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Brian Molko is a British male singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actor. Born on December 10, 1972, in the Brussels metropolitan area, he holds United Kingdom citizenship. He is a member of the band Placebo and has been active in the music field since 1994. Molko plays guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, and keyboard instruments, performing in rock, alternative rock, indie rock, and post-punk genres.
He was educated at Goldsmiths, University of London. Molko speaks French and English. His work is associated with the record label Play It Again Sam, and his copyright is represented by PRS for Music. He is identified as bisexual.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- dEUS
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Film & TV
Acting · Bruxelles, Belgique
Brian Molko is a Belgian-born Scottish-American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and lyricist of the band Placebo. He is known in particular for his distinctive nasal, high-pitched vocals, feminine/androgynous appearance, aggressive guitar style, and unique tunings.
Known for
- Placebo: This Search for Meaning — Self2024
- Placebo - Hurricane Festival 2023 — Self2023
- Placebo - This Is What You Wanted: Live in Mexico City — Self2023
- Placebo - Rock Am Ring 20222022
- ZDF Magazin Royale — Musical Guest2020
- Placebo: Alt.Russia2016
- Placebo: MTV Unplugged — himself2015
- Placebo In concert Paris 2013 — as himself2013
- Placebo: Rock im Pott — Vocals, Guitar2012
- Placebo: We Come In Pieces — Vocals, Guitar2011
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1972
Member of
- Placebosince 1994
- Ashtray Heart
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14,923
- Total plays
- 190,258
Tags
Born to an American international banker father and a Scottish mother, Brian Molko's family moved frequently during his childhood, including spells in Scotland, Liberia, Lebanon and Luxembourg. Molko has referred to his mother's home town of Dundee, Scotland as "where I grew up". He attended Goldsmiths College in London, where he studied drama. He describes his childhood as a period when he felt very lonely and alienated. He started to wear make-up at the age of 11. He was an actor in a school d
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,939x
- A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films
· 1991 · cited 26,520x
- Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome
· 2011 · cited 19,393x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,969x
- Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony
· 1977 · cited 18,325x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1972-12-10 ) 10 December 1972 (age 53) , Brussels , Belgium
- Occupations
- Singer musician songwriter
- Years active
- 1992–present
- Genres
- Alternative rock post-punk glam punk experimental rock
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar keyboards Harmonica
- Labels
- EMI Virgin Hut Caroline PIAS
- Member of
- Placebo
- Website
- www .placeboworld .co .uk
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Placebo
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Brian
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Brussels metropolitan area
- Occupation
- executive producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- experimental rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Play It Again Sam
- Official website
- www.placeboworld.co.uk
- Image
- Brian Molko in the European Parliament (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Brian Molko
- date of birth
- 1972-12-10
- Commons gallery
- Brian Molko
- member of
- Placebo
- name in native language
- Brian Molko
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
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Encyclopedic overview
Brian Molko (born 10 December 1972) is a British-American musician who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and lyricist of the band Placebo. He is known for his nasal voice and high registered vocals, feminine/androgynous appearance, aggressive guitar style and non-standard tunings.
Early life
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