Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Between 1993 and 1997, music in Britain was dominated by the reign of Britpop. Copying the Small Faces and Kinks was back in vogue, everyone had a vested interest in championing either Blur or Oasis and the charts were infested with acts with names like Shed 7, Sleeper and Menswear. Emerging amongst this flag-waving rabble were the grungy, glam-splattered post punks known as Placebo. Fronted by the all-too sexual Brian Molko, they singularly led a charge against the backward-facing Britpop movement with rock music that thrilled, shocked and flirted in equal measure with songs like "Bruise Pristine," "Teenage Angst", "36 Degrees," "Pure Morning," "Every You Every Me" & "The Bitter End." But the most iconic and sleaziest of their 90s singles, "Nancy Boy," challenged gender roles and left a trail of bodily fluids in its wake. This is New British Canon and This is the Story of “Nancy Boy.”

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#Placebo #Alternative #MusicDocumentary

Soundtrack:
Luar - Clouds (soundcloud.com/luarbeats)
Jesse Gallagher - Satay Yuga
B-Side - Pen Unubis
Luar - Anchor (soundcloud.com/luarbeats)

0:00 Introduction
1:19 An Aside
1:56 The Origins of Placebo
4:53 The Birth of "Nancy Boy"
10:11 Living "Nancy Boy"
14:48 The Death of "Nancy Boy"

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