Rock On The Net: Garbage (original) (raw)

Garbage consists of Shirley Manson (vocals, guitar), Steve Marker (guitar, bass), Duke Erikson (guitar, keyboards), Butch Vig (drums), and new member, Daniel Shulman (bass). Garbage developed back in the 80s in Wisconsin even though the band name nor its members knew it. Marker, Vig, and Erikson had played together in various bands for many years. Vig had even become musically important by producing LPs for Nirvana (Nevermind) and Smashing Pumpkins (Gish).

It wasn't until 1994 that Shirley Manson joined the band and work on the first LP continued. Marker had seen Manson on MTV's 120 Minutes (singing "Suffocate Me" with Angelfish) and contacted her about trying out for the group. Manson grew up in Scotland, and after singing with a few Scottish bands including Goodbye Mr. MacKenzie and Angelfish, she came to the U.S. and hooked up with Garbage. Vig has said of Manson, "...(she) sometimes sounds scary, sometimes dreamy, sometimes sexy, sometimes psychotic... what more could you ask for?" Erikson said, "when Shirley arrived, Garbage became a band rather than just an idea."

# 175 Singles Artist of the Year

Garbage's debut LP, Garbage, hit the stores and it took about year for the group to gain some notice on the alternative charts and eventually on the video screens. The single "Only Happy When It Rains" made the band increasingly popular, and the follow-up single "Stupid Girl" helped Garbage break out even more.

# 48 Singles Artist of the Year

"Stupid Girl" went Top 10 on the pop charts and Garbage went on to sell over 4 million copies world-wide. Additional tracks from the LP "Queer" and "Milk" were also modest hits and continued the groups talent for moody vocals with rich rhythms.

Garbage was certified gold.

Garbage was certified platinum.
Garbage hit the Top 40 with "Stupid Girl."

Garbage contributed the track "Kick My Ass" to the Sweet Relief II compilation to benefit the rainforests.

The video for "Stupid Girl" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist and the video for "Queer" was nominated for Best Breakthrough Video.
Garbage hit the Top 10 with "Stupid Girl."

Garbage could be heard on a track to the soundtrack to Romeo And Juliet with #1 Crush" which hit the Top 40.

# 65 Singles Artist of the Year

Garbage hit the Top 40 with "Milk."
Garbage topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 4 weeks with "#1 Crush."

Garbage were nominated for 3 Grammy Awardsincluding Best New Artist, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("Stupid Girl").

# 169 Singles Artist of the Year

Garbage's sophomore LP, Version 2.0, was released. Steve Marker said of the LP: "We're much more confident in what we're doing. Shirley is at the top of her game. She's really confident, more so even than on the first album."
The first single release was a track called "Push It."
Version 2.0 topped the UK Albums chart for a week.

Garbage, the band and their video (for "Push It"), were nominated for 8 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Group Video, Best Alternative Video, Best Art Direction, Breakthrough Video, Best Special Effects, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Direction - but went home empty-handed.

Butch Vig talked with CNN and said the band never anticipated "being a full-time band" or touring when they hit it big with their first LP, "...we just thought, let's make a cool, interesting record..."

Version 2.0 was certified gold.
Garbage could be found on the Faculty soundtrack with "Medication."

# 34 Singles Artist of the Year

Garbage spent most of the beginning of the year as the opening act for Alanis Morissette's tour.

Garbage were nominated for 2 Grammy Awardsfor Album of the Year and Best Rock Album (Version 2.0). Steve Marker told Sacbeat: "I don't think any of us in the band even considered (being nominated for a Grammy) might happen. It was total shock the morning nominations came out, especially the Album of the Year one. It's almost funny..."
Garbage was certified 2x platinum and Version 2.0 was certified platinum.

Garbage hit the Top 40 with "Special."

After multiple Grammy and MTV Video Music Award nominations but no wins, Garbage did receive their due with 3 top Wisconsin Area Music Industry Awards for Songwriter of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year ("Special").

Garbage hit the Top 10 with "Special."

Garbage hit the Top 40 with "When I Grow Up."

The video "Special" won a MTV Video Music Awardsfor Best Special Effects (Sebasten Caudron) and was also nominated for Best Art Direction.

Garbage could be heard with the theme song to the next James Bond film (The World Is Not Enough), "The World Is Not Enough."

Garbage won for a VH1 Fashion Award for the Visionary Video Award. Garbage hit the Top 40 with "The World Is Not Enough."

MTV: 100 Greatest Videos Ever Madeincludes "Stupid Girl" at # 65.

Garbage were nominated for 2 Grammy Awardsfor Best Rock Song and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("Special").

Manson announced on their website that the band was in the studio working on their next LP. It was also stated that plans for a compilation LP of b-sides and remixes had been scrapped.

Rolling Stone & MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "Only Happy When It Rains" at # 68.

# 162 Singles Artist of the Year

Garbage released Beautiful Garbage.
Beautiful Garbage topped the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart for 8 weeks.
Garbage hit the Top 40 with "Androgyny."

Vig was diagnosed with Hepatitis A and wasn't able to join the band for their European tour starting in Norway.

Garbage toured North America in April and May.

Garbage ranked # 60 on VH1: 100 Sexiest Artists.

Garbage contributed the track "I Just Want To Have Something To Do" to We're A Happy Family - A Tribute To The Ramones.

# 300 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

Garbage released their next LP Bleed Like Me.

Garbage cancelled plans to tour Europe. Manson said they band hadn't broken up, but did need a break from each other.

A best of collection, Absolute Garbage, was released with the new track "Tell Me Where It Hurts."

Garbage could be heard on the compilation Songs For Tibet - The Art Of Peace with the track "All The Good In This Life."

Manson began appearing on the FOX series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Garbage released Not Your Kind Of People.

Garbage topped the Billboard Alternative Albums chart with Not Your Kind Of People.

• June 11: Garbage released Strange Little Birds.
• July 2: Garbage topped the Billboard Alternative Albums chart and Rock Albums chart with Strange Little Birds.

• June 11: Garbage released No Gods No Masters.