Placebo are an alternative rock band formed in London in 1994, consisting of Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest. To date, they have released five studio albums, six EP and twenty-seven singles. The band have gained a considerable amount of international recognition, including non-English speaking countries. They have sold over one million albums in the U.K. and over ten million worldwide.Thus far, Placebo are best known for hit songs such as: "Nancy Boy", "Pure Morning", "You Don't Care About Us", "Every You Every Me", "The Bitter End", "Twenty Years", "Because I Want You", "Infra-Red", "Meds" and a cover of the Kate Bush song "Running Up That Hill". The band's style has varied greatly over the years. Over time, they have changed to a softer sound after the raw sound of their first album and then began to experiment with synthesizers and other, less traditional, modes of sound production.The band gained some measure of notoriety for the sexualities of its members (Olsdal is
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