PLACEBO encyclopedia/dictionary

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dee's encyclopedia/dictionary of everything Placebo!
more than 525 entries of Placebo-related people, places, terms, songs, bands, and various entries to know...
last updated 01/03/07
collected, catalogued, and coded by deementia, began in 2001
dee says: "i've worked really hard compiling and coding this, so please don't steal any of it for your own website!"

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(Les) 100 Guitares: along with 98 other electric guitarists, Brian and Stefan played in a performance of this Rhys Chatham composition on August 9th, 1994 in London, England at Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre 8

20th Century Boy: T. Rex song written by Marc Bolan, covered by Placebo for the soundtrack of Velvet Goldmine, and performed by The Flaming Creatures (2/3 of Placebo) during the film. Also released as a b-side track on the You Don't Care About Us single and as a glittery promo CD single and on the SWG covers edition

20 Years: see Twenty Years

2 4 6 8: very early Placebo demo, never officially released

36 degrees: one degree below body temperature (37 degrees Celsius)

36 Degrees: the 4th song on Placebo, released as a single & a video in 1996

4Scott: the concert event at which Placebo played a four song set (Special K, Haemoglobin, Teenage Angst, & Slave To The Wage) on April 18, 2002 at La Scala in King's Cross in the memory of Scott Piering. A CD of the event was released featuring Haemoglobin and songs by many other bands that performed at the gig

aardvark: a nocturnal mammal of sub-Saharan Africa; it has a long snout, extensible tongue, a heavy tail, large ears, and powerful claws; it burrows underground & feeds especially on termites and ants

Aardvark: instrumental, b-side track on the Burger Queen Français single, recorded & produced by Stefan

ABBA: a Swedish pop singing group (1972-1983) that Stefan has often mentioned when talking about his influences and favorite bands

Abbiss, Jim: the producer of Placebo's 4th studio album; he's also worked with Sneaker Pimps, Bjork, U.N.K.L.E., DJ Shadow, Kylie Minogue, and others

AC Acoustics: the name of band (fronted by Paul Campion) with which Brian recorded the song Crush (which was released as a single); they supported Placebo on tour in 1996; also Stunt Girl (as seen on one of Brian's t-shirts) is the title of one of their songs

Actarus: a band that Placebo supported on tour in 2003

Airbag: the 1997 Spanish film which featured Nancy Boy

Alice & June: the Indochine album that contains the song Pink Water, on which Brian collaborated with the band

All Apologies: the title of a Nirvana song that was partially covered by Placebo at a gig in Budapest, Hungary 2001

Allergic (To Thoughts Of Mom): early demo version of Allergic (To Thoughts Of Mother Earth) with different lyrics, played live before the release of Without You I'm Nothing

Allergic (To Thoughts Of Mother Earth): the 6th song on Without You I'm Nothing

Alpinestars: the British electro-duo that remixed Taste In Men; then in 2002, Riverman (Placebo's management company) began representing them too and Brian recorded the song Carbon Kid with them

Ambulance Ltd: American band that supported Placebo on tour in 2003

Amen, David: collaborated with Stefan to remix a song by United; together he, Javier Solo, and Stef are known as Hotel Persona. The pair also worked together under the name Materia.

Amos, Matthew: director of the Every You Every Me video

Amos, Tori: singer/songwriter/pianist who allegedly played Nancy Boy live during one of her concerts

André, Philippe: director of the Song To Say Goodbye video

Androgyny: see Placebo Androgyny

The Animals: the British band that originally wrote Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Appleyard, Mark: the Canadian skateboarder who used Every You Every Me for his part in the Flip Skateboards video, Sorry

Archie Bronson Outfit: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2006

*new* Archive: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2006

Argento, Asia: Italian actress who dueted with Brian for Trash Palace's cover of Je T'aime Moi Non Plus; she also appears in the photo at the end of the video for This Picture

Ash: Irish band (formed in 1992) that were supported by Placebo on tour in 1995

Ashtray Heart: the name of Brian & Stefan's first band together; taken from a Captain Beefheart song

Ask For Answers: the 4th song on Without You I'm Nothing

Assisi: referred to in Commercial For Levi; he likely meant Saint Francis of Assisi, the 11th century Italian known for his love of animals

Astralwerks: American record label that licensed Sleeping With Ghosts and Meds in the US

attrition: referred to in I Know; definition = "sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God"

Augustino: a band that Placebo supported on tour in 2003

B, Howie: Scottish man (given name Howard Bernstein) who remixed Pure Morning

B12: in one of the easter eggs on the Soulmates Never Die DVD Brian gets a B12 shot in his ass cheek. B12 is a vitamin that's a complex, cobalt-containing, compound occurring especially in liver; it is necessary to neural functions, normal blood formation, and growth. it's used particularly in treating pernicious and related anemias and in animal feed as a growth factor.

Babes In Toyland: American band fronted by Kat Bjelland (formed in 1989, split in 1998) that Placebo supported on tour in 1995

Bale, Christian: actor who co-starred with Placebo in Velvet Goldmine as Arthur Stuart, he also starred in movies such as American Psycho, Batman Begins, and The Machinist

The Ballad of Melody Nelson: the English cover of Serge Gainsbourg's La Ballade De Melody Nelson that appears on Placebo's SWG covers edition

Balthazar: referred to in Centrefolds, possibly referring to Balthazar, one of the three wise men who supposedly visited the baby jesus.

Banana: name of Stefan's first bass, so named because it was yellow

Barlow, Andy: of the band Lamb, remixed Special K under the name Hip Optimist but it was never officially released

Barrett, Syd: formerly the front man of Pink Floyd; wrote of Dark Globe, which Placebo covered as a b-side

Because I Want You: the 7th song on Meds, released as a UK only single & video in 2006

Been Smoking Too Long: b-side track on the Teenage Angst single, originally written by Nick Drake

benediction: referred to in I Know; definition = "the invocation of a blessing"

Berg, Helena: photographer of the cover photos for some of the SWG era singles and promo photos, she's also Bri's girlfriend & the mother of his baby

Bertie: one of Brian's guitars (a pink Gibson SG-X) that Stefan allegedly broke by accident

Bésame Mucho: a Spanish song that Brian performed a cappella during a live gig

Bigmouth Strikes Again: originally by The Smiths, b-side track on the Nancy Boy single and on the SWG cover edition, covered for a Smiths tribute album

Big Star: American band fronted by Alex Chilton (formed in 1972, disbanded in 1975, reformed in 1992) that originally performed Holocaust

Billy: name of Steve's character in Velvet Goldmine

Billy Chic: the name of the Dream City Film Club single which has Some (which Brian collaborated upon) as the b-side

Bionic: the 3rd song on Placebo

Biotek: an industrial band that covered Pure Morning on their album Punishment for Decadence

Birkin, Jane: French singer which Brian did a duet with for her song Smile, she also happens to be the one who originally dueted with Serge Gainsbourg for his song Je T'aime Moi Non Plus

Bitch: name of one of Brian's guitars (a red Fender Jaguar), so named because of the sticker that says 'bitch' on it

The Bitter End: the 5th song on Sleeping With Ghosts, released as a single & a video in 2003, used in the video game SSX3

Bitter Pill: a great Placebo fan forum that people migrated to when the official forum went down for revamping, but posting died down when the official forum returned, but then picked up again the when the official forum disappeared again, but i think it's gone for good now... or maybe not?

Bittersweet: name of the song that Brian sang a small part of in the film Velvet Goldmine, but it's not on the soundtrack (though it sounds like he might do the backing vocals)

Black Eyed: the 6th song on Black Market Music, released as a single & a video in 2001, also featured in Engel & Joe

Black, Frank: also known as Black Francis and Michael Charles Thompson; of The Pixies, originally wrote Where Is My Mind; he opened for Placebo in Paris on October 18th, 2003 and later that night came back out and performed Where Is My Mind with them

Black Market Blood: the hidden song on Black Market Music

Black Market Music: Placebo's 3rd full-length album, released in 2000

Blind: the 8th song on Meds

Bloc Party: the alternative rock band who's Russell Lissack remixed Because I Want You

Blue American: the 7th song on Black Market Music

Bolan, Marc: front man (given name Marc Feld, died in a car crash in 1977) of the 70's glam rock band T. Rex, original writer of 20th Century Boy

*new* bona fide: referred to in Flesh Mechanic; definition = sincere, genuine, or "made in good faith without fraud or deceit"

Boney M: 70's disco band that originally performed Daddy Cool

Boo Radleys: one of Steve's former bands (formed in 1988, disbanded in 1999), he played drums on their first album, Ichabod & I (released in 1990) before he left the band

Bowen, Tracy: provided backing vocals on Daddy Cool

Bowie, David: musician, Placebo toured with him in 1996, he invited Placebo to play at his 50th birthday bash, sang 20th Century Boy with them at the 1999 Brits award show. He also sang a duet with Brian on the single version of Without You I'm Nothing, and hosted a chat with them in 1999

Boy George: musician & friend of Brian; formerly the front man of Culture Club; played at the Cafe De Paris on Feb. 13, 2002, as did Brian

Boys Don't Cry: one of The Cure's songs that Robert Smith performed with Placebo live

Breed: one of the bands that Steve was in before he joined Placebo

Breed, Simon: lead singer of Breed, one of Steve's former bands. he also provided harmonica on the studio version of Protect Me From What I Want

Bremner, Ewan: actor (probably most famous for his role as Spud in Trainspotting) who directed the documentary on the special edition Meds DVD

Brice, Fiona: arranged the strings on Space Monkey, Pierrot The Clown, and Song To Say Goodbye.

Brick Shithouse: the 2nd song on Without You I'm Nothing

The Brick Shithouse (aka the BSH): see Placeboworld

Brixton Academy: London venue where Placebo played their last 2 shows of the 2001 tour, among others

Broken Promise: the 10th song on Meds

Brooks, Louise: silent film actress of the 20's to whom Brian (with his bobbed haircut) used to slightly resemble, he named one of his guitars after her (there's a sticker of her on it)

Brothers In Rhythm: remixed Every You Every Me, Without You I'm Nothing, and Passive Aggressive

Brown, Darren: engineer of the songs Paycheck and Flesh Mechanic

Bruise Pristine: the 8th song on Placebo, released as a single in 1995 and re-released as a single & a video in 1997

Bubblegun: b-side track on the Slave To The Wage single

Bulletproof Cupid: instrumental, the 1st song on Sleeping With Ghosts

Burger Queen: the 12th song on Without You I'm Nothing

Burger Queen Français: Burger Queen sung in French, released as a single only in France in 1999

Bush: British band (formed in 1992) supported by Placebo on tour in 1995

Bush, Kate: British musician, original writer of Running Up That Hill (from her 1985 album Hounds Of Love)

Bushey, Adrian: engineer on Without You I'm Nothing and some singles

The Caesars: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2003

Campion, Paul: lead singer/guitarist of AC Acoustics, co-writer of Every You Every Me and Twenty Years; he's also a friend of Brian

Can't Get You Outta My Head: a Kylie Minogue song (from her album Fever) that Brian performed live with Trash Palace

Caprice: fashion model (full name Caprice Bourret) who allegedly hit-on Brian and he turned down

Captain Beefheart: the man (whose self-titled band formed in 1964, disbanded in 1982) that wrote Ashtray Heart, from which Brian & Stefan took the name of their first band together

Carbon Kid: the name of the song Brian recorded with Alpinestars; it was released as a single and Brian appeared in it's video

Caroline Records: record label that Placebo (the album) was first released on

Cate, Field: the name of the boy in the Song To Say Goodbye video

Catherine Wheel: British band (formed in 1990) that Placebo supported on tour in 1995 and 1996

Cavity Search: in 2002 the ex-BSH webmaster said a song called Cavity Search was to be on SWG but it turned out not to be (and i don't think it was renamed)

Centrefolds: 12th song on Sleeping With Ghosts

Chapman, Steve: Placebo's tour manager

Chatham, Rhys: New York composer; Brian played alto guitar and Stefan played soprano guitar in a performance of his "Les 100 Guitares" on August 9th, 1994 in London, England at Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre 8

Chelsea Hotel No. 2: a Leonard Cohen song which Brian sang a snippet of (whilst accompanying himself on acoustic guitar) while on a French interview show

(Les) Chevaliers Du Ciel: 2005 French movie that featured The Crawl on the soundtrack

Chicks With Dicks: the name of the easter egg on the Soulmates Never Die DVD in which Placebo performs Where Is My Mind? while wearing ladies wigs

Chilton, Alex: of the band Big Star, original writer of Holocaust

Chrome Dreams: the label that released Maximum Placebo, the Placebo Androgyny DVD, and the Placebo X-posed interview CD

Chumscrubber: a film that featured Pure Morning on the soundtrack

Claris de Florian, Jean-Pierre: original writer of Plaisir D'amour

Cobain, Kurt: frontman of Nirvana, originally wrote All Apologies

Cody: the name of Brian and girlfriend Helena Berg's young son

Cohen, Leonard: original writer of Chelsea Hotel No. 2, (from his 1974 album New Skin For The Old Ceremony)

Collette, Toni: actress who co-starred with Placebo in Velvet Goldmine as Mandy Slade, she also starred in movies such as The Sixth Sense, Emma, and Little Miss Sunshine

Collins, Paul: art direction on Black Market Music (along with Kevin Westenberg)

Colour Of Fire: British band that supported Placebo on tour in 2003; they were managed by Riverman, but they disbanded in 2005

Come Home: the 1st song on Placebo, released as a single & a video in 1996

Commercial For Levi: the 9th song on Black Market Music

Cook, Janet: provided backing vocals on I Feel You, former backing vocalist of Depeche Mode

Cooper, Ian: mastered Black Market Music

Corkett, Paul: producer & mixer of Black Market Music, and co-engineer of Without You I'm Nothing (the album)

Cowper, Alex: sleeve & booklet designer of the Soulmates Never Die DVD, Once More With Feeling (both CD and DVD), Meds, and the re-release of Placebo's first album

Cracknell, Simon: director of the Twenty Years video

The Crawl: the 7th song on Without You I'm Nothing

Cruel Intentions: 1999 film (starring Sarah Michelle Geller, Ryan Phillippe, Selma Blair, and Reese Witherspoon) which featured Every You Every Me during the opening credits (when Ryan Phillippe is driving along a road) and on the soundtrack

Crush: the song that Brian recorded with AC Acoustics that was released as a single

cuckold: referred to in Broken Promise; definition = a man whose wife is unfaithful

Cunningham, Chris: director of the 36 Degrees video

The Cure: the influential British band (fronted by Robert Smith, formed in 1976) who originally performed Boys Don't Cry and If Only Tonight We Could Sleep

Daddy Cool: b-side track on the Bitter End single and on the SWG cover edition, originally performed by Boney M. the band covered this song a present for Steve's daughter, Emily, and Steve sings backing vocals on it.

Dark Globe: b-side track on the 36 Degrees single, originally written by Syd Barrett

Day, Corrine: photographer on Without You I'm Nothing & it's singles

Days Before You Came: the 2nd song on Black Market Music

Daytripper: snowboarding movie that featured 36 Degrees on the soundtrack

Dean, James: American actor who died in a car crash in 1955; according to Brian he was gay and liked to have cigarettes stubbed out on his chest, which Brian refers to in This Picture

Deasonika: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2006

Deceptive Records: the record label that Come Home was released on, founded by Steve Lamacq, Tony Smith and Alan James

deementia: webmistress of this site (A Place For Us To Dream) AKA dee or deemie

Delacour, Xavier: the designer of Brian's very popular '---Cut Here---' shirt

Demetriou, Stefan: Soulmates Never Die DVD manager

The Departure: British band that supported Placebo at Wembley in November 2004

Depeche Mode: band (formed in Basildon, England in 1980) fronted by Dave Gahan, originally performed I Feel You (from their 1993 album Songs of Faith & Devotion), one of Stefan's favorite bands

Des Cadences Et Des Maux: a 331 page Placebo biography written in French by journalist Sébastien Michaud and edited by Camion Blanc, released around the 20th of April, 2005.

*new* Despentes, Virginie: adapted Protect Me From What I Want into French

Detox Five: b-side of the Twenty Years single

dEUS: Belgian band (formed in 1991) that supported Placebo on tour in 1997 & 2006

Dex Dexter: Xavior's former band

didgeridoo: played by Robert Schultzberg on I Know; a large bamboo or wooden trumpet of the Australian Aborigines

Dingley, Fulton: produced the single of Come Home and Drowning By Numbers

*new* Dolly Trauma: commonly labeled on file-sharing programs as a song by Placebo, but in actuality is the name of a band with a song entitled Placebo

Drag: the 3rd song on Meds

Drake, Nick: British singer/musician (who OD'ed in 1974) original writer of Been Smoking Too Long (from his 1972 album Pink Moon)

Dreadful Shadows: a gothic band that covered The Crawl

Dream City Film Club: British band (formed in 1995, disbanded in 2000) fronted by Michael J. Sheehy with which Brian recorded the song Some for their Billy Chic single released in 1998; they toured with Placebo in 1997; also Pissboy (as seen on one of Brian's t-shirts) is also a song by them

Drink You Pretty: b-side track on the Bitter End single

Drowning By Numbers: b-side track on the Come Home single, and on the 10th anniversary edition of their self-titled album

Dub Psychosis: instrumental, b-side track on the Special K single

Durst, Fred: homophobic enemy of Brian who caused verbal spats between them, lead ape of Limp Bizkit

Eagles Of Death Metal: American band (formed by Jesse Hughes, Josh Homme, and Tim Vanhamel) that supported Placebo on tour in part of the US in 2003

The Edukators: a German film featuring Bulletproof Cupid on the soundtrack

Eggman: nickname of Steve Chapman, AKA The Egg

Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster: British band that supported Placebo on tour in 2003

Elbow: British band (formed in 1991) that supported Placebo on tour in Australia in 2004

Electric Crayons: one of Steve's former bands

Elevator Records: Placebo's record label, which no other bands have been released on

Elliot, Nicholas: translated Burger Queen into French for the single and directed the tour visuals for Nancy Boy and Peeping Tom

Ellis, Rob: formerly of PJ Harvey, arranged strings on Black Market Music

Elvis: referred to in Little Mo; meaning Elvis Presley, American singer (who died in his bathroom in 1977); deemed by some as the "king of rock 'n' roll"

EMAs: see European Music Awards

Emily: the name of Steve's daughter, who is approximately eight or nine years of age

Engel & Joe: German film (starring Jana Pallaske and Robert Stadlober) that featured Black-Eyed in the film & on the soundtrack, and Johnny & Mary just in the film; clips of the film were used in the Black-Eyed video; also the band was at the premier of the film

English Summer Rain: the 2nd song on Sleeping With Ghosts, released as a single & a video in 2004

ether: referred to in I'll Be Yours; definition = a light volatile flammable liquid C4H10O used chiefly as a solvent and especially formerly as an anesthetic

Ether Net: band that supported Placebo on tour in Canada in 2001

European Music Awards: in 2004 Brian presented Muse with the award for Best Alternative Act at MTV's European Music Awards. Amy Lee co-presented and although her microphone was fine, Brian's was not working so what he was saying could not be heard.

Evalia: b-side track on the Bitter End single, produced by Stefan Olsdal and Bill Lloyd

*new* Evaline: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2006

Every You Every Me: the 8th song on Without You I'm Nothing, released as a single & a video in 1999, also featured in the film Cruel Intentions

Evil Dildo: the hidden song on Without You I'm Nothing, featuring two distorted threatening messages taken from Brian's answering machine

Evil Superstars: band that supported Placebo on tour in 1996

extrovert: referred to in 36 Degrees and Scared Of Girls; definition = a person whose personality is gregarious and unreserved

Eyesight To The Blind: b-side track on the Nancy Boy single

Fade Out: in 2002 the ex-BSH webmaster said a song called Fade Out was to be on SWG but it turned out not to be (perhaps it became This Picture)

fag hag: referred to in Slackerbitch; according to 'The Unofficial Gay Manual' a fag hag is "a straight woman who spends a lot of time with gay men (often considered a derisive term by fag hags themselves)"

The Faint: American band (originally from Omaha, Nebraska) that supported Placebo on tour in England in 2003

Faith Over Reason: one of Bill Lloyd's former bands; formed 1990 and fronted by Moira Lambert; Bill played bass and keyboards until he left in 1995 to form Soup

Fantastic Voyage: a film that Brian said was an inspiration for the Special K promo video

Farian, Frank: one of the original writers of Daddy Cool

Faultline: electronic musician whom Brian & Françoise Hardy performed with on the Gainsbourg song Requiem For A Jerk

Feel Good Hit Of The Summer: the title of a Queens Of The Stone Age song that Placebo covered after Taste In Men during a live gig in 2001

Fender®: the guitar company (formed in 1946) that makes the Jazzmaster, Jaguar, and Telecaster models favored by Brian

Fiction: a band that Placebo supported on tour in 2003

Fierce Panda: indie record label that Bruise Pristine was released on as a split 7" single with Soup

The Fifth Element: 1997 sci-fi movie featuring a character named Leeloo (played by Milla Jovavich), possibly the inspiration for the spacy-sounding Placebo b-side called Leeloo

Fight Club: movie that features the song Where Is My Mind? as the credits roll but it's the Pixies' version, not Placebo's version.

Finch, Caroline: see Loren, Severe

First Day: Timo Maas single featuring vocals by Brian Molko & Jo Kate (the female singer), from the album Pictures; a video for it was released but Bri wasn't in it.

Five Years: the David Bowie song (from the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars) that Brian covered for a television program in 2004

Flaming Creatures: the name of the fictional band featuring Brian, Steve, and Xavior in the film Velvet Goldmine

Flesh Mechanic: apart from a demo version on the Teenage Angst single Placebo song never officially released this until it appeared on the 10th anniversary edition of their self-titled album

Fletcher, Saul: photographer of the album Placebo & it's singles, his nephew is the boy on the front cover of the album

Flick: band that supported Placebo on tour in 1999

Flood: (real name Mark Ellis), mixed most of the album Meds; he's worked many other bands, such as PJ Harvey and Depeche Mode

Follow The Cops Back Home: the 5th song on Meds

Fourteen Hours: the film that Brian said was an inspiration for the Pure Morning promo video

Francis, Black: see Black, Frank

Francis, Lorraine: engineer on Black Market Music

The Freelance Hellraiser: remixed English Summer Rain for the Special Needs single

The Frozen Peas: a covered You Don't Care About Us

Furslide: band that supported Placebo on tour in 1998

Gabriel, Peter: musician (formerly of Genesis) whose Real World Studios is the location where Placebo recorded their second album

Gainsbourg, Serge: original writer of Je T'aime Moi Non Plus, Requiem Pour Un Con, and co-writer of Ballade De Melody Nelson (he's the man speaking at the beginning of Placebo's cover)

Garbage: band (formed in 1993) fronted by Shirley Manson that Placebo supported on tour in South Africa in 1999

Gattaca: the film that Brian said was the aesthetic inspiration for the Special K promo video

Genet, Jean: French author (1910-1986) who wrote a book entitled Our Lady Of The Flowers, which perhaps inspired Brian to pen the song Lady Of The Flowers

Gibson®: guitar company (formed in the early 1900's) that makes the Gibson SG model, favored by Brian

Glastonbury Anthems : The Best Of 1994 to 2004: DVD featuring Placebo performing The Crawl live in 1998, also includes other performances from the Glastonbury fest by bands like Manic Street Preachers, Radiohead, and Ash

Goddess: name of one of Brian's guitars (possibly the sparkly blue Fender Jazzmaster with the 'goddess' sticker on it)

golden shower: referred to in Commercial For Levi; definition = the act of urinating on someone (or being urinated upon) for sexual pleasure

Goldsmiths College: name of the London, England college where Brian got his drama degree

Gomez: band that supported Placebo on tour in 1998

*new* Gomm: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2006

Gordon, Nick: director of the Pure Morning video

Gore, Martin: of Depeche Mode, original writer of I Feel You

Gore, Paul: director of the Special Needs video

Graham, Ben: the person who wrote the Maximum Placebo audio biography

Greenhalgh, Howard: director of the Nancy Boy, Bruise Pristine, Slave To The Wage, Special K, The Bitter End and This Picture videos

Grohl, Dave: guitarist and front man of the band Foo Fighters and formerly the drummer of Nirvana, seen in a few photos with Brian, also played at Bowie's birthday bash

Gucci: clothing designer that Placebo modeled for

Guitar Eros: the title of the book by photographer JB Mondino which contains a photo of Brian in his knickers laying with a Gibson guitar

haemoglobin: referred to in Haemoglobin; definition = 1 - an iron-containing respiratory pigment of vertebrate red blood cells that consists of a globin composed of four subunits each of which is linked to a heme molecule, that functions in oxygen transport to the tissues after conversion to oxygenated form in the gills or lungs, and that assists in carbon dioxide transport back to the gills or lungs after surrender of its oxygen 2 - any of numerous iron-containing respiratory pigments of invertebrates and some plants (as yeasts)

Haemoglobin: the 10th song on Black Market Music

Hang On To Your IQ: the 5th song on Placebo

Hardy, Françoise: model/singer whom Brian & Faultline performed with on the Gainsbourg song Requiem For A Jerk

Hare Krishna: instrumental, b-side track on the 36 Degrees single

Har Mar Superstar: supported Placebo at Wembley in November 2004

Harvey, Polly Jean: Brian is a big fan of PJ's work (he cites her debut, Dry, as one of his top 10 albums) and they've appeared in photos together; they were rumored to do a duet on one of Queens Of The Stone Age's Desert Session albums but Brian apparently didn't show up

Haynes, Todd: director & co-writer of Velvet Goldmine

*new* Headcase: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2006

Hell: French film that featured Protect Me From What I Want

Hewitt, Steve: English, drummer of Placebo on their original demos and since soon after their 1st album

Hillcoat, John: director of the You Don't Care About Us video

HK Farewell: instrumental, the hidden song on Placebo also released as a b-side track on the Teenage Angst single; the HK stands for Hong Kong, where the song was recorded

Hogg, Pam: clothing designer, Brian did some modeling for her. she performed Don't Go Breaking My Heart with Brian at a London club called Cafe De Paris on Feb. 13, 2002 (in place of the scheduled Cerys Matthews)

Holdsworth, Ed: director of the Infra-Red video

Holiday, Billie: famous blues singer whose song Strange Fruit was some sort of inspiration for Haemoglobin

Holmes, Chris: a DJ who played before She Wants Revenge and Placebo (at the Nov. 6, 2006 gig in Philadelphia at least)

Holocaust: b-side track on the Slave To The Wage single and on the SWG cover edition, originally performed by Big Star

Homme, Josh: front man of Queens Of The Stone Age (and formerly of Kyuss), also of Eagles Of Death Metal; original co-writer of Feel Good Hit Of The Summer

Hotel Persona: Stefan's electro-pop project with David Persona (aka David Amen) and Javier Solo

Howling Bells: an Australian band that supported Placebo on tour in 2006

Hug Bubble: instrumental, b-side track on the Nancy Boy single

Hughes, Morgan: a merchandise man at Placebo concerts, he also designed the wings tattoo used on the This Picture singles

Hurt: Placebo did an acoustic cover of this Nine Inch Nails song at their December 2003 gig in Anaheim California because their equipment got held up customs

Hut Records: subsidiary of Virgin Records, label that most of Placebo's albums have been released on, the label was discontinued by Virgin in mid-2004

Idlewild: Scottish band that supported Placebo on tour in 2000 and on tour in the US in 2001

I Do: new song on the album once More With Feeling

I Feel You: cover of a Depeche Mode song; released as a fan-club only cassette, as a bonus track on the US version of Black Market Music, and on the SWG cover edition

If Only Tonight We Could Sleep: the title of The Cure's song that Robert Smith performed with Placebo live in 2004 for Canal + (which i think is a tv show)

I Know: the 7th song on Placebo

I'll Be Yours: the 9th song on Sleeping With Ghosts

Imbecile: English band that supported Placebo on tour in 2004

Indochine: a French band fronted by Nikola Sirkis; Bri provided vocals on song Pink Water 3 for their album Alice & June

Infra-red: the 2nd song on Meds, released as a single & video in 2006

Innocence Of Sleep: instrumental, b-side track on the Pure Morning single

(Les) Inrockuptibles: French magazine that released the Prot&ecute;ge Moi DVD single in June 2004 which featured the X-rated video for Protége Moi directed by Gaspar Noé

In The Cold Light Of Morning: the 12th song on Meds

introvert: referred to in 36 Degrees and Scared Of Girls; definition = a person whose personality is reserved and/or shy

Introvenus: name of the medical fetish club night at Camden Underworld that Brian DJ'ed at in the summer of 2002, put on by Brian, Bill Lloyd & Morgan Hughes

Ion: instrumental, b-side track on the You Don't Care About Us single

Izzard, Eddie: British comedian (and transvestite) who co-starred with Placebo in Velvet Goldmine as Jerry Divine; he's also appeared in photos with Placebo

Jackie: audio track on the DVD single for This Picture and on the SWG cover edition, written by Sinead O'Connor

Jakobek, Julie: executive producer of the Soulmates Never Die DVD

Jesus: referred to in Little Mo and Haemoglobin; the Jewish religious teacher who is believed by christians to be the lord and savior

Jesus Loves Me: children's bible school song, sung by Brian in at least one live gig (maybe more than one) before Bruise Pristine

Je T'aime Moi Non Plus: cover song featuring vocals by Brian Molko & Asia Argento, from Trash Palace's album Positions, originally performed by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin

Jimmy Choo's: referred to in Follow The Cops Back Home; Jimmy Choo is a high-end shoe designer

Jodrell Bank radar dish: the giant satellite dish that the band appears to be playing on in the promo video for The Bitter End

Johnny & Mary: b-side track on the Taste In Men single and on the SWG cover edition, written by Robert Palmer

Johns, Daniel: of the band Silverchair and solo singer and guitarist of The Dissociatives, he did the 'I Can't Believe It's A Remix' of Slave To The Wage that originally appeared on the Special K maxi-single

Johns, Natalie: producer of the Soulmates Never Die DVD

Johnson, Kimberley: the name of the model (the one who walks off the billboard) in the video for This Picture

Jo Kate: did a duet w/ Brian for Timo Maas's First Day

Joplin, Janis: blues-rock singer (OD'ed in 1970) , original writer of Mercedes Benz (from her 1971 album Pearl)

Jopp, Vanessa: director of the Black-Eyed video and the movie Engel & Joe

Kander, Nadev: photographer for the booklets of Once More With Feeling and Meds

Kangaroo Died: very early Placebo demo, never officially released

Keller, Ed: a designer, professor, writer, architect, musician, multimedia artist based in New York City, mentioned by Stefan in the Soulmates Never Die DVD documentary

Kenehan, Ed: engineer on Placebo

Kerrang: a weekly British rock magazine which occasionally features things on Placebo, at the 2002 Kerrang awards a drunken Brian flipped a table over & got in a few verbal spats

ketamine: also known as Special K; a horse tranquilizer taken by people to induce a trippy high

Khyam: the ex-webmaster of the official Placebo site & ran the fan club, Silver Rocket, for a short time

The Kills: opened for Placebo on tour; fronted by Alison Mosshart, who sang on the song Meds

Kinship: the name of the song by United that Stefan remixed

kitsch: referred to in Kitsch Object; definition = something that appeals to popular or lowbrow taste and is often of poor quality

Kitsch Object: Placebo song never officially released, though a live version exists on file sharing programs

K-Klass: one of Steve's former bands

Kline, Calvin: clothing designer, Brian did some modeling for him but the photos were never used

Kula Shaker: British band (formed 1993, disbanded 1999) that Placebo supported on tour in 1995

La Blanc, Keith: played drums on the Taste in Men Go Go Dub Mix

Lady Of The Flowers: the 9th song on Placebo

Ladytron: band that remixed Because I Want You for the single

Lazarus: according to the bible, Jesus raised this man from the dead

Lazarus: b-side track on the Meds single

Lee, Alex: formerly of Suede & Strangelove, in 2006 he joined w/ Placebo as the 5th guy on stage (taking Xav's place)

Lee, Amy: front woman of the band Evanescence; she presented an award along with Brian at the 2004 EMAs in Rome

Leeloo: instrumental, b-side track on the Pure Morning single (and also happens to be the name of my kitty cat!), possibly inspired by the movie The Fifth Element

Leigh: ex-webmaster of the official site

leitmotif: referred to in Special K; definition = 1 - an associated melodic phrase or figure that accompanies the reappearance of an idea, person, or situation especially in a Wagnerian music drama 2 - a dominant recurring theme

Leni: b-side track on the Slave To The Wage single

Leroy, JT: an acclaimed author who supposedly appeared in a photo with Brian (they also were on the cover of Attitude Magazine together and Brian made a comment about JT) but it turns out he doesn't exist; his books were really written by two authors and someone else (a female!) made appearances in public as him

Levi: see Tecofsky, Levi

libertine: referred to in Without You I'm Nothing; definition = 1 (usually disparaging) - a freethinker especially in religious matters 2 - a person who is unrestrained by convention or morality; specifically one leading a dissolute life

lichen: referred to in Kitsch Object; definition = a complex plant-like organism made of algae & fungus growing together on a solid surface (like on a rock or a tree)

Lick The Pavement: a b-side by Garbage that is sometimes mistaken as a Placebo song

Like Siamese: Timo Maas song featuring vocals by Brian Molko, from the album Pictures

Linoleum: band that supported Placebo on tour in 1996; their lead singer/guitarist, Caroline Finch, provided backing vocals on Taste In Men and Special K

Lipstick Trace: the name of Greil Marcus's book about punk and situationism; referred to in Come Home

Lissack, Russell: of the band Bloc Party, he remixed Because I Want You

Little, Alan: the owner of the recording studio where Placebo recorded their very first demos, which he also produced

Little Birdy: a band that Placebo supported on tour in 2003

Little Hell: supported Placebo on tour in 2001 & 2003

Little Mo: b-side track on the Special K maxi-single

Live 8: worldwide concert event in 2005 to raise awareness of poverty in Africa, Placebo played a two song set at the free gig in Paris

Live Forever: an Oasis song which Brian sang a snippet of (whilst accompanying himself on acoustic guitar) while on a French interview show

Livingston Studios: London studio where Pure Morning, Post Blue, and Blind were recorded

Lloyd, Bill: played bass on Peeping Tom, plays keyboards and bass live when Stefan plays the guitar on certain songs, co-produced some Placebo songs, the band's longtime guitar tech/van driver/sound guy, also is/was in bands called Soup, Faith Over Reason & Tram

Lloyd, Robert: director of the Come Home video

Lomax: a band featuring Placebo's ex-drummer, Robert Schultzberg

Long Division: new song that has yet to appear on any official release except for the Meds special edition DVD, first performed on tour in 2003, likely originally entitled Multiply

Loren, Severe: (AKA Caroline Finch), lead singer/guitarist of the band Linoleum, provided backing vocals on Taste In Men and Special K

Louise: name of one of Brian's guitars (a red Fender Jaguar), so named because of the sticker of Louise Brooks on it

Love Bomb: a band that Placebo supported on tour in 1995

Ludwin, Steve: he appears on the OMWF DVD documentary, but i'm not exactly sure who he is... he might be the singer of Little Hell

Luxembourg: small European country where Brian and Stefan spent part of their childhoods and attended school together

Maas, Timo: a German DJ who remixed Special K for the single (which also appears on his album Connected) and Space Monkey for the Meds single. he also released the album Pictures which featuring vocals by Brian on three songs: Like Siamese, Pictures, and First Day.

M.A.C.: a cosmetic brand name-dropped by Brian in I Do

Magee, Sean: mastered the album Sleeping With Ghosts

Maggie's Farm: referred to in Slave To The Wage; from the Bob Dylan song 'Maggie's Farm'

Malcolm: name of Brian's character in Velvet Goldmine

Manson, Marilyn: shock-rock singer who Brian has appeared in at least one photo with and whom Brian said is a friend

Marilyn: referred to prevalently in the song Swallow; possibly Marilyn Monroe (a blonde-bombshell actress who OD'ed in 1962), musician Marilyn Manson, or perhaps someone else

Marr, Johnny: guitarist of The Smiths, original co-writer of Bigmouth Strikes Again

Mars Landing Party: b-side track on the Pure Morning single, sung in French

Mason, Dare: producer on Black Market Music singles

Materia: the name of Stefan's musical side project with David Amen

Matthews, Cerys: ex-vocalist of Catatonia, was scheduled to perform Don't Go Breaking My Heart with Brian at a London club called Cafe De Paris on Feb. 13, 2002, but it never happened

Matthews, Donna: guitarist of Elastica; she played Polly Small in Velvet Goldmine

Mauvaises Fréquentations: French film that featured Pure Morning and My Sweet Prince

Maximum Placebo: a 60 minute spoken work unauthorized band biography that was released on CD by Chrome Dreams in July of 2003

Maybelline: a cosmetic company name-dropped by Brian in I Do

MC5: referred to in Scared Of Girls; band from Detroit US 1964-1972

McDonald, Skip: guitarist on the Taste In Men Go Go Dub Mix

McDonargh, Barbara: director of the Taste In Men video

McGregor, Ewan: actor who co-starred with Placebo in Velvet Goldmine as Curt Wylde, he also starred in movies such as Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge, Down With Love, and Big Fish

McLean, Dave: Placebo's co-manager and director of Riverman

Meds: the title of Placebo's 5th full-length studio album

Meds: the 1st song on Meds, featuring vocals by Alison Mosshart of The Kills, released as a single & video in 2006

Melody Maker: a British music magazine (established in 1926) that used to feature Placebo but merged with the NME in 2000

Mephistopheles: referred to in Then The Clouds Will Open For Me; the devil to whom Faust sold his soul in stage plays by Marlow and Goethe

Mercedes Benz:Placebo did an acoustic cover of this Janis Joplin song at their December 2003 gig in Anaheim California because their equipment got held up customs

The Metric System: song featuring vocals by Brian Molko, from Trash Palace's album Positions

metronome: referred to in Eyesight To The Blind; definition = an instrument designed to tick at a selected rate to mark exact time for musicians

Meyers, Jonathan Rhys: actor who co-starred with Placebo in Velvet Goldmine as Brian Slade, he also starred in movies such as Titus, B Monkey, Match Point, and Bend It Like Beckham

Miller, Teo: engineer on Pure Morning

Minogue, Kylie: actress/songstress that originally performed the song Can't Get You Outta My Head (which was covered by Brian and Trash Palace) on her album Fever

Miss Moneypenny: b-side track on the Nancy Boy single

Miss Moneypenny: a fictional character in the James Bond novels (written by Ian Fleming) and films, played by many actress throughout the James Bond film series (the linked picture is of Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypenny)

Molko, Brian: lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Placebo

Mondino, Jean-Baptiste: photographer of several promo shots of the band, the cover of Sleeping With Ghosts and of The Bitter End. he also put out a book called Guitar Eros which contains a photo of Brian

Moneypenny: formerly ran Placebo's official fan club, Silver Rocket

Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited: the Serge Gainsbourg tribute album that contains Placebo's cover of The Ballad Of Melody Nelson and Brian, Faultline, and Françoise Hardy's collaboration Requiem For A Jerk

Moody Studios: London studio where some of Black Market Music was recorded

Morrissey, Steven Patrick: front man of The Smiths, original co-writer of Bigmouth Strikes Again; he was slated to open for David Bowie on tour in 1996 but backed out, enabling Placebo to take his place as opening act

*new* Mor ve Ötesi: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2000

Mosshart, Alison: of the Kills, performed a duet w/ Brian on the song Meds, also known as VV

Mould, David: director of the Meds video

Multiply: in 2002 the ex-BSH webmaster said a song called Multiply was to be on SWG but it turned out not to be. It seems to have been renamed to Long Division

Muse: the British band fronted by Matt Bellamy that Brian presented an award for 'best alternative band' to at the 2004 EMAs

The Musicians Institute in East End: London UK school where Stefan studied guitar before Placebo

The Mustard Seeds: a band supported by Placebo on tour in 1996

My Bloody Valentine: the band (formed in 1983) fronted by Kevin Shields

My Sweet Prince: the 9th song on Without You I'm Nothing

Mystic Deckchairs: one of Steve's former bands

My Vitriol: British band fronted by Som Wardner that supported Placebo on tour in 2001

Nameshaker: a band that Placebo supported on tour in 1995

nancy boy: a male homosexual or any effeminate male

Nancy Boy: the 6th song on Placebo, released as a single & a video in 1997

narcolepsy: a condition characterized by brief attacks of deep sleep

Narcoleptic: the 10th song on Black Market Music

Needledick: instrumental, b-side track on the Pure Morning single

Nirvana: influential American band fronted by Kurt Cobain (formed 1986, disbanded 1994) that originally performed All Apologies which Placebo partially covered in Budapest 2001

Nine Inch Nails: the American industrial-rock band (formed in 1988, and fronted by Trent Reznor) that originally performed Hurt, (from their 1994 album The Downward Spiral)

Noé, Gaspar: director of the X-rated Protége Moi video

No Other God: name of the song on which Brian dueted with Kristeen Young for her album X

Norwegian Celery Farmers: a band that covered Nancy Boy for their 2001 album Grim Fandango

Nurding, Louise: British pop singer (formerly of External) who was voted (alongside Brian) as 'Pop's Sexiest Stars of 1997' and so appeared in some Christmasy magazine pictures with him

Oasis: the British band that originally wrote Live Forever

Obojeni Program: a band that Placebo supported on tour in 2003

O'Connor, Sinead: Irish singer, original writer of Jackie (from her 1988 album The Lion & The Cobra)

Oliveri, Nick: formerly of Queens Of The Stone Age and Kyuss; original co-writer of Feel Good Hit Of The Summer

Olsdal, Stefan: Swedish, bassist of Placebo

Olympic Studios: London studio where some of Black Market Music was recorded

Once More With Feeling - 1996-2004: singles collection released on CD (featuring two new songs with a bonus disc of remixes) and DVD (containing all the band's promo videos except Come Home) released in October 2004

One Inch Punch: Justin Warfield's former band, remixed Bruise Pristine

One Of A Kind: the 11th song on Meds

Operator: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2003

Organic Vision Of Sound: books of photographs that contains 2 picture of Placebo live

Osborne, Steve: producer of Without You I'm Nothing (except for Pure Morning)

Oxygen Thief: instrumental, b-side track on the Come Home single

Page, Scarlet: a rock 'n' roll photographer who has done promo shoots with Placebo on several occasions; it was she who photographed the Your Child exhibition which featured Brian and Cody

Pallaske, Jana: German actress who starred in Engel & Joe (she played Joe) and the promo video for Black Eyed

Palmer, Robert: British pop singer, original writer of Johnny & Mary (from his 1980 album Clues)

Passive Aggressive: the 5th song on Black Market Music

(La) Patinoire (The Ice Rink): French film that featured Come Home

Patterson, Kenny: engineer on Black Market Music

Pavement: American band formed in 1989; a sample from their song Texas Never Whispers (written by Stephen Malkmus & Scott Kannberg) was used in Slave To The Wage

Paycheck: an early Placebo song that was never officially released until it appeared on the 10th anniversary edition of their self-titled album

Pearl: name of Xavior's character in Velvet Goldmine

Peeping Tom: the 12th song on Black Market Music

Perrin, Frank: directed the video for The Metric System, a track by Trash Palace, which Brian sang on and starred in

Pertramer, Ingo: photographer of the Soulmates Never Die DVD sleeve

Pictures: 2005 Timo Maas album featuring vocals by Brian Molko on the title track, Like Siamese, and First Day

Pictures: Timo Maas song featuring vocals by Brian Molko, from the album by the same name

Piering, Scott: set up the company that handled Placebo's (along with many other bands) television and radio promotion, he died of cancer in early 2000, Placebo dedicated the song Slave To The Wage and the entire Black Market Music album to his memory, they also played the 4Scott gig benefiting cancer research in his memory

Pierrot: a stock comic character of old French pantomime usually having a whitened face and wearing loose white clothes

Pierrot The Clown: the 9th song on Meds

Pinard, Grégoire: South African Placebo fan that made of the claymation video for English Summer Rain that appeared on the Once More With Feeling DVD

Pink Water 3: the Indochine song that Brian wrote and sang on, from their album Alice & June

The Pixies: influential rock band from Boston that formed in 1986, broke up in 1993, and reformed in 2004, fronted by Frank Black, they originally performed Where Is My Mind?

placebo: /pluh-'sE-bo/ [Latin, I shall please] 1 - a medication prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder 2 - [a] an inert or innocuous substance used especially in controlled experiments testing the efficacy of another substance (as a drug) [b] something tending to soothe

Placebo: the best band in the whole fucking world!!! Formed in 1995 by Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal; but since you're at this fansite reading this, you already should know all about that! if not, then go to the band history page to learn more

Placebo: Placebo's self-titled first full-length album, released in 1996 and re-released in 2006 as a special edition with new liner notes and photos, 4 extra tracks, and a bonus DVD disc

Placebo Androgyny: the name of the DVD put out in 2005 by Chrome Dreams. it contains interview w/ people related to Placebo such as Brian's former drama teachers and Simon Breed but no actual music or performances by Placebo

Placeboworld: the official Placebo website, once known as The Brick Shithouse

A Place For Us To Dream: the name of this Placebo fansite (aka APFUTD), title taken from a line in Narcoleptic

Plaisir D'amour: French song Brian performed a cappella in 1998 as a live intro for Without You I'm Nothing

Plasticine®: a pliant, somewhat oily-feeling, material that comes in many colors and never dries out; used for modeling (kinda like clay)

Plasticine: the 7th song on Sleeping With Ghosts

Playing Alive Foundation: a humanitarian foundation (developed by Brian Molko, Pete Tong & other record producers and label bosses) which puts on major live events to raise funds for victims of natural & man-made disasters in the third world

Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: the title of a song by The Animals which Brian sang a snippet of (whilst accompanying himself on acoustic guitar) while on a French interview show

Polly Small's Band: the fictional band from the film Velvet Goldmine in which Stefan played the un-named bassist

Pop, Iggy: American rock legend (formerly of The Stooges) that Placebo opened for in Paris, 1996

Positions: album released by Trash Palace in 2002 which features vocals by Brian on the songs Je T'aime Moi Non Plus and The Metric System; a remix edition of the album was released in 2003

Post Blue: the 6th song on Meds, used in episodes of the TV show One Tree Hill

*new* Pravda: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2006

proquandary: referred to in Paycheck; definition = as far as i know "proquandary" is not a real word, but the word quandary means "a state of perplexity or doubt"

protozoan: referred to in Flesh Mechanic; definition = "any of a phylum or subkingdom (Protozoa) of chiefly motile and heterotrophic unicellular protists (as amoebas, trypanosomes, sporozoans, and paramecia) that are represented in almost every kind of habitat and include some pathogenic parasites of humans and domestic animals"

Protect Me From What I Want: the 11th song on Sleeping With Ghosts

Protége Moi: the French version of Protect Me From What I Want that Placebo recorded & released as a single & video in 2004

Pure Morning: the 1st song on Without You I'm Nothing, released as a single & a video in 1998

Queens Of The Stone Age: American band (formed in 1997, fronted by Josh Homme) that originally performed Feel Good Hit Of The Summer which Placebo covered live; they're apparently friends as photos of Placebo appear on the official QOTSA site

Quirke, Orla: co-art director of OMWF

The Raft: Placebo's former official site

RAK Studios: the London Studio where Meds was recorded

Real World Studios: the studio (owned by Peter Gabriel) located in the village of Box (near Bath) where most of Without You I'm Nothing was recorded

REM: American rock band formed in 1980 and fronted by Michael Stipe

Rendez-vous: name of the Jane Birkin album that Smile (which Brian collaborated upon) is on

Requiem Pour Un Con (Requiem For A Jerk): Serge Gainsbourg song that Brian, Faultline, and Françoise Hardy collaborated on for the tribute album, Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited

Reyam, George: one of the original writers of Daddy Cool

Reznor, Trent: front man of Nine Inch Nails, originally wrote Hurt

Riverman: Placebo's management company, they also manage Alpinestars

Robinson, Trevor: director of the Teenage Angst video

Rock Garden, London Covent Garden: where Placebo played their first headlining show on January 23, 1995

Roide, Xavior: keyboardist during Placebo's gigs from 2003-2005, also appeared in Velvet Goldmine as the bassist of the Flaming Creatures

*new* Rude Club: a band that Placebo supported on tour in 1997

Running Up That Hill: Kate Bush cover that appears on Placebo's SWG cover edition, used in an episode of the TV show The OC

(Les) Rythmes Digitales: remixed Taste in Men and Pure Morning

Sabrina: the name of the topless Spanish model (of mandpmodels.com) on the cover and in the booklet of Meds

Sanchez, Junior: remixed The Bitter End for the Special Needs DVD single, and This Picture for the English Summer Rain single

San Remo: Italian city where Placebo performed Special K on a television awards show that ended with a very angry Brian smashing equipment and flipping everyone off

Sarm West Studios: London studio where some of Sleeping With Ghosts & a bit of Meds was recorded

(La) Scala: King's Cross venue at which the 4Scott gig took place

Scanton, Mary: band photographer on the album Placebo

Scared Of Girls: the 11th song on Without You I'm Nothing

Scarfo: British band (fronted by Jamie "Hotel" Hince, currently of The Kills) that supported Placebo on tour in 1997 and disbanded around 2000

Scheer: band that supported Placebo on tour in 1996

Schultzburg, Robert: Swedish drummer on Placebo's first album, left the band due to internal conflicts w/ Brian, played the didgeridoo on I Know

Seafood: British band that supported Placebo on tour in 2001

Sea Life Park: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2003

Second Sight: the 10th song on Sleeping With Ghosts

semaphore: referred to in This Picture; definition = 1 - an thing for visual signaling (by positioning one or more movable arms) 2 - a visual signaling system where two flags are held (one in each hand)

Sheehy, Michael John: solo-artist and former lead singer of Dream City Film Club

Sherwood, Adrian: remixed the Taste in Men Go Go Dub Mix

She Wants Revenge: the new alternative-rock band of Justin Warfield (who sang on Spite & Malice). they co-headlined a US tour with Placebo in 2006

Shields, Kevin: front man of the band My Bloody Valentine, remixed Pure Morning for the Black-Eyed single

Shiseido: a Japanese cosmetic brand (they also make eyeglasses) name-dropped by Brian in I Do

Silverchair: Australian band supported by Placebo on tour in Australia in 1999

Silver Rocket: Placebo's former official fan club, name taken from a line in Hang On To Your IQ

Simon, Emilie: French songstress who supported Placebo on tour in 2006

Sin: the name of a German woman who covered The Crawl

Sioux, Siouxsie: front woman on Siouxsie & The Banshees, appeared in a Pam Hogg fashion show with Brian

Sirkis, Nikola: front man of the band Indochine, he's appeared in photos with Brian and they collaborated on the Indochine song Pink Water 3

Six By Seven: British band that supported Placebo on tour in 2000

Skin: British openly bisexual singer (given name Deborah Dyer); formerly the front woman of Skunk Anansie; she embarked on a solo career in 2001and supported Placebo on tour in 2003

Slackerbitch: b-side track on the Nancy Boy single, and on the 10th anniversary edition of their self-titled album

Slave To The Wage: the 8th song on Black Market Music, released as a single & a video in 2000

Sleeping With Ghosts: Placebo's fourth full-length album, released in 2003; a special 2 CD edition of the album with a disc of songs covered by the band was also released in 2003

Sleeping With Ghosts: the 4th song on Sleeping With Ghosts

Sloy: French band (formed in 1992) that supported Placebo on tour in 1998

Slut: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2003

Smile: name of the song on which Brian dueted with Jane Birkin for her album Rendez-vous

The Smiths: British band, formed in Manchester in 1982, disbanded 1987 and fronted by Morrissey; they originally performed Bigmouth Strikes Again; they were a big influence on young Brian and Placebo appeared on a tribute album to them

Smith, Robert: front man of The Cure, performed Boys Don't Cry and Without You I'm Nothing with Placebo onstage during the Wembley 2004 gig, and Placebo performed The Cure's song If Only Tonight We Could Sleep with them in 2004

Smith, Tony: MD of Deceptive Records, the label that released the Come Home single

Sneaker Pimps: British band (formed in 1993) that supported Placebo on tour in 2001and remixed Every You Every Me

Solo, Javier: of Hotel Persona (a project of Stefan Olsdal)

Some: the name of the Dream City Film Club song which Brian recorded vocal for; it appeared on the Billy Chic maxi-CD

Something Rotten: the 6th song on Sleeping With Ghosts

Song To Say Goodbye: the 13th song on Meds, released as a worldwide (except UK) single & video in 2006

Sonic Youth: formed in New York in 1981; the band was a big musical influence on Brian so the use of "silver rocket" likely came from one of their songs

Sorry: the title of the skateboard video on which Mark Appleyard used Every You Every Me during his part

Soulmates: title of the 'rock' version of the song Sleeping With Ghosts, b-side to This Picture

Soulmates Never Die - Live in Paris: a DVD of Placebo's Oct. 18, 2003 performance in Paris in front of approximately 16,000 fans (including Where Is My Mind? with Frank Black); the DVD also includes a documentary of the band in North America and two very funny hidden easter eggs

Soup: one of Bill Lloyd's former bands, formed in 1995 by Bill, Tebo Steele, and Mark Wilsher (all formerly of Faith Over Reason). their song Meltdown was on the flipside of Bruise Pristine (the Fierce Panda version) and also supported Placebo on tour in 1995

Space Monkey: the 4th song on Meds, remixed by Timo Maas for the Meds single

special k: the street name for the drug ketamine (which is Brian's meaning); also a brand of breakfast cereal

Special K: the 3rd song on Black Market Music, released as a single & a video in 2001

Special Needs:the 8th song on Sleeping With Ghosts, released as a single & a video in 2003

*new* The Spinto Band: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2006

Spite & Malice: the 4th song on Black Market Music

SS3X: a video game that features The Bitter End (Junior Sanchez mix) on it (it also features Snow Patrol by the Alpinestars)

Stabbing Westward: American band that co-headlined with Placebo in the US in 1999

Stadlober, Robert: German actor who starred in Engel & Joe (he played Engel) and the promo video for Black Eyed

Star Date 1804: very early Placebo instrumental demo, never officially released

Stellastarr*: New York band that supported Placebo on tour in 2003

Stipe, Michael: front man of the band REM, executive producer of Velvet Goldmine, performed a duet w/ Brian on Broken Promise

Stitched: a band that covered Commercial For Levi

Strange Fruit: a Billie Holiday song about lynching; Brian said that Haemoglobin was "our version of Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit"

Subway: a band that Placebo supported on tour in 2003

Suede: British band (formed in 1989, disbanded in 2003) fronted by Brett Anderson that Alex Lee was a part of after Neil Codling left; the name of their double album of b-sides (released in 1997) was Sci-Fi Lullabies, which may have influenced the "my sci-fi lullaby" line in Leni; supported by Placebo on tour in 1996

Sugarloaf: a band that Placebo supported on tour in 2003

Summer's Gone: the 10th song on Without You I'm Nothing

Super Elastic Bubble Plastic: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2006

Swallow: the 10th song on Placebo

Swampdog: a band that covered Nancy Boy during live performances

Taste In Men: the 1st song on Black Market Music, released as a single & a video in 2000

Tattoo: name of one of Brian's guitars (possibly the cherry Gibson SG '61 reissue with an octagonal blue & black sticker on it)

Tecofski, Levi: production manager and front of house sound engineer, one time tour manager, and the Levi whom Commercial For Levi is named for

Teenage Angst: the 2nd song on Placebo, released as a single & a video in 1996

Tell Me Something: a Korean movie about a serial killer, it featured The Crawl in it and had a scene where the killer holds Without You I'm Nothing up to the camera before he kills his victim

Theme From Funky Reverend: instrumental, b-side track on the Taste In Men single

Then The Clouds Will Open For Me: b-side track on the Bruise Pristine single

This Picture: the 3rd song on Sleeping With Ghosts, released as a single & a video in 2003

Thomas, Glyn: of the band Alpinestars with which Brian recorded Carbon Kid

Thomas, Russell: live director of the Soulmates Never Die DVD, director of the videos for Without You I'm Nothing (w/ Bowie) & for Because I Want You

Tikovoi, Dimitri: of the band Trash Palace, he also remixed Black-Eyed as Le Vibrator, did string programming on Black Market Music, and produced Soulmates on the This Picture single, Ballad Of Melody Nelson, and Running Up That Hill. He also produced the album Meds.

Tong, Pete: a DJ who remixed Passive Aggressive. he also co-founded the Playing Alive foundation

Torres, Tobey: front woman of the American band Snake River Conspiracy; she appeared in a couple of photos with Brian

Tosteer: a band that Placebo supported on tour in 2003

tourniquet: referred to in Allergic (To Thoughts Of Mother Earth); definition = something that checks blood flow or bleeding by compressing blood vessels, often used when shooting up heroin

Townhouse Studios: London studio where some of Black Market Music and some of Sleeping With Ghosts were recorded

Tram: one of Bill Lloyd's former bands

Trash Palace: Dimitri Tikovoi's band which released the album Positions in 2002 on which Brian sings Je T'aime Moi Non Plus and The Metric System; Brian performed with them live in 2002 (when he sang on Can't Get You Outta My Head)

T. Rex: British 70's glam rock band (formed 1968, ended upon Marc Bolan's death in 1977) that originally performed 20th Century Boy

Trojan®: referred to in Commercial For Levi; a brand of condoms (named after the inhabitants of ancient Troy known for their endurance & determination in their 10 year war against the invading Greeks)

Tupperware®: referred to in Flesh Mechanic & the Eyesight To The Blind demo; a brand of plasticky-rubbery dishware

Twenty Years: a new song from the album Once More With Feeling and released as a single & video in October 2004

Uncle Tom: referred to in Blue American; the main character (a pious and faithful African slave) in the Harriet Beecher Stowe antislavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

U.N.K.L.E.: remixed Without You I'm Nothing (with David Bowie) for the single

Ultrasound: British band (formed in 1995, disbanded in 1999) that supported Placebo on tour in 1998

UNEEDMEMORETHANINEEDU: b-side track on the Meds single

United: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2003 and 2006, Stefan remixed the song Kinship from their album, Slick

U2: Irish band (formed in 1977) fronted by Bono that Placebo supported on part of their 1997 Popmart Tour

Vannier, Jean-Claude Michel: co-writer of Ballade De Melody Nelson

Velvet Goldmine: 1997 fictional film about 1970's glam rock directed by Todd Haynes and produced by Michael Stipe, in which Placebo had bit appearances; the band covered 20th Century Boy for the soundtrack

Vinall, Phil: producer of Pure Morning, Nancy Boy, and some other singles

Virgin Records: the mother major label of Hut Recordings, on which most of Placebo's album have been released

Visconti, Tony: legendary producer of luminaries such as David Bowie and T.Rex; additional engineer on the Without You I'm Nothing Single

V V: see Mosshart, Alison

Waiting For The Son Of Man: b-side track on the Bruise Pristine single

Warfield, Justin: American rapper, formerly of One Inch Punch, co-wrote & rapped on Spite & Malice, currently the front man of She Wants Revenge

Weezer: American band fronted by Rivers Cuomo (formed in 1993) that was supported by Placebo on tour in 1996

Wembley Arena: famous UK venue which Placebo played for the first time on November 5th 2004

Westenberg, Kevin: photographer of Black Market Music & it's singles, also took some of the era's band promo pictures

Westland Studios: the Dublin studio where Placebo's first album was recorded

Westmoreland, Micko: actor who co-starred with Placebo in Velvet Goldmine as Jack Fairy; he's also in a band called The Bowling Green

Weston, Alex: Placebo's co-manager, director of Riverman and project manager of the Soulmates Never Die DVD

Whale: band supported by Placebo on tour in 1995

Where Is My Mind?: song covered by Placebo during live gigs and on Radio XFM in March 2003, originally sung by the Pixies (the original can be heard at the end of the film Fight Club), the XFM version was released as a b-side of This Picture and on the SWG cover edition

White Noise: name of the Alpinestars' 2nd album, features Brian doing vocals on Carbon Kid

White Rose Movement: band that supported Placebo on tour in 2006

Wildcrash 500: band supported by Placebo on tour in 1995

Williams, Robbie: British pop-singer (formerly of the boy-band Take That) who claims not to be gay but said something to the effect of admitting he'd kiss Brian; he also appears in a photo with Placebo taken when they played at the same festival in Ireland in 1999

Williams, Simon: MD of Fierce Panda, the label that released the original Bruise Pristine single

Wilson, Dougal: director of the Carbon Kid video

Wimbish, Doug: bass on Taste in Men Go Go Dub Mix

Without You I'm Nothing: Placebo's second full-length album, released in 1998

Without You I'm Nothing: the 5th song on Without You I'm Nothing, also recorded as a duet with David Bowie which was released as a single in 1999 and as a bonus track on the US version of Black Market Music

Wood, Brad: producer of Placebo's first album, remixed Hug Bubble for the Nancy Boy single

Woolgar, Richard: of the band Alpinestars with which Brian recorded Carbon Kid

X: name of the Kristeen Young album that No Other God (which Brian collaborated upon) is on

Xavior: see Roide, Xavior

XFM: UK radio station that Placebo performed live on in 2003

X-Posed: a CD of interviews with Placebo released by Chrome Dreams in March 2006

You Don't Care About Us: the 3rd song on Without You I'm Nothing, released as a single & a video in 1998

Young, Kristeen: American singer whom Brian did a duet with for her 2004 song No Other God

Your Child: the title of photographer Scarlet Page's exhibition, in association with the charity War Child, that was shown in London from May 19th through the 28th of 2006 and included a photo of Brian holding his baby, Cody, along with photos of many other celebrities with their children

certain term definitions are quoted from Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary

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