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🔸🎶 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟯
https://bit.ly/34bEaEE
🔸🎶 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲
https://bit.ly/3H547UW
🔸🎶 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝘆𝗲
https://bit.ly/349hNPU
🔸🎶 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝗱
https://bit.ly/3IysgTW
🔸🎶 𝗦𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲
https://bit.ly/3IEB0YK
🔸🎶 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀
https://bit.ly/3Iysw5m
🔸🎶 𝗔 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀
https://bit.ly/3tYTNdc
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"𝐈 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐀 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐃"⭐
It's a good coincidence: while the Lucerna cinema is screening another film from the gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans film festival on Wednesday night, the British band Placebo will be performing at the Lucerna Grand Hall at the same time. The trio, which with its similarly stylized lyrics and the specific character of frontman Brian Molko, has been one of the prominent names of the British alternative rock scene for almost twenty years.
They do not provoke as before.
Forty-year-old "daddy" Brian can easily be blamed for repetition and homestead on this year's album Loud Like Love. But it's still true that Placebo is a band that you only have to listen to once, and you'll always know them reliably.
I talked to their youngest member, California drummer Steve Forrest.
🔸💬 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀: 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗼, 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗹𝘀𝗱𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘁. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗮 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘆-𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝘂𝘆 "𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮." 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿?
"I was in a band called Evaline and we supported Placebo three times. When I left Evaline in early 2007 and some time later learned that Placebo was looking for a drummer, I sent a small excerpt of my performances to their management. The next day my phone rings and it says, "Hi, this is Brian from Placebo." He asked me if I would be willing to come to London. I took my drumsticks and moved straight there.
I guess I impressed them a lot (laughs)."
🔸💬 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?
"In America, it's basically underground. Placebo concerts at which Evaline supported them were not big in production, but I really enjoyed them musically."
🔸💬 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲?
"To be honest, I didn't know them at all. I listened to them for the first time when I went to a gig, what we were supposed to play with them. I played the record and thought the girl was singing in that band. Then I arrived and I was quite surprised."
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| Photo credit: Steve Gerrard |
🔸💬 𝗦𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴…
"Yes, like it was yesterday. We were on tour, we had just arrived in Phoenix, parked behind the club and I started pulling out the drums.
When such a small, elegant man came here and gave me his slightly shaking hand in greeting. We started talking, I realized it would probably be a singer.
He spoke completely differently from the guys you commonly meet in California clubs: with a Scottish accent and at the same time very cultured. And so is Stefan. They were thirty, I nineteen. So my first impression was pubescent: Wow, these guys are really sophisticated!"
🔸💬 𝗛𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂?
"Absolutely fine. I think it was good that I met them as the band from the joint concert in Phoenix.
If it were that I was joining a large group of which I was totally insane, who knew how we would find a way to each other.
But I was one of them right away."
🔸💬 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁?
"I like all their older stuff, but probably the most popular is the first song I've heard live from them: Drag."
🔸💬 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿?
"I like it all."
🔸💬 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗴…
"Then it would probably be Exit Wounds, it has an almost two-minute electronic intro in which Brian recites rather than sings. And then comes a sudden change: and this moment always kicks me. That's one of those moments why you make music. It's pure euphoria..." .../***/
(𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝, 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚒́𝚔 𝚖𝚊𝚐., 𝙽𝚘𝚟.𝟸0𝟷𝟹)
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