On Thursday 30th January at 7.30pm, at London’s Dorchester Hotel, the legendary Liza Minnelli will accept the International Hero Award for her outstanding work on behalf of people living with HIV and AIDS around the world. John Demsey – President of MAC commented: “We have a saying that every day is World AIDS Day at […]
So we have a release date for the Ramones tribute album “We’re a Happy Family”. The record is now scheduled for a Feb. 11th release date. Make sure to grab a copy or 2. The booklet was done by Zombie and features many never before seen photos of the band. And of course there is […]
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 […]
On January 14th, a String Quartet to Garbage will be released. Garbage songs will be played by Paul Tobias, Patricia Tobias (violin, viola); David Davidson (violin); Andre Janovich (cello); Todd Mark Rubenstein (cello, bass). The tracklist is: 1. Only Happy When It Rains 2. Drive You Home 3. Trick Is To Keep Breathing, The 4. […]
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 […]
On the 2CD limited edition of U2’s “The Greatest Hits 1990-2000?, features a track which additional production and remix were made by Butch Vig & Duke Erikson at Smart Studios, Madison, WI. It’s called Dirty Day (Junk Day) and has a running time of 4:41. It was originally released in the 1997 single “Please”, along […]