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| | PLACEBO |
 | | Stepping out of this scene of lager-soaked lust (and considered by most to be the anti-Brit pop band) was Placebo, who scored a Top 20 hit in the UK with the track “Nancy Boy” — an infectious ode to androgyny and ambiguity that caught everyone's attention. |
 | | Other singles from the band's self-titled debut, such as “Bruise Pristine,” were also well received, and by year's end, Placebo, with their flippant, wire-thin, gender-bending frontman Brian Molko, had arrived, and, arguably, things have not been the same since. |
 | | The band went in to write, and while they were writing, we did some b-sides for the fan club sampler. |
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