After taking two and half years off from performing, Garbage are desperate to tour again. Really desperate. “We’ll play anywhere: wedding, bar mitzvahs, whatever,” bassist/guitarist Steve Marker said recently. “If anyone is listening and needs an opening band, give us a call,” added guitarist/bassist Duke Erikson. Fortunately, Garbage have since landed their own tour — […]
Garbage comes roaring back to form with “Why Do You Love Me.” The hard’n’fast single is flying up the Modern Rock Tracks chart, where it is the band’s highest-charting title since 1999. Though the group, fronted by the ever-fabulous Shirley Manson, released an album in 2001, none of its singles dented the modern chart. “Why […]
SANTA MONICA, CA. (Geffen Records) – With their new album BLEED LIKE ME ready to drop April 12, Geffen quartet Garbage is ready to deliver a one-two punch. The band is set to launch a North American headlining club tour beginning April 8 in Seattle (see below for itinerary). Meanwhile, their brand new single “Why […]
At Modern Rock Billboard chart, Garbage lands the Greatest Gainer and Most Airplay Adds trophies for the second straight week with “Why Do You Love Me” which moves 39-20 and earns Airpower status. Garbage picks up its first top 20 Modern Rock hit in over six years as “Why Do You Love Me” climbs 39-20 […]
Four rocky years after the release of the group’s third album, Garbage is returning with new material and a North American club tour. “Bleed Like Me,” the group’s follow-up to 2001’s “Beautiful Garbage,” is due in stores April 11. The outing in support of the new set gets underway April 8 in Seattle, and so […]
Toronto Star rated “Why Do You Love Me” as one of the Top 10 best new songs: In what amounts to a bleak variation on the Groucho Marx punchline about not wanting to belong to any club that would have him as a member, Shirley Manson harangues some poor sod whose only sin appears to […]
The new album out April 11th on Warner Bros. Having sold in excess of 10-million albums during their ten-year career to date, Garbage will release their long-awaited fourth album, ‘Bleed Like Me’, on April 11th on Warner Bros. Described as a thundering return to the band’s original hard rock sound, ‘Bleed Like Me’ features eleven […]
UK music magazine Kerrang! has two pages dedicated to Garbage, including a brand new picture! Shirley Manson reveals all about the album, troubled band relations and her rumoured collaboration with Marilyn Manson. She sais the album is “definately the closest we’ve ever come to capturing what we sound like live on a record. It’s more […]