Biography

Due to their penchant for androgynous attire/makeup and raw guitar riffs, Placebo have been described by some as a glam version of Nirvana. Briefly called Ashtray Heart and influenced by the likes of Sonic Youth, the Pixies, the Smashing Pumpkins, and the aforementioned Nirvana, Placebo's 1996 debut album was a surprise hit in the U.K. (the group became the toast of the British music weeklies and supported its debut by opening for such outfits as the reunited Sex Pistols, U2, and Weezer), where such singles as [roviLink="MC"]"Nancy Boy" and [roviLink="MC"]"Bruise Pristine" paved the way for a career that would extend well into the 2000s. ~ Greg Prato

Top Tracks

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• 20th Century Boy

• Ashtray Heart

• Because I Want You

• Bigmouth Strikes Again

• Bruise Pristine

• English Summer Rain

• Every You Every Me

• For What It's Worth

• Meds

• Nancy Boy

• One Of A Kind

• Plasticine

• Pure Morning

• Running Up That Hill

• Second Sight

• Slave To The Wage

• Special K

• Taste In Men

• Teenage Angst

• The Bitter End

• The Never-ending Why

• Uneedmemorethanineedu

• Without You I'm Nothing

Discography

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• Battle for the Sun

  2009

• Extended Play '07

  Virgin/EMI

  2007

• Black Market Music

  Virgin

  2000

• Placebo

  Caroline Distribution

  1996