Garbage singer Shirley Manson has said she is almost back to full health after being told to rest by doctors – fearful that her lifestyle could be damaging her health. The band are currently on a US tour, and are returning to Europe in the summer for more dates and festival appearances. Manson was ordered […]
Garbage singer Shirley Manson strikes a chord with anyone who likes their rock stars smart and outspoken. So why is she thinking of jacking it all in? Words: Peter Ross SHIRLEY Manson is wearing tight blue jeans and a vintage-looking lace top, which is to say that she is not wearing a racoon penis bone […]
Shirley Manson’s the mouthy one in Garbage, the one whose brash appearance concealed unsuspected self-doubt. Two things turned her life around, she tells Lindsay Baker – therapy and doing an ad for Calvin Klein. Now, it’s back to business, fronting one of the world’s biggest rock acts It’s not that Shirley Manson has become calmer […]
By Donna Freydkin Special to CNN Interactive (CNN) — Two men who should know better stare with dazed rapture at a tiny woman with pale, pale skin, crimson lips and blazing red hair pulled back in a ponytail, curled up in a chair and sipping coffee in the lobby of an anonymous business hotel on […]
Before forming Garbage, drummer Butch Vig was a superstar producer who worked with Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and U2. Before being a superstar producer, he played in and produced records for punk bands like Killdozer and Les Thugs. The Madison, Wis.-based Garbage has since sold millions of records and their eponymous debut earned four Grammy nominations. […]
Having been called everything from “the most shagable babe” to “the new sex symbol,” Garbage’s singer, Shirley Manson has clearly captured the attention of the music world. She’s an infectious darling who’s not afraid to mince words and easily breaks out into roaring laughter. Beneath the surface known as Ms. Manson, however, lies a mysterious […]
Garbage talk trash about Version 2.0 “I just managed to get into a horrendous e-mail misunderstanding,” announces Shirley Manson, looking over her menu at LA’s Wyndham Bel-Age cafe. “I have this friend in the press who asked me to make a comment about a certain artist. So I sent an email back as a laugh […]
How to turn Garbage into gold: Take one ace producer, his two studio pals and an unknown singer with an aggressive, independent-minded attitude. New York — When Contemporary rock producer ne plus ultra Butch Vig and his fellow studio rats first spotted the tall, striking redhead Shirley Manson in a video on MTV’s “120 Minutes” […]