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Pouting pervsters
Placebo have plonked their pert, PVC-clad buttocks in the chart this week
with Every You Every Me, the latest hit from their album Without You I'm
Nothing.
Glam pixie singer
Brian Molko was busy trying on frocks (or something), so we settled for
a chat with towering, 24-year-old Swedish bassist Stefan Olsdal.
Discover what Brian
and Stef's biggest row was over, their festival plans, and why Stefan
had a guitar called Banana!
Brian has had
extreme reactions from fans. Have you had similar scenarios?
"Not so much. Someone he went out with got attacked and there were
threatening phone calls. I just get fans calling up to ask what gigs we're
doing. I had an odd experience with one fan who wanted my chewed off fingernails!""The
strangest present I've got from a fan was something that looked like a
sex toy from Japan. It plays different techno beats when pressed to your
ear."
Do you use the
Internet much?
"I like to look at the various Placebo sites. We encourage them.
Brick ****House is my favourite one. We did a chat session on our official
Web site a few weeks ago and that was a good laugh. Winding up Boyzone
fans is amusing too."
What is your earliest
memory?
"Falling down a gravel hill when I was four."
When is Kitsch
Object being released?
"When we find a proper middle eight."
Are you playing
any festivals this year?
"Hopefully we'll be playing the Benicassim Festival in Spain. It's
my favourite festival in my favourite country. There's a swimming pool
and a free bar backstage, with a go-kart track just across the road."
What's the biggest
argument you've had with Brian?
"Whether he was justified in storming off stage in Lisbon on the
Pop Mart tour after his amp broke. It was resolved on U2's Lemon jet."
Have you ever
given a name to one of your instruments?
"Yes. I called my first electric guitar Banana, because it was yellow."
You're playing
at the Brits, so what do you think of the nominations?
"I don't know much about them, other than that Robbie's going to
win them all. Yawn! Eurythmics are getting the Outstanding Contribution
prize. Their Revenge LP was the first record I bought actually. I got
it because I liked the cover."
What song would
you most like Placebo to cover?
"Daddy Cool by Boney M."
If you could pick
a TV show, a CD and a personal memento to bury in a 1999 time capsule,
what would they be?
"The Jerry Springer Show to catch humans at their best, The Best
Disco Album In The World Ever, because dancing is a universal must, and
my wisdom teeth. I just had them out, and they're huge."
Who's your favourite
member of Steps?
"Uh... see ya!"
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