Over those years the band played hundreds live shows in Italy, Europe and Asia with great success, and in 2004 they even had the opportunity to personally get in touch with Placebo themselves, who on that occasion appointed ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ.
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Photo credit: Trip Fontaine (top); EffettoPlacebo / edit by Silke |
๐ ฑ๐ ธ๐ พ๐ ถ๐๐ ฐ๐ ฟ๐ ท๐
EffettoPlacebo started their career on December 20th 2003, playing in Prato (Tuscany, Italy) at the presentation of Placebo’s biography, published by Arcana.
From that moment onwards, an endless tour took the band playing in the best Italian live clubs for the following 5 years.
On March 20th and 21st 2004, EffettoPlacebo organizes together with PlaceboItalia, the first “Placeboitaliaweekend”, a two-days event with an evening live show and a fans meeting the following day in Florence auditorium.
October 2004 sees the most important week in their career: on the 23rd, the band presents the brand new single “20years” by Placebo; on the 24th they’re invited as guests at ๐ ๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ for the “real” Placebo’s performance, and on the 25th during MTV show TRL -Total Request Live- ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ธ๐ผ & ๐ฐ๐ผ. ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ.
On March 16th 2006, in cooperation with Radiorock and Virgin Italia, the band is in charge of launching the preview of “Meds” album for Italy during an unforgettable show at Qube club in Rome, where they hand out gadgets and CD singles on behalf of Placebo, as a gift to their fans.
On October 9th 2006, the band is back on show in Milan at the Transilvania and they perform at the Mazda Palace just after the Placebo’s gig, in a new fans meeting, which will never be forgotten.
The band cooperate with the major Italian, French and South American websites regarding Placebo.
In December 2007 and May 2008 EffettoPlacebo leave Italy to go on tour abroad, especially in Turkey where they get a huge success, sold-out gigs and lots of interviews for MTV Turkey as most requested tribute band of the year, thus creating a twinning between the Italian and the Turkish fans communities.
In 2010 and 2011 the band leaves for the ๐ก๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฟ, ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ: Italy, Turkey, Cyprus, Holland and Belgium.
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Since we know more about this cover band, I want to share with you their latest production of 2016, released as a tribute to Placebo 20th anniversary:
๐ฌ EFFETTOPLACEBO – RUNNING UP THAT HILL
๐ผhttps://bit.ly/3gFH0o6 ๐ผ
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| Photo credit: EffettoPlacebo |
Several members took turns in the band from 2003 to 2012, but the two core members of EffettoPlacebo are:
๐๐๐๐ – ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ
Simone Baldassin, aka Kiki, was born in Treviso. He started his song-writer career in 1995 and over the years learned to play bass guitar, acoustic guitar, synth and electronic guitar. He set up Alternathiva, an electronic music band that disbanded in 2003 when Kiki became a singer and founded EffettoPlacebo.
As side projects, he first set up the indie band Seven- with which he released two albums- and then the Killtherabbit - with which he released one debut album.
Furthermore Kiki is both the creator and the manager of the ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ'๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ.๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ, ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐.
๐ญ๐๐ข๐๐๐ – ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐
Alessandro “ZioAle” Pisu was born in Treviso. He learned to play bass by himself, and together with Federico Roncato, (former drummer of EffettoPlacebo) he set up Valium, a Nirvana cover band.
He joined EffettoPlacebo in 2004, and toured several countries with the band such as Cyprus, Turkey, Holland, Belgium and, of course, Italy.
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| Photo credit: EffettoPlacebo |
The band has never officially dissolved, they just decided not to perform more live shows.
From time to time they produce some studio recordings as "Running up that hill" for Placebo20's birthday and they do not exclude- sooner or later- to come back to play live. So, maybe we'll be able to see them playing live again from March 25th on ๐คฉ๐คฉ.
I'd like to share with you what the singer, Kiki, shared on FB last November 11th 2021: an heartfelt and nostalgic memory thinking back to some years ago when touring throughout Europe with the band:
“๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ด๐ช๐ข, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ข๐บ 31๐ด๐ต 2008 ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ญ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ 5 ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ 500/600 ๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด.
๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ 4 ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ถ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด.
๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐บ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต (…).
๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต 6 ๐ฑ๐ฎ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ 6.30 ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต 1.30 ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ซ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต.
๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐จ๐ช๐จ๐ด 3500 ๐ฌ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ'๐ฏ'๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ต๐ญ๐ข๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ”.
๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ
(Translation by Emanuela)
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| Photo credit: EffettoPlacebo |
Here you can enjoy the cover version of “I KNOW” recorded at Studio Live, Instanbul on the 31st of May 2008:
๐ฌ EFFETTOPLACEBO – I KNOW
๐ผhttps://bit.ly/3Jmggp9๐ผ
Reading these statements I thought of Brian's quotes about artists' nomadic way of life when on tour: as fans, we experience only the joyful aspects, the positive emotions, the “collective euphoria” using Brian's words, but for artists it is undoubtely true that “pleasure comes with a price” both physically and mentally and at times it can be really exhausting and disorienting. Anyway this is the price that artists are willing to pay to live with their passions, and we are grateful for that.
We'll come back and gather again!
Take care of each other,
To know more about EffettoPlacebo:
http://www.effettoplacebo.net/
https://www.facebook.com/effettoplaceboband
https://bit.ly/3rL1NNy
http://www.placeboworlditalia.com/
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