* " Blind ", a song by Placebo from their fifth album, Meds

* " Peeping Tom ", a song on the 2000 album Black Market Music by English alternative rock band Placebo

In November, he joined Placebo on stage at their Wembley Arena gig to sing the band's hit song " Without You I'm Nothing ", as well as The Cure staple " Boys Don't Cry ".

The song was performed by the fictional band The Flaming Creatures ( performed by Placebo, reprised by Placebo and David Bowie at the 1999 BRIT Awards ) in the 1998 film Velvet Goldmine.

Also in 2006, Stipe appeared on the song " Broken Promise " on the Placebo release Meds.

*" The Crawl ", a song by Placebo from Without You I'm Nothing

* " Bright Lights " ( Placebo song )

* Special K ( song ), a song by the rock band Placebo

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.

* " Second Sight ", a song by Placebo from Sleeping with Ghosts

" Flash Light " is a song by funk band Parliament, released in January 1978 on the album Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome.

The alternative rock artist Placebo refers to a medicine show in their song " Twenty Years " on the album Once More With Feeling.

* " Centrefolds ", song from the 2003 album Sleeping with Ghosts by Placebo

The day Thursday 23rd is often celebrated as Evil Dildo day by Placebo fans.

* The computerized voice at the end of " Funny Little Man " was sampled by Placebo on " Evil Dildo ", the secret track on their second LP Without You I'm Nothing.

* " The Placebo Effect ", an episode of the science fiction television series 2002 revival of The Twilight Zone

* British — Ali Campbell: " Nothing Ever Changes ( Pierrot )", from Flying High ( 2009 ); David Bowie: Pierrot in Turquoise ( 1993 ; includes following songs from the film of the same title: " Threepenny Pierrot ", " Columbine ", " The Mirror ", " When I Live My Dream & 2 "); Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix: " Birthplace of Harlequin ", " Columbine Confused ", " Pierrot's Song of Positive Thinking ", and " Pierrot in the Roof Garden ", from The Entropy Tango and Gloriana Demo Sessions ( 2008 ); Petula Clark: " Pierrot pendu " (" Hanged Pierrot "), from Hello Mister Brown ( 1966 ); Placebo: " Pierrot the Clown ", from Meds ( 2006 ); Rick Wakeman: " The Dancing Pierrot ", from The Art in Music Trilogy ( 1999 ); Soft Machine: " Thank You Pierrot Lunaire ", from Volume Two ( 1969 ).

The name " Placebo ", Olsdal remarked in an MTV interview, was chosen because of its Latin origins ; " placebo " literally translates from Latin as " I will please ".

* Placebo ( at funeral ) ( obsolete usage ), a singer of the Office of the Dead which includes the phrase " placebo Domino " meaning " please the Lord ", and from that someone who falsely claims a connection to the deceased to get a share of the funeral meal

" Although originally greeted by a cease and desist order by RCA ( the label which both Aguilera and The Strokes are signed to ), The Freelance Hellraiser went on to remix Aguilera's single " Fighter ", as well as tracks for Placebo and ex-Verve frontman Richard Ashcroft.

* Hahn, R. A. & Kleinman, A, " Belief as Pathogen, Belief as Medicine: " Voodoo Death " and the " Placebo Phenomenon " in Anthropological Perspective ", Medical Anthropology Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 4, ( August 1983 ), pp. 3, 16-19.

& Beecher, H. K., " A Study of the Placebo Response ", American Journal of Medicine, Vol. 16, No. 6, ( June 1954 ), pp. 770-779.

& Engela, A. K., " Cortical Correlates of False Expectations During Pain Intensity Judgments — A Possible Manifestation of Placebo / Nocebo Cognitions ", Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Vol. 19, No. 4, ( July 2005 ), pp. 283-295.

* McGlashan, T. H., Evans, F. J. & Orne, M. T., " The Nature of Hypnotic Analgesia and Placebo Response to Experimental Pain ", Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol. 31, No. 3, ( May-June 1969 ), pp. 227-246.

* Miller, F. G., " William James, Faith, and the Placebo Effect ", Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 48, No. 2, ( Spring 2005 ), pp. 273-281.

Sir Nose is an antagonist within P-Funk mythology, and first appears on the album Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome by Parliament.

Starchild ’ s nemesis is Sir Nose D ’ Voidoffunk (" Sir Nose Devoid of Funk " from Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome, 1977 ).

He is the master of the Placebo Syndrome, which causes unFunkiness ( a combination of stupidity and no dancing ).

Worrell ’ s synthesizer work is prominent on the majority of Parliament ’ s most popular ( and most sampled ) songs throughout the 1970s, most notably ” Mothership Connection ( Star Child )” and “ Give Up the Funk ( Tear the Roof Off the Sucker )” from Mothership Connection, " Flash Light from Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome and " Aqua Boogie " from Motor Booty Affair.

* Parkinson's disease: Placebo relief is associated with the release of dopamine in the brain.

Placebo analgesia is more likely to work the more severe the pain.

Frequently in interviews, Molko has stated that the name is a satirical reflection of the 1990s cliche of naming one's band after a drug, though Olsdal claims this was not the original motivation for naming the band " Placebo ".

Brian Molko ( born 10 December 1972 in Brussels, Belgium ) is a British songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of the band Placebo.

Vagrant Records is an indie rock label based in Los Angeles, California and is home to such artists as The Hold Steady, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Active Child, PJ Harvey, Reptar, School of Seven Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thrice, James Vincent McMorrow, Placebo, Band of Skulls, and many more.

Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996 – 2004 is a greatest hits album by English alternative rock band Placebo.

The Sports Palace is also a popular venue for concerts, having been the venue for Backstreet Boys, Black Eyed Peas, Deep Purple, A-Ha, Jamiroquai, Jean Michel Jarre, Moby, Muse, Placebo, Limp Bizkit, The Rasmus, Christina Aguilera, Anastacia, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Rea, Lara Fabian, Depeche Mode, Sting, and others.

However in the case of IXIARO where the vaccine is not produced in mouse brains but in vitro using cell culture there is little adverse effects compared to the Placebo, the main side effects are headache and myalgia.

Stefan Olsdal ( born Stefan Alexander Bo Olsdal, 31 March 1974, Göteborg, Sweden ) is the bassist / guitarist of the alternative rock band Placebo and is part of the electronic dance / DJ and remix act Hotel Persona.

Steven James Hewitt ( born 22 March 1971 ) is the singer and guitarist in Love Amongst Ruin, having previously been the drummer for Placebo between mid-1996 and October 2007.

Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal of Placebo were inspired to buy Fender Bass VIs with Molko commenting, " Playing the Fender VI is like playing two instruments in one, it can be treated as a guitar and as a bass.

Soulmates Never Die ( Live in Paris 2003 ) is the first live DVD release by the band Placebo that was released mainstream and was made available worldwide.

Feist, is a popular singer and songwriter and was a member of a band called Placebo at Bishop Carroll before switching to Alternative High School.

Fierce Panda is also credited with releases by Coldplay, Astronaut, Air Traffic, Seafood, Art Brut, Embrace, Kenickie, The Blackout, Keane, Death Cab for Cutie, The Polyphonic Spree, Boy Kill Boy, Placebo and Shitdisco.