Placebo – the late '90s alt-rockers fronted by Brian Molko – have a career-spanning documentary, This Search For Meaning, coming out and Molko has been talking to the i about their early days when they were emerged as a dramatic, provocative counterpoint to Britpop.
The band released their self-titled debut album in 1996 and Molko’s androgynous look – he wore makeup and had a penchant for dresses – and their heavier, serrated sound, couldn’t help but get them noticed in a musically conservative era when Oasis were at their peak.
