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Garbage (band)

Garbage
Garbage performing at The Sound Of 007 in October 2022
Garbage performing at The Sound Of 007 in October 2022
Background information
OriginMadison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Genres
Years active
  • 1993–2005
  • 2007
  • 2010–present
Labels
Spinoff of
Members
Websitegarbage.com

Garbage is a Scottish-American[1] rock band formed in 1993 in Madison, Wisconsin.[2] The band's line-up consisting of Scottish singer Shirley Manson (vocals) and American musicians Duke Erikson (guitar, bass, keyboards), Steve Marker (guitar, keyboards), and Butch Vig (drums, production) has remained unchanged since its inception. All four members are involved in the songwriting and production process. Garbage has sold over 17 million albums worldwide.[3]

The band's eponymous debut album was critically acclaimed upon its release, selling over four million copies and achieving double platinum certification in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. It was accompanied by a string of increasingly successful singles from 1995 to 1996, including "Stupid Girl" and "Only Happy When It Rains".[4][5] Follow-up Version 2.0, released in 1998 after a year in production, was equally successful, topping the UK Albums Chart and receiving two Grammy Award nominations. Garbage followed this by performing and co-producing the theme song to the 19th James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999).[6]

Garbage's third album Beautiful Garbage was also critically acclaimed,[7] but failed to match the commercial success of its predecessors.[8] Garbage quietly disbanded amidst the troubled production of their fourth album Bleed Like Me, but regrouped to complete the album, which was released in 2005 and peaked at a career-high number four in the U.S.[9] The band cut short their Bleed Like Me concert tour and announced an indefinite hiatus,[10] emphasizing that they had not broken up but rather wished to pursue separate interests.[11] The hiatus was briefly interrupted in 2007, when the band recorded new tracks for their greatest hits album Absolute Garbage.[12] The band reunited in 2011,[13] and self-released their 2012 album Not Your Kind of People on their own label Stunvolume to positive reviews. Their next album, Strange Little Birds, followed in 2016. Their seventh studio album, No Gods No Masters, was released in 2021.[14]

  1. ^ "Garbage confirm 2024 UK and European live dates". Kerrang!. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  2. ^ Jim Forbes (narrator) (March 31, 2002). "Garbage". Behind The Music. VH1.
  3. ^ Baltin, Steve. "Garbage Might Be The Coolest Band In Rock". Forbes. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Version 2.0 press release" (Press release). Mushroom Records. March 30, 1998.
  5. ^ Freydkin, Donna. "Getting dirty with Garbage". CNN. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  6. ^ "Beautiful Garbage press release" (Press release). Mushroom Records. July 27, 2001.
  7. ^ Breaking Up the Girl, Hits trade ad
  8. ^ "Bleed Like Me press release" (Press release). Geffen Records. February 21, 2005.
  9. ^ Murphy, Peter S. (2008). Absolute Garbage biography.
  10. ^ "Shirley Manson On Garbage Hiatus: 'I'm Burnt, I'm Done, I'm Toast' says singer". MTV.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2005. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
  11. ^ "Dear worried and confused". Garbage.com. Archived from the original on February 10, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
  12. ^ "Garbage End Sabbatical for Benefit Show". Music.AOL.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2007. Retrieved February 24, 2008.
  13. ^ "Garbage announce London comeback show and festival appearances". NME. January 30, 2012.
  14. ^ Brown, Paul 'Browny' (April 1, 2021). "A Whole Lotta Good Garbage Got Announced This Week". Wall of Sound. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
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