๐ธ Much more than just an additional musician, Bill is an important person in the Placebo universe, as are many other people around the band. Although he was only mentioned on the Black Market Music album for his participation in the track Peeping Tom, Bill's presence with Brian and Stefan is much older.
๐ธ Today, I want to share an interview he did before the release of Loud Like Love where he talks a bit about his role in Placebo, his meeting with Brian and Stefan. 'Jack of all trades', as he calls himself, has more than one trick up his sleeve !
๐ธ Stefan and Brian have a talent for surrounding themselves with exceptional people !
Enjoy reading my Dear Friends ๐ ✨
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| Photo credit: Nick Gavrilovic |
๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ธ๐ต๐ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ .
๐ถโ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ท๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ , ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก-๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐๐ก๐๐โ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ '๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐', ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ก, ๐ก๐๐โ๐๐, ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐โ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ , ๐ถ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ, ๐ต๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฆ๐.
๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ?
๐จ️ It's a long story but I was playing with my Croydon band, ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ, and we were supporting ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ก and ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ค happened to be in a play up there and we met him in a bar and our guitarist knew him and we got chatting with him and he asked me to send him some demo tapes and it started from there.
๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ?
๐จ️ Oh yes. I used to drive him around when he first came to England, in the back of my van.
๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ '๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐'. ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ?
๐จ️ My main job now is studio work, so when they've recorded an album I'm in there with them full time, doing a bit of teching, some programming and a bit of playing. I guide the baselines and do some keyboard work. Before a tour I have to program everything for the studio for the live show, and then on tour I just play bass and keyboards. It's a full time job.
๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ? ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ?
๐จ️ Yeah, that kind of thing. I hope that's what they mean anyway !
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| Photo credit: Maxim Mandschi |
๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ '98 ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ต๐ด๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐พ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ?
๐จ️ Well, I think the band wanted to be a three-piece, and they asked me to play and I probably didn't look quite as androgynous as them so I started playing off-stage. Then they said "this is silly, forget about it, come on stage". But I'm still in the background and I like it that way. I don't like to be at the front. It doesn't suit my demeanour.
๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ?
๐จ️ Yeah, a little bit. I do the odd bass and keyboard bit. Not much but a bit of a trickle, nothing to do with lyrics.
๐ฌ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ? ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ?
๐จ️ One in Athens and one in Istanbul that were part of the same weekend. They were just fantastic, the vibe and atmosphere round the shows and lovely time before and after the shows.
๐จ️ We have a gig in Korea which is a bit scary. And one in Turkey again, we are doing a couple of festivals, end of October until December. We're going to do loads more next year.
๐ฌ ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ 1996 ?
๐จ️ I was, I wasn't playing unfortunately but I was there. The whole thing was his birthday party in Madison Square Gardens, it was pretty special. I've met him a couple of times; he did a lot of talking, he's quite a conversationalist. You don't get a word in edgeways basically.
๐ฌ ๐๐๐'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐พ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ?
๐จ️ I've got three favourites. Without You I'm Nothing. I like the light and shade on that.
Sleeping with Ghosts because I felt really involved in that one and I liked the tracks and the electronic edge. And the new one, it's fantastic. It's as good as those two.
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๐จ️ We just finished it last week so it's very exciting. We did some live playbacks for the record company and management in the studio so I've been madly programming that recently. It went great. I think the tracks are going to be storming.
๐ฌ ๐พ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ?
๐จ️ I think it's September time and we have a single before.
๐ฌ ๐พ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ?
๐จ️ Well I grew up there. I wasn't born there, but moved there when I was quite young. I was born at Mayday, but lived just outside and then lived there from a young age to my mid-twenties. I always go back and I have friends and family there.
๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ?
๐จ️ Yeah, I miss it. I've moved back south of the river, so I'm not too far away now.
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๐ Bill mentioned his former band, ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐ . I didn't know this detail about Bill to be honest. I've been happily surprised by the good sound of this band ๐ค
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