SHE’S been hailed as a “rock star poet” and “rock goddess extraordinaire”. Coupled with double platinum selling albums, international musical acclaim and industry awards you might think Shirley Manson would be a difficult interviewee – especially as the gutsy glamour singer of rock band Garbage doesn’t usually do interviews. Such fears, however, prove to be […]
Garbage prepping new songs for greatest-hits set Last we heard from Garbage, in the fall of 2005, the group was going on an indefinite hiatus. Fortunately for fans, that break is not turning out like, say, Blink-182’s “hiatus.” “We’re recording a couple new songs at the end of February,” drummer Butch Vig revealed recently. “I […]
Billboard.com report that Butch Vig has confirmed that there may be new Garbage material in 2007. “Despite the layoff, the group has been sharing song ideas via the Internet in recent months and is hoping to record a few them in March. “We need to sit down in a room and play them and get […]
Following the end of their ‘Bleed Like Me’ tour in November 2005, Garbage decided they needed a hiatus. “There was never any talk of an official breakup or anything,” drummer-producer Butch Vig tells AOL Music, “but I think after four records in 10 years and four long tours, everybody needed to do some serious decompression.” […]