| William Lloyd
Bill is the live keyboardist & bassist when needed, he helps the band out a lot. Not much is known about him as he isn't an "official" member of the band. |
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full name: William Lloyd
birth date: March 17, 1971 height: ? nationality: British (i'm pretty sure) mate/kids: wife Kate also plays: piano, guitars sexual orientation: straight former bands: Soup, Faiths Over Reason musical influences: ? | WHAT BILL HIMSELF SAYS: "I used to do a lot more technical stuff with them on tour. Now, although I still do a lot of technical stuff with them, I tend to do it when they're in London as they're preparing the album, preparing for concerts. But when we're actually out on tour I don't do anything technical anymore. When we're here [in London], I do all the instrument buying for them. Learn all the equipment for them and stuff like that. Try and work through and solve problems for them; like if they want to achieve a sound I can usually do it. Like that's my forte. So on tour I just play." |
BILL SAYS MORE ABOUT HIS ROLE: "First of all I was 'Jack-of-all-trades', driving, backline, tour managing and sound. Being inexperienced I was usurped as the band became famous but I still had a key role looking after the backline and Stef in particular. Incredibly, last February I was promoted, two days before my wedding, to additional bass and keyboard player, also taking care of backline related jobs when the boys are in London."THE OLD FAQ ON THEBSH.COM SAID: "Bill Lloyd. He plays bass whilst Stefan plays the guitar on certain songs. Also Brian's guitar tech who's been with the band since the very beginning. It was Bill who suggested Placebo release the split single Bruise Pristine/Meltdown with his band Soup."
STEF SAYS: "No he doesn't look very good in make up. Bill's just been there since day one. In the beginning he sort of drove the van that we toured around in, you know did the sound for us, he was guitar tech, tour managing, everything. And ever since then he's just sort of moved up the old career ladder within Placebo land. Basically we don't have enough arms and feet to play everything live. He just sort of puts together all the parts that we can't as a group play live. You know sort of hiding him behind the amp like we did a bit before just looks silly so we said we'll bring him out. We tried many disguises and various make up formulas but we're still looking for the good look for him. I think the gimp outfit is next on the list and the sort of a pvc pants outfit."
