Garbage’s lawsuit seeking freedom from Universal Music got a boost as a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge denied the label’s bid to move the trial to New York on Tuesday (April 10). Judge Marvin M. Lager ruled that singer Shirley Manson’s agreement with Radioactive Records in New York signed with her previous band, Angelfish, isn’t […]
To be a true rock star, you gotta give yourself over. Completely. It’s gotta start from a real place that’s got nothing to do with fame or money. It’s gotta be messy – Iggy Pop messy. You gotta stick a tube inside the ugly places and spew it all over. You gotta damn the consequences. […]
Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson has responded to a countersuit filed against her and her bandmates by Universal Music’s Radioactive Records earlier this month, calling her legal hassles “madness and fun,” and joking that the “lackeys” who delivered the suit to her “resembled the baddies out of The Matrix.”
So what does a rock star do to break up the daily toil of recording a highly anticipated album? Well, if you’re Garbage ’s Butch Vig, you curate an art exhibit. In case the “rock & roll thing” doesn’t work out, Vig’s got a pretty solid resume to fall back on. Aside from writing songs […]
The Garbage lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) is garbage, according to a spokesperson for the company. “The case is meritless,” the spokesperson told LAUNCH. No other comments on specifics of the suit were offered. Members of Garbage filed suit against UMG and its affiliated labels in California Superior Court on Monday (January 29) in […]
Modern-rock hitmakers Garbage filed suit against Universal Music Group and several of its subsidiaries in order to end its relationship with the company Monday (January 29) in California Superior Court in Los Angeles. Garbage charges UMG with holding the band’s frontwoman, Shirley Manson, for “ransom,” and for “wrongful, monopolistic, and strong-arm tactics” in order to […]
Shirley Manson, Garbage singer, has weighed in on the Kid A debate, and her verdict is a big negative. Following the release of one of the most aggressively promoted and intensely anticipated releases, Kid A continues to divide listeners. Manson, speaking through the studio diaries posted on her band’s official web site has weighed in […]
Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson took time out from recording lead vocals for the group’s next album to share some thoughts about the recent MTV Video Awards. She caught a rerun of the televised event and it made her feel “horrid,” according to a diary entry posted on the group’s official website (garbage.com). Manson writes: “It […]