Neo glam-rockers Placebo have not only managed to impress legions of followers in their native UK (where their 1996 debut went gold), they’ve also earned the admiration of pop power hitters like Michael Stipe, Bono, David Bowie and Marilyn Manson, who they count among their friends. Placebo’s unique vision of music and life began in Luxembourg, where US-citizen Brian Molko initially met Stefan Olsdal, who is Swedish, at school, at the ages of 12 and 11 respectively. Eight years later they bumped into each other in London at South Kensington Tube, and decided that night to form a band. Placebo do not really fit in with their contemporaries, which makes them such a pleasant surprise in today’s music scene. They create an intoxicating cocktail of adrenalised melodic punk, energetic, moving songs with a great deal of emotion and fervor. The high, sexually ambiguous voice of androgynous lead vocalist Brian Molko evokes shades of glam decadence…