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Diary update at Garbage.com

Shirley Manson has added a new diary to to her ongoing journal at Garbage.com she talks about what the members of Garbage have been up to including Butch becomin a father in the next few weeks, Steve working on new material for a film score and Duke continuing to work on an “American folk anthology” […]

Greatest Hits Renamed “Absolute Garbage”

HMV have renamed the “still yet to be confirmed by Garbage.com” Greatest Hits album to Absolute Garbage. This is now the second name change they have listed, first was Best Of, then Greatest Hits. The Album is due out on April 3, 2006 in the UK. You can preorder the rumoured Double CD from HMVs […]

Shirley Manson nominates for Pantheon Awards

The 10 finalists for the inaugural New Pantheon Awards have been chosen, Billboard.com can exclusively reveal. The award, which continues the mission of the now-defunct Shortlist Prize in recognizing noteworthy albums that have sold less than 500,000 copies in the United States, will be handed out in March at a Los Angeles venue to be […]

Is Run Baby Run to resurface for a March 2006 release?

A post on the Cool Clarity forum suggests that Run Baby Run may be set for release on March 20th here in the UK. This is of course only a rumour at the moment but is far more likely to be correct than the suggestion of a single called “make my day” being released which […]

Madison Magazine Interview: Butch Is Back

Madison Magazine Interview: Butch Is Back Butch Vig Of Garbage Still Has His Finger On The Pulse Of Local Music Scene UPDATED: 3:37 pm CST January 5, 2006 By Shayna Miller Madison Magazine Special to Channel 3000 Butch Vig of Garbage may have been on a world tour to promote the group’s latest CD Bleed […]

The Mac bounce back

MARTIN Metcalfe may be Scotland’s great lost rock star. Blessed with the stature to look lanky Nick Cave straight in the eye, a dark rich baritone and the songs to match, in the 1980s and 1990s it seemed he could only pout it all away. Fate conspired to take matters out of his and Goodbye […]

Lads to appear at CES 2006

Rock Superstars to be Featured as WorldSpace Reporters – Booth #8260, Central Hall. Garbage Superstars Butch Vig, Steve Marker and Duke Erikson to Report Live From WorldSpace Booth During CES 2006. SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — WorldSpace(R) Satellite Radio, (NASDAQ: WRSP) , one of the world leaders in satellite-based digital radio services, announced […]

Filter’s Top 10 of 2005: Butch Vig of Garbage

Making his name producing such classic rock records as Nirvana Nevermind and Smashing Pumpkins Gish, Vig later became drummer of the 3 Wisconsinites and a Scot group Garbage. Selling millions worldwide, Garbage has so far released 4 albums worth of solid hit singles (”Only Happy When It Rains”, anyone?). Some call him producer, engineer, drummer, […]