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Manson came close to quitting Garbage

GARBAGE singer SHIRLEY MANSON nearly quit the music industry after suffering a double blow – her voice ceased to work and she forgot how to write songs. The sexy STUPID GIRL star spiralled into a state of despair when doctors informed her she would need an operation to fix her ravaged vocal chords, and her […]

Shirley to present at Brit Awards 2005

Look for Shirley at this year’s Brit Awards (UK version of the Grammy’s). Although the ceremony takes place on February 9th the show will be broadcast on ITV1 on February 10th at 8PM. (source: garbage.com)

Dave Grohl talks about Garbage

Grohl guests on drums on a track on Garbage’s upcoming album Bleed Like Me entitled “Bad Boyfriend.” He told the NME, “[Garbage drummer/producer] Butch Vig called me and said ‘Come in and play on it’, and you know, if there’s anyone in the world I owe a favor to it’s that dude, so I figured […]

Eric Avery to play bass with Garbage

The band is very happy to say that Eric Avery will be joining Garbage on tour to play bass. Eric was a member of Jane’s Addiction as well as Polar Bear and has most recently played with Alanis Morrisette. Eric will replace Daniel Schulman who played with the band until the end of the beautifulgarbage […]

The Know It All Boyfriends play Feb. 18th

The Know It All Boyfriends will play Friday February 18, 2005 at the Café Montmartre, Madison, Wisonsin. Ticket is $15 and you have to be 21 to get in. You can find more info on The Know It All Boyfriends (where Butch Vig and Duke Erikson belong) here. (source: garbage.suite.dk, garbage forum)

Shirley Manson talks Gwen Stefani

Almost 10 years after [No Doubt’s] ‘Just a Girl’ hit the airwaves, Stefani has an instantly recognisable voice, an inimitable sense of style and an impact on popular culture on par with Madonna’s. ‘There will never be anyone else quite like her,’ says Garbage singer Shirley Manson, who has known Stefani since the mid-Nineties and […]

QOTSA’s J. Homme breaks rule by using “bitches” on new album

Rocker Josh Homme made a mistake when he asked pal Shirley Manson and his girlfriend Brody Dalle to sing on the new Queens of The Stone Age album, because he had forbidden collaborators from entering the recording studio. But the “Go With The Flow” star ended up inviting Garbage’s Manson and The Distrillers singer Dalle […]