Placebo
September 5th, 2007Term “Placebo” was legitimated in medicine in 1894. It means the medication wittingly not owning any healing power, but physicians found out that many outpatients felt better after taking these bolus. Medical men seriously took an interest in phenomenon of placebo. But not only were they!
The effect “Placebo” has functioned totally unexpected upon music lovers, but it has happened sometime latter – in 1996. At that time its first album has released the trio, witch is now the most interesting and perspective band of European alternative wave.
Placebo is called the British band, cause they met each other in London in the same place they live and record their striking songs, in which we can hear something from David Bowie, something from Sonic Youth, The Cure and even Pink Floyd. In spite of the British origin the staff of the band is highly international, so let’s see the members more intimate.
Brian Molko (vocal, guitar, bass) was born in 10 of December 1972 in Brussels, but he has been traveled a lot since childhood: now here in USA, now there in Liberia. Brian has a dual citizenship - Anglo-American, his father is Franco-Italian and mother’s Scotswoman. As one Placebo’s fan used to say: “for understanding the texts of his songs, it’s necessary to have the same gene pattern, to be born in one place and study in another, to live in third and to have the citizenship in forth”. Brian’s parents got divorsed when ha was a child. He sad that it’s strongly affected on him, including his sexuality (?). IAE Molko liked to change women’s clothes since childhood. Brian made up his mind that he was gay and became await this bright moment, when he would fell in love with a nice guy. With boys it hasn’t layed together, cause our hero felt painstaking in love with girls at the same time feeling himself… almost the same girl. As well as he stayed “a lesbian in the man’s body” how used to say some observers. He looked up to unseemliness effeminate: wore dresses, had a bright make up and long hair.
Stefan Olsdal (bass guitar, keyboard instruments) was born in 31 of March in 1971, Swede. He studded the same private school as Brian, but at that time boys didn’t consort with each other. His musical career Stefan became in the school orchestra as a drummer. However it’s bored him quickly: Olsdal dreamed about the stage’s rays and on one’s way the glory. So glory has come but a tiny bit later.
Steve Hewitt (percussions) was born in 22 of March 1971 not far from Manchester in a small town Nortwich. He is the single English by birth in this British band. Hewitt worked as apprentice in “Williams”, in passing trained as a drummer in some crude bands, which were established in the tight group of admirers. He is married and dotes upon his little daughter
It was a prehistory, the main story begun when 17year old Brian arrived in London to subdue the theatre stage. He entered the famous Goldsmith’s college to study the acting technique, but this couldn’t be so. Two years he lived on dole and was everywhere recognized as a girl. In the London’s underground, at the South Kensington station he happened upon his last classmate Stefan who acquainted Brian with his friend Robert Schultzberg. So the band Placebo was born.
The first album of this band was released in 1996 and aroused some resemblance of local public excitement, but couldn’t bring the world’s glory to our trio. However track “Nancy Boy” got to the hit parades. Then became world’s tours and critics spoke well of the album. But it steal was not today‘s Placebo.
At the space between albums Brian argy-bargyed with Schultzberg and Steve Hewitt came into his place. Now Molko likes to say: “ Steve and Stef like wives for me”.
In 1998 was released the second album “Without You I’m Nothing”, which brought tem success and world’s glory. The confirmation of this were the frantic circulations, steady positions in world’s charts and global tours with the stars David Bowie and Merilyn Manson.
The third album is expected from week on week and the main single “Taste In Man” you can hear on every radio station.
Stacy Ann Ferguson was born in 27 of April 1975 in Hacienda Heights, California. She leaved Glen A. Wilson High School in her native town (graduated in 1993).