New Sound of the Funky Drumer

MTV: The presence of new drummer Steve Hewitt has also made quite a noticeable difference in Placebo's sound. What do you think he brings to the band that wasn't there before?
BRIAN: Steve's brought a lot. On a sonic level, he's brought a kind of a groove, a confidence, a largeness and a kind of blackness that we didn't have before. He's really trying to put groove into punk, which is really cool.
STEVE: Funky punk, these days.
BRIAN: Funky punk, yeah. And when he joined the band [after drummer Robert Schultzberg left shortly after the release of "Placebo"] we were so kind of emotionally twisted and torn apart, that he brought us back together, brought us back to earth and brought friendship into the band. Which is really important, so "Cheers mate."



STEVE: I am the Minister of Love.