Placebo Overview

Placebo is an alternative rock band formed in London in 1994, consisting of Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest. To date, they have released five studio albums, six EPs and twenty-seven singles. The band has gained a considerable amount of... [more]

Placebo is an alternative rock band formed in London in 1994, consisting of Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest. To date, they have released five studio albums, six EPs and twenty-seven singles. The band has gained a considerable amount of international recognition, including non-English speaking countries. They have sold over one million albums in the UK and over 10 million worldwide. Thus far, Placebo is best known for songs such as: Nancy Boy, Pure Morning, You Don't Care About Us, Every You Every Me, The Bitter End, Twenty Years, Because I Want You, Infra-Red, Meds and a cover of the Kate Bush song Running Up That Hill. The band's style has varied greatly over the years. They switched to a much softer sound after their first album and then began to experiment with sympathizers and other, less tradition, modes of sound production after Black Market Music. The band has stated that their newest album Meds is an attempt to capture the feel of a first album, though the album has not forgotten many of the technics used in their previous ones. The band gained some measure of notoriety for the sexualities of its members (Olsdal is homosexual and Molko is bisexual) as well as for their excessive lifestyles and Molko's androgynous image, which are often referred to in their songs. [show less]