Saboda sha'awar su ga tufafin da ba su da kyau da kuma danye, riffs na gitar su, Placebo an bayyana shi a matsayin sigar Nirvana mai kyawu.
Mawaƙi-guitarist Brian Molko ne ya kafa ƙungiyar ta ƙasa da ƙasa (na ɗan asalin Scotland da Amurka, amma ya girma a Ingila) da ɗan bassist na Sweden Stefan Olsdal.
Farkon aikin waƙar Placebo
Dukkan mahalartan biyu sun taba halartar makaranta guda a Luxembourg, amma ba su ketare hanya ba sai 1994 a London, Ingila.
Waƙar da ke da babban sunan Ashtray Heart, wanda aka rubuta a ƙarƙashin rinjayar irin waɗannan makada kamar: Sonic Youth, Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins da ƙungiyar Nirvana da aka ambata, ta zama "nasara".
Bayan Molko da Olsdal, mawaƙa da mawaƙa Robert Schultzberg da Steve Hewitt (na karshen shine kawai wakilin ƙungiyar asalin Ingilishi) sun shiga ƙungiyar.
Ko da yake Molko da Olsdal sun fi son Hewitt a matsayin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na farko (wannan layi ne wanda ya rubuta wasu daga cikin farkon demos), Hewitt ya yanke shawarar komawa ga sauran ƙungiyarsa, Breed.
Tare da Schultzberg a maimakon haka, Placebo ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar yin rikodi tare da Caroline Records kuma ya fitar da kundi na farko mai taken kansu a cikin 1996. Kundin ya zama abin mamaki a Burtaniya, inda 'yan wasa Nancy Boy da Teenage Angst suka shiga saman ginshiƙi 40.
A halin yanzu, membobin ƙungiyar da kansu sun zama masu zama na yau da kullun a cikin mako-mako na kiɗan Burtaniya, waɗanda suka goyi bayan fitowarsu ta farko, tare da sanya su tare da irin su Pistols Jima'i, U2 da Weezer.
Duk da nasarar da kungiyar ta samu a farko, Schultzberg bai taba haduwa da sauran membobin kungiyar ba, wadanda a wannan lokacin suka iya shawo kan Hewitt ya koma cikin layin, wanda hakan ya sa Schultzberg ya tashi daga kungiyar a watan Satumbar 1996.
Nasarar farko
Gig na farko na Hewitt tare da Placebo ya zama babba, kamar yadda David Bowie, mai son ƙungiyar wanda shi da kansa ya rinjayi sautin ƙungiyar, da kansa ya gayyaci 'yan ukun don yin wasa a bikin cika shekaru 50 na kide kide a Madison Square Garden a New York a 1997.
A shekara mai zuwa, Placebo ya koma wani alamar Caroline, Virgin Records, kuma an sake shi Ba tare da Kai Ba Ni Ba Komai ba a cikin Nuwamba. Kundin ya kasance wani babban "ci gaba" a Ingila, kodayake ya fara shahara a Amurka, inda MTV ya nuna waƙar ta farko, Pure Morning.
Waɗanda suka biyo baya sun kasa yin daidai da nasarar wannan waƙa ta farko, amma Ba tare da Kai Ba Ba wani abu da ya kasance sananne a Ingila, inda a ƙarshe ya sami matsayin platinum.
Kusan lokaci guda, ƙungiyar ta rubuta murfin T. Rex's 20th Century Boy don fim ɗin Velvet Goldmine, wanda ita ma ta fito.
Placebo da kuma David Bowie
Dangantakar da ke tsakanin ƙungiyar Placebo da Bowie ta haɓaka. Bowie ya raba matakin tare da ƙungiyar yayin da yake rangadin New York, kuma sassan biyu sun haɗu don sake yin rikodin waƙar take Ba tare da Kai Ba Bane, wanda aka saki a matsayin guda ɗaya a cikin 1999.
Fitowar ƙungiyar ta uku, Kiɗa na Kasuwar Baƙar fata, ta ƙunshi abubuwa na hip hop da disco haɗe da sautin dutse mai ƙarfi.
An fitar da kundin a Turai a shekara ta 2000, kuma an sake fitar da sigar Amurka da aka sake amfani da ita bayan ƴan watanni, tare da jerin waƙoƙin da suka haɗa da ƙarin abubuwa da yawa, gami da sigar Bowie da aka ambata ba tare da ku Ba Ni Ba Komai ba ne da murfin Yanayin Depeche Ina jin ku.
A cikin bazara na 2003, Placebo ya nuna sauti mai ƙarfi tare da sakin kundi na huɗu, Barci tare da fatalwowi. Kundin ya kai saman goma a Burtaniya kuma ya sayar da kwafi miliyan 1,4 a duk duniya.
Wannan ya biyo bayan rangadin Australiya tare da Elbow da Burtaniya
Tarin mawaƙa Sau ɗaya Sau ɗaya tare da Ji: Singles 1996-2004 an sake shi a cikin hunturu na 2004. Kundin wakokin 19 sun hada da mafi girma a cikin Burtaniya da sabuwar wakar Shekaru Ashirin.
Bafaranshe Dimitri Tikovoi (Goldfrapp, The Cranes), wanda ya yi aiki akan wannan kundi, shima ya rattaba hannu kan kwangilar samar da album na biyar na Placebo Meds daga 2006.
Hewitt ya bar ƙungiyar Placebo a cikin faɗuwar 2007 kuma ƙungiyar ta raba hanya tare da lakabin rikodin su na dindindin EMI / Budurwa shekara guda bayan haka.
Tare da sabon ɗan wasan bugu Steve Forrest, ƙungiyar ta yi rikodin kundi na Battle for the Sun kuma ta sake shi a lokacin rani na 2009.
A wannan rana, an saki aikin ƙungiyar don EMI, The Hut Recordings.
Babban yawon shakatawa
An fara balaguron balaguro don tallafawa kundin. Ga magoya bayan da ba su iya ganin wasan kwaikwayon ba, Placebo kuma ya fitar da EP mai rai, Live a La Cigale, tare da waƙoƙin da aka ɗauka daga wasan kwaikwayo na 2006 na Paris.
Ƙoƙarin ɗab'i na ƙungiyar shine 2013's Loud Like Love. Shekaru biyu bayan fitowar, ɗan wasan bugu Steve Forrest ya bar ƙungiyar, yana bayyana tafiyarsa a matsayin sha'awar gane aikin sa na solo.
