Doug was born on 15 January, 1951, and was raised in a small farming community in Nebraska- just like Butch (Sir Shag-a-Lot was not actually born christened “Duke.” As a matter of fact, his original name was Douglas Erickson). Happy birthday! Visit the site Duke Erikson: Sir Shag-a-lot as an homage to this great man! […]
Garbage star Shirley Manson has reverted to being a melancholic personality again – in a bid to rescue her band’s sound. The “I’m Only Happy When It Rains” singer believes the bands next effort – due for release later this year – will be more like their early, darker work, rather than the happy pop […]
Throughout December, Radio Comercial in Portugal listeners voted on line and put together the list of the 50 best songs of the year. More than 3000 votes later, the result is obvious: U2’s Electrical Storm was the song of the year with around 2400 votes. Garbage’s Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) reached 39th. (source: Rádio […]
“Rock n Roll Experience” recently inteview Duke about the new album and other subjects. You can read the whole interview here. Here are some bits of the interview: Rock N Roll Experience (Q): Will there be a Live CD or DVD from Garbage any time soon? Duke: No, no time soon, we really wanted to […]
In Shirley Manson’s eyes, 2002 was Garbage’s “black year”, a year when legal hassles, record company bullshit and illness – specifically drummer Butch Vig’s debilitating viral infection – took much of the joy out of a heavy promotional schedule for their ‘beautifulgarbage’ album. This month, the Madison, Wisconsin quartet will bid to put such troubles […]
Once the new year hits, it’s back to the studio for the band, creating the follow-up to 2001’s beautifulgarbage. We asked drummer and producer extrordinare Butch Vig if they had anything ready for when the time comes. “We spent a little bit of time right before we started the No Doubt tour and went in […]
Shirley is one of the celebrities on the 2002 Kerrang’s Yearbook. Besides the wonderful pic, there’s an interview talking about the subjects more controversial to Shirley on 2002, like the comercial failure, Nickleback’s Chad Kroeger, Christina Aguilera and Eminem. (source: peshep)
A deluxe two-CD reissue of Sonic Youth’s 1992 recording, Dirty, will be released on March 4th. The album will include eleven previously unreleased rehearsals and demos as well as a handful of b-sides. Dirty marked a new phase for the band. After releasing their first six albums independently, Sonic Youth signed with Geffen and issued […]