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Placebo

108–140 BPMalt rockpost punk revival

2000s UK androgynous alt-rock from the 2000s: drop-D Telecaster grind, single-note jagged riff, buzzing fuzz bass, melancholic and raw in feel. A name-free Suno recipe that reproduces the signature sound without tripping the artist-name filter.

Style: Alternative Rock · Related styles: Post-Punk Revival, Garage Rock, Indie Rock, Grunge

History

Placebo built a career on a voice no one else has: Brian Molko sings high, nasal and androgynous, and it cuts through the guitars rather than riding on them. The band came up in London in the mid nineties, out of step with Britpop and closer to glam and post-punk, with lyrics about drugs, sex and self-disgust delivered without apology. Pure Morning runs on one hypnotic guitar figure and a drum loop. Every You Every Me is tighter and meaner, and it became the song most listeners met the band through after it turned up in a film. The Bitter End arrived with the sound harder and faster, and Meds pulled it back towards something bruised and closer to the microphone. David Bowie championed them early and sang with them on stage, which put the band in front of an audience that might otherwise have missed it. Three decades on they still headline European festivals, and the voice is still what identifies them within two seconds.

The recipe

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