@@dave_clarke I mean, most of placebo records got really lukewarm reviews and his guitar playing itself is never regard by publications or other players even. You can be famous and still be underrated but I see your point
Hang On to your IQ, is just the most beautiful haunting song and that disjointed dissonant guitar break after the chorus is genius really brings home the feeling of being displaced from society👌
The guitar on Placebo's first album is what encouraged me to start playing guitar and looking back both my guitar and bass styles take a lot of influence from Placebo
Surprised (well, maybe not) that you went here, and I love it! Placebo was amazing live. Dude, you're on a sonic kick lately... I was blown away by your Sonic Youth riffs videos. I love how you isolate the riffs and sounds so damn perfectly whatever you play. I have played these songs, too, for a long time, but the clarity you bring is helping me become a better player because I've missed some important nuances -- saying this as an amateur guitarist of 30+ years. I am still learning every day and don't often come across people interested in these sounds very often. Thank you, Bloxsy.
Thanks mate. I want to do some more Sonic Youth as there's so much to explore by them! Yeah I've found myself paying more attention to those nuances by playing this way. It's helped me too.
Saw them this weekend at download and they were great. Played mostly stuff of the new album but they played bionic and infra-red which are my favourite songs
One of the first decent bands I got into as a kid in the early 00s. Brilliant choice! I was only reflecting recently on just how excellent Sleeping With Ghosts is so I’m glad to see you featuring some of the best riffs from that album.
love these sort of big pedal note riffs, very much my own style of playing too. alongside the tone and riff selection you've got awesome rhythm man great stuff
Just popped "Without You I'm Nothing" into my car's CD player again today after a looong time of not listening to anything Placebo related, and guess what was the first recommended video in my feed next time I got online? So just remember, your devices are most definitely always listening to you, and I guess I'd just like to say "Hi" to whatever CIA lackey is having to review/monitor all my boring ass activity.
@@MrColaKO The first album is very different too. From "Black Market Music" (despite being a good album) Placebo didn't change his sound and structure.
I expected the last entry was going to be a literal placebo, where you didn't actually play anything but did something to make it seem like you are great guitar player or something.
first impression of this band. i thought their riffs were gonna be much heavier and badass, the name of the band made me think so, placebo sounds menacing
Your sound is so good for play placebo ! Sorry for my enflish man, i'm french 😅 What pedal do you use for having this sound? What is your adjustment ? Thank you !! 😊
May i offer my own top 10 of their riffs?)) 10. Pure morning 9. English summer rain 8. Black market music 7. Evalia 6. Lady of the flovers 5. 36 degrees 4. Hang on to your IQ 3. Every you and every me 2. Come home 1. Come home (again!!!))) Thanks))
Thank you. There wasn't any particular pedal. I used a Boss Katana amp and all the sounds were from there for the whole video. On Nancy Boy and Bitter End it was just a Distortion effect. On Meds it was just a 'clean' setting but using the neck pickup for a softer sound. Hope that helps.
Thanks. I have only just realised how to save the patches recently so haven't really done it before but I'm going to start sharing them somewhere, if I can. I didn't have the Placebo patch saved unfortunately, I just always set it in the moment.
The guitar has Wilkinson hardware in which is very good. The pickups are Wilkinson p90s. I'm happy with mine anyway but the squires are also meant to be good but I haven't played them.
This was great! May be an unrealistic suggestion, but any chance of some Mansun? Take It Easy Chicken Wide Open Space Legacy Everyone Must Win A good few gems
My favorite Placebo song is “Infra-Red”. I actually bought their “Meds” album on CD back in the day just for that song, and I was kind of “meh” on the rest of the album, unfortunately. Maybe I should revisit it and see if it’s grown on me at all in the last 17 years…
