Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal, old school mates, met by chance in South Kensington station of London underground. Although they had never talked before after this encounter they realized they shared musical tastes and they soon decided to form a band they initially baptized as Ashtray Heart and a bit later as Placebo.

Thus, that´s how the story of this English band began in 1994. Two years later they launched their debut album with their name ? an album which meant a cornerstone in the history of the rock and brit pop that was listened by then and launched them to the top selling more than a million of copies in Great Britain and about eight million all around the world. Dark tones and ambiguous lyrics soon became their main feature.

Fifteen years after their beginnings and with five albums in their count Placebo have launched their last studio work which ends up almost three years of silence after the previous ?Meds? (2006). ?Battle For The Sun? is the title that Brian Molko´s band has chosen for this sixth album publicated the past 8th of June .

For the recording, the British band has spent three months in Toronto in the producer Dave Bottrill´s studio ? winner of three Grammies, who has worked with Silverchair, dEUS, Muse, Tool or AFI.  The band choose Bottrill taking into account mainly the works he had done with the band Tool and with the aim of being completely away of the record companies, having thus the total control over all of their songs. The mixes have been done by Alan Moulder who has worked with bands like My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails or Smashing Pumpkins.