Brian Molko

One of my favourite bands is Placebo.I first took note of Placebo when I saw the Taste in Men video clip on Channel [v] in 2000. I was enchanted by how attractive I found Brian Molko, and that he looked more feminine than the woman in the clip. I received Black Market Music for Christmas that year. I played it a lot. They were a darker band than I was used to. I was intrigued by the band's alleged debaucherous lifestyle - so far removed from my own - sex, drugs and well, rock n roll. I...Read Full Story

British alternative rock band Placebo has cancelled its next three concerts in Spain and Portugal because frontman Brian Molko is ill, the band said Tuesday on its official website.The group, whose hits include "Teenage Angst", "Ashtray Heart" and "Meds", had been scheduled to perform in Madrid on Tuesday, in Lisbon two days later and Lugo in northern Spain on Friday."Unfortunately Brian Molko is unwell and has been ordered by doctors to take complete rest," the band said in a statement...Read Full Story

Troubled indie rock band Placebo release their first album in three years next week, "an album that shows we are carefree again," frontman Brian Molko told AFP."Battle For The Sun" hits stores Monday, opening a new chapter in the life of the three-man band shaken by the departure of drummer Steven Hewitt and quitting the EMI label."We felt very free making this album," said British-American musician Molko. "We recorded in Toronto with a new 21-year-old drummer, 3,000 kilometres away from the...Read Full Story

'For me, that's as good a barometer of success as anything!' the frontman of the band also says about being stalked for the past 15 years.Read Full Story

breathingrain: - Brian Molko and Michael Stipe. Too much talent in this photo.Read Full Story