Ma muli o ko lākou makemake i nā lole androgynous a me kā lākou kani kani kani punk, ua wehewehe ʻia ʻo Placebo ma ke ʻano he nani o Nirvana.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka hui multinational e ka mea mele-guitarist ʻo Brian Molko (no ka ʻohana Scottish a me ʻAmelika, akā ua hānai ʻia ma ʻEnelani) a me ka bassist Swedish ʻo Stefan Olsdal.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hana mele a Placebo
Ua hele mua nā haumāna ʻelua i ke kula hoʻokahi ma Luxembourg, akā ʻaʻole lākou i hele pololei i ke ala a hiki i 1994 ma Lākana, ʻEnelani.
ʻO ke mele me ka inoa capacious ʻo Ashtray Heart, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma lalo o ka mana o nā hui e like me: Sonic Youth, Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins a me ka hui Nirvana i ʻōlelo ʻia ma mua, ua lilo lākou i "breakthrough".
Ma hope o Molko lāua ʻo Olsdal, ʻo Robert Schultzberg lāua ʻo Steve Hewitt ka mea hoʻokani pila a me ka mea hoʻokani pahu (ʻo ia wale nō ka ʻelele o ka hui o ka ʻōlelo Pelekania) i komo i ka hui.
ʻOiai ua makemake ʻo Molko lāua ʻo Olsdal iā Hewitt ma ke ʻano he percussionist mua (ʻo ia ka line-up i hoʻopaʻa i kekahi o nā demos mua), ua hoʻoholo ʻo Hewitt e hoʻi i kāna hui ʻē aʻe, ʻo Breed.
Me Schultzberg ma kahi, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Placebo i kahi palapala hoʻopaʻa me Caroline Records a hoʻokuʻu i kā lākou album inoa inoa ponoʻī ma 1996. Ua lilo ka album i mea kupanaha ma UK, kahi i komo ai nā mele mele ʻo Nancy Boy a me Teenage Angst i ka papa kiʻekiʻe 40.
I kēia manawa, ua lilo nā lālā o ka hui i mea maʻamau i nā pule pule mele Pelekane, i kākoʻo i kā lākou hoʻomaka, e hoʻonoho iā lākou me nā Sex Pistols, U2 a me Weezer.
ʻOiai ʻo ka kūleʻa mua o ka hui, ʻaʻole i hui ʻo Schultzberg i nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka hui, a ma kēia manawa ua hiki iā ia ke hoʻohuli iā Hewitt e hui hou i ka line-up, e koi ana i ka haʻalele ʻana o Schultzberg mai ka hui i Kepakemapa 1996.
Ke kūleʻa mua
ʻO ka mele mua a Hewitt me Placebo i lilo i mea nui loa, ʻoiai ʻo David Bowie—he mea hoʻokani pila nāna i hoʻoikaika i ka leo o ka hui—ua kono ponoʻī iā lākou ʻekolu e pāʻani i kāna ʻaha mele makahiki 50 ma New York's Madison Square Garden i 1997.
I ka makahiki aʻe, ua neʻe ʻo Placebo i kahi inoa Caroline ʻē aʻe, ʻo Virgin Records, a hoʻokuʻu ʻia me ʻoe ʻAʻohe wau i Nowemapa. ʻO ka album kekahi "breakthrough" nui ma ʻEnelani, ʻoiai ua lilo ia i mea kaulana i ka US, kahi i hōʻike ai ʻo MTV i ka mele mua o ka album, Pure Morning.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā mele ma hope mai ke hoʻohālikelike i ka kūleʻa o kēia mele mua, akā Without You I'm Nothing i kaulana loa ma ʻEnelani, kahi i loaʻa ai ke kūlana platinum.
Ma kahi o ka manawa like, ua hoʻopaʻa ka hui i kahi uhi o T. Rex's 20th Century Boy no ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Velvet Goldmine, kahi i puka ai ʻo ia.
Placebo a me David Bowie
Ua ulu ka pilina ma waena o ka hui Placebo a me Bowie. Ua kaʻana like ʻo Bowie i ke kahua me ka hui i ka huakaʻi ʻana i New York, a ua hui pū nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua no ka hoʻopaʻa hou ʻana i ke mele mele Without You I'm Nothing, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi i ka makahiki 1999.
ʻO ke kolu o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka hui, ʻo Black Market Music, i hōʻike ʻia i nā mea o ka hip hop a me ka disco i hui pū ʻia me kahi kani pōhaku ikaika.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album ma ʻEulopa i ka makahiki 2000, a ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi mana US remastered i kekahi mau mahina ma hope mai, me kahi papa inoa mele i hoʻokomo ʻia i kekahi mau extras, me ka mana ʻo Bowie i ʻōlelo ʻia aʻe nei Without You I'm Nothing and a Depeche Mode cover I Feel You.
I ka pūnāwai o 2003, ua hōʻike ʻo Placebo i kahi leo paʻakikī me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o kā lākou album ʻehā, Sleeping with Ghosts. Ua hōʻea ka album i ka ʻumi kiʻekiʻe ma UK a kūʻai aku i 1,4 miliona mau kope ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Ua ukali ʻia e kahi huakaʻi Australia me Elbow a me UK
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi hōʻiliʻili o nā singles Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996-2004 i ka hoʻoilo o 2004. ʻO ka hōʻuluʻulu mele 19 i loaʻa nā mele nui loa ma UK a me ke mele hou ʻo Twenty Years.
ʻO ka Palani ʻo Dimitri Tikovoi (Goldfrapp, The Cranes), nāna i hana ma kēia album, ua pūlima pū i kahi ʻaelike e hana i ka album ʻelima a Placebo Meds mai 2006.
Ua haʻalele ʻo Hewitt i ka hui Placebo i ka hāʻule o 2007 a ua hoʻokaʻawale ka hui me kā lākou lepili paʻa paʻa ʻo EMI/Virgin i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope.
Me ka mea pahu pahu hou ʻo Steve Forrest, ua hoʻopaʻa ka hui i ka album Battle for the Sun a hoʻokuʻu iā ia i ke kauwela o 2009.
Ma ia lā hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka hana a ka hui no EMI, The Hut Recordings.
Kaapuni nui
Ua hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi nui e kākoʻo i ka album. No nā mea pā i hiki ʻole ke ʻike i ka hōʻike, ua hoʻokuʻu pū ʻo Placebo i kahi EP ola, Live at La Cigale, me nā mele i lawe ʻia mai kā lākou hōʻike 2006 Paris.
ʻO ka 2013 Loud Like Love ka hana studio hou loa a ka hui. ʻElua mau makahiki ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana, haʻalele ʻo Steve Forrest i ka pahu pahu, e wehewehe ana i kona haʻalele ʻana ma ke ʻano he makemake e hoʻokō i kāna papahana solo.
