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Placebo was founded when former Luxembourg schoolmates Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal - who never really talked to each other - met by accident at South Kensington, London UK Tube station in 1994 Olsdal Molko invited to one of his concerts and Olsdal was impressed by Molko vocals so they agreed to While forming a band called Ashtray Heart short band quickly settled on the name for the placebo drug that has no active ingredient, but it works because the patient believes that it is not Placebo also means "I shall please" in Latin band could not decide on a drummer first with Steve Hewitt (drums) and Robert Schultzberg alternating on the spot, while Hewitt was the obvious choice that he also had other commitments as drummer for London band Breed leads toSchultzberg being the drummer when the band signed its contract with Caroline Records, like the other band members had trouble getting on with Robert Schultzberg they persuaded Hewitt to rejoin the band in 1996

The singles "Nancy Boy" from placebo (1996) and "Pure Morning" from Without You I'm Nothing (1998) was the height of their British success in both identifying the top ten since Without You I'm Nothing the band have fallen out of fashion particularly with the British music press who regularly mock the personality a...
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