Biography
A cosmopolitan trio initially comprising Brian Molko (10 December 1972, Brussels, Belgium; vocals/guitar), Stefan Olsdal (b. 31 March 1974, Gothenburg, Sweden; bass) and Robert Schultzberg (b. Switzerland; drums). Molko, the son of an American banker father and Scottish born-again Christian mother, spent time in Belgium, Lebanon and Liberia before his parents settled in Luxembourg. The seeds of Placebo were sown when Molko met Olsdal at school in Luxembourg when both were eight years old. When they chanced upon each other again in 1994 at London’s South Kensington tube station, they decided to mark the occasion of their reacquaintance by forming a band. Molko had spent the previous four years at drama college but now decided to pursue music full-time. The duo’s music slowly evolved from art-rock to an offbeat punk/new wave base, a transition that was aided considerably by the recruitment of drummer Schultzberg. He had formerly...
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