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Garbage is an international rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1993 by Shirley Manson, Butch Vig, Steve Marker , and Duke Erikson .

Contents

1 Overview 2 Career 3 Discography 4 Hit singles 5 See also 6 External links

Overview

Vig, the producer of such influential albums as Nirvana's Nevermind and the Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream decided he wanted to play in a band and asked fellow producers Marker and Erikson to join him. After the group saw Shirley Manson on MTV (from her careers with Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie and Angelfish), they asked her to join the band. The band may have derived its name from their insertion of seemingly unusable noise in their songs; perhaps it is meant as an ironic statement about the glossy, overproduced nature of pop music. Another anecdotal origin for their name, was that Butch Vig contributed a remix to Nine Inch Nails' album Fixed, which Trent Reznor labeled "garbage".

Garbage's angry, emotional lyrics contrasted with their catchy, pop alternative rock music. This made the band particularly popular with disaffected youths. Garbage utilizes samples, electronic loops, grungy guitars, and various other effects to produce haunting and melodic tracks, made distinctive by Scottish singer Shirley Manson's sultry vocals. The fact that Garbage is composed of three music producers is made obvious by the high production quality, with many layers and a "wall of sound" production aesthetic.

Career

Garbage released a string of increasingly-successful singles over the year 1995, culminating in the massive hit "Stupid Girl". They released their debut album, Garbage, later that year. It went top 20 in the US and top 10 in the United Kingdom.

Garbage spent two years working on their follow-up album, during which time Shirley Manson became well-known by the technologically savvy by being one of the first artists to maintain a blog. "Push It" was released and became a summer hit in 1998, reaching #9 in the UK and #52 in the US. Their second album Version 2.0 topped the charts in the UK and hit #13 in the US. In 1999, they performed the theme song to the James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough.

After again retreating into the studio for several years, Garbage released beautifulgarbage in 2001. While it represented the band's most eclectic and mature sound to date, it contained no standout commercial singles. Hence, no songs charted in the US, and the four singles released charted in the 20s in the UK. Still, the album managed to reach #6 in the UK and #13 in the US, though it quickly slid down the charts. Garbage followed the album up with a successful tour of the US and Europe.

Garbage's newest album, Bleed Like Me, was released on April 11, 2005 (April 12 in North America). It originally had the working title Hands on a Hard Body, but Shirley Manson announced that the band had come up with a new title, Bleed Like Me, that better fits the band's improved dynamic following a period of tension and crisis in October 2003. Shirley has also said BLM will comprise more hard rock and be a return to Garbage's roots after the eclectic experiment of beautifulgarbage, an announcement that has resonated with most fans. A compilation of b-sides and non-album tracks by the band, which had been planned by them prior to even beautifulgarbage, is also reported to be in the works.

Discography

Year	Title	Label	Chart positions
1995	Garbage	Mushroom (Almo Sounds in North America)	#6 UK, #20 US
1998	Version 2.0	Mushroom (Almo Sounds in North America)	#1 UK, #13 US
2001	beautifulgarbage	Mushroom (Interscope in North America)	#6 UK, #13 US
2005	Bleed Like Me	Warner Bros (Geffen in North America)	#4 UK, #4 US

Hit singles

(Highest chart position indicated in brackets)

• 1995 "Vow" (#138 UK, #97 US)
• 1995 "Subhuman" (#50 UK)
• 1995 "Only Happy When It Rains" (#29 UK, #55 US)
• 1995 "Queer" (#13 UK)
• 1996 "Stupid Girl" (#4 UK, #24 US)
• 1996 "Milk" (featuring Tricky) (#10 UK)
• 1998 "Push It" (#9 UK, #52 US)
• 1998 "I Think I'm Paranoid" (#9 UK)
• 1998 "Special" (#15 UK, #52 US)
• 1999 "When I Grow Up" (#9 UK)
• 1999 "You Look So Fine" (#19 UK)
• 1999 "The World is Not Enough" (#11 UK)
• 2001 "Androgyny" (#24 UK)
• 2002 "Cherry Lips" (#22 UK)
• 2002 "Breaking Up the Girl" (#27 UK)
• 2002 "Shut Your Mouth" (#20 UK)
• 2005 "Why Do You Love Me" (#7 UK, #94 US)

See also

• 1990s music groups
• List of alternative music artists

External links

• Garbage's official web site
• Garbage Box
• Garbage Discography
• Garbage Bootleg Discography
• Garbage News
• All Music Guide entry for Garbage