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Garbage are an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 1994. The group consists of Scotland|Scottish singer Shirley Manson (vocals, guitar) and American musicians Duke Erikson (bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion), Steve Marker (guitar, keyboards) and Butch Vig (drums, percussion). All four members are involved in songwriting and Record producer|production . The band have counted worldwide album sales of over 17 million units.Shirley Manson (News Release)">

Garbage released a string of increasingly successful single (music)|singles in 1995–1996, including " Stupid Girl (Garbage song)|Stupid Girl " and " Only Happy When It Rains ". Their debut album, Garbage (album)|Garbage , was an Sleeper hit|unexpected smash , selling over 4 million copies and certified music recording sales certification|double platinum in the UK , USA and Australia . Garbage won the Breakthrough Artist award at the 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards .

Garbage spent two years working on follow-up album, Version 2.0 , which topped the UK Albums Chart|charts in the UK upon its 1998 release and the following year was nominated for two Grammy Award s, Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year and Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album . Version 2.0 went on to match the sales of its predecessor. Garbage followed this up by performing and co-producing The World Is Not Enough (song)|the theme song to the nineteenth James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough .

Despite being named one of Rolling Stone 's Top 10 Albums of the Year,"" Breaking Up the Girl " Hits magazine trade ad". Retrieved 2008-02-24 Garbage's 2001 third album Beautiful Garbage failed to match the commercial success achieved by its predecessors." Bleed Like Me press release , published by Geffen Records , dated February 21, 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-24 Garbage quietly disbanded in late 2003, but regrouped to complete fourth album Bleed Like Me in 2005, peaking at a career-high #4 in the U.S. The band cut short their concert tour in support of Bleed Like Me announcing an "indefinite hiatus", emphasizing that they had not broken up, but wished to pursue personal interests.

In 2006, Vig returned to producing while Manson worked on a solo album (as yet unreleased). Garbage ended their hiatus in 2007, and released greatest hits retrospective Absolute Garbage . The band began work on their fifth studio album in October 2010. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/singer-manson-introduces-new-husband-to-students-in-paisley-1.1064114 http://www.gigwise.com/news/59259/Garbage-Reunite-To-Record-New-Album http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/garbage-back-in-studio_1178194 http://www.spinnermusic.co.uk/2010/11/01/shirley-manson-garbage-new-album/ http://www.ology.com/music/garbage-reunite-record-new-album The album titled Not Your Kind of People is scheduled for release in 14th May 2012 via the band's own independent label, Stunvolume Records.

Garbage are ranked at #60 on VH1s "100 Sexiest Artists." http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004945/? ref=atw

History

Formation and early years (1993–1994)

Duke Erikson and Butch Vig had been in numerous bands, including Spooner and Fire Town (with Steve Marker as a sound engineer ). In 1983, Vig and Marker founded Smart Studios in Madison and Vig's production work brought him to the attention of Sub Pop ." Record Collector #209". Retrieved 2008-02-24 A short-term reformation and album from Spooner inspired Erikson, Marker and Vig to form a band: tired of using their own work for remixes, they decided to keep the material for their own project. An early comment that their work sounded "like garbage" inspired the band's name.

Initial sessions with Vig on vocals, along with the members' past work with all-male groups, led to the band's desire for a woman on lead. Marker was watching 120 Minutes when he saw the music video for Angelfish (band)|Angelfish 's "Suffocate Me". He showed the video to Erikson and Vig while their manager Shannon O'Shea tracked down the band's singer, Shirley Manson. When Manson was contacted, she did not know who Vig was and was urged to check the Credit (creative arts)|credits on Nevermind , the popular Nirvana (band)|Nirvana album which Vig produced.

On April 8, 1994, Manson met Erikson, Marker, and Vig for the first time in London. Later that evening Vig was informed of Kurt Cobain 's suicide. Garbage was put on hold until Angelfish was finished touring North America in support of Live (band)|Live ." Thanks For Your, Uhh Support , Absolute_Garbage#Absolute_Garbage_DVD|Absolute Garbage DVD . Retrieved 2008-02-24 Erikson, Marker, and Vig attended the Metro Chicago date, and Manson was invited to Madison to audition for the band. The audition did not go well, but Manson socialized with the men while there and they found they had a similar taste in music. Angelfish disbanded at the end of the Live tour. Manson called O'Shea and asked to audition again feeling that "it would work out".

Manson described her first session with the band as "a disaster", as she had no experience as a session musician , and she and the band were "two parties totally uncomfortable with the situation", but the "mutual disdain" from that meeting managed to pull the band together. The first songs were skeletal versions of the songs "Stupid Girl", " Queer (Garbage song)|Queer " and " Vow (Garbage song)|Vow ", which lead to some ad-libbed lyrics by Manson." Making Music June 1, 1996 issue". Retrieved 2008-02-24 Manson had never written a song prior to this session; nevertheless, this time she was invited to join the band. Lyrics were penned at a cabin in the north woods of Wisconsin while the songs were recorded at Smart Studios." Garbage (album)|Garbage press release , published by Mushroom Records , dated September 19, 1995. Retrieved 2008-02-24 Conscious of the grunge genre that had made their names, particularly Vig's, the band made every effort to avoid sounding similar, deliberately striving to make a pop music|pop record." Melody Maker , September 30, 1995 issue". Retrieved 2008-02-24 When "Rock N Roll Experience" asked what the song "Vow" was about Duke replied, "we kind of hesitate to say what the songs are about... leave it up to the listener",

Garbage sent out Demo (music)|demo tapes with no bio, to avoid a bidding war over Vig's production history. Garbage signed with A& E Records|Mushroom U.K worldwide (excluding North America) and secured the band a Volume magazine|Volume magazine compilation inclusion. The only potential candidate for release was "Vow", as it was the only song for which the band had completed production. When released in December, "Vow" began to receive radio airplay on XFM and from BBC Radio 1|Radio 1 DJs Steve Lamacq , John Peel , and Johnnie Walker (DJ)|Johnnie Walker . Word-of-mouth on "Vow" took the track back to the U.S. On December 21, Garbage signed to Jerry Moss 's label Almo Sounds for North America.153 F.Supp.2d 462 RADIOACTIVE, J.V., Plaintiff, v. Shirley MANSON, Defendant. No. 01 Civ.1948 (SAS). United States District Court for the Southern District of New York . (July 29, 2001) Manson was licensed to both Mushroom and Almo by Radioactive Records for a single album, with no compensation from any of Garbage's labels.

Garbage had not even considered "Vow" for inclusion on the album or even as a single." Musician issue 01/01/96" Retrieved - 2008-02-24 Because the exclusive licensing of Volume prevented a full commercial single release, on March 20, 1995, Mushroom issued "Vow" in a limited 7" vinyl format through Discordant, a label set up just to launch Garbage."" Only Happy When It Rains " sell-in sheet (issued September 1995)" Retrieved 2008-02-24 By May, commercial alternative radio in the U.S. had picked up on the track, and it began to receive heavy rotation nationwide." Garbage (album)|Garbage advance Almo Sounds promo disc sleeve notes". Retrieved 2008-02-24 "Vow" debuted on Modern Rock Tracks|Hot Modern Rock Tracks at #39. It climbed gradually over the following weeks, peaking at #26 on July. "Vow" Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles|bubbled under for two weeks before it spent two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 staying at #97 both weeks.

Garbage (1995–1997)

In August 1995, Garbage (album)|Garbage debuted on the Billboard 200 at #193. In the United Kingdom, its release was preceded by non-album track " Subhuman (Garbage song)|Subhuman " and " Only Happy When It Rains " as singles to promote the album instead of "Queer". The album debuted on the U.K. album chart at #12." Music Week issue 25/04/05" (Retrieved - 2008-02-24) In Australia, the album debuted at #5." Version 2.0 Repackage Mushroom Records Point-of-Sale brochure" (Retrieved - 2008-02-24) "Queer" was quickly released in the U.K. and Europe, while Garbage began their first tour. Garbage was nominated for Brit Awards for Best New Band and Best International Newcomer.

Garbage toured for the self-titled Garbage throughout 1996. "Only Happy When It Rains" was released as a single in North America; "Stupid Girl" was released to promote European dates. MTV announced that "Only Happy When It Rains" was certified a " Buzz Bin|Buzz clip ", guaranteeing heavy rotation on its network from February 13. "Only Happy" peaked at #55 on the Hot 100. "Stupid Girl" received frequent video and radio Airplay (radio)|airplay in the U.K. and peaked at #4, becoming the band's first UK Singles Chart|UK top 10 hit and elevating the album to #6." beautifulgarbage promotional history press release" (Retrieved - 2008-02-24)

In May, Garbage reworked " Milk (song)|Milk " with Tricky in a Chicago recording studio before supporting Smashing Pumpkins on their arena tour until the Drug overdose|overdose of Pumpkins keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin . "Stupid Girl" peaked at #24 on the Hot 100. Its Contemporary hit radio|Top 40 radio remix by Todd Terry received massive airplay."" Hits (Stupid Girl trade ad)"" | (Retrieved - 2008-02-24)

Worldwide, the final single release from the album was the reworked version of "Milk", which became the band's second UK top 10 hit. The band performed the song live at the MTV Europe Music Awards in London on November 14; Garbage won the Breakthrough award at the event. In North America, Almo Sounds released album track " Supervixen " to Modern Rock radio, while Capitol Records released a remix of " Number One Crush|#1 Crush " from the soundtrack to Romeo + Juliet , which topped the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for four weeks from the end of the year; the remix was also featured as the theme for the TV show Hex (TV series)| Hex . "#1 Crush" was later nominated for Best Song From a Movie at the 1997 MTV Movie Awards .

Garbage Video , a compilation of the album's music video|promotional videos , was released in November 1997. Garbage was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist , while "Stupid Girl" received two nominations for Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song and Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group

Version 2.0 (1997–2000)

Garbage relocated to Friday Harbor , Washington (state)|Washington on March 1, 1997 to write songs for their second album. Returning to Smart Studios a short while later, the band found themselves under intense pressure to repeat the success of Garbage . The band decided not to change their formula, but progress musically by pushing their sound as far as it could go—hence the album's eventual title Version 2.0 , which was completed by February 15, 1998. In March, the first single "Push It" became the #1 most added record at the U.K. Alternative Radio. It became their third consecutive U.K. top ten hit at #9.

In May 1998, Version 2.0 debuted at #1 in the UK and at #13 in the Billboard 200 . Garbage began touring Version 2.0 on May 15, a tour which lasted until the end of 1999. " I Think I'm Paranoid " was released worldwide in July, while the music video for "Push It" received eight nominations at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards . By October 12, " Special (Garbage song)|Special " was released and Garbage was nominated for three MTV Europe Music Awards : "Best Group", "Best Rock Act" and "Best Video" for "Push It". "I Think I'm Paranoid" also made it onto popular games Gran Turismo 2 (even before "As Heaven Is Wide" was onto the first edition of Gran Turismo (video game)|Gran Turismo ), and Rock Band and was likewise featured in the Broadway production of "The Blue Room" starring Nicole Kidman. the play was directed by Sam Mendes.

In early 1999, Version 2.0 received two Grammy Award nominations for Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year and Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album "Special" was #1 most added single at the Top 40 radio ."" Hits (" Special (Garbage song)|Special " trade ad)"" | (Retrieved - 2008-02-24) In Europe, Garbage began their biggest headline tour, releasing singles for " When I Grow Up (Garbage song)|When I Grow Up " and " The Trick Is to Keep Breathing ". In April, "When I Grow Up" was released to Modern Rock radio."" Hits (" When I Grow Up (Garbage song)|When I Grow Up " trade ad)"" (Retrieved - 2008-02-24) "When I Grow Up" was then featured on the movie Big Daddy (1999 film)|Big Daddy . Version 2.0 was awarded the European Platinum Award by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for 1 million sales across Europe and U.S. " You Look So Fine " was released as the final single from Version 2.0 worldwide, as Garbage toured Europe, including headlining in Edinburgh to mark the opening of the Scottish Parliament .

On August 4, Garbage was contracted to perform the theme for the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough and worked with composer David Arnold in London and Vancouver . Garbage co-headlined an Australian tour with Alanis Morissette , while "When I Grow Up" spent three months in the Australian chart, becoming the band's most successful single there. " The World Is Not Enough (song)|The World Is Not Enough " reached the top 10s in Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Finland, as well as the top 40 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the U.K. "Special" received Grammy nominations for Best Rock Song and for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group, while "When I Grow Up" was re-issued in Europe.

Beautiful Garbage (2001–2002)

Garbage regrouped on April 10, 2001. The group began work on their third record, and put aside plans for a B-sides album due to the sale of Almo Sounds to the Universal Music Group|UMG . Manson ran an online blog throughout the recording of the album named Beautiful Garbage . During the recording of the album, Garbage invoked a provision of its contract to leave Almo, and sued UMG when it refused to terminate the contract. UMG threatened to use Manson's 1993 solo contract to tie Garbage to the label. The suit was settled on July 29, 2001, and Garbage moved to Interscope . Lead single "Androgyny" was released to radio by the end of August, and its video was released on September 10. The following day, due to the September 11 attacks in New York City and Washington D.C , the promotional schedule for the album was put on hold.

Released three weeks after the September 11 attacks , the album suffered from lack of promotion, mixed reaction from critics and fans alike, and the failure of its lead single " Androgyny (song)|Androgyny " to achieve high chart positions." Thanks For The, Uhhh, Support Documentary" (Retrieved - 2007-12-11) Despite faltering in major markets, Beautiful Garbage debuted at #1 on Billboard (magazine)| Billboard 's Top Electronic Albums chart where it stayed for 8 weeks, topped the album charts in Australia , and was named one of Rolling Stone 's "Top 10 Albums of the Year"." Breaking Up the Girl Hits magazine trade ad" (Retrieved - 2007-12-11)

In October, Beautiful Garbage achieved a #13 debut on the Billboard 200, as well as reaching #6 on the Top Internet Albums chart and topping the Electronic Albums chart for seven weeks. In its first three months on sale, Beautiful Garbage sold 1.2 million copies.

Garbage supported U2 on the third leg of their Elevation Tour . After the last show, Vig contracted Hepatitis A and was replaced by Matt Chamberlain for European dates. In December " Breaking Up the Girl " was released as a single and the theme song to the Daria telemovie Is It College Yet? . On December 27, Rolling Stone 's US and Australian editions named Beautiful Garbage as one of their critics "Top 10 Albums of the Year".

" Cherry Lips " was released at the beginning of 2002, becoming a massive hit in Australia, peaking at number seven on the ARIA Charts, and number eleven in the highly influential Triple J Hottest 100 for that year. Sony Music Japan released an exclusive E.P. of rare tracks titled Special Collection (Garbage E.P.)|Special Collection .

The Beautiful Garbage tour which took the band throughout North America|North and Central America , Europe , Japan , Australia and New Zealand in support of its third album Beautiful Garbage . The Beautiful Garbage tour takes in headline performances, support performances for U2 and No Doubt , and slots at rock festivals and radio shows around the world. A number of notable acts supported Garbage throughout the run of the tour, including White Stripes , Kelli Ali , Queen Adreena and Abandoned Pools . The tour was hampered by problems with the health of the band, with singer Shirley Manson suffering from throat problems and drummer Butch Vig being taken off sick twice, first with Hepatitis A and then with Bell's Palsy . While some shows that Manson could not perform were cancelled, Vig was replaced at first with Matthew Chamberlain and then with Matt Walker (drummer)|Matt Walker , to prevent disruption to the tour dates.

Bleed Like Me and the indefinite hiatus (2003–2005)

Garbage started proper work on their fourth record in March 2003, writing "Right Between the Eyes" in 30 minutes. It was a false start. Recording for the album was halted during the summer when singer Shirley Manson underwent surgery on her right vocal cord and was not given the okay to sing again until August. By October, due to rising tension within the band and a breakdown in communication Vig relocated to Los Angeles while Manson returned to Scotland ."Butch Vig as quoted on Bleed Like Me Electronic Press Kit" (Retrieved - 2008-02-24) During the Christmas period, Vig encountered excited Garbage fans eager to hear how the album was going. Not having the heart to tell them Garbage had effectively split, he name-dropped titles to them. After this encounter he realized there was still something left in the band.

In January 2004 Garbage reconvened in Los Angeles with Dust Brothers|Dust Brother John King (producer)|John King , drummer Matt Chamberlain, bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen , and on February 6, Dave Grohl performed drums on "Bad Boyfriend". His performance was regarded by the band as "raising the bar" for the record. Following the John King sessions, the band formally relocated to Los Angeles and wrote two new songs, "Metal Heart" and "Boys Wanna Fight", which were more energetic songs than the band had been writing as well as lyrically more "overtly political" both songs referencing the U.S. and U.K. led 2003 Invasion of Iraq .

In 2005, lead single " Why Do You Love Me " debuted on the Modern Rock Tracks chart at #39. as well as #97 and #81 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts respectively, becoming the band's most successful single for six years. Bleed Like Me entered Top 10 in U.S.

On August 25, 2005 Garbage cancelled their scheduled October tour dates in France, Belgium and United Kingdom and released a statement that the band had "somewhat overextended themselves" and had decided to conclude their tour in Australia on October 1. Upfront of the band's Australian tour, "Sex Is Not The Enemy" was released to Australian radio. The end of the Australian tour marked the end of active promotion for Bleed Like Me . The band confirmed that they were going "on indefinite hiatus" to dispel reports of a band split.

Absolute Garbage (2006–2008)

Manson confirmed in March 2006 that she had begun work on a solo album, adding that she had "no timetable" for completing the project. Garbage drummer Vig is co-writing and producing for her album. Much of the work on the album has taken place in Manson's Los Angeles base. As yet, there is no release date scheduled for the release of the album.
Manson recorded a duet with Eric Avery for his album Help Wanted (album)|Help Wanted , and with Debbie Harry , which was not finished. Manson made low key appearances in She Wants Revenge 's "These Things" music video, and Self-injury|self-abuse documentary CUT: Teens and Self Injury . Vig produced albums for Jimmy Eat World , Against Me! and The Subways , and scored music for two films, including The Other Side (2010 film)|The Other Side ."Butch Vig Productions . 31.7.2006. Accessed September 5th, 2006. Erikson is working with the BBC an American folk music anthology , whilst Marker has been involved with a film score ."Shirley Manson’s blog” . 17.1.2006. Accessed September 5th, 2006. Garbage ended their eighteen-month hiatus on January 31, 2007, at a benefit show in Glendale, California|Glendale , California , organised by Vig to help pay musician Wally Ingram 's medical care following treatment for Esophageal cancer|throat cancer . Prior to this, Garbage had been sharing song ideas via the internet and were keen on getting into the recording studio to complete them. Garbage began work on the new songs in earnest during February and March at Vig's home studio, completing four tracks including " Tell Me Where It Hurts (Garbage song)|Tell Me Where It Hurts ", which was released as the album's lead single.

Absolute Garbage was released in July, remastered and including a special edition bonus remix package. A DVD format rounded out the package; among the fifteen Garbage music videos included was a documentary film titled "Thanks For Your, Uhhh Support" featuring backstage and behind-the-scenes footage, live performances and interviews. Vig stated that Garbage was considering mid-2008 to begin making a fifth album, saying, "We're thinking about it... I think we're more interested in making something that's much more primal and stripped down. Absolute Garbage is the postscript to chapter one. Whatever we do next will definitely be chapter two". In May 2008, it was announced that Manson would be joining the cast of US TV show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles in a regular role. A Garbage track called “Witness to Your Love” was released on a charity, “limited availability,” compilation in the USA. The release was available from Urban Outfitters from Wednesday, October 15, 2008, to Thursday, January 31, 2009, and went on radio in the US on October 17.

Shirley Manson's unreleased solo album

A few months into Garbage's hiatus, Manson began writing a solo record, working with songwriter The Blue Nile|Paul Buchanan , producer Greg Kurstin , soundtrack composer David Arnold , and Garbage drummer Butch Vig. In 2007, Manson called up a group of artists to collaborate in the creation of songs, including Rivers Cuomo of Weezer , who at that point had never co-written material with anyone. http://www.billboard.com/features/weezer-s-rivers-cuomo-jermaine-dupri-the-1004042679.story#/features/weezer-s-rivers-cuomo-jermaine-dupri-the-1004042679.story? page=2 Manson presented some of her work to Geffen Records in 2008, who found it "too Film noir|noir ", prompting Manson and Geffen to mutually terminate her contract. Manson continues to write material Unsigned artist|while without a record deal and has contacted David Byrne and Ray Davies in hopes of potential collaborations. Manson has posted three demo (music)|demos on her Facebook profile, written by her and Kurstin, titled "In the Snow", "Pretty Horses" and "Lighten Up". In January 2012, Manson confirmed that work on her solo album had been cancelled, stating the album " dead and buried. We had the funeral. It was sad and I cried a lot but it made such a beautiful corpse that we had an open casket."

Manson also worked with a number of artists outside of her solo project, reciting a verse of a long poem for a Chris Connelly (musician)|Chris Connelly album, recording duets with Eric Avery and Debbie Harry and performing backing vocals on a Gavin Rossdale track. Although not recording material with them, Manson also performed on-stage with The Pretenders , Iggy Pop , Incubus (band)|Incubus and Kings of Leon in Atlantic City , with Gwen Stefani and a further twice with No Doubt in Universal City, California|Universal City . Manson also performed in an uncredited role as a dominatrix in the music video for She Wants Revenge 's single " These Things ".

Not Your Kind of People (2010–present)

On February 1, 2010, it was confirmed through Shirley Manson's official Facebook profile that she spent a week in the studio with her bandmates. The news came shortly after Butch Vig received a Grammy for producing American rock band Green Day 's 21st Century Breakdown , which won "Best Rock Album". In the post, Manson wrote "Guess who I just spent a week in the studio with? Would you be pleased if I said one of them was called Steve and one of them was called Duke and another was a Grammy-winning producer? " In October 2010, it was officially confirmed that Garbage are recording their fifth studio album.
The working title s of fifteen new songs, "Time Will Destroy Everything", "Blood For Poppies", "Choose Your Weapon", "Automatic Systematic Habit", "Control", "Lies, Lies, Lies", "Sugar", "Not Your Kind Of People", "Beloved Freak", "T.R.O.U.B.L.E", "Felt", "Big Brite World", "Alone", "Electro", "I Hate Love" and "Animal" were released via Butch Vig and Garbage's Twitter pages as well as Manson's Facebook. Access date: June 1, 2011 Access date: June 1, 2011 The group has on several occasions described the sound of the album as "abrasive", featuring "extreme noise", www.twitter.com. Access date: June 15, 2011 with Manson going so far as to attest, "All traditional instruments are banned. Instead, one is only allowed to make abstract noise." www.facebook.com. Access date: June 15, 2011 Vig has confirmed that a total of 24 songs are being "ruff mixed" for possible inclusion on the album. www.twitter.com. Access date: June 15, 2011.

On September 17, 2011, Garbage announced via their Facebook page that the band would release a cover version of an as-yet-unannounced song in October. The band explained, "This track has nothing to do with our new record and will not be included. It is not a single. It is simply a song that happens to be a cover version that you will hear in a matter of weeks, if you care to." Retrieved 2011-09-17. On October 10, it was revealed that the song in question would be a cover of U2 's " Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses " for the Achtung Baby tribute album AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered . The compilation CD was released with the December 2011 issue of Q (magazine)|Q . The band also clarified that their forthcoming 11-track Long player|LP would be mixed by October 17, while another 12 songs will be finalized by the end of the year and see release as "b-sides, extra tracks and maybe one might even come your way simply as a Christmas present from Garbage as a thank you to you all for sticking around," though this did not materialise. On November 28, Butch Vig wrote on the band's Facebook page that mastering for the album had been completed. Access date: December 5, 2011.

The band announced to Billboard (magazine)|Billboard that their fifth studio album is currently scheduled for an independent release in late March or early April 2012, with Vig confirming, "We're looking at this as free agents. We're out of all our corporate responsibilities from the past, and initially we thought that was terrifying but now we think it's liberating. We're going to put the record out on our own label and just figure out how to license it and market it because we want it under our control." Vig also stated that the group would tour next year in support of the record and that the album's first official single would be released worldwide in January 2012. In another interview with Spin (magazine)|Spin , lead singer Shirley Manson stated, "People we've played it for it sounds like the first record, and I'm thinking to myself, 'It doesn't sound anything like the first record,' but there is an energy there that's, I think, reminiscent of the first record; a sort of hungriness is there," while Vig told Rolling Stone , "I think you can hear some energy and a vibe in the tracks that sounds refreshing - a little bit more to me like the first two records. Somehow we have a collective sound. When we spin the ideas through the four of our brains it comes out and it's kind of a thing that's identifiable. There's lots of elements of things we've always loved: noisy guitars, big electronic beats, atmospheric film moments."

On January 6, 2012, the band announced that they had entered Red Razor Studios in Glendale, California to record bonus material for their forthcoming album, www.facebook.com. Access date: January 12, 2012. later confirming on Twitter that a further five tracks were being worked on, including the new title "What Girls Are Made Of." Access date: January 12, 2012. The first confirmed dates of the band's 2012 tour will take place in Russia on May 11 in St. Petersburg and May 12 in Moscow. www.facebook.com. Date: December 11, 2011. Access date: January 12, 2012.

Musical style

Garbage's sound has often been described, not only by the band and fans, but also by critics, as being alternative rock , post-grunge , Electronic (music)|electronic . During the early days of the band, some songs such as " Only Happy When It Rains " and " Stupid Girl (Garbage song)|Stupid Girl " were described as grunge , whilst some disagreed. http://www.garbagesound.com/band/profile.html The biggest target was to make pop music|pop -like songs which mixed a variety of genres, with Steve Marker saying that the band wanted to "take pop music and make it as horrible sounding as we can." Vig has said the Crossover (music)#Crossover as a mix of genres|crossover -heavy sound was inspired by the band's background with remixes, where songs would be rearranged to every musical style to which they held interest,, Spin (magazine)|Spin and also that he "grew up listening to everything from pop radio and opera to country music and polka, so I really though that Garbage would be an interesting and eclectic thing to do."

Garbage have been inspired by Roxy Music , The Pretenders , Siouxsie and the Banshees , Patti Smith , David Bowie , Blondie (band)|Blondie , The Smashing Pumpkins , and My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine .

All four Garbage albums, Garbage (album)|Garbage (1995), Version 2.0 (1998), beautifulgarbage (2001) and Bleed Like Me (2005) have been recorded at the band's recording studio, Smart Studios , located in Madison, Wisconsin|Madison , Wisconsin . Since the early days of Garbage, all singles and songs have been penned there, and produced by Butch Vig . Other bands to record at Smart Studios include, among others, The Smashing Pumpkins , and demos for Nirvana (band)|Nirvana 's 1991 album Nevermind .

Related projects

During the band's hiatus, Manson was cast in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles in May 2008, after being asked to appear by series creator Josh Friedman and enduring a multiple audition process, beating out other actresses including Julie Ann Emery . She debuted in the season two premiere episode " List of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles episodes#Season 2: 2008 - 2009|Samson and Delilah " as Catherine Weaver, a CEO of a technology company, ZeiraCorp. At the conclusion of the episode, Weaver is revealed to be a liquid-metal T-1001 Terminator. Manson also performed and Arrangement|co-arranged a rock and blues version of the gospel song " Samson and Delilah (song)|Samson and Delilah " for the episode's Film score|score . Manson cites actress Glenn Close and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as her acting influences for the ambiguous character. Manson also played the human Weaver in archive footage viewed by the T-1001 in the episode "The Tower is Tall, But the Fall is Short".

Vig worked with Jimmy Eat World on their sixth album, Chase This Light , released in October 2007. He is also working on soundtrack s for two new movies, which include the unreleased The Other Side (2010 film)|The Other Side . Vig produced his first English band The Subways ' on their All or Nothing (The Subways album)|second album , worked with Tom Gabel of Against Me! on his solo EP, 'Heart Burns', with Green Day on 21st Century Breakdown - which later won a Grammy Award in the category of Best Rock Album - and Foo Fighters , in both two songs for Greatest Hits (Foo Fighters album)|greatest hits release and their studio album Wasting Light . Recently, Vig has been partnered in duties by his engineer and mixer Billy Bush (producer)|Billy Bush who also worked on Garbage's albums and live tours.

In 2008, Manson became involved with the Pablove Foundation, a charity founded by Dangerbird Records head Jeff Castelaz, whose son Pablo succumbed to cancer the following year. Funds raised for the Pablove Foundation directly supports the pediatric cancer community in and around Children's Hospital Los Angeles . Manson reformed Garbage to contribute an exclusive track, "Witness to Your Love", to a charity album for the Foundation; signed off a Pablove poster for auction on eBay ; Manson also hosted a fundraiser headlined by the Silversun Pickups , and performed acoustically on-stage at a second fundraiser with Butch Vig and Tom Gabel (for a rendition of "Witness"...) and with Greg Kurstin (for a cover of Pablo's favourite song, David Bowie 's " Life on Mars? ").

In 2009, Manson made her first venture into the videogame industry by becoming digitally mapped to create an Avatar (computing)|avatar of herself for the Guitar Hero franchise. In the fifth game in the series, Manson is an unlockable character , while the game also features a licensed Garbage track.

In 2010, Shirley Manson donated two hand decorated t-shirts to Binki Shapiro’s (of the band “ Little Joy ”) on-line charity auction “Crafts for a Cause” to help raise money for the earthquake victims of Haiti . The two T-shirts raised a total of $1522.00, which was donated to the Paul Haggis|Artists for Peace and Justice organization.

Concert tours

November 1995-December 1996: Garbage tour

May 1998-November 1999: Version 2.0 tour

October 2001-November 2002: Beautiful Garbage tour

March 2005-October 2005: Bleed Like Me tour

Discography

;Studio albums

Garbage (album)|Garbage (1995)

Version 2.0 (1998)

Beautiful Garbage (2001)

Bleed Like Me (2005)

Not Your Kind of People (2012)

;Compilation albums

Special Collection (EP, 2002)

Absolute Garbage (2007)

;Video

Garbage Video (VHS, 1996)

Absolute Garbage (DVD, 2007)

Members

; Current members:

Shirley Manson & nbsp;– Singing|vocals , guitar

Steve Marker & nbsp;– guitar, keyboard instrument|keyboards

Duke Erikson & nbsp;– bass guitar , keyboards, guitar, percussion instrument|percussion

Butch Vig & nbsp;– drums , percussions

; Touring members:

Daniel Shulman & nbsp;– bass guitar

Eric Avery & nbsp;– bass guitar during the Bleed Like Me tour

Matt Chamberlain & nbsp;– drums during some legs of the Beautiful Garbage tour

Matt Walker (drummer)|Matt Walker & nbsp;– drums during some legs of the Beautiful Garbage tour and Bleed Like Me tour

Awards and nominations

Album certifications

Recording Industry Association of America certification"RIAA.com" . 2006. Accessed Sept 5th, 2006.

* Multi-platinum certification (2,000,000 units) awarded to 'Garbage'

* Platinum certification (1,000,000 units) awarded to 'Version 2.0'

Canadian Recording Industry Association certification"CRIA.ca" . 2006. Accessed Sept 5th, 2006.

* Multi-platinum certification (200,000 units) awarded to 'Garbage'

* Platinum certification (100,000 units) awarded to 'Version 2.0'

* Gold certification (50,000 units) awarded to 'beautifulgarbage'

British Phonographic Industry certification"BPI.com" . 2006. Accessed Sept 5th, 2006.

* Multi-platinum certification (600,000 units) awarded to 'Garbage'

* Multi-platinum certification (600,000 units) awarded to 'Version 2.0'

* Gold certification (100,000 units) awarded to 'beautifulgarbage'

International Federation of the Phonographic Industry certification"IFPI.org" . 2006. Accessed Sept 5th, 2006.

* IFPI Platinum Europe Award (1,000,000 units) awarded to 'Version 2.0'

Australian Recording Industry Association certification"ARIA.com" . 2006. Accessed Sept 5th, 2006.

* Multi-platinum certification (140,000 units) awarded to 'Garbage'

* Platinum certification (70,000 units) awarded to 'Version 2.0'

* Multi-platinum certification (210,000 units) awarded to 'beautifulgarbage'

* Gold certification (35,000 units) awarded to 'Bleed Like Me'

* Gold certification (35,000 units) awarded to "Cherry Lips"

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