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5-12-2011

At the origins of the American alternative team Garbage there were three very experienced musicians and producers - guitarists Duke Eriksson and Steve Marker, as well as drummer Butch Vig, who became famous as the producer of the album Nevermind. Around the mid 80s. all three somehow collaborated in different teams, while in the early 90s. did not decide to assemble their own full-fledged team. The name Garbage (garbage, garbage - English) came after one caustic commentary on their joint work. Starting the search for a vocalist, the musicians soon came to the conclusion that a girl should stand at the microphone. Accidentally, Marker saw the band's clip on TV Angelfish, whose vocalist was someone Shirley Manson.

All four musicians met on the day of death from Nirvana- April 8, 1994 Close cooperation, however, had to be postponed until later due to the fact that Angelfish were on tour at the time. Yes, and Manson's first audition left much to be desired, but the musicians were imbued with sympathy and, as it turned out, had many common interests. At the end of the tour Angelfish broke up, and the vocalist herself contacted the manager of Garbage and asked for a new audition. Despite the fact that the process did not go as it should this time, Manson was taken on as a vocalist. From that moment on, the band began recording a demo tape, trying to move away from the sound in the "" style, in which the musicians worked before.

In the same 1994, the Mushroom UK label took the group under its wing. Garbage's first release was the song "Vow", released on a music compilation from Volume magazine - at that time it was the only completely finished song. Oddly enough, "Vow" was a good success - the track was immediately snapped up by various radio stations. Since the rights to the song belonged to the magazine, a limited series of singles from "Vow" were released through their own label, Garbage. The musicians continued to prepare the album.

The self-titled debut album was released in August 1995 and settled at the very end of the American Billboard 200 hit parade - in the UK and Australia, the disc took much better places. The band immediately went on tour and received a Brit Awards nomination for Best New Foreign Artist. The musicians spent the whole next year on tour in support of their first child. Singles " Only Happy When It Rains», « Milk" and " Stupid girl"Took good positions in the charts. Reworked with musician Tricky, the single "Milk" entered the top ten in the UK. Garbage played the song at the MTV European Music Awards and even won the Breakthrough of the Year award. A remix of "#1 Crush" was featured in the movie " Romeo and Juliet”, and also received a 1997 MTV Movie Award nomination. The band received three Grammy nominations that same year.

Almost a year - until mid-February 1998 - was spent preparing the second album. The group actually tried to surpass themselves, which, in principle, they succeeded. Album Version 2.0 was released in May and immediately topped the British charts (in the US, it managed to take only 13th line). Singles " push it», « Special" and " I Think I'm Paranoid” also enjoyed great popularity on the other side of the ocean, and the latter was included in the soundtrack for the video games Gran Turismo 2 and Rock Band. The group from May 1998 until the end of 1999 was on tour. In October, Garbage received three nominations for the MTV European Music Awards, and in early 1999, two Grammy nominations for Version 2.0 at once - however, again they failed to receive a single statuette. Sales, meanwhile, exceeded 1 million discs, for which the musicians received an award from the International Recording Federation. Single " When I Grow Up" sounded in the film "Big Daddy" and became the group's most successful single in Australia. This was followed by a collaboration that made the group even more famous - in October the single " The World Is Not Enough”, recorded together with composer David Arnold and the orchestra especially for the next Bond series “The whole world is not enough”. The single entered the hot tens of many European countries. At the end of the tour, the musicians took a vacation.

The band reunited in the spring of 2001. Plans were made to release a B-sides compilation, but the plans did not come to fruition as American distributor Garbage Almo Records was sold to UMG. The band decided to leave the label, but UMG was against it, and the case ended in a court case that sided with the musicians, whose new home was Interscope. The album was recorded in the summer and the first single was "Androgyny". However, the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks took the nation's interest away from the music, and promotion of the album stalled. The album itself Beautiful Garbage released in October and still managed to take a good position in the charts, and sales in the first three months amounted to 1,200,000 copies. Garbage toured a lot in the North (as an opening act for U2) and Central America, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. However, the tour was somewhat spoiled by the illnesses of the musicians. Some of the concerts were canceled due to problems with Manson's voice, and the group went to Europe with Matt Chamberlain for drums - Vig first fell ill with hepatitis A, and then he was struck by Bell's palsy. Single " Breaking Up the Girl” sounded in an episode of the series “Daria”, and “ Cherry Lips became a #1 hit in Australia.

After a long break, in March 2003, Garbage reconvened to work on their fourth disc, but the work did not go well due to the fact that Manson had to undergo an operation on the ligaments, and also because of the complicated relations within the team. As a result, the musicians went to different cities and countries. However, after a pre-New Year's meeting with fans, Vig, who by that time had already put an end to Garbage, decided that he was in a hurry with conclusions. Already in January, the group gave their first performance, and after that they went to the studio, where they recorded new material until December. The album Bleed Like Me was released in April 2005 and took a good position in the charts on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Then Garbage again went on tour, which, however, quickly ended - the last performance was a concert in Australia on October 1st. The reason, according to the official statement, was the general fatigue of the musicians both from the tour and from each other. The members of the group officially announced that the group had gone on an indefinite hiatus, and after that, everyone went about their own business. Manson began working on a still unreleased solo album, along the way participating in various projects, Vig again took up producing, Eriksson collaborated with the BBC and worked on an anthology of American folk music, and Marker began to compose music for films.

Garbage reunited again in January 2007 when the band performed at a charity concert for musician Wally Ingram, who was diagnosed with throat cancer. The group then recorded the song " Tell me where it hurts”, which became the single from the Absolute Garbage compilation released in July. Vig stated that Garbage planned to begin work on a fifth album in 2008, but silence soon fell again.

In early 2010, Vig received a Grammy for producing the best rock album, 21st Century Breakdown.

Garbage is sometimes said to have been around since 1994. All of its members are far from amateurs: Butch Vig has produced discs for such bands as Nirvana (album "Nevermind, and the group as a whole, Shirley's voice, works not only to compensate for the often absent or non-predominant solo guitar parts, but also enriches and without that, it would seem a good sound.And we shouldn’t talk about the effects at all.The specialists in the field of sound recording and remixes, who have worked with such different areas as Depeche Mode eurotechno and U2 rock, can work with samples no worse than The Prodigy.Well-balanced music that works on the mood.

Critics began calling the group's style post-grunge, gothic pop, and even alternative. Although as soon as they are not classified. On the Internet, and not only, you can find their songs in the sections of the hodgepodge of alternative music, and rock of different degrees of freedom, and even thrash. The musicians themselves during this period define their music as something between Curve, Nine Inch Nails and Eurythmics with a clear predominance of Roxy Music.

The songs from their first album can seem dark if you don't listen to the words, but if you listen, they can seem cruel and too honest. As someone said: "The band's music has absorbed the desperation of the 90s and does not need the selection of epithets."

Video clips were shot for several songs from the first album, later combined into a single video released on VHS and, of course, called "Garbage". In this half-hour film, by the way, not only the original versions of the songs participated, but also interruptions from the remixes. Getting this masterpiece is currently quite difficult.

In early 1997, Garbage entered the studio to record their second album. "We'll just hang around in the studio and tape whatever comes to mind," said Steve Marker. From day to day, a new Garbage album is released, called "Version 2.0". Marker described the upcoming LP as more "black and danceable than the first. “It will be something like ‘As Heaven Is Wide’. We dedicated one of the songs to our idol - singer Chrissie Hynde from The Pretenders," he said.

As it turned out later, a couple of years spent recording is not yet the longest waiting period for many fans. During the recording of the second studio album, the group came up with a non-standard, as they say now, marketing ploy. Shirley Manson began to keep her online diary, or, as they say now, a blog. From this diary, the band's fans learned the news about the tracks being recorded firsthand. Numerous music publications reprinted parts of Shirley's diary, which fueled the already high interest in the group. This continued until the inadvertent criticism of the new Radiohead album caused widespread displeasure and almost led to lawsuits. After that, the group changed the rules and forbade the replication and quoting of the diaries without written permission.

In principle, "Version 2.0" repeats the recipe of the first album: the rock band writes excellent pop songs, makes their sound more modern with the help of samples and all kinds of electronics. Shirley noted: “Everything on the album is about me, about my life. It's more personal than the first." The album appealed to lovers of quality sound and climbed to first place in the national and indie charts in Britain (and up to 13 - at home in the US). Butch Vig described the band's music at that stage as follows: "Heavier than Nine Inch Nails, groover than hip-hop, more guitars than My Bloody Valentine." The songs "Push It" (the first single from the album), "When I Grow Up", "I think I'm paranoid" and "You Look So Fine" are especially popular.

It took quite a while for the band to announce the start of work on their third record. Even after that, the work did not really stick. “The boys hung out at the bar,” recalls Shirley Manson, “and I, comfortably seated in some corner, sat wrapped in an old rug and stared stupidly at the TV.” The confusion and confusion of the musicians can be explained: despite the abundance of ideas and a clear desire to work, they did not yet fully understand in which direction they should develop. The musicians decided to work with music in the style of "pop". “We have always been fans of this particular movement,” says Shirley. - Some of it showed up in "Version 2.0", but then we were still under the pressure of guitar fashion. Just do not rush to conclusions - we put our own meaning into the concept of “pop!”

Unlike its rather conceptual predecessors, "Beautiful Garbage" is a provocative mixture of caustic R&B ("Androgyny"), stylized folk ("So Like A Rose"), more or less familiar rock drive ("Silence Is Golden ”, “Shut Your Mouth”), frank parody (“Can't Cry These Tears”) and brilliant tango (“Untouchable”). “We have come to the point,” Butch Vig says with a sly smile, “that not being afraid to try and deviate from the usual sound is not only a necessary thing, but also an interesting thing. Everyone, except Shirley, is a producer to some extent, so the process of learning new things went quite harmoniously. The musicians really had a lot of time to afford everything, because the work on "Beautiful Garbage" lasted 14 months.

The album was followed by an exhausting world tour, during which Shirley began to have problems with her voice, followed by a diagnosis of nervous and physical exhaustion. After the end of the tour, troubles rained down on the group - Butch Vig began to have health problems, family troubles haunted Shirley, who underwent a serious operation on her ligaments. Duke Erickson's father died, and Steve Marker lost his mother ... When they met, they could talk about anything, but not about work and not about the studio. “I remember how we sat opposite each other and were silent,” recalls Shirley Manson. - Because we didn’t know at all whether we would continue to work together. If yes, then the work on new songs will be very hard. If not... I don't know. I don't think I felt anything at the time."

After the first, not very successful attempt to go to the studio, the members of Garbage took a long time out. The next time they ended up in the studio by chance - a ten-ton truck drove into the building of their Smart Studios one fine morning. After the repair, the guys gradually joined the process of recording the album.

In Russia, the album was released on April 11, 2005. According to the musicians, "On the new album, for the first time, we tried to get away from thinking:" Let's see how far our ideas will take us. We did not experiment, did not try to surprise anyone on purpose, but simply composed songs. Therefore, the music on the album will be closer to the "Version 2.0" disc, and the nature of the songs will be sexually aggressive." Garbage, famous for always handling their own albums, invited outside musicians into the studio. The first recruit was John King of the Dust Brothers. Shirley admits that it was with the appearance of this man that she finally "calmed down and realized that the album would be completed." Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters then joined in on drums for the album's opening song, "Bad Boyfriend".

The band's new album Garbage is showing strong chart performance. Not only did it become the band's fastest-selling album, it also performed the best on the charts compared to previous releases.

In the top 100 of Billboard magazine, he debuted in fourth place, and he is also in fourth place in the American chart - the musicians have never managed to climb so high on the first attempt.

In 2010, the group entered the top rotation on freakoff.net alternative community radio and received high ratings from users.

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Bright, bold, red-haired! Garbage soloist Shirley Manson is a real symbol of the rebellious 90s. She has always been sharp-tongued, devilishly charismatic and endlessly assertive. Remains the same Shirley now. And thank God: maybe it was the determination of this fragile person that helped Garbage enter the list of top rock bands in the world and record The World Is Not Enough (“And the whole world is not enough”) for the 19th James Bond film.

On November 11, Garbage led by Shirley Manson will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their first album with a big concert at the Moscow Crocus City Hall. Shortly before the show, we called the singer in Los Angeles and found out why feminism is needed, why you should not be afraid of numbers in your passport, and how Russia is similar to Scotland.

Shirley Manson

About age

“I won’t lie: watching your body lose ground is disgusting. There is nothing good in this. But, on the other hand, the very fact that I got older had a great effect on my mind. I got stronger. I feel happier. And I am glad that there is still a lot of new things ahead that I can and want to learn. It's exciting.

I like the approach of some African tribes and Native Americans who respect and listen to their elders. I think this makes sense. But in the USA and in my home country, the United Kingdom (Shirley is from Scotland.-Note. ed.), the culture is not like that: we seem to have long forgotten the power of wisdom and experience. We have become superficial. We like everything beautiful, everything easy. Don't get me wrong, these are all things to be admired too. But no less than years!

I love my age. I like the imprint that time leaves on people. That's life. There is something more in an adult person than some superficiality. Behind the "shell" is a certain entity

In general, I'm not afraid to grow old. I look forward to the years."

Garbage - the epitome of the rebellious 90s

About Garbage, Moscow concert and 20 years of history

“In Moscow, we will play all the songs from the Garbage album, which turns 20 this year. And more songs that we wrote in 1995-1996. So let's celebrate the anniversary of the first record!

You know, these 20 years have changed a lot in me. Today I am completely different. But I feel even more rebellious than before. It's even funny.

I'm more noisy, more open, more active than ever before.

I fucking want to turn tables more than ever! (Laughs.)

In general, yes, I have changed, but my drive, my passion, my principles are still the same.

Shirley has always been a rebel. And, according to the singer, with age, the rebellious spirit only got stronger!

About style

“The way I dress is my self-expression. I can look different every day. It all depends on my mood, where I'm going to go and what I'm going to do. I actually have rather strange taste, to be honest. I wouldn't call myself stylish.

About Russia, Scotland and travel

“I think Russia is very similar to Scotland. Well, at some points. This is strange: on the one hand, the countries are completely different, and on the other hand, on the contrary, they are close to each other.

Russians - here I am, of course, making some generalizations, but still - they remind me of the Scots. Oh yeah! Loud, passionate, expressive…

And I really like this connection, this similar energy that I feel in Russian culture!

Now I live in the USA, but I really miss my homeland. I come to Scotland every three months. I see my friends, I see my family, I feel the dull Scottish life. (Laughs.) I miss the rain, the clouds, the sky. I need to visit Scotland all the time!

Los Angeles, the city where I live in America, is very different from the city where I grew up in Scotland. But I love LA - it's a great place where there are numerous groups of people with their own interests. I like living in the States.

An interesting thing: I always had the feeling that I am "their" in every place where I am with the people I love.

Wherever I go - and I travel a lot - I always find something magical. Everywhere!"

About husband

“It seems to me that every person who comes into your life affects you in some way. Yes, everyone influences - including enemies. They shape you, your character, your self-image. So I guess my husband (Shirley is married to Billy Bush, the sound engineer for Garbage.-Note. ed.) changed me too, one way or another.”

About femininity and rock and roll

“There are a lot of great women making music these days. Many wonderful - even, perhaps, just great pop singers. For example, Beyoncé and - in my opinion, they are generally the greatest pop artists that the world has ever seen!

But I miss the rebels.

I would like to hear real "rebellious spirit" girls - as it was before. Probably, the rebellious voice is hard to fit into the context of pop music. Or maybe people today are simply not ready for such pop music.

And in the last ten years, "at the helm", it seems, is the pop who "rules" the world, shutting up the underground. It's a pity.

Does it seem to me that “feminine” ideals simply reign in the world now? Well, I must say, the women's rights movement is indeed regressing. In the 1990s, my entire generation and I felt like we were breaking glass with our foreheads. And we really did. Plus, we were all feminists and talked openly about it. But the pop stars who became famous later from feminism, on the contrary, in every possible way disowned the ideas of equality. Although, in my opinion, any person - not only an artist - must fight for the rights of others. It matters to people all over the world."

On August 26, 1966, the vocalist of the popular band Garbage was born. Scottish singer Shirley Ann Manson will celebrate her 47th birthday this Monday.

The singer has been fond of music since childhood - she played the piano and guitar. Before Garbage, she managed to participate in several musical projects, but only this group brought her recognition and world fame.

In honor of the singer's birthday, we have selected for you the best hits of the team and invite you to remember and listen to them again.

Shirley Manson joined the band in August 1994 - then the musicians were already finishing their first album. Thus, she almost did not participate in the "birth" of the songs, but she brought her amazing vocals to the group, without which it is now simply impossible to imagine her.

By the way, the singer's vocal is really unusual - it is called contralto, which means the lowest singing voice. Finding one is not so easy.

In general, in 1995, the debut album Garbage went on sale and brought the band wildly popular. It has sold over 4 million copies. Songs became big hits

"Only Happy When It Rains"

"Stupid Girl"

After a large-scale tour that followed immediately after the release of the album, the group is taken for the second. And this time Manson made a huge contribution to the process of creating songs - she became the main lyricist for this record.

The second album was not inferior to the first, the group went on tour again. In parallel, they continue to work - during the tour, the famous The World Is Not Enough:

This composition was recorded for one of the James Bond films. It is hardly necessary to say what a resounding success it was - you can still hear it on the radio, even after so many years.

The group became the third Scottish performer to glorify the famous super agent. Prior to this, the James Bond theme was performed by Lulu and Shinna Watson.

The most successful Garbage album was released in 2005. Many critics agreed that it was on this disc that Manson most revealed herself as an author - her lyrics became open and very touching.

It was this album that opened the main single, and now the most famous hit of the group - "Why Do You Love Me"

Largely due to this, the album took record positions in most of the world's music charts and stayed there for a record amount of time.

Before recording the album, Manson underwent a major operation - she had a cyst removed from her vocal cords. The singer had problems with her voice for a long time. It is all the more surprising that despite the problems, she was able to perform her solo parts no worse, and somewhere even better than before.

After such a resounding success and a number of sold-out concerts, the group takes a break. Until 2007, little was heard about the musicians: most took up solo careers, but no one reached the popularity of their joint success.

In 2007, Garbage still get together. The new album was not released, but the group released a single "Tell Me Where It Hurts"

This song, stylized as 70s pop music, quickly became a hit and delighted all old and new fans. We talked about the revival of the team, about the first indicators of their fruitful work.

Unfortunately, this was not the case - soon after the recording of the single, the musicians broke up again. However, the reunion was announced again in 2010, and in 2012 the musicians released their new album. It turned out no worse than the previous ones - singles

"Blood for Poppies"

and "Battle in Me"

took the top lines of the charts and made it clear that the musicians are still capable of much.