Placebo (band)

Chart positions are for the UK, they did not chart in the US.
Method Man and Redman briefly had their own television sitcom, Method & Red, on Fox during the 2004 - 2005 season. Chart positions are for the UK, they did not chart in the US. In 2000, Redman provided guest vocals on The Offspring's album "Original Prankster." The following year, he costarred with Method Man in the film How High, and also contributed music to the soundtrack. Robert Schultzberg was also a member of the band between 1994 and 1997. In addition, he has also collaborated with rapper Keith Murray and producer Eric Sermon (EPMD) for the 1998 album El Nino, and with rapper Method Man (Wu-Tang Clan) for the 1999 album Blackout!. As of 2004, the band consisted of. Redman's solo career continued throughout the remainder of the decade, with each of his albums selling at least half a million copies.

The band gained some measure of notoriety for the sexualities of its members (Molko is bisexual, Olsdal is gay, and Hewitt is straight) and their excessive lifestyles, often chronicled in their songs (the title of the track Special K from Black Market Music, for instance, is a reference to the drug ketamine). In 1993, prominent hip-hop magazine The Source named Redman Rap Artist of the Year. Sleeping With Ghosts (2003) was more adventurous, experimenting with dance influences and a less polished guitar sound, though keeping the traditional sound for several songs, including the first single The Bitter End. Redman made his rapping debut on the EPMD songs "Hardcore" and "Brothers on my Jock". Redman's 1992 Def Jam debut Whut? Thee Album broke into the US Top 50, and has since achieved gold status in the United States. The band's glam connections continued in 1998 when it recorded a version of "20th Century Boy" by T. Rex for the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack. Redman (born Reggie Noble on April 17, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey) is an African American rapper who became popular in as an artist on the Def Jam label in the 1990s. The band was asked to play at David Bowie's fiftieth birthday party at Madison Square Garden. 2004: Method & Red.

Their style altered little from Placebo through Black Market Music (2000), based around fairly straightforward guitar playing, often influenced by the style of 1970s British and American rock, and Molko's high-pitched, nasal vocals. 2003: Thaddeus Fights the Power!. However, the band retained a huge popular and critical following in continental Europe. 2002: Stung. Since Without You I'm Nothing the band have fallen out of fashion particularly with the British music press, who regularly mock the personality and pretensions of its lead member, Brian Molko. 2001: How High. The singles Nancy Boy, from Placebo (1995), and Pure Morning, from Without You I'm Nothing (1998), were the peak of their British success, both charting in the top ten. 2001: Statistic: The Movie.

As the other band members were having difficulty getting on with Robert Schultzberg, they persuaded Hewitt to rejoin the band in 1997. 2000: Boricua's Bond. This said, the band offically say that "family commitments" was the reason for his absence. 1999: P.I.G.S.. 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. 1999: Colorz of Rage. The band could not decide on a drummer at first with Steve Hewitt and Robert Schultzberg alternating on the spot. 2002: Paid in Full.

While briefly known as Ashtray Heart, the band quickly settled on the name Placebo. 2001: All About the Benjamins. Placebo was founded when former Luxembourg schoolmates Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal met by accident at South Kensington tube station in 1994 and decided to form a band. 2001: How High. They enjoyed early success in Britain thanks to the high interest in British rock music at the time, sparked in particular by Oasis and Blur. 2001: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. Placebo is a rock band founded in 1994. 2001: The Fast and the Furious.

Special K (2001). 2001: Save the Last Dance. Twenty Years (2004) #18. 1998: Ride. Protege Moi (2004). 1994: Def Jam's How to Be a Player. English Summer Rain (2004) #23. 1994: New Jersey Drive.

Special Needs (2003) #27. 1994: A Low Down Dirty Shame. This Picture (2003) #23. 2001: "Smash Sumthin'". The Bitter End (2003) #12. 2001: "Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in Da Club)" (US# 97). Black Eyed (2001). 1999: "Let Da Monkey Out".

Special K (2004). 1999: "Da Goodness". Slave To The Wage (2000) #19. 1998: "I'll Bee Dat!". Taste In Men (2000) #16. 1997: Whateva Man (US #42). Without You I'm Nothing (1999). 1997: "Pick It Up".

Every You Every Me (1999) #11. 1996: It's Like That (My Big Brother) (US #95). You Don't Care About Us (1998) #5. 1995: "How High" (with Method Man) (US #13). Pure Morning (1998) #4. 1995: Can't Wait (US #94). Bruise Pristine (1997) #14. 1994: Rockafella.

Nancy Boy (1997) #4. 1993: Tonight's da Night. Teenage Angst (1996) #30. 1993: Time 4 Sum Aksion. 36 Degrees (1996). 1992: Blow Your Mind. Come Home (1996). 2001: Malpractice.

Once More With Feeling (2004) #8. 1999: Blackout! (Method Man & Redman). Sleeping With Ghosts (2003) #11. 1998: El Nino (with Eric Sermon and Keith Murray). Black Market Music (2000) #6. 1998: Doc's Da Name 2000. Without You I'm Nothing (1998) #7. 1996: Muddy Waters.

Placebo (1996) #5. 1994: Dare Iz a Darkside. 1992: Whut? Thee Album.