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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, […]

Filter’s Top 10 of 2005: Shirley Manson of Garbage

The fiery bombshell of the 90’s surviving mega-rock band Garbage, Shirley Manson, has had a big year this year. With the release of the band’s first album in 4 years Bleed Like Me, the 3/4 Wisconian 1/4 Scot band have made quite the comeback. As a cap off to the year full of extensive touring […]

100 Greatest Female vocalists

Shirley has been named inside the top 100 greatest female vocalists of all time according to digital dream door. The top ten was; 1. Aretha Franklin (A Natural Woman) 2. Etta James (At Last) 3. Ruth Brown (Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean) 4. Janis Joplin (Piece of My Heart) 5. Mariah Carey (My All) […]

Garbage not breaking up, says Manson

Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson has said the group isn’t breaking up permanently despite plans to take an indefinite hiatus. “We have discussed this and I don’t think anybody is interested in breaking up,” the Scottish singer said. “We feel that this has been a really great tour and we feel that we have really […]

Official garbage.com statement

Dear worried and confused, After reading all the bullshit out there about the future of Garbage, we felt compelled to write a few lines here to address the issue and set the record straight. Certain journalists have taken the liberty of running wildly inaccurate stories in recent days about our so called “break-up”. Made up […]