Stefan Olsdal was born on March 31st 1974 in Göteborg, Sweden.

He moved to Luxembourg when he was young and to the same private school as Brian Molko, It was a small school, where everybody knew everybody, but Stefan and Brian weren't what people may call friends. Stefan was on the basket team, and started his journey to musical stardom in 1987 by playing the drums for his school orchestra. But Stefan realised he wasn't supposed to be at the back, almost unnoticed, and started learning bass.

   "So I got on to bass and played that for a while at the same time as learning piano. The first bass I bought was a Fender Precision, because of Iron Maiden's Steve Harris, but since then I've never really tried to emulate a particular sound or hero. I've always thought more about the creative side"

Stefan finished the high school in Sweden and with his parents moved to London where he attended the Musicians Institute.

Stefan met Brian by chance outside South Kensington tube station. The two of them formed then Ashtray Heart, and after Stefan introduced Robert Schultzberg to Brian they formed Placebo.

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