Mon 1 Oct 2007
Placebo Part Company with Drummer Steve Hewitt
Posted by rougevelvet under Placebo News[69] Comments
Placebo have parted company with drummer of 11 years, Steve Hewitt, due to personal and musical differences.
Brian Molko commented “Being in a band is very much like being in a marriage, and in couples – in this case a triple – people can grow apart over the years. To say that you don’t love your partner anymore is inaccurate, considering all that you’ve been through and achieved together. There simply comes a point when you realize that you want different things from your relationship and that you can no longer live under the same roof, so to speak.”
The split is amicable and a sad time for both parties. Steve Hewitt replaced Robert Schultzberg behind the drum kit in 1996 whilst the band were promoting Placebo’s eponymous debut album and went on to record the following 4 studio albums ‘Without You I’m Nothing’, ‘Black Market Music’, ‘Sleeping With Ghosts’ and most recently ‘Meds’.
Placebo have just returned from the USA where they were part of the high profile ‘Projekt Revolution Tour’ alongside Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance. The band are now taking a well earned break.
Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal will begin work on Placebo’s 6th studio album next Spring and are in no rush to find an immediate replacement for Steve.
source: placeboworld.co.uk
October 2nd, 2007 at 4:32 am
I just can’t believe it, neither can all of the fans
How did this happened???
T______________T
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:12 am
my husband off with another girl this week, so this really sucks
double sh@t
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:19 am
WHY??????????:(
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:42 am
OMG – I just decided to check out my favourite band on my favourite website to cheer me up and now…. I’m so sad!!! At first I thought it’s a bad joke……And now I’m really scared Placebo might break up….. PLEASE boys – don’t do this to us!!!! PLACEBO has to go on!!! I’m just glad that they parted on amicable terms – if it’s true…..
Well, October 1st is definitely a sad day in Placeboworld……..
October 2nd, 2007 at 7:53 am
this is crazy…. i was awake 3 hrs ago and found out then…….. but i still am in shock and cant believe it… i mean WTF!… Placebo ARE Steve Stef and Brian!!!! god! whats going to happen!!! who on earth wil replace him!?
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:06 am
*OMG* i cant belive what im reading!
this cant be serious!!!never in a million years did i ever think i would be reading something like this!OMG i so dont see cebo without him!i seriously dont know what to say im totalyl heartbroken i could cry really this really sucks……..=(
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:09 am
I just feel like crying right now… Placebo will never be the same again. I wish the whole thing was a stupid joke.
Steve, darling, I’m missing you already.
That sucks beyond words. So sad.
“Without You I’m Nothing”, anyone?
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:15 am
its me again
ok well im crying anyone else???
im just flat out heartbroken!
STEVE ILL MISS YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!
without you their nothing at least i dont see anyone else taking his place i really cant…(my opinion)
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:45 am
STEVE- WITHOUT YOU WE’RE NOTHING!! PLEASE COME BACK!!
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:23 am
No one can replace Steve…ever.
Today’s a very black day
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:22 am
STEVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *sob* no…. no…. its not fair. then again, nothing is. i just hope all goes well for the guys.
October 2nd, 2007 at 11:48 am
NOPE. NUH-HUH
October 2nd, 2007 at 12:36 pm
FUCK
October 2nd, 2007 at 4:19 pm
Well it’s sad day but shit happens :/
October 2nd, 2007 at 4:44 pm
dude that is sooo fucked up man…placebo’s gonna go soo down hill now, there gonna bee fuckeeddd without steve….what the fuck were they thinking, for fuck sakes….its just wont ever be the same….
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:14 pm
fuckers!!!!they`ll be a shit without him and no one on this fucking planet will ever replace steve !!!! as everybody said :”WITHOUT HIM THEY`RE NOTHING”
STEVE,DARLING … I MISS YOU ALREADY TOO !!!
=((=((=((=((=((
*GOES AND HANG HERSELF*
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:20 pm
OMG STEVE WTF OMG I´M SO SAD RIGHT NOW
STEVE I´M GONNA MISS YOU SO SO MUCH
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:44 pm
you are joking right?
October 2nd, 2007 at 9:51 pm
How can it be???? Placebo is not family any more, not that unique Trinity. This news brakes cruelly!!!
It feels so empty inside!
Think all of them feel badly now!
What a fuck!
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:25 pm
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT????????????
April fools day isn’t for months!
Stop playing around Placeboworld – give us the truth!
I looked on both pages this morning and all was fine, a few hours later and this happened – what the fucking fuck man?
I need time to absolve this
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:13 am
THIS IS NOT FUCKING POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT’S IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!! IT’S A FUCKING SHOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW COULD THEY!!!!!!!!!! BEST DAMN DRUMMER IN THE FUCKING UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY GONNA DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…………I’m really upset right now, I feel like crying………
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:24 am
i read this on placeboworld and i couldnt believe it at first… after that i got tears in my eyes, really. this can’t be happening, he CANT leave the band! they wont be PLACEBO anymore!!!! has anyone already realized how good he was? even my fucking father always said he was one of the best drummers he knows. FUCK! FUCK! WHY????? i want details!!!!
i’m so scared they’ll quit now…
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:34 am
omg i can’t bleavie this it can’t be true they brian, steve and steph with out steve it just isn’t placebo how could this happen i’m tears just typing this i agree nancy boy they might quit after this break if they do this life won’t be worth living omg they can’t quit omg
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:54 am
OMG I am in total shock, what a sad day, but steve we love you and wish you well for your future. Keep on goin Brian & Stef. Goin off to cry now.
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:57 am
why did this happen??? it’ s a total shock and nobody warned us..!! i’ve been crying about 23 hours now… SERIOSLY WHAT’S THE REASON FOR THIS?? A BIG STUPID FIGHT??
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:27 am
nós sentiremos sua falta, Steve =[
October 3rd, 2007 at 3:17 am
wooooooow….. I’m shocked!
WHY?! Has anybody seen that coming? me definitely not!
…
hmmm Placebo without Hewitt… not Placebo anymore… Placebo without a drummer… how fast can i learn to play?
October 3rd, 2007 at 5:00 am
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:05 am
No, no no. PLacebo without Steve is nothing.
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:33 am
they had much luck with drummers have they wonder y he left
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:55 am
Damn it. I was feeling so depressed so I checked up to look what the band is into, and I found this?
It´s so unfair.
Steve, babe, we´ll miss you so much.
I just hope he changes his mind but if he don´t, then I´ll wish you the best
October 3rd, 2007 at 12:40 pm
its me again!i think it was all the touring i mean touring 18 months nonstop(kinda)cant be healthy they should have went home after their tour they shouldnt have done PR
when brian started getting sick and all that jazz after that tour they should have went home..this is just really sad and i wish them all the best!!
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:27 pm
I still can’t believe this – and it’s going to take a long time for the news to sink in. I guess I just wish I knew “why”. But I don’t know how they could ever replace Steve. He’s the best drummer I’ve ever seen – he’s got so much soul. And he’s such a nice person too. I’ve met him two or three times over the years and he was always willing to talk. I’m going to miss his smiles and his sense of humor. Placebo won’t be the same without him. I hope to hell Brian knows what they are doing because trying to go on without Steve – could end up being the biggest mistake that band has ever made.
October 3rd, 2007 at 3:28 pm
I’m really upset by this and I’m also afraid this might be the end of Placebo (or at least as we know them), but on the other hand it’s their decision. Touring for such a long time is indeed very exhausting and I agree they shouldn’t have done PR. But anyway, things go the way they go and I really wish the three of them all the best, whatever they’re up to now!! I sincerely hope Placebo will continue to exist and overcome this great loss and make the great music they’ve always made. I hope Steve won’t regret his choice (or maybe I do?) and lives happily ever after or something like that?
This really sucks, but we knew they would’t be there forever, right? I think we’ll just have to do it with all the beauty and love they’ve shown us over the years, and hope they feel like adding some more…
Love you guys x
October 3rd, 2007 at 4:06 pm
I can’t believe this. I saw the news on placeboworld and had to check it here.. So it’s true? OMFG I feel so numb right now.. Im in the library so I can’t scream.. shiit.. How did this happen?! And WHY exactly?! Does anyone know something more about this??
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Shocked. I just can’t believe it. Why?! I don’t understand.. It looked that everything was fine, but this… Though it’s really sad but still good luck Steve and Placebo too. I hope everything will be fine. I hope…
October 4th, 2007 at 3:04 am
It was going to happen sooner or later. I always thought sooner. Ironically it happens just when it seemed less likely with the new and mature Brian we have all been hearing about.
Oh well, it is sad. They have been around for awhile and I’m grateful I have seem them all play live together three times.
I’m just hoping that Olsdal and Molko keep making wicked music together and Hewitt goes on to find what he wants.
October 4th, 2007 at 4:38 am
It all seems very strange to me. I know that Brian and Steve have always been called the ‘Anger Twins’. Maybe it finally tipped them over the edge? Maybe it was so close to happening, excessive touring just broke them? Maybe I’m making silly assumptions?
The point is, Placebo ARE Brian, Stef and Steve – I can’t picture it any other way.
October 4th, 2007 at 10:14 am
Let It Be
Life go on
Steve good lack in life:)))
October 4th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAt!?!!?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:00 am
I am genuinly distraught, to me, Steve was what made Placebo, he was always my favourite member. He was so funny and cool, it just makes me so, so disappointed that I’ll never see him play with my favourite band.
Miss you Steve x
October 5th, 2007 at 2:38 am
Oh, god! Stop saying that Placebo’s nothing without Steve, god damn it!! It’s the silliest thing i’ve ever heard. Placebo would be nothing without Brian. He’s the soul of Placebo. He is the one that made the band so interesting and fascinating, not Steve. Don’t get me wrong here. I am sad that he left too, and i know that Steve did a very good job there, but i’m very pissed by this stupid phrase u all say:P
It’s true that they’re not gonna be the same, but hey… they were great on their first album, when they didn’t have Steve!
I’m somehow confident that it’s gonna be ok, and Bri and Stef would manage without Steve. They’re very talented both. It’s not gonna be the same, but change isn’t necessary a bad thing… Maybe a new drummer would bring the fresh air they desperately needed. So, let’s hope for the best!
October 5th, 2007 at 3:05 am
you have got to be kiding me !!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
steve+brian+stef=placebo !!
not: brian+stef ???
October 5th, 2007 at 5:32 am
i just remembered the whole scenes of velvet. dont know why. just wanna scream:
is that all that you can do? after 11 years? the official announcement is bullshit, its disturbing and annoying. why didnt steve say anything? it s so stupid to be true. i feel like everything might be happen but not this. guess i believed more than anything that brian couldnt live without his two husbands steve and stef..
October 5th, 2007 at 6:25 am
please don’t…
this sucks…right now i’m listening to “come home”. that’s what steve should do!!!! Placebo is nothing without brian, nothing without steve and nothing without stef! they are everything together!!!
god damn… i feel like shit…
today i found out that my uncle has cancer…and my best friend will be opperate…and now…this…
“soulmates never die”…we all believed u guys…
October 5th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
October 5th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
yeah, we all just hope placebo goes on, as it seems to be the case and it would be really over if it was brian leaving but… we all love steve (as we love brian and stef) and it’s sad to hear this news, we’re all in shock, nobody saw it coming, i think… they always looked like a family, much closer to each other than a traditional family… and, at least for me, it was “comforting” to see them together, in a world where we see so many people together only because it’s convenient and everybody has only his own selfish reasons, etc… i wish all the best to steve in whatever he does from now on…
October 5th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
I was so sad when i learned the info on tuesday morning on my way to another city to see a music fest…and it flashed again and again in my head that PLACEBO might break up, the assumption really scared me.Never had I thought before that they would tear apart, thru all these yrs it just become natural that we consider them as one so tightly glued.But this could happen and it really happend. To be honest it really hit me hard cuz i ‘ve been suffered nearly the same pain around OCT last yr, my favorite sportsman declared to retire.And for this time, it just feels like everything sad return to me. its unbearable. What i could do is trying to pursuade myself that fortunately its not bri or stef…but you know it didnt work at all.
But we had to respect what Steve had decided and chosen, as bri said, he just want something new for music, for life, and for himself.
bless and wish all the best to Steve…
October 6th, 2007 at 12:14 am
I’m really surprised and
its really sad, it is. But wait, maybe he’ll be back (I hope so!)and I think that they still love each other despite of that Steve isn’t in the band anymore…
But at least Stef is still here…
October 6th, 2007 at 2:57 am
I’ve been talking about this for days. I’ve said so much to so many different fans. I could write a bloody essay here on my thoughts, but it’s all speculation and opinion with lots of sadness.
A few things I want to reply to in regards to the comments above.
It totally disappoints me to hear people say, so what, at least it wasn’t Brian. W-T-F?! The self professed “Holy Trinity of the Bo” cannot be a trinity without Steve. Just listen to and look at all that CHEMISTRY they have as a GROUP. I guess as reflected in the comments a lot of us are saddened because they’re always talked of as a FAMILY, now there’s a divorce. It just wrenches my heart and I think of the OMWF DVD when Brian talked about the Smashing Pumpkins breaking up and saying that they could do it as long as they had each other.
I’m still undecided, I hope Stef and Bri do go on to make more music, I don’t know how much I trust their press release stating that they will though.
I too would like a better explanation and would greatly like to hear from Steve himself instead of PR and bandmates.
I’m so grateful for the time and effort and creativity that he did give to the band and to us. I’m lucky to have seen them so many times. I’m heartbroken to see him leave, but I know he surely wouldn’t do it without good reason. I just wish we knew what that was to help us understand and process it a bit better.
- rougevelvet,
sucker-love.com
October 6th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
i know does enybody have eny interviews from steve steph or brian about this or something from the crew i need 2 know y mabey something happend on the PR tour
October 6th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
I am still finding this very hard to believe, and to be honest I dont think we will ever know the real reason why this has happened. Its a very sad time.
October 7th, 2007 at 4:36 am
i think we will one day i’m hopeing that some day they will release there autobiograophys and we get 2 find out what was realy gone with the holy trinity lol
October 7th, 2007 at 7:49 am
“everything will blow tonight, either friend or foe… tonight…”
can`t belive it yet
so sad…
October 8th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
well it’s me again. i’m still thinking about this and i’m still heartbroken. placebo was a family. you don’t leave your family. ever. what bothers me as well is that steve didn’t even have the guts to make a statement about his departure himself. i’m not mad at him because i have no idea what happened, but the least he could’ve done is comment on the break-up. i think they owe that to their fans. maybe i’m just being a hysterical fan. i don’t know. all i do know is that something must have happened. probably during the PR tour. they should have come home to take a break instead of doing a whole US tour, i think that was just too much for them. they were fucking exhausted (which was very obvious during their PR performances if you ask me)
“no glue, no bag of tricks” ? i truly hope they change their mind.
October 11th, 2007 at 7:21 am
i can’t help but feeling “a bit” ridiculous about all this story… it’s sad, it’s even frightening (what’s next? will bri and stef really go on together?), but at the same time it’s also totally insane, like, “hey, who do you think you are to put an end to this? whose band is it anyway? yours?… oh, yeah, i had forgotten, in fact, it is…”
October 13th, 2007 at 1:55 am
i cant believe.
placebo its more than a band.
a family/
Soulmates never die.
November 19th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Co to kurva má bejt?!! To neni možný!!!! Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
(that means: FUCK)
November 20th, 2007 at 5:32 am
kurva?what does it mean in your language?lol
in serbian kurva means whore..lol
yeah we all agree,its shit, its sad, its surprising, but i think that one thing is obvious: Steve must have had his own reason(s) for leaving. So he’d probably leave anyway…
December 5th, 2007 at 2:37 am
Iam soooooo sad because Steve has left the Band.
December 9th, 2007 at 12:09 am
que mierda…ahora placebo no va hacer lo mismo…que vuelva steve!!!!!!!!!sin el nada va hacer igual….
December 10th, 2007 at 6:34 am
I cry for you Beanie…….still…….
December 19th, 2007 at 11:24 pm
… the extremely gifted drummer that Steve is … the charm .. the chemistry that they ALL SHARE 2 GETHER .. is .. well .. irreplaceable … i have been incredibly blessed to see the BEST of the BEST … and Steve is NUMBER ONE … these are difficult tymes ~*energetically ~* processing this one will mean alot of love and support for everyone kinnected to these amaezingly gifted beings … LOVE and SUPPORT …
i am EVER HOPE~FULL that with some space for awhile ….
….they will naturally return to eachother …
ENVISION UNITY of the TRINITY ~* we all LoVe like MAD !!!
x.
s.
January 6th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
you were crying??? I was about to die!!!! I mean I havent got the chance to see them live yet and now the trinity is gone!!!! I was like WTF????!!! now I wont be able to see them live together as the placebo I knew and I’ve always loved, is just soo fucking unfair, I’m still not over it…
January 9th, 2008 at 12:01 am
oh!!no-nein-oxi!!! A big NO in any language I know!!!I lerne about placebo just 5 months ago!!!!!
they ARE (NOT WAS) A GREAT band!they r angels of music!!Steve we miss u so much!!YOU ARE THE BEST!!PLEASE COME HOME!!!c o m e b a c k steve!!!!!what did u have done(sorry if I have some language-problems)you are a very talented drumer!
but in the other hand stop saying that PLACEBO are nothing without Steve!!!they still PLACEBO!!!!!!IMAGINE THAT BRIAN OR STEF HAD EVER READ THESE THINGS!!!”THEY R NOTHING WITHOUT STEVE”OF COURSE THEY ARE!!!BRIAN IS THE KING OF THE MUSIC!!HE IS A GOD!!AND STEF A VERY GOOD BASSIST AND NOT ONLY A BASSIST!!I ‘VE NEVER BEEN TO ANY CONCERT AND I’M VERY SAD!!!I WANT KILL MYSELF!!
ANYWAY,KEEP GOING BOYS 4 MANY YEARS PLAYING YOUR PERFECT MUSIC!!!
March 27th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
it still hasn’t sunk in. so. sad.
if placebo dies so will i.
July 9th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Is this always the destiny of a BAND?
Like Nirvana…
September 8th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Amicable? ha ha ha ha ha
Yeah, if pittbulls could bring you flowers and candy.
April 11th, 2009 at 5:18 am
Steve was an important part of this band…and will be because all the placebo songs were successfully with the help of Steve.All those beautiful concerts with those drums…i hope that the new Steve will be such as good as the old Steve good old Steve….I miss him so much…I viewed all Placebo concerts from 2003-2006 and i cried..:-