Garbage

Time to head back to the 90's with a band that sort of came out of nowhere and had some decent success during the Alt movement of the 90's. Garbage is a band that hails from the Madison Wisconsin or all places and among it's ranks features a noted producer in Butch Vig and a Scottish frontwoman in Shirley Manson. Vig is perhaps most known for his work on the 'Nevermind' record from Nirvana. Manson perhaps best known for her work with the band Angelfish. The band has been around since the mid 90's and is back in the studio for work on another album. For this post we'll go back to the beginning with their self titled debut 'Garbage'.

The band sound is really hard to pin down. At best it's a mix of Alt Rock/Trip Hop/Techno/Shoe Gaze. While the guitars and all are present the band does rely on samples as well. Case in point on "Stupid Girl", The Clash's "Train In Vain" is sampled. For what it's worth Garbage really came out of nowhere. The lead single overseas was intended as a non album track. "Vow" did make the cut in the end however, but for stateside purposes, "Queer" ended up as the first single. By the time the video hit MTV, Manson became a video vixen. Don't believe me, look no further than the follow up single and video "Only Happy When It Rains". Garbage got big real quick and followed up the self titled release with 'Version 2.0', but success wouldn't last too much longer. Despite doing the theme for the Bond movie 'The World Is Not Enough', the band seemed to quickly fall by the wayside. Garbage however still remains one of those bands where if you bring up their name today, everyone remembers that first record.

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