The 10 finalists for the inaugural New Pantheon Awards have been chosen, Billboard.com can exclusively reveal. The award, which continues the mission of the now-defunct Shortlist Prize in recognizing noteworthy albums that have sold less than 500,000 copies in the United States, will be handed out in March at a Los Angeles venue to be […]
Madison Magazine Interview: Butch Is Back Butch Vig Of Garbage Still Has His Finger On The Pulse Of Local Music Scene UPDATED: 3:37 pm CST January 5, 2006 By Shayna Miller Madison Magazine Special to Channel 3000 Butch Vig of Garbage may have been on a world tour to promote the group’s latest CD Bleed […]
MARTIN Metcalfe may be Scotland’s great lost rock star. Blessed with the stature to look lanky Nick Cave straight in the eye, a dark rich baritone and the songs to match, in the 1980s and 1990s it seemed he could only pout it all away. Fate conspired to take matters out of his and Goodbye […]
Rock Superstars to be Featured as WorldSpace Reporters – Booth #8260, Central Hall. Garbage Superstars Butch Vig, Steve Marker and Duke Erikson to Report Live From WorldSpace Booth During CES 2006. SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — WorldSpace(R) Satellite Radio, (NASDAQ: WRSP) , one of the world leaders in satellite-based digital radio services, announced […]
Making his name producing such classic rock records as Nirvana Nevermind and Smashing Pumpkins Gish, Vig later became drummer of the 3 Wisconsinites and a Scot group Garbage. Selling millions worldwide, Garbage has so far released 4 albums worth of solid hit singles (”Only Happy When It Rains”, anyone?). Some call him producer, engineer, drummer, […]
The fiery bombshell of the 90’s surviving mega-rock band Garbage, Shirley Manson, has had a big year this year. With the release of the band’s first album in 4 years Bleed Like Me, the 3/4 Wisconian 1/4 Scot band have made quite the comeback. As a cap off to the year full of extensive touring […]
Shirley has been named inside the top 100 greatest female vocalists of all time according to digital dream door. The top ten was; 1. Aretha Franklin (A Natural Woman) 2. Etta James (At Last) 3. Ruth Brown (Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean) 4. Janis Joplin (Piece of My Heart) 5. Mariah Carey (My All) […]
Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson has said the group isn’t breaking up permanently despite plans to take an indefinite hiatus. “We have discussed this and I don’t think anybody is interested in breaking up,” the Scottish singer said. “We feel that this has been a really great tour and we feel that we have really […]