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Evanescence covering Garbage’s OHWIR

According to Little Rock Hardcore website, Evanescence covered Garbage: “People compare them to Garbage, which I can’t really see, because I’ve only listened to a few of their songs. Well, they played “I’m Only Happy When It Rains” by Garbage. Amy sounded just like Shirley Manson while playing the cover. The crowd really seemed to […]

Marilyn Manson’s John 5 to participate on Garbage’s next album

According to James Michael’s (artist, musician, songwriter, producer, engineer) diary, he “worked with John 5 (Marylin Manson) today [March 18th] on a track for GARBAGE… Butch Vig is such an amazing producer, and I was honored to be able to work on a track that he’s producing. Sounds like the record is going to be […]

‘Shut Your Mouth’ live on Kerrang! DVD

As a special feature on the Kerrang! DVD – Vol. 1, you can find the famous Shut Your Mouth live performance, where Shirley used a dress with a provocative drawing. The videos list include Queens Of The Stone Age – No One Knows, Liam Lynch – United States of Whatever, Marilyn Manson – The Beautiful […]

Shirley on Spin’s Playstation article

There’s a “new” Shirley pic on the latest Spin magazine, on an article regarding the Playstation Amplitude game soundtrack. This soundtrack features Cherry Lips. This article says the following on the song: “How do you describe Garbage anyway? Pop-rock? Lite-industrial? Alternative? Neo-Punk? On “Cherry Lips” at least, Shirley Manson shows her poppiest of pop licks […]

Shirley #10: Missminx’s 100 Rock Woman

Shirley got the #10 position on the 100 Women in Rock poll of the alternative UK site MissMinx. #1 position for Brody Armstrong (The Distillers), #2 for Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), #3 for Sleater-Kinney, #4 for The Donnas, #7 for Gwen Stefani (No Doubt), #8 for PJ Harvey, amongst others. “The Nineties saw a […]

Shirley, your fashion sense is garbage

Garbage singer Shirley Manson rubbed shoulders with the stars, including Blondie’s Debbie Harry, at a charity do in New York. The pair have become friends since appearing in a photo shoot for Vanity Fair last year. But the prospect of a celebrity-studded affair didn’t impinge on Shirley’s fashion sense. A self confessed sufferer of body […]

Mary J Blidge and Shirley Manson: it takes two

Musician/activists discuss how AIDS and HIV infection still impact an incredible amount of lives. Both agree that no shag is worth a death sentence. They’re two of our most iconic singers. Mary J. and Shirley sat down with VH1 to discuss learning to love yourself, kids who look to them for advice, and why there […]

Shirley at “Night with JT Leroy & Friends”

“It is rare to be amongst such collective beauty,” gushed slightly delirious host Winona Ryder Thursday at Index Magazine’s Night With JT LeRoy and Friends, a tribute to the 23-year-old gay “It boy” ’s literary and celebrity status (Winona called him “the beautiful JT,” while Garbage’s Shirley Manson wryly designated JT “our little genius”). Manson, […]