I found a great interview with ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐ published in the Swedish ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ in 2001 that I hadn't read before and, of course, I want to share with you. Among the things ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ tells us here are ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐'s friendship with the ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐ band ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, how he feels about being Swedish and about the then novelty of consuming music in digital format. Wow, how much things have changed! So get comfortable and enjoy reading.
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๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ is one of the most written about bands in the foreign music press. In ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐ you read a few reviews and a short interview in the evening papers, despite the fact that one of the country's biggest rock stars is in this international trio. Now they are in ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐.
They have played at ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐'s 50th birthday party, supported ๐ผ๐ and had a dozen singles on the ๐ผ๐ฒ charts. Their third album has been showered with critical acclaim and with that behind them they have been on tour pretty much all year. As if that wasn't enough, they're being chased by all the world's press wherever they go. In ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐, however, ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ and ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ are relatively unknown. Mostly perhaps because ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ didn't grow up in ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐, but most likely because the media doesn't know about it yet. The group will be playing a Swedish show at the ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ this summer, bringing with them songs from their incredibly strong album ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐. When they stopped off for a gig in ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, I took the opportunity to call up the band's Swedish bassist ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐๐. A few digits on the phone and presto.
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ?
๐นIt's ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐'s manager who answers, but he quickly hands the phone over to ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ?
๐ฌ We're a bit tired today, we visited our friends from Rammstein and celebrated that their album is number one in the German charts and typically only number two in the Swedish one, he laughs. We went to one of their favourite places yesterday, some goth club, that's their style. Otherwise, the tour has been going on for a while now, so the break yesterday was nice. Today we're playing here in Amsterdam after we've done a lot of Eastern Europe.
๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ญ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ?
๐ฌ Well, we met Rammstein at a festival in Australia and we have so much fun together, so it's always fun to meet them. Otherwise we are good friends with PJ Harvey's band and some others but we don't have time to meet many people during the tour as there are gigs almost every day.
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๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ was born in ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐, but grew up in ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ and went to the same school as the band's singer ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐ . However, they hung out in different gangs at school. ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ was popular, ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ wasn't, if everything written about the band is to be believed. It wasn't until several years later that ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ bumped into ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ at ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ in ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐๐ and they decided to start a band together. I guess the question is how Swedish he feels today.
๐ฌ I guess I have mixed feelings about Sweden, it's mostly personal, then we're not that big there, he says happily. I was born in Gothenburg but we moved to Vรคllingby outside Stockholm quite soon. I lived there until I was eight and then we moved to Luxembourg, as I said. It's been a while since I've been home now, but I try to make time to visit Sweden from time to time.
๐ฌ We're all living in London now but I don't know how long we'll be there, there's so much disease and shit there now.
๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง, ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ?
๐ฌ No, that's very much why I want to get out of there. We've flown around so much that we don't feel at home anywhere, so moving doesn't feel strange in any way.
๐ซ⭐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ⭐ ๐ซ
The group does not hide the fact that they are gay. ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ points out to me that he is proud to be gay and that ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ is too and that ๐บ๐๐๐๐ is bisexual. Often the media tries to focus on their orientation and other things, but as ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ puts it himself:
๐ฌ They're trying but they're not going to succeed.The music is the most important thing and no matter how you twist and turn Placebo's music, it is quite timeless. The first album could be the last if it weren't for the production.
๐ฌ We were quite young when we made the "Placebo" album, I was only 19 years old. It was a low-budget production and we only had three weeks, so it probably feels more like a good demo today. The songs I think still hold up and I'm very happy with them. We still play a couple of songs from that record live.
๐ ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ-๐ก๐จ๐ฉ. ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐, ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐?
๐ฌ It's not that strange. Brian and Steve have been listening to hip-hop for a long time and in "Spite & Malice" in particular there was a hole that we didn't know what to do with. We knew the rapper Justin Warfield from before and we said; why not try him? That's the way it is, and the type of music. I think it was very successful so it might come back.
๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ & ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐น๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ
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๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฒ?
๐ฌ I guess the three of us have in common that we all like PJ Harvey, and we hang out with her band a lot too. Her music is modern yet timeless, something I think our music is too, maybe that's why we like her. Otherwise, I guess I grew up with Depeche Mode as big idols. As a Swede I have listened to some Swedish synth bands too, Mobile Homes, but they have stopped now I think. Then I try to buy some Swedish music too. Lately I've been buying Kent's B-sides, Covenant, Bob Hund and Robots latest. Robot I think is very good, have you heard them?
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐, ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐'๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ค ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐. ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ?
๐ฌ I don't think it's that strange. On the last album we use a lot of machines, which I think is natural because I grew up with that kind of music. On the first records we used more of a normal set up with guitar, bass, drums and vocals. This time I think it's more modern sound, but of course it still sounds Placebo.
๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐?
๐ฌ On the tour there will be so much guitar music, so once we listen it will be to music without guitars. Right now Red Snapper, Aphex Twin and David Simon are probably spinning the most.
๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ-๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ?
๐ฌ Napster is more like a jukebox, you discover music that you might otherwise never have come into contact with. I don't think it affects record sales either as the public still buys just as many records. Should it start to affect the sales of our records, it's not good, but for now it's okay.
⭐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฃ❓✨
๐ธ๐ช ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง: 31 March 1974 in Gothenburg
๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ and ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐'s nickname for ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ is "๐ป๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐", taken from ๐ด๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ from ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐, logical and serious. ๐
๐ธ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐'s first electric guitar was yellow and he named it "๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐". ๐
๐ต ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฌ: Depeche Mode and Abba
▪️ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐, ๐ธ๐ถ๐ถ๐ท.๐ถ๐ท.๐ท๐ท.
Before I say goodbye, I invite you to watch the aforementioned ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐'s performance at the ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, one of the most important festivals in ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐ that was held annually between 1992 and 2010, in which initially mostly synth bands played and later also included pop, alternative rock and metal bands.also were included pop, alternative rock and metal bands.
✨๐ถ๐ธ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐.๐๐.๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ✨
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