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A race for rats to die

"The very idea of working in an office seemed so horrifically depressing that I decided I would do everything in my power not to make that happen" Brian Molko tells Belfast Telegraph in 2015, Molko has held the same opinion since the beginning of Placebo's career in 1996. "Slave to the Wage" is Molko's exact feeling's regarding the traditional '9-5' passing off the societal rite of passage and embracing a different purpose in life. "Slave to the Wage" was the second single to be released off of their third album "Black Mar… read more
"The very idea of working in an office seemed so horrifically depressing that I decided I would do everything in my power not to make that happe… read more
"The very idea of working in an office seemed so horrifically depressing that I decided I would do everything in my power not to make that happen" Brian Molko tells Belfast Tel… read more

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