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Placebo - "We’re running out of alibis"

Placebo includes Brian Molko, vocals, guitar, harmonica, synthesizer, percussion - Stefan Olsdal, bass guitar, keyboard - Steven Hewitt, drums

Placebo's most popular CDs and DVDs: One In a Feeling - Singles, Placebo, Without You I Am Nothing, Sleeping With Ghosts

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Placebo at Live 8

Placebo is a rock band founded in 1994. They enjoyed early success in Britain thanks to the high interest in British rock music at the time, sparked in particular by Oasis and Blur.

Placebo Band history

Placebo was founded when former Luxembourg schoolmates Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal met by accident at South Kensington tube station in 1994 and decided to form a band. While briefly known as Ashtray Heart, the band quickly settled on the name Placebo. The band could not decide on a drummer at first with Steve Hewitt and Robert Schultzberg alternating on the spot. While Hewitt was the preferred choice, he also had other commitments as drummer for London band Breed, leading to Schultzberg being the drummer when the band signed its contract with Caroline Records. This said, the band offically say that "family commitments" was the reason for his absence. As the other band members were having difficulty getting on with Robert Schultzberg, they persuaded Hewitt to rejoin the band in 1997.

The singles "Nancy Boy", from Placebo (1996), and "Pure Morning", from Without You I'm Nothing (1998), were the peak of their British success, both charting in the top ten. Since Without You I'm Nothing the band have fallen out of fashion particularly with the British music press, who regularly mock the personality and pretensions of its lead member, Brian Molko. However, the band retained a huge popular and critical following in continental Europe. Their style altered little from Placebo through Black Market Music (2000), based around fairly straightforward guitar playing, often influenced by the style of 1970s British and American rock, and Molko's high-pitched, nasal vocals.

Placebo was asked to play at David Bowie's fiftieth birthday party at Madison Square Garden. The band's glam connections continued in 1998 when it recorded a version of "20th Century Boy" by T. Rex for the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack. Members of the band also appear in the movie.

Sleeping With Ghosts (2003) was more adventurous, experimenting with dance influences and a less polished guitar sound, though keeping the traditional sound for several songs, including the first single "The Bitter End". Placebo gained some measure of notoriety for the sexualities of its members (Molko is bisexual, Olsdal is gay, and Hewitt is straight) and their excessive lifestyles, often chronicled in their songs (the title of the track "Special K" from Black Market Music, for instance, is a reference to the drug ketamine).

Placebo have now released the Singles Collection "Once More With Feeling" and played a 1 night only gig at Wembley Arena. This was their last UK gig until 2006. They then did a short tour for Once More With Feeling in South America. Placebo are currently in the studio recording a new album. They will be working with Timo Maas for some songs since Brian has worked with them for their new album.

On July 2nd 2005, the group performed at the Live 8 concert, at the Palais de Versailles in France.

This article about Placebo is posted under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from this Wikipedia article.

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