Garbage

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Biography

Garbage is an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994. The group consists of 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 production. The band have counted worldwide album sales of over 17 million units. Garbage released a string of increasingly successful singles in 1995-1996, including "Stupid Girl" and "Only Happy When It Rains". Their debut album, Garbage, was an unexpected smash, selling over 4 million copies and certified 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 charts in the UK upon its 1998 release and the following year was nominated for two Grammy Awards, Album of the Year and 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 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, Garbage's 2001 third album Beautiful Garbage failed to match the commercial success achieved by its predecessors. 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 an as yet unreleased solo album. 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. Not Your Kind of People was released on May 14, 2012 via the band's own independent label, Stunvolume Records.

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Item Name Item Details
Year Formed 1994
Number of Albums 27
Record Label Infectious Music
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Trivia

Where was Garbage formed in 1994?

Madison, Wisconsin

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Who is the vocalist of the band?

Shirley Manson

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In what year did Garbage release Stupid Girl?

19951996

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What award did Garbage win at the MTV Europe Music Awards in 1996?

Breakthrough Artist

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What movie theme song did Garbage co-produce for?

The World Is Not Enough

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What did they say they wanted to pursue?

personal interests

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Who inspired the name of the band?

a friend

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Who has said that the band want to make Pop music?

Marker

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What two bands did Vig and Erikson play together in?

Spooner and Fire Town

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What was Shirley Manson's band's debut single?

Suffocate Me

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When did Angelfish release Suffocate Me?

1993

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What Scottish band did Manson begin her music career as a backing singer for?

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie

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How many video albums does the band use?

3

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Who are the members of Garbage?

Scottishborn Shirley Manson and Americans Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig

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Who are Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig?

Americans

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What was their second album called?

Version 2.0

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What was the name of Garbage's third album?

Beautiful Garbage

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What was Garbag's fourth album called?

Bleed Like Me

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How many members are involved in the band's production?

four

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How many albums has Garbage sold worldwide?

over 17 million

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In what countries did double platinum certification occur?

United Kingdom, United States and in Australia

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How long was the followup version 2.0 in production?

a year

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What made the band particularly popular with disaffected youths?

Garbage's angry, emotional lyrics contrasted with their catchy, pop alternative rock music

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How many music producers does Garbage have?

three

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In what year did career garbage release a string of success songs?

1995

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What was the name of the band's 1995 hit single?

Stupid Girl

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In what decade did the band return?

2010s

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What state is Vig from?

Wisconsin

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What instrument did Vig learn as a child?

piano

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What band did Vig join after college?

Spooner

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When did Angelfish release its first album?

1994

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What was the name of the Scottish woman who was the lead singer of the band?

Shirley

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How many copies of Garbage's 1995 debut sold in its first year?

a million

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Who founded Smart Studios?

Butch Vig and Steve Marker

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What did Vig major in?

film

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When did Spooner disband?

1987

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What was the name of the group in which the band occasionally played?

Firetown

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Other than producing records for other bands, what else did they do?

parttime musicians

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Where was the band formed in 1994?

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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When did the band release their debut album?

August 1995

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What was the name of the first single released by the band in 1995?

Vow

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What was the name of the shortform VHS and Video CD released by Garbage in 1996?

Garbage Video

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What was Garbage nominated for at the 1997 Grammy Awards?

Best New Artist

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What movie soundtrack featured the remixed version of 1 Crush?

William Shakespeare's Romeo Juliet

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Who wrote Romeo Juliet?

William Shakespeare

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When was the original version released?

1996

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