Nekuda kwekufarira kwavo zvipfeko zve androgynous pamwe nembishi, punk gitare riffs, Placebo yakatsanangurwa seyakanaka shanduro yeNirvana.
Bhendi renyika dzakawanda rakaumbwa nemuimbi-gitare Brian Molko (wedzinza reScotland neAmerica, asi akakurira muEngland) uye mutambi webhesi weSweden Stefan Olsdal.
Kutanga kwebasa remumhanzi raPlacebo
Vatori vechikamu vose vari vaviri vakanga vambopinda chikoro chimwe chetecho muLuxembourg, asi havana kuyambuka zvakafanira kutozosvikira muna 1994 muLondon, England.
Rwiyo rune zita rekuti Ashtray Heart, rakanyorwa pasi pesimba rezvikwata zvakaita se: Sonic Youth, Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins neboka rambotaurwa reNirvana, rakave "budiriro" yavo.
Mushure meMolko naOlsdal, mutambi wengoma uye mutambi Robert Schultzberg naSteve Hewitt (wekupedzisira ndiye ega mumiriri weboka reChirungu mabviro) vakapinda mubhendi.
Kunyangwe Molko naOlsdal vakada Hewitt semutambi wekutanga (yakanga iri mutsara-up wakarekodha mamwe emademo ekutanga), Hewitt akafunga kudzokera kune rimwe bhendi rake, Breed.
NaSchultzberg pachinzvimbo, Placebo akasaina chibvumirano chekurekodha naCaroline Records uye akaburitsa yavo yekuzviti debut album mu1996. Iyo albhamu yakave yakashamisa kurova muUK, uko singles Nancy Boy uye Teenage Angst vakapinda pamusoro makumi mana chati.
Zvichakadaro, nhengo dzebhendi pachadzo dzakava dzenguva dzose pamimhanzi yeBritish vhiki nevhiki, iyo yakatsigira kutanga kwavo, ichivaisa padivi pevanofarirwa neBonde Pistols, U2 uye Weezer.
Zvisinei nekubudirira kweboka, Schultzberg haana kumbosangana nedzimwe nhengo dzebhendi, idzo panguva iyi dzakakwanisa kunyengerera Hewitt kuti apinde mumutsara, izvo zvakaita kuti Schultzberg abve mubhendi munaGunyana 1996.
Kubudirira kwekutanga
Gigi rekutanga raHewitt naPlacebo rakazova hombe, saDavid Bowie, mutsigiri webhendi uyo akapesvedzera ruzha rwebhendi, akakoka vatatu ava kuti vatambe pakonzati yake yemakore makumi mashanu kuNew York's Madison Square Garden muna 50.
Gore rakatevera, Placebo akatamira kune imwe Caroline label, Mhandara Records, uye akaburitsa Pasina Iwe handisi chinhu munaNovember. Iri dambarefu raive rimwezve "budiriro" huru muEngland, kunyangwe rakatanga kuve nemukurumbira muUS, uko MTV yakaratidza yekutanga yealbum, Pure Morning.
Nziyo dzakazotevera dzakatadza kuenderana nekubudirira kwerwiyo urwu rwekutanga, asi Pasina Iwe Ini handisi Chinhu chakaramba chakakurumbira muEngland, uko kwakazowana chinzvimbo cheplatinamu.
Panguva imwecheteyo, bhendi rakarekodha kavha yeT. Rex's 20th Century Boy yefirimu Velvet Goldmine, maakazviratidzawo.
Placebo naDavid Bowie
Hukama pakati peboka rePlacebo naBowie hwakagadzirwa. Bowie akagovana nhanho nebhendi achishanyira New York, uye mativi maviri aya akabatana pakurekodha zvakare rwiyo rwezita Pasina Iwe handisi chinhu, iro rakaburitswa rimwechete muna 1999.
Kuburitswa kwechitatu kwebhendi, Black Market Music, yakaratidza zvinhu zvehip hop uye disco zvakasanganiswa neruzha rwakanyanya rwedombo.
Iri dambarefu rakaburitswa muEurope muna 2000, uye yakadzokororwa vhezheni yeUS yakaburitswa mwedzi mishoma gare gare, iine rondedzero yenziyo yaisanganisira akati wandei, kusanganisira yambotaurwa yeBowie vhezheni Pasina Iwe Ini handisi chinhu uye Depeche Mode chivharo Ini Ndinonzwa Iwe.
Muchirimo cha2003, Placebo yakaratidza ruzha rwakaoma nekuburitswa kwedambarefu ravo rechina, Kurara neMweya. Iri dambarefu rakasvika pamusoro pegumi muUK uye rakatengesa 1,4 miriyoni makopi pasi rese.
Izvi zvakateverwa nerwendo rweAustralia neElbow neUK
Muunganidzwa wenziyo Kamwe Kamwe Nekunzwa: Vasina Singles 1996-2004 yakaburitswa muchando che2004. Muunganidzwa wenziyo gumi nepfumbamwe uyu waisanganisira akanyanyobaya muUK nenziyo itsva Makumi Makumi maviri.
MuFrench Dimitri Tikovoi (Goldfrapp, The Cranes), akashanda pane iri dambarefu, akasainawo chibvumirano chekugadzira dambarefu rechishanu rePlacebo Meds kubva muna 2006.
Hewitt akasiya bhendi rePlacebo mukudonha kwa2007 uye bhendi rakaparadzana nerekodhi rekodhi rekodhi EMI/Mhandara gore rakatevera.
Nemutambi mutsva Steve Forrest, bhendi rakarekodha rwiyo Hondo yeZuva ndokuriburitsa muzhizha ra2009.
Pazuva rimwe chetero, basa rebhendi rakaburitswa EMI, The Hut Recordings.
Kushanya kukuru
Rwendo rwakakura rwakatanga kutsigira albhamu. Kune vateveri vasina kukwanisa kuona show, Placebo akaburitsawo live EP, Live at La Cigale, nenziyo dzakatorwa muParis show ya2006.
Basa rekupedzisira restudio yebhendi ndeye 2013's Loud Like Love. Makore maviri mushure mekuburitswa, mutambi Steve Forrest akasiya bhendi, achitsanangura kuenda kwake sechishuwo chekuzadzisa chirongwa chake ega.
