![]() ![]() It’s a creative outlet for me as a musician and songwriter. Paste: Has Garbage always been about having fun and having a creative outlet? I have to assume you don’t need to be in a band for monetary gain.īutch Vig: It’s always been, for me, looked at as two things. With the release of Garbage’s new record, Not Your Kind Of People on the band’s new record label STUNVOLUME, Vig is rejuvenated, and happy to be playing with his friends again. Vig, the super-producer behind many of the seminal albums of the ‘90s (Nirvana’s Nevermind, Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream) and contemporary classics including Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown and Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light, has stayed busy during the Garbage hiatus behind the boards. While Manson naturally attracted much of the spotlight, Garbage was, and remains, a united creative collaboration between all four founding members: Manson (vocals), Duke Erikson (guitar/keyboard), Steve Marker (guitar/keyboard) and Butch Vig (drums/loops). Shirley Manson’s enigmatic sex appeal and Garbage’s moody, electro-rock singles “Stupid Girl” and “Only Happy When It Rains” provided the perfect soundtrack to the pre-internet, post-grunge era, and a star was born in Manson, whose influence can be seen and heard today, from Emily Haines of Metric to Lana Del Rey. Here’s a fact that might make you feel old: It’s been seven years since the release of the last Garbage record Bleed Like Me, and 17 years since the release of their self-titled debut. ![]()
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