🎶❣️𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚́ 𝙈𝟲 + 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 ❣️🎶

🎙️𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧, 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫, 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞, 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧, 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰.
𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐢 𝐓𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐯𝐨𝐢̈ 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬, 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮?

Photo credit: Screenshots / Edit made by Rita

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: I would say the fact that we are so popular in France is for us a little mystery, but not really a huge mystery thinking of the other Anglo-Saxon bands which have a lot of success in this country. There are The Cures, Depeche Mode for example. We have something in common with them musically and in spirit. It's this dark romanticism, in which you have a very long literary, cinematographic and musical tradition as well. Maybe it's because we've always done our interviews in French, but it can't be just that alone. There must be other things. But we don't really try too hard to find out what these things are, because we work as artists in a very, very instinctive way. So if we find the reason, we might be a little too aware of that answer and then we might start working in a different way. So we make the decision to never explain anything, to keep working this way, to follow our instincts , which has served us very well until now. And that made us very popular in this country.

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𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐓𝐨 𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐒𝐨 𝐈 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜.

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Absolutely. We don't feel like telling people as in a Hollywood movie tells you how to feel. It's important to us that there is an ambiguity left in every song so that each person, who listens to it, can live their personal story through that song. I think that's why our music has been so successful. It's not hiding behind things, but say things as they are.

Placebo live at M6 private concert 2006. Screenshot

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. "𝐈'𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 / 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 / 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 " 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭?

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: It's difficult for me to translate it into French but ... Yeah . "J'aimerais trouver une nouvelle façon de voir avec tes yeux pour le reste de l'éternité scotchés aux miens".

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞…

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: This is one of my most feminine lyrics on the album.

𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞, 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧? 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐭. 𝐀 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: I've studied Shakespeare in college. So I was very lucky. If your job is to write, you have to ... I am touched that you think it's poetic and that you find it poetry because that's what I'm trying to do.

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𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬…

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Being in a rock band is a little bit like looking for the Peter Pan syndrome. It is a life almost without responsibility. We maybe... It took us a lot longer to grow up. We may still have the adolescent spirit. So maybe that's why teens understand what we're doing.

Placebo live at M6 private concert 2006. Screenshot

𝐒𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫! 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Take a look at Mick Jagger and you'll see that we don't grow up in rock bands ! We don't grow old.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐉𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭, 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬. 𝐒𝐨 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 ? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐢𝐫?

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞: It's the most important part for us. In our day, everything we do revolves around the stage. Hour after hour. It's the moment when we are most focused. And I think that's why we become one live.

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞?

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞: I feel untouchable on stage. It's a safe place.

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: I feel very tall and very sexy.

𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧: I feel even taller. No, it's a place where you can express feelings that you hide in everyday life. Things that you're shy about. It's our most extroverted that stands out, an aspect of us that wouldn't be so flamboyant. It is an extraordinary and almost orthodox situation. You are in front of a lot of people who are adoring you, like in a pagan ceremony actually. It is a very special experience that is hard to describe but it is very moving and very soulful.

𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫.

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: It's like a drug. We have a very basic need to be exhibistionists. Maybe you less than us. You, you need to hit things with your sticks. We need to be exhibitionists and we're doing pretty well.

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These are excerpts from the interview 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 gave after their private concert in 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 to promote their fifth studio album 𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔. Enjoy the full interview here, with English and Italian subtitles by our dear 𝑳𝒂𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂 𝑬𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂 💕:

Placebo live at M6 private concert 2006. Screenshot

🎥 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝟔 - 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝟏
https://bit.ly/3fcjVsh

🎥 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒕 𝑴𝟔 - 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝟐
https://bit.ly/3hmxWGz

📍This private 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 acoustic concert was held on August 31, 2006 at the 𝑬𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒏 in 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒌𝒐𝒇𝒇, 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆.
The 𝑬𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒏 is a former distillery where 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒏 liqueur was manufactured from 1903, an aperitif made with Norwegian pine extracts and spices that was very popular in the 1920s and 1930s, being exported all over 𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆, 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂 and even 𝑴𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒐. The drink was banned by the Germans during the war and after 1945 it was no longer as successful as before. The 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒌𝒐𝒇𝒇 factory ceased production in 1995 and the 𝑬𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒍-𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆 building was classified as a historical monument in 2002. The building has four rooms and a 700m² hall, which are currently used for receptions, photo shoots, films, fashion shows and other events. If you pay close attention during the 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 concert, you can see at the back of the stage old stills, barrels, wooden caves and bottles of the factory that are still there. A wonderful venue, isn't it?

To close this post, let's watch this beautiful and magical 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐's acoustic set. Don't forget to share your thoughts and feelings about the concert and the interview dear soulmates. Have a fantastic weekend!

⭐ 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆́ 𝑴𝟔 - 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 ⭐
https://youtu.be/a_sACV5b0Tg

✨ 𝐒𝐄𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 ✨

𝑴𝒆𝒅𝒔
𝑷𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆
𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒈
𝑰𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑶𝒇 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝑷𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒕 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒏
𝑱𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒆
𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒐 𝑺𝒂𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒃𝒚𝒆
𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒀𝒐𝒖

☆○.•:｡* •.¸ ✩ ¸.• *.•:｡○☆

✒️ Special Thanks and Interview Translation Credits: Laetitia Evalia.

Post by Ruta

🟧𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐥𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨🟧

Dear soulmates!
Again, I’ve got something for all of you who love old rare Placebo stuff. This is an 🔸𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧🔸 (and a little bit with 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 as well) done at his then flat in west London, that was published in 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟗, 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆. Stef revealed some details about his everyday life and described his flat that was Placebo home studio back then.
Of course, too much changed since those times… but there are so many sweet curious moments about our beloved Placebo “babies” in the article that I’m pretty sure, you will love it!

Photo credit: Select magazine, 1999; edit by Olga

🟧𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄: 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐥𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨🟧
One word: Ikea. Yes, post-Velvet Goldmine glam, Placebo's bassist reveals the more subdued home furnishings favoured by a Swede abroad. And he loves Abba too...
"I'm sorry about the mess. I'm afraid that we had a bit of a party last night." It's the day after Placebo bassist 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒍𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒍'𝒔 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 [that is March 31st], he's got a splitting headache and his flat looks like the site of a bizarre zoological experiment on the effects of Buckfast on gorillas. So, he's not in the best of states to receive the Lloyd Grossman treatment. "Here, have some birthday cake while I clean up a bit," says the ever-courteous Stefan while 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 is treated to the strange sight of 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐 doing the wash-up.
In keeping with the Swedish stereotype perpetuated by those annoying Ikea adverts, Stefan's homestead is usually a highly ordered affair, situated in one of the posher New Labour-favoured areas of west London. There's a strange karma-like coincidence that led Stefan to pick this flat however - it used to belong to fellow 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓 𝑷𝒂𝒖𝒍 𝑾𝒂𝒂𝒌𝒕𝒂𝒂𝒓, the keyboardist from '80s Norwegian legends A-Ha. So, now they've got glam out of their system with their involvement in Velvet Goldmine, maybe it's time for a rolled-up-sleeves ‘80s revival from the 'Cebe.
Having finally put the Jif cleaner away, Stefan demonstrates that there's a homely side to Placebo that has nothing to do with breasts and all the rest...

🔶𝟏. 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎 𝐓𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐒
There are tapes that we’re going to edit into projections for the stage show. If you just read the production notes it doesn’t look like it’ll be much fun – all things about amoebas and sperm and plankton. But when they’re all put together they’ll look fantastic. Trust me! We want to turn the concerts into real spectacles. Placebo are showmen! Like Abba!

🔶𝟐. 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎
Despite our image, we’re pretty boring most of the time. I like to mess around recording bits in here. I could make up some story about the studio being haunted, except it wouldn’t be true. It can be a bit eerie being sat in here on your own though. The flat is situated in-between an ambulance and fire station, so there is dead silence punctuated by screaming sirens every so often. Maybe I’ll be able to incorporate them into a track one day. And, of course, if there’s ever an emergency we’re ideally situated. Considering our track record, this could turn out to be handy.

🔶𝟑. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐑
The floor was sound-proofed by Paul Waaktaar – it must’ve cost fortune to do. So I recon he must’ve used this place aa a studio. Just imagine – maybe he recorded “The Living Daylights” here or even (whispers reverently) “Take On Me”. Actually, it might’ve been a bit cooler if it’d belonged to the singer Morten Harket – he was much better looking. But you can’t have everything. Even though the floor’s sound-proofed, the neighbours complain constantly about the noise. Maybe it’s just because we jump up and down on them a lot, especially when listening to Abba. I firmly believe that I’ve got Agnetha running through my veins. We are a bit noisy, but what I never understand is that there’s a club next door that plays pounding house, and they never complain about that. Maybe they just don’t like hearing “The Winner Takes It All” at four at the morning. Either that or they like their Pete Tong.

Photo credit:  Scarlet Page

🔶𝟒. 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐁𝐎 𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐋 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇
Nail polish is our fashion downfall. We all love it – I’m wearing a nice shade of black on my toes right now. This is a special Placebo nail varnish. It’s a promotional tool from the record company, but we use it too. I’m pretty lazy – I should really shop around for the right colour for me. But it’s hard to get the right shade if you’re a six-foot Swedish bloke.

🔶𝟓. 𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐒
Yes, tragically they are from Ikea. It’s hard to resist, especially if you’re Swedish. I mean Ikea is worth visiting for their delicious Swedish menu alone. But I try not to go too often – it’s a bit of a cheat really.

🔶𝟔. 𝐓𝐎𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒
I love collecting these toys – the more absurd and silly the better. And the great thing is that you can really play them! (Breaks into a downright disturbing version of ‘Bruise Pristine’ on the miniature guitar). Well, you don’t sound like Jimi Hendrix, but they’re really good for producing unusual sounds you wouldn’t be able to get elsewhere. We even used a couple of them on the first album, which isn’t something that you’d see Oasis do. They’re wasted on children, I think.

🔶𝟕. 𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄
“This was so much fun to film, not that my role was very big – I played bass in this band which sounded like a cross between The Sweet and Suzi Quatro. I leave the speaking to Brian.”
Brian: “It was a really mad film to make, just a bunch of glammed up lunatics running around London in outrageous clothes and wigs. I love all the music from that time – well, not ’Tiger Feet’, obviously, but Marc Bolan is great. I don’t care what the critics think – I think it’s a really beautiful film. Too many people thought it’d be an authorized history of glam rock, and that’s why they were disappointed.”

🔶𝟖. 𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐀 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊
“I admit that my Abba obsession is a bit out of hand, but they were the best. I don’t think we could ever cover them though – their songs are untouchable. They’re one of the few bands that could make a decent film – Brian, what was it called?”
Brian (excitedly): “It had a simple title – Abba The Movie. It was fantastic, all about this Australian radio Dj who spent the whole film trying to track Abba down for an interview. The best thing about it is that it features all these Australian soap actors, like Lou Carpenter from Neighbours as a heavy. Actually, it did have some annoying moments – the Dj spends the whole film making excuses for not getting an interview – “Hi, I’m in Perth. Nearly got them this time…”

 Velvet Goldmine movie premiere, 19 October 1998 

🔶𝟗. 𝐎𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊
“He just makes me laugh – this is just a great book to dip into if you’re in need of a quick blast of wit. [Picks out an epigram at random] ‘Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.’ Oops – maybe that wasn’t one of his better ones. But to be honest it doesn’t get read nearly as much as the Abba book.”

🔶𝟏𝟎. 𝐂𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

“These are just some of my favourite listens. I love the William s. Burroughs CD – his voice is amazing. People are surprised we like things like Blondie. They shouldn’t be – Placebo are definitely a pop group.
Brian: “Hang on, a couple of those look a bit familiar. You stole them off me, you bastard! Return them to me@”
Stefan: “No they’re mine! Fuck off!”

🔶𝟏𝟏. 𝐑𝐔𝐃𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆
“People come in and tell me that this picture is upside down and I’m like ‘I know! I like it better that way.’ There’s something really intriguing about it – sometimes I think it’s erotic, other times it’s really nasty and oppressive. I think it’s one of Madonna’s favourites as well. There isn’t very much art around the rest of the flat though – there’s not many pictures you could stand to look at every day.”

🔶𝟏𝟐. 𝐑𝐔𝐃𝐄 𝐅𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐓
“This is the prize we won at the In The City conference for being the Best Unsigned Band. [Clearly unamused] It’s very funny, isn’t it? Actually we were really pleased to win it, but the shine was taken off it as we were co-winners alongside Kula Shaker and Performance. [Paul Gallagher-managed no-hopers]. I mean, Jesus Christ, Performance! We were so obviously the best band there, but I think it was some kind of publicity stunt.”
Brian: “Actually, the story gets even more poignant. Peter Hook was on the judging panel and he slagged us off – he called us “a bunch of fucking whining Americans.” That really broke my heart – there’s few bands I like more that Joy Division [wipes away a mock tear]. Maybe Ian Curtis would’ve appreciated us more. Nobody’s ever looked into the abyss as deeply as him.”

🔶𝟏𝟑. 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑
“This got us into terrible trouble with the neighbours. These speakers are awesome – they go up so loud you could kill a cat with them. So when we got the first copies of the album in, we couldn’t resist using them. The chorus of ‘Teenage Angst’ was unbelievable, just raw noise bouncing around the walls.”
(𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 1999)

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INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN MOLKO & LIVE PERFORMANCES 2015

⭐"...𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆."⭐


Dear soulmates, today I want to invite you to an interview that 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 did before a concert in Leicester as part of their Loud Like Love Tour in the UK in March 2015.
Brian admits his reluctance to tolerate fans watching a live concert through the screens of their cell phones, and also devotes a few words to an earlier edition of "Selected," which we know is a book containing lyrics to Brian's songs.
⭐🔸🔸🔸⭐

Photo credit: Screenshots from LLL UK Tour 2015.  Photo edit: by Marti

📌 Brian Molko has a morning of interviews lined up, back-to-back, writes Gemma Peplow. "My favourite part of the job," he says, dryly.


⭐ Brian isn't so much prickly as honest. Which is good. You wouldn't want tried-and-tested PR spiel from the frontman of Placebo, would you? Just for good measure, when we ask how the rest of his day might get better:
"That's my business, not yours."
Moving on, then. Placebo, one of the alternative rock bands of the '90s, whose bitter, cynical lyrics soundtracked the lives of thousands, are touring the UK. After shifting millions of albums and playing bigger venues across the world, this one is kind of back to basics.


🔸 "We haven't done a regional UK tour in a long time so it feels like we're very much going back to our roots," says Brian.
"We're playing smaller venues, with a more intimate kind of energy with the audience. We do try to make an emotional connection with the audience. It's not just about playing songs.
We want to create a collective euphoria, a synergy. We need that connection, otherwise it becomes mechanical and soulless for us.
In a smaller venue, that energy comes quicker; the connection is a little easier to make – as long as not too many people are busy looking at their phones instead of the gig."


⭐ While Placebo's music has stood the test of time – the band are 20 years and six albums down the line from their self-titled debut – Brian is not convinced by this change in gig crowds.
"I think it's a shame because what they're documenting is inferior," he says. "They're missing the moment completely."
"Placebo play very loud – the microphone on your smart device cannot handle the volume at which we play. The sound, will be terribly distorted, because people moving around are going to be shaky. You're going to miss out on what you pay good money to see. I just don't get it.
Every now and then some idiot shows up with an iPad and just blocks the view for about five or six people behind them."

Photo vredit. Felix Kästle  

🔸 "It's completely inconsiderate, in my opinion. It's just my point of view, really, I don't want to come across like a grumpy old man. But I want to achieve connection and I can't connect with people who aren't looking at me. It's not an ego thing. It just seems pointless. What value does that have? I think life is short, the moment is fleeting, the gig is happening."


⭐ Be warned. If you pull out filming equipment when Placebo come to Leicester later this month, Brian may well pull you up on it.
"I do, sometimes. Sometimes it's not so bad, but if I find it frustrating I will, particularly if the entire front row when you walk out is looking at a phone from the moment the first song begins. On a good day, it's distracting; on a bad day, I actually find it quite insulting."


🔸 "If I get frustrated, it's difficult. I deal with it, just as I would if a fight breaks out in the audience. I have a unique vantage point and it is incredibly disturbing to see the hatred in these people's eyes sometimes. It affects me emotionally."
It's very different to the days when the band formed.

Photo credit: Thomas Niedermüller

⭐ "In the '90s, people were connected, they were jumping, moshing, crowd-surfing. They were in the moment and just there and absorbing the show and this is how I experienced concerts as a teenager and young adult.
They were mesmeric, transcendental moments for me. I don't understand why people wouldn't want to join me in that."
Having said all that, Brian says he enjoys it more now than he did way back when the band was at the height of its success, "because now I perform without the aid of any controlled substances or intoxicants."


🔸 "We're choosing to do this tour for the fans and for ourselves. For the experience. To have fun. We want to enjoy ourselves." /¤¤¤/


⭐ You get the impression Brian isn't one for looking back. And yet, last year he released a book containing his own selection of lyrics from throughout his career at the helm of the band.
"It was offered to me by a small publishing house and it was a long, drawn-out process for me because I have a very dysfunctional relationship with a lot of what I've written. Not many people get an opportunity to publish a book, though, so that was the attraction.
But I tell you, it was not an easy experience for me. It took about six months. I had to select what was going to be published and I was confronted with a lot of writing which I thought was either naive, amateuristic or just not very good."


🔸 It's better now, he says. "I wrote a lot of material under the influence and I think sometimes that worked out really well and sometimes it worked out really badly," he says. "I'm just very, very self-critical."


⭐ "We always set the bar higher, that's just something we do. Each new album is an almost allergic reaction to its predecessor."
(𝐿𝑒𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑔. 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 2015)📌
⭐🔸🔸🔸⭐


After reading such an interview, there are a lot of questions, don't you think?
💚 The first one is - to use these technologies at the concerts or not?
💚 Is it okay to shoot someone on the mobile phone who does not want it?
💚 And how do we explain to Brian our hypocrisy that we have an understanding for his feelings, but we really enjoy rare footage from concerts that have no official record?
How much poorer would we be if we didn't have YouTube full of videos from Placebo fans?

Photo credit: Info Music

And so that your thinking is not so easy, I share with you a few videos from the British part of this amazing tour.
But beware - the first video is angry Brian throwing himself at a fan with a video camera ... So we all know that he perceives it really emotionally.


🎶 Placebo Brazil 2005
https://bit.ly/3f60IZ3

🎶 Placebo "Exit Wounds" Leicester 2015
https://bit.ly/3vRv48z

🎶 Placebo "Rob The Bank" London 2015
https://bit.ly/33sFE9U

🎶 Placebo "Too Many Friends" Sheffield 2015
https://bit.ly/2RHcDV4

🎶 Placebo "B3" Birmingham 2015
https://bit.ly/3exMJfy

🎶 Placebo "MEDS" Manchester 2015
https://bit.ly/3y0NC8c

🎶 Placebo "I Know" Belfast 2015
https://bit.ly/3bhjz2m


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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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Depeche Mode singer DAVE GAHAN turns 59

Today DAVE GAHAN, frontman of legendary DEPECHE MODE, celebrates his 59th birthday.

🎈🎉 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐃𝐀𝐕𝐄! 🎉🎈

Photo credit: Stefan Olsdal IG, unknown (8), edit by Silke

Brian and especially Stefan are huge fans of Depeche Mode. That's one of the reasons why they covered the song “I feel you” at a very early stage of their career. It was first published on a casette available only for members of the Placebo fan club Silver Rocket in 1999. The song was officially released on a bonus disc as part of the “Sleeping with ghosts” Special edition in 2003. This extra CD was then re-released as regular album “Covers” in 2010. “I feel you” can also be found on the American edition of “Black market music”.

🎬 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 – 𝗜 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟 𝗬𝗢𝗨
🎵 http://bit.ly/3bQhtVG 🎵
Video by PlaceboGirl

English artist Dave Gahan was born as David Callcott on May 9th 1962. When he was only six months old his father left the family. After the divorce his mother Sylvia married her second husband Jack Gahan. Dave and his sister Sue were raised under the impression that he was their natural father.
In his youth he got into trouble with the police, was suspended from school and ended up in juvenile court several times. “I was pretty wild, but music saved me“, Dave stated in hindsight.

In spring 1980 he joined the new formed band Composition of Sound. It was soon renamed to Depeche Mode, a suggestion that came from Dave after he had come across a same-titled fashion magazine. This was the start of an incredible successful career. Up to now Depeche Mode have sold more than 100 million records. Dave Gahan has also released some solo albums and collaborations with other artists.

He is a recovering heroin addict. In 1996 Dave Gahan overdosed on a speedball (mixture of cocaine and heroin) which resulted in his heart stopping for two minutes and a near-dead experience before he was revived by paramedics. Several months later he sought help at a rehabilitation center. There were relapses, but in May 2011 he celebrated ten years of sobriety. Dave said about his drug addiction that "it's fun to party and I had a lot of fun, and I kind of used up all my chips in that department." In 2009 an ultrasound revealed a malignant tumor in his bladder, which was removed.

Dave has lived in New York City since 1997. He has a daughter with his third wife Jennifer and a son from a former marriage.

Photo credit: Anton Corbijn

🎬 𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘 – 𝗜 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟 𝗬𝗢𝗨

🎵 http://bit.ly/324LYTi 🎵

The shared photo of Stefan and Dave Gahan was taken in London at the TV show Top of the Pops on January 31st 1997. Placebo performed their no. 4 single “Nancy Boy” and Depeche Mode did “Barrel of a gun”.
Stefan said that he was “tripping on cloud nine” when he got the chance to meet his heroes backstage. “This band has had a massive influence on me musically and personally. I spent my awkward teens covering their songs and turning the lights off in my room to immerse myself in their latest release”, he explained.

Photo credit: Anton Corbijn

🎬 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼 - 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀

🎵https://bit.ly/30exiRw 🎵

🎬 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲 - 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 (𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟵)

🎵 https://bit.ly/3c7yLyt 🎵

📌 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗡 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗘 📌
“I met Dave Gahan after Top oft he Pops once and then met him again two weeks later in Paris when we were doing a gig with the Dreams (=Dream City Film Club). We all ended up in the lobby oft he most expensive hotel in Paris with me playing Depeche Mode songs very off the key on the piano. Martin then asked me to play David Bowie songs which I couldn’t play.“
(First issue of Silber Rocket fanzine, 1998)

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𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗟𝗞𝗢 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 – 𝗥𝗧𝗕𝗙 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟵

Dear soulmates!Today I’m here with a great 🔸𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖🔸 that 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨 did in 2009 on the 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒈𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑻𝑽 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍 𝑹𝑻𝑩𝑭. My post is going to be some kind of 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, for our French-speaking fans first of all. The shared translation is what I found in the internet and improved a bit as much as I could. I’ll be thankful if someone could fulfil the gaps and correct inaccuracies if they’re there.
For all the others, just enjoy this translation and especially, lots of loveliest Brian’s smiles which this interview is full of!😍

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𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒔. 𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆?
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, it's true. How come you ask it so directly?

𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, yes, yes, almost 37 years ago. But I don't really remember it. We didn't stay there for too long, so I don't remember living in Belgium. That’s why I’m back to Brussels, because I don't have these memories about living there, it's not really a place with a big resonance for me. I’m not saying anything bad about it, I’m just saying that people often ask me if that place means something to me, but I don't remember, not very much anyway.

𝑰𝒏 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒈𝒊𝒖𝒎, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒖𝒙𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒈, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓.
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, exactly. It's true that in the 80s it was very boring in Luxembourg. Me and Stefan, our reaction was to lock ourselves in our rooms listening to lots of music and learning to play instruments. The idea of escaping that boredom pushed us to have this determination of doing something artistic with our lives. But we were separated. We were in the same country, going to the same school, but we weren't friends. So our lives were quite similar and when we found each other in London by accident, voila!

𝑩𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚?
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, it's exactly like a second family, a surrogate family. The only difference is that you can choose this family. This is a big luxury and a big difference. I moved to London when I was 17 and went to a University there to study dramatic arts which was my first passion, and only after finishing my studies I made the decision to make music. But I think that our motivation was the fact that the idea of doing the same routine threw us in such a depressive state that is was really important to us to make something artistic with our lives.

𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆?
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, yes, me and Stefan are two guys pretty shy and introverted, so we need a certain exhibitionism, but we need a context for it, and the stage is this context for us. It's a very basic thing we feel very...uhm, it's a simple, basic thing, it's an immediate response, an immediate energy from the audience that fills you with a sort of euphoria and we hope that every time we go on stage we're be able to create a common euphoria in the room. This is what we try to do.

𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒓, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘𝒔?
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, it's true. I have to say, it's nothing personal, but the interviews are not my favorite thing. I haven't talked too much about myself, but yes, it's true. When I was bored, I... yes (smile).

[No translation]
𝑵𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒉𝒂. 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐, 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒊𝒕?
B: Yes, it's an incredible country. I really like Asia in general, and, yes, before Meds, the last album, I spent some time there, like Beach Bum, and it's really a cool place, a country of colors, of extremes. Let's say that when you go to Japan, it's like going to the planet Mars, and when you go to India, it’s like being on the planet Mercury.

𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒂, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄.
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Yes, in December 2008, we went to Siam Reap in Cambodia to play a small concert in front of a Buddhist temple from the XII century. All of it was for charity, to stop human traffic for prostitution, etc. It's something very close to our hearts. I think that human traffic is something very shocking and without excuse in a so called civilized, modern, advanced world. We try to show people what needs to be avoided, so they don't fall into the trap. Because it's mostly adolescents and adults from Asia and Eastern Europe who are in danger.

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒐?
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Spending time with my son, it's the best.

𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕!
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: Thank you!

You can watch the interview here: 
👉 https://bit.ly/3svwsfU 

Post by Olga

#Placebo #PlaceboAnyway #PlaceboWorld #BrianMolko #StefanOlsdal #Molko #Soulmates #PlaceboHistory #BrianMolkoInterview

🔸⭐🔸𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨 at 𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎🔸⭐🔸

„𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝟏𝟏 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑴𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒄 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝑬𝑿𝑰𝑻 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑬𝑿𝑰𝑻 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆.“

Placebo at Exit Festival 2010. Pgoto credit: mr-foto.net

Dear friends, today I invite you to one of the most beautiful and exceptional festivals in Europe.
The EXIT Festival, which takes place in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, fascinated me with its amazing history - its origin.


📌 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎:
"From its beginnings as a protest against the Milosevic regime, EXIT has grown into one of the biggest music festivals in Europe.
EXIT is more than that though – it is a festival that traditionally has a political message at heart and whilst this is not why the majority of about 200,000 people come together and celebrate four days on Novi Sad’s Petrovaradin fortress, the festival organisers still like to emphasise the importance of civil activism with the presence of many NGO’s and international organisations.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐓 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞. That year, thousands of students from Novi Sad gathered on the university campus close to the river Danube to hear local bands and DJs perform and to listen to speakers voicing their opinions about the regime that had isolated them from the rest of Europe for the past decade. The event lasted 100 days and finished off with a party and a call for all the young people of Serbia to go and vote in the elections that were to be held the following day – the day which led to the downfall of the Milosevic regime.
The success gave the team behind the initial demonstrations the impetus to organise it as a festival in the true sense of the word and 2001 saw the first EXIT festival in the format we celebrate it today – in the grounds of the Petrovaradin Fortress with a stunning view over the Danube and Novi Sad’s skyline.
In 2001 the festival lasted nine days and people still recount the mind-blowing performance that Roni Size gave back then in front of thousands of people. One of the biggest signs of progress back then was that Croatian artists came to play at the festival. These days, Croatian bands such as Lollobrigida are some of the most popular acts for the locals at the festival and it would be hard to imagine the event without them. In 2003 the festival was shortened to the present four day format.
In 2004 MTV became involved in the festival and BBC’s Radio 1 covered EXIT in 2005 and the event has become much more commercial, raising the hackles of some of the festival goers from the early years. But a more commerical outlook has led to continuous improvement of the festival line-up and diversification of the musical genres represented.
This year’s festival (2010) has one of the best line-ups of any European festival and there’s enough for fans of any music genre to get exited about."📌
(𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑎𝑛𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑔. 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑦 2010)
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Placebo at Exit Festival 2010. Photo credit: Aleksandar Kamasi

Fans of the festival could really enjoy this year - in addition to Placebo, there were for example a brilliant LCD Soundsystem (you may remember that this is one of Placebo's favorite friendly bands and certainly Brian enjoyed their concert) and also Finnish charismatic singer Mika, the band Faith No More, The Chemicals Brothers and many others …


And yet I must not forget to mention - 𝐌𝐓𝐕 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐭 - does this name mean anything to you?
Yes, it's a charity founded under the banner of MTV, and it's the one that brought us awareness of human trafficking and sexual slavery in Cambodia. A wonderful concert at Angkor Wat was the work of this organization.


📌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐍𝐓
MTV has also been one of the main promoters of social activism with their presence at EXIT festival. When the music television station started to host its own stage at EXIT, it also teamed up with the festival organisers to promote work of the MTV Europe Foundation, raising awareness on human rights issues in Serbia and the whole region. The work of Non Governmental Organisations is an important component of the festival and there will be a raft of organisations at the event hoping to promote social awareness amongst festival goers.📌
(𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑎𝑛𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑔. 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑦 2010)


Yes, dear soulmate, music unites people all over the world and it is beautiful to use it for such purposes as enlightening about atrocities that should no longer exist in the 21st century ... Don't you think?
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Placebo at Exit Festival 2010. Photo credit: Aleksandar Zec

There is one very nice interview from this festival, which was given to reporters by our beloved Sunshine Steve:


𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑬𝑿𝑰𝑻?
"From promoter we heard many nice things about the festival. I can’t really say how the whole EXIT story started, but I do know it began from real reasons, that at the beginning there were no big sponsors and, all in all, that music is most important. And that is what makes this festival so special, many told us that before we came. Because of it all we’re proud to be here and I’m sure we will enjoy it in Novi Sad. And the location! It’s really fantastic. I love to play at such original places which is better and more interesting then a gig at some field. Fortresses are remembered because everything around you is unusual."


𝑾𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖.
"Yes, baptism of fire! They wanted to break me down and then ‘rebuild’ me again. And they did it. Of course, there were moments when I was pissed and I let those things to annoy me. But on that way I became stronger and I was more ready that from drummer of a small band I suddenly get into a world of big celebrities. If there wasn’t Brian’s and Stefan’s “treatment” I don’t think I would survive these three years."


𝑶𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒍𝒃𝒖𝒎 “𝑩𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏” 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔…
"Brian and Stefan always try to find some new sound, they already used electronic, experimented with guitar sound… And then there was a question: what now? Then Brian came up with the idea to use wind instruments, but it was complicated to match the sound because we didn’t want those to repress other instruments. But it was fun and we had great time while recording it. Because of it all record sounds powerful and different."


𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒃𝒐 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆. 𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕?
"I don’t know, we enjoy ii every time and as long as we’re having fun and the audience is pleased, we will continue it the same way. And when we don’t meet their expectations… Fuck it, it’s important that we have a good time."
(𝐵𝑙𝑖𝑐.𝑟𝑠 𝑀𝑎𝑔. 𝐽𝑢𝑙𝑦 2010)
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Placebo at Exit Festival 2010. Photo credit unknown

🎶 And so that you can experience the atmosphere of this amazing festival, which you read about tonight, I have a gift for you - the whole concert of the band Placebo was recorded - here you have a link to YT.
https://bit.ly/3eghkhB
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Dear friends, I was wondering whether to share a video here or just make my favorite Placebo Fan Art with a collage of photos ... Due to the political origin of this festival, I finally found it very appropriate to share the song that is most suitable for this topic - ⭐"𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 ”⭐.
https://bit.ly/2PPxG7s 


Post by Marti

𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗟𝗞𝗢 – 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗬, 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟵

Today I want to share an ♦️𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪♦️ with Brian from the “Battle for the sun” era. It was published in The Skinny in November 2009. Enjoy reading!

Photo credir: Hennessy Artistry

𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗 (𝟭𝟱 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚), 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗘 – 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗛 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗦 𝗬𝗘𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗖?
📢 “Well, that's the challenging equilibrium you try and strike every time you make a new record: trying to push the boundaries and limits of your sound without repeating yourself. You have to try to do something new, exciting and fresh with the band's sound and play with the band's conceived identity, but at the same time not disregarding what makes you uniquely 'you'.”

𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗢 𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚?
📢 “I think so! The greater the body of work, the more difficult it becomes to write a fresh song; it becomes a lot more challenging. As far as longevity is concerned, I think if you look at the careers of the likes of The Cure or Depeche Mode - I use those examples because they both released albums this year, 30 years into their career - well they've made music, since day one, purely on their own terms, unaffected, unconcerned by trends, movements and fashion in music. They followed their own path and stuck to their guns, and I think that's why they're still making records which are still worthwhile listening. We're 15 years in, and that's where I'd like to be in another 15. It's not like we have any other options; we're basically unemployable, you know, so this is it.”

𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢'𝗦 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘, 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗦, 𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘, 𝗛𝗘𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗠 𝗘𝗧𝗖. 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗭 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘𝗥?
📢 “I started looking back on my career around the time of Meds [fifth studio album, released in 2006]. As a lyricist I thought I was using a great deal of gimmicks. For example, the whole chemistry/medicine cabinet routine that is Commercial for Levi or a song title that screams 'Look at Me!' that is Nancy Boy! I made a decision that I wanted to stop using gimmicks and address the bigger questions in more everyday language where possible, and try and simplify it, I suppose. Say more by saying less, that's kinda the trip I'm on right now.”

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𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗘 '𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡' 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗞𝗬 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘?
📢 “Everybody who writes wants to write stuff that's timeless and doesn't date, really. I think you have to be very careful if you want to do that. You have to tap into the spirit of the age but at the same time write something that transcends it. I don't think that using incredibly culturally specific language enables you to do that. So, I'm trying to transcend that and write something that can stand up to the music that I grew up listening to. Take Leonard Cohen, for example. There's a universality in his music and a simplicity which makes it appreciable and meaningful in any decade, any century really. I think that's what I'm trying to do, hopefully in some way making a difference.”

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘'𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗚𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧?
📢 “Right now I'm just wondering how the hell am I going to survive the next two years of this touring schedule and pull out of this in one piece.”

𝗢𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗧𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗔𝗙𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗦, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗡 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗨𝗦 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗬. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗, 𝗜𝗙 𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗟𝗟?
📢 “It's good to have an intelligent person running one of the most powerful countries and someone who generally cares. I'm less sympathetic towards the economic problems that exist right now than some people might be, because I have never been able to understand the whole culture of living beyond your means. I mean, I've been unemployed for a long time, I've been homeless, I've slept in train stations and I didn't spend money that didn't belong to me. So I find it difficult to be incredibly sympathetic with the culture of avarice that has got us into this position.
The other thing that annoys me about this whole focus on our economic woes is that nobody is talking about the environment anymore, and if anything is going to get us in the ass, it's going to be that. The hole in the ozone layer is still there, 20 years after they discovered it, and it's getting bigger and bigger, yet this isn't news. I want to be involved in the world. I think it comes from being a parent; you want to try and contribute to make a place for your children to grow up in that's hopefully a little bit better than where you were. Unfortunately, it seems that we are heading straight towards some form of environmental armaggeddon, and perhaps we deserve to go the same way as the dinosaurs for our treatment of the planet.”
(The Skinny, November 24th 2009)

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