Chifukwa cha kukonda kwawo zovala zonyansa komanso magitala aawisi, a punk, Placebo akufotokozedwa ngati mtundu wokongola wa Nirvana.
Gulu lamitundu yosiyanasiyana linapangidwa ndi woyimba gitala Brian Molko (wochokera ku Scottish ndi America pang'ono, koma adakulira ku England) ndi woyimba bassist waku Sweden Stefan Olsdal.
Chiyambi cha ntchito ya nyimbo ya Placebo
Ophunzila onse aŵili anali atapita kusukulu imodzimodziyo ku Luxembourg, koma sanadutse bwino mpaka 1994 ku London, England.
Nyimbo yomwe ili ndi dzina lodziwika bwino la Ashtray Heart, yolembedwa motsogozedwa ndi magulu monga: Sonic Youth, Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins ndi gulu lomwe tatchulalo la Nirvana, idakhala "kupambana" kwawo.
Pambuyo pa Molko ndi Olsdal, woyimba nyimbo komanso woyimba ng'oma Robert Schultzberg ndi Steve Hewitt (wotsirizayo ndi woimira yekhayo wa gulu lachingelezi) adalowa nawo gululo.
Ngakhale Molko ndi Olsdal ankakonda Hewitt kukhala katswiri woimba nyimbo (unali mzere uwu womwe unalemba ena mwa ziwonetsero zoyambirira), Hewitt adaganiza zobwerera ku gulu lake lina, Breed.
Ndi Schultzberg m'malo mwake, Placebo adasaina mgwirizano wojambulira ndi Caroline Records ndipo adatulutsa chimbale chawo chodzitcha yekha mu 1996. Chimbalecho chidakhala chodabwitsa ku UK, pomwe osakwatiwa Nancy Boy ndi Teenage Angst adalowa nawo tchati chapamwamba cha 40.
Pakadali pano, mamembala a gululo adakhala okhazikika pamasabata anyimbo aku Britain, omwe adathandizira kuyambika kwawo, kuwayika pamodzi ndi zokonda za Sex Pistols, U2 ndi Weezer.
Ngakhale kuti gululo linachita bwino kwambiri, Schultzberg sanaonepo mamembala ena a gululo, omwe panthawiyi adatha kukakamiza Hewitt kuti alowe nawo m'gululi, zomwe zinachititsa kuti Schultzberg achoke mu gululo mu September 1996.
Kupambana koyamba
Sewero loyamba la Hewitt ndi Placebo lidakhala lalikulu, monga David Bowie, wokonda gululo yemwe adakhudzanso nyimbo za gululo, adayitana atatuwa kuti azisewera pa konsati yake yokumbukira zaka 50 ku Madison Square Garden ku New York mu 1997.
Chaka chotsatira, Placebo adasamukira ku lemba lina la Caroline, Virgin Records, ndipo adatulutsa Popanda Inu, Sindili kanthu mu Novembala. Chimbalecho chinali "chopambana" china chachikulu ku England, ngakhale poyamba chidadziwika ku US, pomwe MTV idawonetsa nyimbo yoyamba yachimbale, Pure Morning.
Nyimbo zotsatizanazi sizinagwirizane ndi kupambana kwa nyimbo yoyamba iyi, koma Popanda Inu Sindine Chinthu chinakhalabe chodziwika bwino ku England, komwe pamapeto pake chinapeza platinamu.
Pa nthawi yomweyi, gululo linajambula chivundikiro cha T. Rex's 20th Century Boy pa filimu ya Velvet Goldmine, momwe adawonekeranso.
Placebo ndi David Bowie
Ubale pakati pa gulu la Placebo ndi Bowie unakula. Bowie adagawana nawo gawoli ndi gululi pomwe adayendera New York, ndipo mbali ziwirizi zidagwirizana kuti ajambulenso nyimbo yamutu wopanda Inu I'm Nothing, yomwe idatulutsidwa ngati imodzi mu 1999.
Gulu lachitatu lomwe gululi linatulutsa, Black Market Music, linali ndi nyimbo za hip hop ndi disco kuphatikiza ndi kumveka kwa rock.
Chimbalecho chinatulutsidwa ku Ulaya mu 2000, ndipo Baibulo lokonzedwanso la US linatulutsidwa miyezi ingapo pambuyo pake, ndi mndandanda wa nyimbo zomwe zinaphatikizapo zowonjezera zingapo, kuphatikizapo Baibulo la Bowie Popanda Inu Sindili Kanthu ndi Chivundikiro cha Depeche Mode I Feel You.
Kumayambiriro kwa chaka cha 2003, Placebo adawonetsa phokoso lolimba ndi kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale chawo chachinayi, Sleeping with Ghosts. Nyimboyi idafika pa khumi apamwamba ku UK ndikugulitsa makope 1,4 miliyoni padziko lonse lapansi.
Izi zinatsatiridwa ndi ulendo waku Australia ndi Elbow ndi UK
Kutolere kwa single More with Feeling: Singles 1996-2004 idatulutsidwa m'nyengo yozizira ya 2004. Kuphatikizika kwa nyimbo 19 kunaphatikizanso nyimbo zazikulu kwambiri ku UK komanso nyimbo yatsopano ya Twenty Years.
Mfalansa Dimitri Tikovoi (Goldfrapp, The Cranes), yemwe adagwira nawo chimbale ichi, adasainanso mgwirizano wopanga chimbale chachisanu cha Placebo Meds kuchokera mu 2006.
Hewitt adasiya gulu la Placebo kumapeto kwa 2007 ndipo gululo lidasiyana ndi zolemba zawo zokhazikika EMI/Virgin patatha chaka.
Ndi woyimba ng'oma watsopano Steve Forrest, gululi linajambula nyimbo ya Battle for the Sun ndikuyitulutsa m'chilimwe cha 2009.
Tsiku lomwelo, ntchito ya gululo idatulutsidwa ku EMI, The Hut Recordings.
Ulendo waukulu
Ulendo waukulu unayamba kuthandizira chimbalecho. Kwa mafani omwe sanathe kuwona chiwonetserochi, Placebo adatulutsanso EP yamoyo, Live at La Cigale, ndi nyimbo zotengedwa kuwonetsero wawo wa 2006 ku Paris.
Gulu laposachedwa kwambiri la studio ndi 2013's Loud Like Love. Zaka ziwiri zitatulutsidwa, woyimba ng'oma Steve Forrest adasiya gululi, akufotokozera kuchoka kwake ngati chikhumbo chofuna kukwaniritsa ntchito yake payekha.
