Friday, January 28, 2022

๐Ÿ”บ๐๐‹๐€๐‚๐„๐๐Ž ๐๐”๐ˆ๐™ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐€๐๐Ÿ”ป

In 2013 NME invited Brian to take part in a quiz series titled “Does Rock'n'Roll kill brain cells?” in which the magazine “tested musicians memories after a life full of abuse”. Brian participated and was asked ten question concerning Placebo.
What do you think how many questions did he answer correctly? And what would your result be in this quiz?

Photo credit: Marco Cicolo Photo

๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿ”ธ
๐—”๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—จ๐—ž ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿต๐Ÿณ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ “๐—œ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ!”?
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “T in the Park, it was an absolutely disastrous day, everything was going wrong from the start. There was a little incident backstage between myself and a stalker fan and I ended up pouring a beer over her head and the next day it was printed in The Scottish Sun that I had attacked her to the ground and thrown rocks at her head while celebrities watched, a complete fabrication. Then we went onstage and the monitors caught fire – it was one of those days, man!”.
๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™. ✅

๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿ”ธ
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ “๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด” ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ?
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “Is it a Spanish film? I think it was directed by Bigas Luna.”
๐™’๐™๐™Š๐™‰๐™‚. ❌
It was “The Chumscrubber”.
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “NO! We were in “The Chumscrubber”!? I've seen that film, I didn't even fucking realise! I'm holding the DVD in my hands right now. I'm gonna have to go back and watch that again. It's a film with Jamie Bell and Ralph Fiennes and Carrie-Ann Moss, an American indie film. You got me, you bastard!”

๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿ”ธ
๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “Ok. David Bowie, Alison Mosshart and Michael Stipe.”
๐™’๐™๐™Š๐™‰๐™‚. ❌
David Bowie, Justin Warfield, Alison Mosshart and Michael Stipe.
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “Is Justin a celebrity? He's a very good friend of mine and he's in She Wants Revenge. Ok, he's a celebrity, I'll give you that one. Ye bastard!”

๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿ”ธ
๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐˜†๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ “๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ-๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ”: “๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ...”
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “... forever biting on your nuts”. Just me acknowledging the fact that I'm an irritating little shit at times. Winding up people the wrong way just seems to be part of my nature, even if it isn't intentional. It's something that I do without trying. It's my cross to bear but I'm learning to live with it.”
๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™. ✅

๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿ”ธ
๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฒ'๐˜€ “๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€”๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ?
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “Four.”
๐™’๐™๐™Š๐™‰๐™‚. ❌
Seven.
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “Here I am forever underestimating myself! Shit, I'm doing really badly.”

Photo credit:  Erik Weiss 

๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿ”ธ
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ – ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ?
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “The Bikini in Toulouse, France.We did play there once with Six By Seven. That was the second time we showed up at the place, the first time it'd been closed down, and then we finally got to play and then the cyclone had taken in. They've since rebuilt it in a different place, where we've also played.”
๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™. ✅

๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿ”ธ
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ'๐˜€ ๐—ง-๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ “๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†”?
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “That was the AC Acoustic “Stunt girl” shirt. They were a very influential Scottish that never really broke through into any orm of indie success. They were very influential on the Glasgow sound.”
๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™. ✅

๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿด๐Ÿ”ธ
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป “๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ”?
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “The Flaming Creatures, which is actually a film and obviously a great influence on Todd Haynes. It's an early gay film in the style of Jean Ganet's silent films.”
๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™. ✅

๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿต๐Ÿ”ธ
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ “๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป” ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ-๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ?
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “Hang on” … (long pause, sound of CDs being shuffled)
Are you cheating, Brian?
๐Ÿ“ข BRIAN: “I am cheating! It's “Nancy Boy”. Yay!”
๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™. ✅

๐Ÿ”ธ๐—ค๐—จ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿ”ธ
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ “๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ”?
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “We're playing on Jodrell Bank, the big satellite dish the Americans used to spy on the British public by checking their emails and text messages. I don't know if you remember that scandal about ten years ago. It's also Cockney rhyming slang for masturbation.”
๐˜พ๐™Š๐™๐™๐™€๐˜พ๐™. ✅

๐Ÿ”ฅ ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ง๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜: ๐Ÿณ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐Ÿ”ฅ
๐Ÿ“ข ๐ต๐‘…๐ผ๐ด๐‘: “I scored the same as Iggy [Pop], and I'm pretty happy about that. I just wanted to be up there with the Iggster. Actually I wanted to ace it, but the questions were too hard.”
(NME, “Does Rock'n'Roll kill braincells?”, June 2013)

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