When Manson was contacted, she did not know who Vig was and was urged to check the credits on Nevermind, the Nirvana album which Vig had produced. He showed the video to Erikson and Vig while their manager Shannon O'Shea tracked down the band's singer, Shirley Manson.

Marker was watching 120 Minutes when he saw the music video for Angelfish's 'Suffocate Me'. Marker and Vig desired someone 'who didn't have a high, chirpy, girly quality to her voice' and who could sing in an understated way, in contrast to 'these alterna-rock singers have a tendency to scream'. Vig declared that they wanted to find a female vocalist like ' Debbie Harry, Patti Smith, Chrissie Hynde and Siouxsie Sioux-all really strong, unique personalities'. Initial sessions with Vig on vocals, along with the members' past work with all-male groups, led to the band's desire for a woman on lead. and when you least expect it, it all falls into place.' The name derives from the last line of this entry: 'I hope that all this garbage will become something beautiful!'. This experience inspired the three men to form a band, where they 'wanted to take that remix sensibility and somehow translate it into all of the possibilities of a band setup.' Īccording to Vig, the team drew inspiration for its name from a hostile early comment, when a friend of the band heard recording material, probably for ' Vow' and groaned, 'This shit sounds like garbage!' However, according to This Is The Noise That Keeps Me Awake, an autobiography of the band, Vig wrote in his 1993 studio journal about the creative process of working for long periods of time, 'without coming up with anything cool. The remixes featured different instrumentation, and often highlighting new guitar hooks and bass grooves. In 1994, as Vig become 'kind of burned out on doing really long records,' he got together with Erikson and Marker, and they started doing remixes for acts such as U2, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, and House of Pain. Spooner reunited in 1990 and released another record, but disbanded in 1993 as Vig and Marker's career as producers gained strength. In 1983, Vig and Marker founded Smart Studios in Madison and Vig's production work brought him to the attention of Sub Pop.

Formation and early years (1993–1994) ĭuke Erikson and Butch Vig had been in several bands, including Spooner and Fire Town (with Steve Marker as a sound engineer). History īutch Vig had built a reputation as a rock producer before deciding to form Garbage. Their seventh studio album, No Gods No Masters, was released in 2021. Their next album, Strange Little Birds, followed in 2016. The band reunited in 2011, and self-released their 2012 album Not Your Kind of People on their own label Stunvolume to positive reviews. The hiatus was briefly interrupted in 2007, when the band recorded new tracks for their greatest hits album Absolute Garbage. The band cut short their Bleed Like Me concert tour and announced an indefinite hiatus, emphasizing that they had not broken up but rather wished to pursue separate interests. Garbage quietly disbanded amidst the troubled production of their fourth album Bleed Like Me, but regrouped to complete the album, which was released in 2005 and peaked at a career-high number four in the U.S. Garbage's third album Beautiful Garbage was also critically acclaimed, but failed to match the commercial success of its predecessors. Garbage followed this by performing and co-producing the theme song to the nineteenth James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). Follow-up Version 2.0, released in 1998 after a year in production, was equally successful, topping the UK Albums Chart and receiving two Grammy Award nominations. It was accompanied by a string of increasingly successful singles from 1995 to 1996, including ' Stupid Girl' and ' Only Happy When It Rains'. The band's eponymous debut album was critically acclaimed upon its release, selling over four million copies and achieving double platinum certification in the United Kingdom, United States and in Australia. Garbage has sold over 17 million albums worldwide. All four members are involved in the songwriting and production process. The band's line-up-consisting of Scottish singer Shirley Manson (vocals) and American musicians Duke Erikson (guitar, bass, keyboards), Steve Marker (guitar, keyboards), and Butch Vig (drums, production)-has remained unchanged since its inception. Garbage is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Madison, Wisconsin.

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