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London, ENGLAND-based, Alternative-Rock trio Placebo was formed in 1994
by American-born singer+guitarist Brian Molko and Swedish bassist Stefan
Olsdal; later, that year, drummer Robert Schultzberg was drafted in to
complete the line-up.
The threesome made their debut in late 1995 with an independent single
entitled "Bruise Pristine"; it was followed the next year by
the first, self-titled, album wich included the single "Nancy Boy",
it reached the #4 on The Official U.K. chart and also gained them a high-profile
support slots for U2 and Weezer.
In 1997 Steve Hewitt replaced Schultzberg on drums; not long after David
Bowie invited the group to play at his 50th birthday bash at New York's
Madison Square Garden.
At the beginning of 1998 Placebo started work on its second album, "Without
You I'm Nothing" was finally issued in October on Virgin Records;
the first single, "Pure Morning", peaked at #4 in U.K. and broke
the top 20 of The Modern Rock Tracks chart in the States where the album
cracked the top 20 of the Billboard's Top Heatseekers list; the second
single off of the CD, "You Don't Care About Us", also enjoyed
chart success in Britain peaking at #5.
Two years later the trio issued "Black Market Music", it was
preceded by the moderate hit single "Taste In Men", but the
album didn't gain the praise compared to the band's previous effort.
The three-piece band resurfaced in the spring of 2003 with "Sleeping
With Ghosts", their fourth album rose to the #11 spot in the U.K.
Pop Albums chart; the main single track "The Bitter End" was
a huge hit all over Europe, in the British chart peaked at #10, it was
followed by two more U.K. top 30 hits: "Special Needs" and "This
Picture"; the album eventually hit #18 on American Billboard's Top
Heatseekers chart.
In late 2004, Placebo assembled a collection titled "Once More With
Feeling: Singles 1996-2004" which soared to #8 in Britain and featured
two previously unreleased songs; "Twenty Years", released as
a single, climbed into the top 10 of the U.K. Official Pop chart.
In March 2006, the trio released its fifth album of new material, "Meds";
it became their first U.S. Billboard Top 200 entry at #180, while "Infra-Red"
reached the #34 position on The Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart; the British
single "Because I Want You" helped vault the album into the
U.K. top 10 rapidly; the first worldwide single, excluding U.K. was "Song
To Say Goodbye".
In March 2007 Placebo released an exclusive iTunes only download album
of covers, entitled "Covers"; this release follows the huge
digital download demand for their cover of Kate
Bush's "Running Up That Hill".
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