🎊𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄: ⭐𝟐𝟓𝐓𝐇⭐ 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘🎊

Exactly 25 years ago, on May 12th, 1997, Placebo’s song 𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄 was released as the fifth and final single from the band’s self-titled debut album. It reached no. 14 in the UK Singles Chart.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 (𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨)

➡️ https://bit.ly/3vZFF2R

Photo credit: Derek Ridges; covers of Bruise Pristine 1995 and 1997 singles / edit by Olga

The single was released on 7" vinyl, cassette, and CD.
The song is a heavy riff-based track and is notable for its "behind the bridge" guitar solo. The 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕 is intended to be more radio friendly; after the intro it cuts directly to the vocal verse and the solo is cut short.


🔶In fact, the story of 𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄 started much earlier. as it’s Placebo’s very first song that has ever been released. Its original version was featured on the split single with the band Soup released by the record label Fierce Panda in October 1995. This version is different from the one which appeared on the 1996 album Placebo.


𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 - 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 (𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟓)
➡️ https://bit.ly/3N3K4sH

Photo credit: Pat Pope

The 1995 single version was later included into the Fierce Panda compilation Nings and Roundabouts, which 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 wasn’t specifically happy about…😉
𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕?
📢"Yeah, our very first single, "Bruise Pristine", and it's about to be released on a Fierce Panda compilation," blurts Brian, without hesitation. "We really hate that version, it's so fast and, honestly, I do sound like Mickey Mouse on it. We were going to say no, but it's so ridiculous it has to be documented in some way. I can't really understand where this helium thing came from. My balls have dropped since then."
(𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑀𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟, 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 1998)


Both 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 and 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 have some funny memories related to the first time they heard Placebo on the radio.
📢𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: “For me it was Bruise Pristine. The DJ played it at the wrong speed. He thought the voice was too high for a guy, so he played it from 45s to 33s. It was our first time on the radio.”
(𝑀6 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2004)


📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨: “It was so fast Mark Radcliff played it on the radio at 33rpm because he was sure it was far too short. It came out sounding like the Swans. Our first play on the radio was at the wrong speed; we thought that was very funny.”
📢𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐥𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐥: “We had a launch gig at the Freedom Café on bonfire night – I remember because people set off the fire alarms with their sparklers!”
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: “The version that came out as a (later) single was actually re-recorded in London with Phil Vynall who did ‘Pure Morning’, whereas the album was dome in Dublin. We wanted to go to Amsterdam, but our managers wouldn’t let us. The idea was to get out of London but not go too far. I think they thought Dublin would have a bit of a calming influence on us. It was quite a calming influence – we didn’t really do much…”
📢𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: “… because we only had three weeks to do it. It was a budget job so we had to record seven days a week working from nine till midnight.”
(𝑅𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 2004)

Photo credit: Stefan de Batselier

⭐We definitely shouldn’t underestimate the song's very first 1995 release. Despite the imperfections mentioned by Brian, the original version of 𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄 occurred to be really crucial for Placebo’s career as it helped the young band to get their 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍.
“In the annual rush to snap up The Next Big Thing, one of the most prominent names on everyone's lips last year was London-based trio Placebo, who sparked a bidding war on the back of one single, Bruise Pristine on Fierce Panda, and just a handful of gigs. The race was eventually won by Virgin subsidiary Hut which signed the band to a multi-album deal in February.”
(𝑑𝑜𝑡𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐.𝑐𝑜𝑚, 𝑀𝑎𝑦'96)


🔶The 𝑪𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑲 of the 1995 Bruise Pristine release is based on the photograph of children in a bomb shelter during the Blitz by 𝑪𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒍 𝑩𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒏, a famous British fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior and costume designer.
On the cover of the 1997 single, there’s a photo by 𝑺𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝑭𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓.


🔶The 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒐 for 𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄 was directed by 𝑯𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒈𝒉 known for his work with some great artists as Elton John, Pet Shop Boys, INXS, George Michael, Soundgarden to name a few. Greenhalgh continued collaborating with Placebo over the next years and directed music videos for Nancy Boy, Special K, Slave to the Wage, The Bitter End, This Picture, and For What It's Worth for them.

Photo credit: Bruise Pristine cover

⭐𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟓 𝟕” 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓⭐
𝑭𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝑺𝒊𝒅𝒆
Placebo – Bruise Pristine
𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝑺𝒊𝒅𝒆
Soup – m.e.l.t.d.o.w.n.


⭐𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓⭐
𝑪𝑫 𝟏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆
Bruise Pristine (Radio Edit)
Then the Clouds Will Open for Me
Bruise Pristine (1" Punch Mix)
𝑪𝑫 𝟐
Bruise Pristine
Waiting for the Son of Man
Bruise Pristine (Lionrock Mix)
𝟕" 𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒚𝒍
Bruise Pristine (Radio Edit)
Bruise Pristine (1" Punch Mix)


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🔹💦 𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎 '𝟗𝟓 💦🔹

🔸 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐 '95 🌠✨

🔷 The song was released in October 1995 as a 7' LP single.

🔷 It features the very first known version of Bruise Pristine. The song was recorded on the 𝑭𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 label at 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒐. The rhythm is faster and Brian's vocals are rather high. He said himself that he has a "Mickey Mouse voice" on this recording.

Photo credit: Andy Wilsher, Bruise Pristine demo cover / edit by Laetitia

▪ 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 ?

💬 Yeah, our very first single Bruise Pristine, and it's about to be released on a Fierce Panda compilation. We really hate that version, it's so fast and, honestly, I do sound like Mickey Mouse on it. We were going to say no, but it's so ridiculous it has to be documented in some way. I can't really understand where this helium thing came from. My balls have dropped since then.
✔️ 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 - 𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 - 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 1998


🔷 Fierce Panda was founded by NME rock critics Paul Moody, John Harris and Simon Wiliams in 1993. For a long time the label specialized in releasing singles without signing artists to long term contracts, releasing the first records of noticeable bands as Coldplay, Ash or Keane. Simon Williams remembers the moment:


💬 We agreed to a single and the way they charmed meant that you just agree to everything they said. Normally, you do a settling single. Obviously, il belongs to one band and there's the A Side and the B Side but in this case, Placebo said: "We give you Bruise Pristine but on the B Side, we want our mates to have a song on there. Their mates were called Soup. We said: "Alright".
✔️ 𝘚𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘴 - 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰, 𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘺𝘯𝘦 𝘋𝘝𝘋

🔷 Indeed, the record contains on the A side Bruise Pristine and the song 𝒎.𝒆.𝒍.𝒕.𝒅.𝒐.𝒘.𝒏 by the band 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒑 on the B side. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any link to this song. It's a song with a 70's British vibe, with calm and somewhat haunting vocals. An excellent song by the way! I understand why Placebo wanted to share the record with them.


🔷 For the cover, Soup chose a black and white grainy picture of a light bulb. As for Placebo, it's a retouched photo by Cecil Beaton of children in a bomb shelter during the Blitz. It was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War. The term was first used by the British press and originated from the term Blitzkrieg, the German word for 'lightning war. It took place during September 1940 and May 1941.


▪𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞?"

💬 "It's a Cecil Beaton photograph of children in a bomb shelter during the Blitz."
✔️ 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘰 - 𝘙𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰 - 2001

Photo credit: Andy Wilsher 

🔷 Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) was a British designer, writer, cartoonist, diarist and socialite who loved theatre in all its forms. But he is chiefly remembered as the leading British portrait and fashion photographer of his day. Beaton’s glamorous, elaborately staged photographs of twentieth century royalty and celebrities reflected his theatrical tastes.

Less well known is the fact that Beaton was one of Britain’s hardest working war photographers during the Second World War. As an official photographer for the British Ministry of Information, Beaton travelled far and wide to document the impact of war on people and places in his own unique style. In later life, Beaton came to regard his war photographs as his single most important body of photographic work. He took some 7,000 photographs for the Ministry of Information covering all aspects of the Second World War.
✔️ 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘳 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮𝘴


🔷 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 1500. Quite rare then. You are lucky if you own one ! 😄 👏


🔷 This song can be found on 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒔 CD as well with Nancy Boy, Teenage Angst and 36 Degrees.


🔷 The 𝒍𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒔 are identical to the studio version. Just one change though. Instead of the echoing "Encore" on the standard version, you can hear Brian singing in French "encore, encore, encore, encore, encore plus bas, encore plus fort, encore", which translation is "again, again, again, again, lower, harder, again".


🔸 𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕 !
📢 https://bit.ly/3IoEnDc ✨🎸

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PLACEBO INTERVIEWED BY FANS 1998 (part 2)

As I promised you last Saturday, today I bring you the 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 of the amusing questions 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 fans sent to 𝑵𝑴𝑬 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 in November 1998. The band answered what they would do if they were women for a day, what they think about facial hair, underwear and cleared up some rumors among other things.

Have a good time reading, dear soulmates!
Stay safe & much love. 💖

𝙌 & 𝘼 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙀𝘽𝙊  (𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝙸𝙸)

Photo credit: Scarlet Page

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆? (𝚁𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚕 𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚜𝚘𝚗, 𝚈𝚘𝚛𝚔)
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “Probably sending flowers. Used to be quite into that.”
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “I don’t really date in that romantic way. I have to be really, really smitten, and that doesn’t happen that often, unfortunately. I spend a lot of money, and shower them with loads of gifts.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: “I threw a surprise party at Cafi Freedom.”

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆? (𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚢 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔/𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊 𝙷𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚈𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Just not phoning back. Pretending they don’t exist. It’s really evil. But it’s so easy.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “And at the same time you hate it when it happens to you, but sh*t happens, you know?”

𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐? (𝙱𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗, 𝙴𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚡)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “I’d probably have my period. Maybe invest in some exotic and extravagant battery-operated toys.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: “I’d probably fondle my breasts all day.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “Dunno, maybe get some lesbian action.”

𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆? 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆? (𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝙼𝚌𝙻𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝, 𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚝𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “He’s Bill Lloyd from the group Tram, and he plays a little bass when Stefan and I are both playing guitar, and plays a little keyboards. It’s his choice he’s offstage. He doesn’t want to be seen. He’s our tech, who got promoted.”

𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒅 ‘𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆’, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒏𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒅? (𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚠 𝙻𝚊𝚛𝚢, 𝚄𝚂𝙰)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Absolutely.”
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𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓-𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒏? (𝙺𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚎 𝙲𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚢, 𝙺𝚎𝚗𝚝)
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: “Nearly, when you dive into the crowd at gigs, and they’ve got you by the crotch and are strangling you.”
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Most fans have been really sweet to me. Real darlings. But when you spend an hour signing autographs outside a gig, and then suddenly it’s time to go, and they go from screaming ‘I love you’ to you becoming the biggest c– in the world. It’s quite blinkered. A hotel receptionist in Zurich once pulled a gun on me, because I jumped behind reception and started to hug him because he was being such an arsehole. It was then I was told it would be a good idea to go to bed.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “I haven’t. But I tried to hang myself when I was 16, from an apple tree, with a fucking garden hose. I was really pissed up. I was going down, and my mates sorted it out.”
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “You never told us that.”

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈? (𝙰𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚁𝚘𝚝𝚑, 𝙱𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚙𝚕𝚎)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “When I was 13. I stole my mother’s: Peter Stuyvesant luxury length, gold. And I went to the park in Dundee, where I grew up.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “When I was 11.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: “Properly, when I was 17, but my first cigarette was at a Monsters Of Rock Festival in Germany when I was 12. They gave out free packets of three fags. ‘Kids! Smoke up!'”

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𝒀𝒐𝒖’𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆-𝒖𝒑. 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒕? (𝙽𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚊 𝚂𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚑, 𝙿𝚕𝚞𝚖𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚍)
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆-𝒖𝒑 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅? (𝙽𝚒𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚊 𝙼𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “No-one, really. I was about 11 when I started acting in school plays, and I instantly loved it. I figured it out by myself, really. I have an excellent make-up artist now. Maybelline does an excellent eyeliner and an excellent concealer. But as far as foundation goes, Ultra-Moist Max Factor Long-Lasting is pretty good if you’re a working musician.”

𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕? (𝙰𝚍𝚊𝚖 𝚆𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚢)
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “Tara Banks.”
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “A girl I met in Spain.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: “A guy I met in Spain.”
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Spain, man. We just want to roll that country over and fuck it raw.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 (𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺): “With no lube.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “No lube! Jesus!”
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “I’m supposed to be the evil one. He’s the evil one!”

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔? (𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚜, 𝙲𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚢, 𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎y)
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “That I was supposed to be going out with Tara Banks.”
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “That I was a junkie. That was really hurtful, and also the one about me being a misogynist.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: “That I had an enormous d*ck.”

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔? (𝙶𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝙴𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚡) (𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 – Ed)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “I’m from France: mine is Lancer Farrel.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “Mine’s Butch Williams.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: “Mine’s more a Germanic one: Ihssdey Haha.”

𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍, 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆? (𝙷𝚊𝚣𝚎𝚕 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚜, 𝙷𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚆𝚢𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚋𝚎)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “I hope so. I was talking about this last night, because it would have been fun to be a real rock chick superwench, and use my sexual powers to destroy men. Hopefully, I’d be a maneater.”

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚? (𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚑𝚢, 𝙳𝚞𝚕𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚑)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “When I was 14.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “When I was 13.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: “At the illegal age of 19.”

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉? (𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚢 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗, 𝚁𝚘𝚖𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “That wasn’t us, it was a couple of our crew. These people heard a couple of cockney accents on them, and waited for them outside a pub and beat them with sticks.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “It was a football thing. It was all because they supported a different football team. Sad f*cks. Every football fan can go and f*ck themselves.”

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝑳𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚? (𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝚂𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚗, 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “It’s a John Richmond. And please don’t go out and buy it.”

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈? (𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚎 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔/𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊 𝙷𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚈𝚊𝚛𝚖)
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: “About 250 quid. At Alexander McQueen.”
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Mine was a Moschino dress.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “About 400 pounds. I had a pinstripe suit made to measure.”

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𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑽𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒕 𝑮𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒍𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒔? (𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚠 𝙳𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚘𝚗, 𝙳𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Because you obviously didn’t understand it. It’s a great , it’s a feast of colour and music.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: “And it has the most beautiful scene of two men kissing, ever.”

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒏? (𝚃𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚛 𝚆𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛, 𝙾𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘, 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚍𝚊)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “We’ve just been given a tape by some fans. These two s were waiting outside, and they’re playing ‘I Know’ off the first album really badly and they’ve changed the words to how much they want to have intimate knowledge of our… er, privates. It’s not very musical, but it is hilarious.
“Another time, I got given a photograph of this girl with a black eye with ‘Kill/ /Die’ written on it, which I carry with me everywhere, because it’s the most intense thing I’ve been given.”

𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓? (𝙽𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚊, 𝙿𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚐𝚊𝚕)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Stef, you used to have interesting facial hair: that Prince beard kind of thing. You looked very suave. Facial hair I don’t think is my thing, really. I’m a pretty clean-shaven kind of guy. It doesn’t suit me.”

𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒓? 𝑬𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒑𝒊𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆? (𝙾𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎, 𝙶𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Sorry. It’s going to have to be the custard pie.”

𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚? (𝙸𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙶𝚎𝚖, 𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚕)
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “Yes. I’m fit, and well, and playing like a demon.”
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “I’m relatively content. It’s a few hundred miles away from happy. I would like to have a meaningful relationship with somebody that I cared about. Loneliness is quite debilitating.”

𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆? (𝚂𝚒𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝙼𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚜, 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚕𝚍)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Only if we start getting probe-searched at customs. It’s all complete , but it’s all part of the myth.”

Photo credit: David Corio

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒍 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒑𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆? (𝙿𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚁𝚒𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “He smells really nice, actually. Very clean. Of expensive beauty products.”

𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆? (𝚂𝚌𝚘𝚝𝚝 , 𝚂𝚊𝚗 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Madonna.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: “Madonna.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “Prince. So f*ck you two.”

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓? (𝚈𝚟𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗, 𝚁𝚎𝚍𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚗, 𝙰𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊)
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆: “Love.”
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Freedom. I actually tried to beat up our crew the other day. The bus ran out of gas, and I lost it for a while. I didn’t get on very well, they’re huge.”

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒙𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔? (𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗, 𝚃𝚎𝚕𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Oh, knickers. Lacy ones.”

𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆? (𝙹𝚘𝚎𝚢 𝙻𝚊𝚞, 𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚀𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝙷𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝙺𝚘𝚗𝚐)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Because there’s nothing else to do.”
𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏: “The grass is always greener somewhere else. But you have to be here to know that. Make sense?”

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒃𝒖𝒔? (𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝚂𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚗, 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚗)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Watch South Park. Also, we have a new court jester, our merchandising guy who amuses us for hours by talking complete bollocks over the intercom. It’s bollocks, but it’s the funniest bollocks you’ll ever hear.”

𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒈𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆? (𝙱𝚎𝚌, 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚖𝚜𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚍)
𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏: “Whatever you do, don’t sleep with her.”
𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮. 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘕𝘔𝘌 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 

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♦️𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘: 𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄♦️

Today we celebrate the ♦️𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 “𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐄"♦️. It was released as single 24 years ago today on the 12th of May 1997 and reached no. 14 in the UK Singles Chart.

🎬 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗘 – 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟳 / 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢
🎵 http://bit.ly/2ujucPY 🎵

Photo credit: Screenshots of the video, edit by Silke

The single version of “Bruise Pristine“ was recorded at Westland Studios in Dublin when Placebo were working on their first studio album with producer Brad Wood.
In its original version the song was released as split single with the band Soup by record label Fierce Panda in October 1995. It was then re-recorded for Placebo's self-titled debut album the following year and finally became the fifth and last single off “Placebo” in May 1997.
”Bruise Pristine” is a heavy riff-based track. It is notable for its "behind the bridge" guitar solo. The song is played in F-A-D-G-C-C tuning.

“Bruise Pristine“ has a special meaning to Stefan because it was the first time he ever heard himself getting played on the radio (for Brian it was “36 degrees“). But unfortunately the DJ played it at the wrong speed because he thought the voice was too high for a guy.

📀 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗘 – 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟱

🎵 http://bit.ly/2V68Lg3 🎵

Photo credit: Pat Pope

The official video for the song was directed by Howard Greenhalgh who had already worked with stars like Elton John, Pet Shop Boys, INXS, George Michael or Soundgarden before he got in touch with Placebo. Over the years Greenhalgh directed seven of the band's official videos. Starting with the music clips for ”Nancy Boy” and ”Bruise Pristine” he was also responsible for ”Special K”, ”Slave to the wage”, ”The bitter end”, ”For what it's worth” and ”This Picture”.
When asked by a journalist to describe his approach to music video direction Howard Greenhalgh explained that "With anything, it’s the lyrics that are everything. You pray that there are good lyrics in a track because that leads you immediately to what you’re going to do."
Obviously Placebo's lyrics were great because he perfectly knew how to translate them into some extraordinary and impressive videos.


📌 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 “𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗜𝗦𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗘“ 📌
"𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵?
📢 "Yeah, our very first single, "Bruise Pristine", and it's about to be released on a Fierce Panda compilation," blurts Brian, without hesitation. "We really hate that version, it's so fast and, honestly, I do sound like Mickey Mouse on it. We were going to say no, but it's so ridiculous it has to be documented in some way. I can't really understand where this helium thing came from. My balls have dropped since then."
(Melody Maker, October 1998)

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BRUISE PRISTINE - Placebo's first single was released on 2ND FEBRUARY 1995.

BRUISE PRISTINE - Placebo's first single was released on 2ND FEBRUARY 1995.

The first ever release from PLACEBO on Fierce Panda Records. 

This 7" single is very rare and is a split single with the band SOUP.

Split 7" Vinyl W/ PLACEBO / SOUP

Soup - MeltdownFORMAT:7" vinyl The UK 45-rpm 7" single - a classic format if ever there was one. Since its creation in the early 1950s it has lent itself to all manner of musical tastes and styles. Far more durable than the 78-rpm shellac discs it replaced, and with greatly enhanced sound quality, it has become an iconic format of popular music culture. 

Each decade has seen an evolution in the way the humble black plastic 7" disc has been used; from the 50s and 60s issues with their jukebox/multi-stack friendly push-out centres, to the 70s solid-centre creations and the gradual introduction in the UK of eye-catching picture covers, to the 80s excess of coloured vinyls and limited edition packaging in all its glory. 

Their gradual slide in popularity during the late 90s has now taken an upward turn in the 2000s, with hip Indie artists choosing to return to this classic format and many labels again issuing exclusive limited editions aimed specifically at collectors.

7" Vinyl

A. Bruise Pristine (PLACEBO)

B. M.E.L.T.D.O.W.N. (SOUP)

In studio record of this release "Bruise Pristine / M.E.L.T.D.O.W.N." attended those artists:

Paul Tippler (Recorded By), Stuart Smith (Recorded By)

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