Ngenxa yokuthanda kwabo izingubo ze-androgynous kanye nama-riffs abo, i-punk guitar, i-Placebo ichazwe njengenguqulo ekhangayo ye-Nirvana.
Ibhendi yezizwe eziningi yasungulwa umculi-isiginci u-Brian Molko (ongowokuzalwa ngokwengxenye yaseScottish neMelika, kodwa wakhulela eNgilandi) kanye nomdlali webhesi waseSweden uStefan Olsdal.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculo we-Placebo
Bobabili abahlanganyeli ngaphambili babefunde esikoleni esifanayo eLuxembourg, kodwa abazange bawele ngendlela efanele kwaze kwaba ngo-1994 eLondon, eNgilandi.
Ingoma enegama elinamandla elithi Ashtray Heart, eyaqoshwa ngaphansi kwethonya lamaqembu afana nalawa: Sonic Youth, Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins kanye neqembu leNirvana elishiwo ngenhla, yaba "impumelelo" yabo.
Ngemuva kokuthi uMolko no-Olsdal, umculi we-percussion kanye nesigubhu uRobert Schultzberg kanye noSteve Hewitt (owakamuva ukuphela kommeleli weqembu lomsuka wamaNgisi) bajoyine ibhendi.
Nakuba uMolko no-Olsdal bakhetha u-Hewitt njengomdlali we-percussionist oyinhloko (kwakuyilolu hlu olwaqopha amanye amademo okuqala), u-Hewitt wanquma ukubuyela kwelinye iqembu lakhe, i-Breed.
Ngo-Schultzberg esikhundleni salokho, i-Placebo isayine isivumelwano sokuqopha noCaroline Records futhi yakhipha i-albhamu yabo ebizwa ngokuthi yi-albhamu yokuqala ngo-1996. I-albhamu yaba yisimangaliso e-UK, lapho izingoma ezingashadile uNancy Boy noTeenage Angst bangena eshadini eliphezulu lama-40.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, amalungu ebhendi ngokwawo aba njalo emasontweni amasonto onke omculo waseBrithani, ayesekela ukuqala kwawo, ewabeka eduze nokuthandwa kwe-Sex Pistols, U2 kanye ne-Weezer.
Naphezu kwempumelelo yakuqala yeqembu, u-Schultzberg akakaze ahlangane namanye amalungu ebhendi, okwathi ngalesi sikhathi akwazi ukukholisa u-Hewitt ukuthi aphinde ajoyine iqembu, nokwadala ukuthi u-Schultzberg ashiye iqembu ngoSepthemba 1996.
Impumelelo yokuqala
Igigi yokuqala ka-Hewitt ne-Placebo yaba yinkulu, njengoba uDavid Bowie, umlandeli webhendi owaba nomthelela ekuculweni kweqembu, wamema mathupha laba abathathu ukuthi bazodlala ekhonsathini yakhe yokugubha iminyaka engu-50 eMadison Square Garden eNew York ngo-1997.
Ngonyaka olandelayo, i-Placebo yathuthela kwenye ilebula kaCaroline, i-Virgin Records, futhi yakhululwa Ngaphandle Kwakho Angilutho ngoNovemba. I-albhamu ingenye "impumelelo" enkulu eNgilandi, yize yaqala ukuduma e-US, lapho i-MTV yafaka ingoma yokuqala ye-albhamu, i-Pure Morning.
Amaculo alandelayo ahlulekile ukufanisa impumelelo yale ngoma yokuqala, kodwa Ngaphandle Kwakho I'm Nothing yahlala idumile e-England, lapho yagcina ithole isikhundla se-platinum.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, iqembu laqopha ikhava ka-T. Rex's 20th Century Boy yefilimu i-Velvet Goldmine, avela kuyo futhi.
Placebo noDavid Bowie
Ubudlelwano phakathi kweqembu le-Placebo no-Bowie buthuthukile. U-Bowie wabelane ngesiteji nebhendi ngenkathi evakashele eNew York, futhi izinhlangothi zombili zahlangana ukuze kuqoshwe kabusha iculo elisihloko sithi Without You I'm Nothing, elakhishwa njengelilodwa ngo-1999.
Ukukhishwa kweqembu okwesithathu, Umculo Wemakethe Emnyama, kufakwe izici ze-hip hop ne-disco kuhlanganiswe nomsindo we-rock oshubile.
I-albhamu yakhululwa e-Europe ngo-2000, futhi inguqulo yase-US ehlaziywe yakhululwa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, nohlu lwamathrekhi oluhlanganisa okungeziwe okuningana, okuhlanganisa inguqulo eshiwo ngenhla ye-Bowie Ngaphandle Kwakho Angiyilutho kanye nekhava ye-Depeche Mode ethi I Feel You.
Entwasahlobo ka-2003, i-Placebo yabonisa umsindo onzima ngokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yabo yesine, Ukulala Ngezipoki. I-albhamu ifinyelele kweziyishumi eziphezulu e-UK futhi yathengisa amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-1,4 emhlabeni jikelele.
Lokhu kulandelwe wuhambo lwase-Australia ne-Elbow ne-UK
Iqoqo lezingoma ezithi Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996-2004 likhishwe ebusika buka-2004. Ukuhlanganiswa kwezingoma ezingu-19 kufaka phakathi amahithi amakhulu e-UK kanye nengoma entsha ethi Twenty Years.
UmFulentshi u-Dimitri Tikovoi (Goldfrapp, The Cranes), osebenze kule albhamu, naye usayine inkontileka yokukhiqiza i-albhamu yesihlanu ye-Placebo Meds kusukela ngo-2006.
U-Hewitt ushiye ibhendi ye-Placebo ekwindla ka-2007 futhi ibhendi yahlukana nelebula labo elihlala njalo elithi EMI/Virgin ngonyaka olandelayo.
Ngomdlali omusha wesigubhu uSteve Forrest, ibhendi yaqopha i-albhamu ethi Battle for the Sun futhi yayikhipha ehlobo lika-2009.
Ngalo lolo suku, umsebenzi weqembu wakhululwa we-EMI, The Hut Recordings.
Uhambo Olukhulu
Uhambo olude lwaqala ukweseka i-albhamu. Kubalandeli abangakwazi ukubona uhlelo, i-Placebo iphinde yakhipha i-EP ebukhoma, ethi Live at La Cigale, enezingoma ezithathwe ohlelweni lwabo lwaseParis lwango-2006.
Umsebenzi wakamuva westudiyo weqembu owowezi-2013 othi Loud Like Love. Eminyakeni emibili ngemva kokukhululwa, umculi uSteve Forrest washiya iqembu, echaza ukuhamba kwakhe njengesifiso sokufeza iphrojekthi yakhe eyedwa.
