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 […]
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)