Stefan Olsdal
| Stefan Olsdal | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Stefan Alexander Bo Olsdal |
| Born |
31 March 1974 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Genres | Alternative rock, electronic music |
| Instruments | Bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, double bass, Omnichord, xylophone, glockenspiel, drums, percussion, dulcimer, vocals |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | EMI, Virgin Records, PIAS (current), Hut Records, Caroline Records |
| Associated acts | Placebo, Hotel Persona, Hotel Persona DJs, SPAM, Lantalba, Digital 21 |
| Website | www.placeboworld.co.uk www.myspace.com/hotelpersona |
| Notable instruments | |
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Gibson Thunderbird Gibson Les Paul Fender Telecaster Thinline Gretsch White Falcon Fender Jazz Bass Fender Precision Bass Gibson Firebird |
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Stefan Alexander Bo Olsdal (born 31 March 1974) is the bassist/guitarist of the alternative rock band Placebo and is part of the electronic dance/DJ and remix act Hotel Persona.
He moved to Luxembourg when he was young and went to the American International School of Luxembourg along with fellow band member Brian Molko (though the two did not cross paths at this time). Olsdal began playing music in his school's orchestra in 1987. He completed his high school education in Sweden and moved to London with his parents, where he attended the Musicians Institute. He is openly gay. He came out publicly in an interview in Melody Maker in 1996. Stefan and his partner David Amen have a son.
In 2013, he mixed the EP "El Encanto" of Lantana and produced two of the songs of the album, also playing some of the synthesizers, programming, bass and guitars.
He has worked as producer, arranger, musician and mixer on an LP by Lantana.
Olsdal met Molko by chance outside South Kensington tube station in 1992. The two of them formed Ashtray Heart, a lo-fi duo, playing mostly on toy instruments. They wrote four songs, but decided to try out as a serious band, so they invited Steve Hewitt who could not be in the band because he was already signed to another record company. After that, Olsdal invited old schoolmate Robert Schultzberg (who was at the time studying in UK) to join as Placebo's drummer (Hewitt would later replace him as the full-time drummer).
Together with Molko, he is credited as co-author on every Placebo song to date (except "Ashtray Heart" from Battle for the Sun which was credited solely to Molko) and co-produced Black Market Music and some b-sides.
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