Music is prone to nostalgia more so than any other form of art. There’s something about hearing a chord or melody again which brings one back to the first time they heard it. For me, Garbage’s concert ...
Alt-rock icons Garbage are officially coming home – announcing their first Australian headline shows since 2016. The beloved ...
Producer Butch Vig described the second Garbage album, Version 2.0, as “the sound of a band growing up.” The album features the band’s defining hits, “I Think I’m Paranoid,” “Push It,” and “Special.” ...
Many artists that have released their finest work on their first record become totally defined by that moment, but, as this list proves, Garbage aren’t one of them. Saying that though, they deserve ...
If we never heard a moment of Butch Vig playing an instrument, he’d still be a music icon. As a producer and engineer, he ...
Butch Vig has been a staple in the rock scene for decades, yet many do not know his name. The highly-sought producer and drummer for Garbage has always flown just below the radar with casual alt-rock ...
There are two things you should never do. Don’t call San Francisco “Frisco,” and don’t call Garbage “grunge.” The former will irritate San Franciscans, while the latter will annoy the alternative rock ...
It’s 1983. Def Leppard and Journey dominate the music charts, hair metal is all the rave and nothing’s hotter than Motley Crue. Converse were the shoes of choice, led by Lakers superstar Magic Johnson ...
Back in 1995, Garbage’s self-titled debut captured the zeitgeist perfectly. When American producers Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Nirvana producer Butch Vig invited flame-haired vixen Shirley Manson ...
Blondie and Garbage have a lot in common. Both bands have frontwomen who blazed trails in their respective genres. Blondie’s Debbie Harry is a feminist icon who rose out of New York City in the ’70s, ...
Rina Sawayama caught up with NME at this year’s BRIT Awards, where she told us about her “Garbage, grunge and pop” inspired second album. Watch our video interview with Sawayama above. The singer’s ...