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 […]
Dear worried and confused, After reading all the bullshit out there about the future of Garbage, we felt compelled to write a few lines here to address the issue and set the record straight. Certain journalists have taken the liberty of running wildly inaccurate stories in recent days about our so called “break-up”. Made up […]
Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson has criticized INXS for replacing the late Michael Hutchence with a TV reality show winner. As previously reported on Gigwise, Aussie JD Fortune was named as the new frontman for the rock group earlier this week after being whittled down from thousands of contestants on show ‘Rock Star: INXS’. But Manson […]
ROCK band Garbage will split after their Australian tour this month. Singer Shirley Manson confirmed the million-record selling band will take an indefinite “hiatus” after the tour ends. “We’ve not stopped for 10 years,” the Scot said in Melbourne yesterday. “We always swore if it wasn’t 100 per cent fun we’d stop it. So that’s […]
According to GIGWISE.com, “Following rumours of a split earlier this year, it now appears that Garbage may have finally called it a day, with an announcement that all European dates on their 2005 world tour have been cancelled. A statement released on Friday placed the blame for the cancellation on the band’s heavy workload and […]