ?
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: Not bad at all! You discovered that too. We're not playing any songs at the moment, but you're probably right. This process allows me to have a fuller, richer sound. The chords gain space. Also, I hate guitar solos. I've never been attracted to all those vulgar high-pitched shots. Pretentious, pedantic guys like Yngwie Malmsteen are the epitome of mediocrity to me. They are so ridiculous that they are funny. Frankly, their delirium is completely outdated. Sometimes it makes me angry. Chris Cornell of Soundgarden wrote the pure masterpiece Black Hole Sun. Why did Kim Tahil go and stick that guitar solo in the middle. It doesn't make any sense and it detracts from the cohesion of the song. In short, the little string was of little use to me, so I preferred to detune it and give it this "resonator" role.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ́ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ.
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: (smiling) I know what you mean. As I said, alternative rock has helped to demystify the phoney image of those Guns N' Roses-like bands, who forgot that the most important thing is to write good songs and above all to communicate emotions. At the end of the day, the band has to stick together and sound like one. This notion is essential. Before trying to impress others with a peudo-rebel attitude and instrumental prowess, bands should learn to play together. With Placebo, we have always tried to understand, to find the right synergy between us, for maximum efficiency.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—œ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: I learned to play the guitar through songwriting. I picked up a guitar one day, because I had this deep need to get all these songs out of me. But in this band, the roles are not as defined as you think, especially in the writing phase. The quality of the songs comes 99% from what happens between the three of us as we jam and try out plans over and over again. One of our favourite games is to swap instruments, so we come up with unusual ideas while fighting against our own automatisms, and then to put ourselves in the shoes of another for a moment, to better understand our role and our difficulties. This collective work is very cool and beneficial.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€. ๐—œ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€.
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: We saw a Tortoise show a long time ago. They were using this instrument and it immediately appealed to us. The baritone guitar is a bass that was designed in the 60's to be played by guitarists. As a result, this instrument is both rhythmic and melodic, and blends beautifully with the traditional guitar. It's true that Robert Smith is the most famous user of this instrument, but he uses it in a much more sophisticated way than we do, creating very melodic riffs. Our approach to the baritone guitar is primarily rhythmic, and the lower register inspires us more. Stefan has one too. We touch a bit on all instruments, including keyboards. Everyone has their own part to play.

๐Ÿ”ธ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€?
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: Our old buddy Bill plays the keyboards on stage. He's been around for a long time, only he used to play behind the amps, so no one saw him.

Photo credit: Stefan Malzkorn

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ผ?
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: Well, poor Bill likes hamburgers a bit too much and we put him on a diet to get him back on track (!!!). Now we're putting him on the edge of the stage. Bill cannot be considered a real member of Placebo as he is not involved in our creative process.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ ?
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: He'd have to seriously go green (laughs)! I have nothing against large-bodied people, but the image of Placebo is nothing like Queen Of The Stone Age or Naplam Death (laughs)!

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‡ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€?
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: For me I have a Messa/Boogle mark III combo that comes out on top of a big Marshall cabinet, and a Fender Twin Reverb. It took me a long time to get to this configuration. I finally have the sound I had in mind for years. Stefan also has a Twin which he mixes with a Marshall JCM 2000 head. As far as pedals are concerned, we love the Boss Metal Zone, which has a very sharp distortion. Otherwise, I have a simple delay, and an Electro Harmonix Micro Synthetizer which is really cool. My setup is very simple, because I focus on the vocals, and controlling the tuning while tapping is not easy. Our guitars are all vintage models. I have a Gibson SG, a Jaguar and a Telecaster Thinline Deluxe which is perfect for feedback and more powerful in the bass than a classic Tele. Stefan also has a Thinline and a Jaguar, as well as a Fender Baritone. And they look really good too.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ?
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: Today we have exactly the same set-up in the studio. We used to rent all sorts of amps and spend more time trying out hookups than playing. In the studio you have to be very productive, you have to be in a creative frame of mind. So we don't waste time with that kind of crap anymore. You're really there to experiment and optimise the compositions with all sorts of treatments.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: Looking back, the first album sounds very naive, doesn't it? the songs are good, but there is a big lack of maturity. This record is our first real experience of the studio. In contrast, Without You I'm Nothing is too produced (laughs). The sound is, for my taste, far too smooth and sanitized. Black Market Music is the only one I'm really happy with in terms of production work. I have to say that we have much more control over things. We have learned to understand the material and to better manage the musician/technician relationship by making records. But we're still not very good with the equipment, which is often complex. We're like kids in front of machines like the Sherman filters, the Pod Line 6 or the Mutron. We want the mix to have a "manual" feel, and a lot of the sound processing to be done live. Everyone had to turn their knobs at specific times. We really had fun. On the other hand, the production also depends on the sound of the band itself and playing together has become second nature.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ?
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: I'd be very interested in producing another band, I think I have some good ideas for sounds and arrangements, but I'd need a technician to help me with the console anyway. I'd like to be in the position of a pair of ears, artistically directing the sessions and giving my opinion without having to worry about the technical side. But I haven't had a real position in this sense yet.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ผ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜?
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: It sounds like a vibrato effect, but it's far from it. It's a snare drum hit that has been picked up by a guitar pickup and then triturated with a Mutron. Strange, isn't it? It's a mixture of drums and guitar. We were looking for something and then an accident happened. The wildest and most unusual ideas often come from something you didn't plan. You have to be careful to recognise good accidents and exploit them in the right direction.

Photo credit: Anthony o‘Dwyer

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐——๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ฒ?
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: It was completely unreal. Bowie loved our demo and went to our gig. We were 22 years old, no album, and there he was, at the edge of the stage, listening to our sound check. It's the world upside down, isn't it? At the time, we really shat on each other, but then we got drunk on whisky with him. it was even crazier. Then we recorded together. Bowie is really very professional. He's quick and impatient. He's particularly keen on first takes to capture the atmosphere on the spot. Doing it over and over again really gets on his nerves. His only fault is that he can't stop talking. He is very talkative.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†?
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: I would really like to do something with PJ Harvey. I'm into her music and her voice. She really represents the artist as I see it. As far as singers are concerned, the people who appeal to me are those who have personalities, a specific and immediately identifiable grain. I can mention Perry Farrel from Jane's Addiction, Black Francis from The Pixies or Janis Joplin.All these people are the opposite of this useless post grunge where every guy tries to imitate Eddie Vedder's voice or, even worse, these pseudo thrashers who bellow like donkeys. It's totally pathetic, there's no class in it.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜, ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜?
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: If other people are saying it, then maybe there's some truth in it, and that would explain some of Placebo's success. I take that as a compliment. We've always tried to do things our own way, trying to bring in fresh things. I don't know if my singing is that unusual. I think the overall sound of our band is really unusual.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐——๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ?
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: Yes, we have periods like that, where writing new songs is difficult. My opinion is that you shouldn't force things or you'll end up doing shit. You can't always be in the right frame of mind to create. And every artist has been confronted with this problem. I think that, whatever happens, the pieces are there, buried somewhere inside you. I can't imagine working in a structured, disciplinary way, like: one hour of guitar practice, one hour of vocal work, one hour of piano to look for ideas. I don't believe in this approach at all. Good music touches the emotions. you don't feel things on command.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—ข๐—ป ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜†.
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: It's more of a metaphor than anything else. I'm not talking about a particular country, but about something I've discovered in myself that I'm not proud of. Every person knows their bad sides and tries to hide them most of the time. I think that we should instead externalise these areas of frustration and obsessions that end up ruining us. Because when you overcome that stuff, your life is better. That's kind of the message of the song.

๐Ÿ”ธ ๐—•๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜, ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.
๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’: It's true that on the first two albums, the lyrics were based on impressions and images. My writing is inspired by everyday situations, moods or my own experience. I've taken a step forward with Black Market Music, as I can now channel these impressions into short stories. It is a more personal style of writing that I will try to refine in the future.
๐บ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘›° 227 - ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  2001- ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐ฟ๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ ๐ธ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ง
๐‘ƒโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก: ๐ด๐‘›๐‘—๐‘Ž, ๐‘Š๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’, 2000

๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘/๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘?
๐ด๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘’, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ผ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐ผ๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐พ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘› (2000)!๐Ÿ”ธ๐Ÿ”ธ
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