Artist.......: Placebo
Album........: Live at Main Square Festival
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Rock
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2010-08-23
Str.date.....: 2009-07-04
Quality......: 192kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.placeboworld.co.uk/
track title time
1. Live at Main Square Festival 54:39
* Kitty Litter
* Ashtray Heart
* Battle For The Sun
* For What It's Worth
* Follow The Cops Back Home
* Every You Every Me
* Special Needs
* The Never-Ending Why
* Black-eyed
* Special K
* Infra-Red
* Taste In Men
Runtime 54:39
Size 75.34
Release Notes:
Due to their penchant for androgynous attire/makeup and
raw guitar riffs, Placebo has been described by some as a
glam version of Nirvana. The multi-national band was
formed by singer/guitarist Brian Molko (part Scottish and
American, but raised in Britain) and bassist Stefan Olsdal
(originally from Sweden). Earlier, both had attended the
same school in Luxembourg, but didn't cross paths properly
until 1994 in London, England. Briefly called Ashtray
Heart and influenced by the likes of Sonic Youth, the
Pixies, the Smashing Pumpkins, and the aforementioned
Nirvana, Placebo's drum slot was filled alternately early
on by Robert Schultzberg and Steve Hewitt (the latter
being the group's only member of British origin). Although
Molko and Olsdal preferred Hewitt as their main man (it
was this lineup that recorded several early demos), Hewitt
opted to return to his other band at the time, Breed. With
Schultzberg back on board, Placebo signed a recording
contract with Caroline Records, which had issued the
trio's self-titled debut in 1996. The album was a surprise
hit in the U.K., where such singles as "Nancy Boy" and
"Bruise Pristine" became hits, as the group became the
toast of the British music weeklies and supported their
debut with opening for such outfits as a the reunited Sex
Pistols, U2, and Weezer.
Despite their success right off the bat, Schultzberg
wasn't seeing eye to eye with the other bandmembers, who
by this point were able to convince Hewitt to come back
onboard full-time, prompting Schultzberg's exit from the
band. One of Hewitt's first performances with Placebo upon
returning proved to be a big one, as major fan David Bowie
personally invited the trio to play at his 50th birthday
bash at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1997. The
following year, Placebo switched over to the major-label
division of Caroline, Virgin Records, and issued Without
You I'm Nothing in November. The album was another large
seller in England and initially appeared to be the group's
breakthrough in the U.S., where MTV embraced the album's
leadoff single, "Pure Morning," but subsequent
singles/videos failed to match the success of its
predecessor. Around the same time, Placebo also recorded a
cover version of T. Rex's classic "20th Century Boy" for
the movie Velvet Goldmine, in which the trio appeared
performing the song as well.
The relationship between Placebo and Bowie continued to
blossom, as Bowie made a special appearance on-stage with
the band during a tour stop in New York, in addition to
both parties uniting for a re-recording of the title track
from Without You I'm Nothing (issued as a single in 1999).
Placebo's third release, Black Market Music added hip-hop
and disco elements to the band's tense rock sound. The
U.K. saw a release date in early 2000; stateside fans were
treated to a resequenced version that fall. The U.S.
version featured a slightly different track listing,
adding the aforementioned Bowie version of "Without You
I'm Nothing" and the band's cover of Depeche Mode's "I
Feel You." The recording spawned additional U.K. hits such
as "Taste in Men" and "Slave to the Wage."
In spring 2003, Placebo showcased a harder edge with the
release of their fourth album, Sleeping with Ghosts. The
album went Top Ten in the U.K. and sold 1.4 million copies
worldwide. Australian tour dates with Elbow and U.K. shows
with Har Mar Superstar followed in 2004. Placebo's singles
collection, Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996-2004, was
released before the year's end. The 19-song compilation
included their biggest U.K. hits and the new track "Twenty
Years." Frenchman Dimitri Tikovoi (Goldfrapp, the Cranes),
who mixed select songs on Once More with Feeling, produced
Placebo's fifth effort, 2006's Meds. In 2007, after
scheduling to tour with Linkin Park and My Chemical
Romance on the Projekt Revolution tour, Virgin released
the Extended Play '07 EP as a simple introduction for new
fans to the band's past decade of music.