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‘Sex Is Not The Enemy’ video teasers + band blogs

Video preview pics of ‘Sex Is Not The Enemy’ are now on garbage.com, on the “Exclusives” section. Go there for the previews of this hot video that should premier somewhere around the weekend! Also new on the official site are the band blogs. So far, only Steve updated his with some text and very cool […]

Butch Vig answers his either/or choices

Butch Vig was the premier producer of the alternative rock boom of the early 1990s, helming records for bands including Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Sonic Youth, before finding success as a performer with the group Garbage. Born in the small dairy farm community of Viroqua, Wisconsin, Vig studied piano as a child, picking up the […]

Garbage ‘Super Psyched’ About New Material

(5/3/00, 1 p.m. ET) – Garbage is back in the studio working on a follow-up album to 1998’s Version 2.0. The band united recently after a four-month hiatus to begin work on a collection of B-sides and remixes; however, after a few meetings, they decided to start work on a third album containing all-new material […]

Have your music listened and judged by Shirley Manson

Drag those amps to the garage and prepare to annoy the neighbors. This fall the JANE CD is once again for readers, by readers. If you’re in an unsigned band, lsubmit your original music, written by you. Here’s the deal: * Your music will be listened to and judged by Shirley Manson. * Maybeline New […]

Garbage frontwoman freaks out male fans

TORONTO – Garbage’s formidable frontwoman Shirley Manson sits on a chair in a Toronto hotel room yesterday wearing a tiny red T-shirt that says, “Redheads have more fun.” The striking 38-year-old Edinburgh native with intense green eyes who packs a sexy wallop on stage claims her groupies are never of the male variety. “I get […]

10 reasons why we love Garbage – Irish “Free!” gay magazine

1. From the leftfield pop anthems ‘Queer’ through to ‘Androgyny’, Garbage has always had an eye on the steamy and fluid side of bisexuality. Flirting with the gays is one of our favourite hobbies you know. 2. Shirley Manson, queen bitch frontwoman and allround mouthy bird oozes star quality like most folk ooze grease. She […]

Bleed Like Me’ enters #4 on Billboard album chart

SANTA MONICA, CA. (Geffen Records) – “Bleed Like Me,” the fourth album by the band Garbage, makes history today as it enters Billboard’s Album Chart at No 4. The number is the band’s highest ranking in the US in its illustrious career. It comes on the heels of the album’s first single, “Why Do You […]

Garbage promo misc

* Garbage will be recording a showcase for Canada’s Musique Plus, like they’ve done in the past. This will happen Saturday 23rd of April at 7PM, to be broadcasted May 14th at 7PM. Go here to be on the showcase and to ask the band questions. * The band will be in DC’s DC101 morning […]