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26.03.2009 21:24
Placebo new album will tell «the complete story»
Placebo claimed that their upcoming album Battle For The Sun will be a concept record. They also revealed tracklisting for their disk.

19.08.2009 13:18
Placebo will release music video exclusively for Playstation 3
The music video for Placebo’s The Never-Ending Why single will be released on August 19 exclusively through VidZone – an online service for free streaming of music videos to Playstation 3.

17.03.2009 12:15
Placebo recorded new disk
Placebo revealed that their new album is scheduled to be released in June. According to the band’s frontman Brian Molko, it tells «about choosing life, about choosing to live, about stepping out of the darkness and into the light».

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Biography

Placebo is a Britain-based band famous for their specific image. The lineup is multinational. Singer and guitarist Brian Molko has American and Scottish origin, but was raised in Great Britain. The other founder of this formation, Stefan Olsdal, was born in Sweden. Both went to the same school in Luxembourg, yet they came to know each other only after moving to London in 1994. In the British capital, the two formed a band, initially called Ashtray Heart, and began playing music with a strong influence of Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, and Nirvana. The drum kit was occupied alternately by Robert Schultzberg and Steve Hewitt until the latter decided to come back to his former group. Renamed to Placebo, the trio made an agreement with Caroline Records in 1996 and soon released the debut self-titled album. The record appeared a nice surprise to the British music lovers with the songs Nancy Boy, and Bruise Pristine becoming the group’s first established hits. Placebo instantly made themselves known all over the Kingdom as they played a streak of gigs as a supporting act for such celebs as the restored Sex Pistols, U2, and Weezer.

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