Chad Kroeger, frontman of Nickelback, when asked “Now that you’re famous, who would you like to squash like a bug?”, aptly replied “Shirley Manson of Garbage!”. This feeling started a month ago when Shirley said in her tour diary that “Why on earth has Seal not sued Nickleback for their copyright infringement of the big […]
The video for “Shut Your Mouth” is now available for watching over the internet on the MTV Italy site, where the band just played two concerts. It is a cartoon animation, where Shirley is hosted in a TV program, the conducer is an idiot, the audience stupid, then Shirl go out, and drive away. The […]
Garbage gave, in Madrid, a press conference in Fnac. It was on the day before of the “Day Without Music”. Here’s what Shirley had to say: “There’s no turning back on mp3s, and the artist is always screwed”. They said their soundtrack for this tour is: White Stripes, Waits, Captain Beefheart, …
Garbage speak against the use of drugs not only on the artistic environment, but in any environment because they destroy lifes once they’re very difficult to control when they become an addiction. Shirley Manson, frontwoman of Garbage, band formed in Wisconsin, said they’re very sorry about the death od Dee Dee Ramone, that died on […]
Shirley presented another MAC Aids Fund cheque for the rather impressive sume of $75,000 to an organization in San Francisco called “Meals with Love”. Seeing as each dinner costs around 5 bucks, the donation will provide around 15,000 dinners to people living with HIV or Aids which is a wonderful thing indeed.
“Love love LOVE the new Eminem CD having been somewhat underwhelmed on first listen but now it’s worked it’s way into my heart and I keep playing it over and over. It’s like some old blues/folk record set in a modern context. Dark and desperate but defiant and jubilant!!!!!! “
What can you do when you’ve reached the limits of technical innovation? According to Garbage, the answer is to go back to the basics of songwriting.
On Shirley’s words: “I did however get a wee bit upset with a posse of professional autograph hunters after the show.They all come (armed with piles of drum heads, posters and glossy photographs) posing as legitimate fans and attempting to get us to sign our names on as many articles as possible, insisting that we […]