Matt Chamberlain, the drummer that replaced Butch Vig on some concerts of the last tour, said on his official site that he “…..had a day off in Madison and the Garbage people were in town recording their record…Shirly ann Manson picked me up and I went to their studio for lunch and some chit chat,I […]
Index Magazine presents a night with JT Leroy and Friends, on April 17th, 2003 7-10 pm at The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, NYC, USA. There will be a reading of Jt LeRoy’s work and a performance by his band, Thistle. The list of readers include Debbie Harry, Shirley Manson, Liz Phair and Bijou Phillips, […]
Shirley Manson participated at the anual Oscars Party, organized by the Elton John fundation, that fights against AIDS, co-patricionated by In Style and AOL, in association with MAC Cosmetica and Global Naps. The party had the goal of raising funds, and was thrown in Hollywood, during the 75th Oscar cerymony. (source: beautifulgirl2.0 / peshep / […]
Butch Vig shows you why a little software program is making studio owners nervous I’ve long thought that only one thing stood between me and rock stardom: musical talent. But now that I’m sitting in Butch Vig’s basement, recording my first single, that doesn’t seem like such a great obstacle anymore. What technological miracle has […]
Garbage, Travis frontman Fran Healy, Beth Orton, Paul Weller, Faithless, Ian McCullochand, Evan Dando and comedian Mark Thomas, amongst others, will play the bill for ‘ONE BIG NO’ anti-war gig in London this weekend (March 15) at Shepherds Bush Empire. The event will feature each artist performing acoustic sets, with an emphasis on collaborations. Ian […]
Garbage are to appear on the forthcoming Jools Holland DVD “Later… LOUDER”, including the track “I think I’m Paranoid” and an interview recorded in May 1999. This UK Region 2 DVD will be released by Warner Music Vision on May 5th, and is a a collection of Later with Jools Holland greatest rock music performances. […]
The new book “Famous Wisconsin Musicians”, by Madison music journalist and disc jockey Susan Masino impressively researches and documents the career stories of 32 state musicians, singers and groups, and provides more than 100 thumbnail sketches of other notable Badger music-makers. The profiles include Liberace, Steve Miller, Richard Davis, Ben Sidran, Al Jarreau, Eric Benet, […]
Brody Armstrong of The Distillers praises Shirley in the current Request magazine. The Distillers are featured as one of ten “Artists to Watch” for 2003 (p. 23). It contains the following praise of Shirley: MANSON FAMILY VALUES: At the end of last year, the Distillers hit the road for their first big tour, with No […]