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• Name: Placebo
• Genre: alternative
• Location: London, United Kingdom
• Website: placeboworld.co.uk
• Placebo are an alternative rock band consisting of Brian Molko (vocals, guitar), Stefan Olsdal (bass) and Steve Hewitt (drums).
  
  (Profile snatched from last.fm  wiki: http://www.last.fm/music/Placebo/+wiki)
  
  The band was founded when former Luxembourg schoolmates, who never actually spoke to each other, Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal met by accident at South Kensington tube station in 1994. Molko invited Olsdal to one of his gigs and Olsdal was impressed by Molko's vocals so they agreed on forming a band. While briefly known as Ashtray Heart, the band quickly settled on the name Placebo, after the drug that has no active ingredient but works because the patient believes it does. The band could not decide on a drummer at first with Steve Hewitt (drums) and Robert Schultzberg alternating on the spot. While Hewitt was the preferred choice, he also had other commitments as drummer for London band Breed, leading to Schultzberg being the drummer when the band signed its contract with Caroline Records. As the other band members were having difficulty getting on with Robert Schultzberg, they persuaded Hewitt to rejoin the band in 1996.