  Garbage consists of Shirley
Manson (vocals, guitar), Steve Marker
(guitar, bass), Duke Erikson (guitar,
keyboards), Butch Vig (drums), and new
member, Daniel Shulman (bass). Garbage
developed back in the 80s in Wisconsin even
though the band name nor its members knew it.
Marker, Vig, and Erikson had played together
in various bands for many years. Vig had even
become musically important by producing LPs
for Nirvana (Nevermind)
and Smashing
Pumpkins (Gish).
It wasn't until 1994 that
Shirley Manson joined the band and work on
the first LP continued. Marker had seen
Manson on MTV's 120 Minutes (singing
"Suffocate Me" with Angelfish) and
contacted her about trying out for the group.
Manson grew up in Scotland, and after singing
with a few Scottish bands including Goodbye
Mr. MacKenzie and Angelfish, she came to the
U.S. and hooked up with Garbage. Vig has said
of Manson, "...(she) sometimes sounds
scary, sometimes dreamy, sometimes sexy,
sometimes psychotic... what more could you
ask for?" Erikson said, "when
Shirley arrived, Garbage became a band rather
than just an idea."
 # 175
Singles Artist of the Year
 Garbage's debut LP, Garbage, hit the stores and it
took about year for the group to gain some
notice on the alternative charts and
eventually on the video screens. The single
"Only Happy When It Rains" made the
band increasingly popular, and the follow-up
single "Stupid Girl" helped Garbage
break out even more.
 # 48
Singles Artist of the Year
 "Stupid Girl" went Top
10 on the pop charts and Garbage went on to sell over 4
million copies world-wide. Additional tracks
from the LP "Queer" and
"Milk" were also modest hits and
continued the groups talent for moody vocals
with rich rhythms.
 Garbage was certified gold.
Garbage was certified
platinum.
Garbage hit the Top 40 with
"Stupid Girl."
 Garbage contributed the track
"Kick My Ass" to the Sweet
Relief II compilation to benefit the
rainforests.
The video for "Stupid Girl" was nominated
for a MTV Video Music
Award for Best New Artist and the video for
"Queer" was nominated for Best Breakthrough Video.
Garbage hit the Top 10 with "Stupid Girl."
 Garbage could be heard on a
track to the soundtrack to Romeo
And Juliet with #1 Crush" which hit the
Top 40.
 # 65
Singles Artist of the Year
Garbage hit the Top 40 with
"Milk."
Garbage topped the Billboard
Modern Rock Tracks chart for 4 weeks with
"#1 Crush."
Garbage were nominated for 3 Grammy
Awards including Best
New Artist, Best Rock Song, and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Stupid Girl").
 # 169
Singles Artist of the Year
 Garbage's sophomore LP, Version
2.0, was released. Steve Marker
said of the LP: "We're much more
confident in what we're doing. Shirley is at
the top of her game. She's really confident,
more so even than on the first album."
The first single release was a
track called "Push It."
Version
2.0 topped the UK Albums chart for
a week.
Garbage, the band and their
video (for "Push It"), were
nominated for 8 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Group Video, Best Alternative Video, Best Art Direction, Breakthrough Video, Best Special Effects, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, and Best Direction - but went home
empty-handed.
Butch Vig talked with CNN and
said the band never anticipated "being a
full-time band" or touring when they hit
it big with their first LP, "...we just
thought, let's make a cool, interesting
record..."
 Version
2.0 was certified gold.
Garbage could be found on the Faculty soundtrack with
"Medication."
 # 34
Singles Artist of the Year
Garbage spent most of the
beginning of the year as the opening act for Alanis
Morissette's tour.
Garbage were nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for
Album of the Year and Best Rock Album (Version
2.0). Steve Marker told Sacbeat:
"I don't think any of us in the band
even considered (being nominated for a
Grammy) might happen. It was total shock the
morning nominations came out, especially the
Album of the Year one. It's almost
funny..."
Garbage was certified 2x
platinum and Version
2.0 was certified platinum.
 Garbage hit the Top 40 with
"Special."
After multiple Grammy and MTV
Video Music Award nominations but no wins,
Garbage did receive their due with 3 top
Wisconsin Area Music Industry Awards for
Songwriter of the Year, Album of the Year,
and Song of the Year ("Special").
Garbage hit the Top
10
with "Special."
Garbage hit the Top 40 with
"When
I Grow Up."
The video "Special" won a MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Special Effects (Sebasten Caudron) and
was also nominated for Best Art Direction.
 Garbage could be heard with the
theme song to the next James Bond film (The
World Is Not Enough), "The
World Is Not Enough."
Garbage won for a VH1 Fashion
Award for the Visionary Video Award. Garbage
hit the Top 40 with "The
World Is Not Enough."
MTV: 100
Greatest Videos Ever Made includes
"Stupid Girl" at # 65.
Garbage were nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Special").
Manson announced on their
website that the band was in the studio
working on their next LP. It was also stated
that plans for a compilation LP of b-sides
and remixes had been scrapped.
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "Only
Happy When It Rains" at # 68.
 # 162
Singles Artist of the Year
 Garbage released Beautiful
Garbage.
Beautiful
Garbage topped the Billboard Top
Electronic Albums chart for 8 weeks.
Garbage hit the Top 40 with
"Androgyny."
Vig was diagnosed with Hepatitis
A and wasn't able to join the band for their
European tour starting in Norway.
Garbage toured North America in
April and May.
 Garbage ranked
# 60 on VH1: 100
Sexiest Artists.
Garbage contributed the track
"I Just Want To Have Something To
Do" to We're
A Happy Family - A Tribute To The Ramones.
# 300 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
 Garbage released their next LP Bleed
Like Me.
Garbage cancelled plans to tour
Europe. Manson said they band hadn't broken
up, but did need a break from each other.
 A best of collection, Absolute
Garbage, was released with the new
track "Tell Me Where It Hurts."
Garbage could be heard on the
compilation Songs
For Tibet - The Art Of Peace with the track
"All The Good In This Life."
 Manson began appearing on the
FOX series Terminator: The Sarah Connor
Chronicles.
Garbage released Not
Your Kind Of People.
Garbage topped the Billboard
Alternative Albums chart with Not
Your Kind Of People.
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Garbage
Released: August, 1995
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 20
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks:
"Supervixen" -
"Queer" - "Only Happy When
It Rains" - "As Heaven Is
Wide" - "Not My Idea" -
"A Stroke Of Luck" -
"Vow" -'Stupid Girl" - "Dog
New Tricks" - "My Lover's
Box" - "Fix Me Now" -
"Milk" |
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Version 2.0
Released: May, 1998
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Temptation
Waits" - "I Think I'm
Paranoid" - "When I Grow Up" -
"Medication" - "Special" -
"Hammering In My Head" -
"Push It" - "Trick Is To
Keep Breathing" - "Dumb" -
"Sleep Together" - "Wicked
Ways" - "You Look So Fine" |
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Beautiful Garbage
Released: October, 2001
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Tracks: "Shut Your
Mouth" - "Androgyny" -
"Can't Cry" - "Til The Day
I Die" - "Cup Of Coffee" -
"Silence Is Golden" -
"Cherry Lips" - "Breaking
Up The Girl" - "Drive You
Home" - "Parade" -
"Nobody Loves You" -
"Untouchable" - "So Like A
Rose" |
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Bleed Like Me
Released: April, 2005
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Tracks: "Bad
Boyfriend" - "Run Baby
Run" - "Right Between The
Eyes" - "Why Do You Love
Me" - "Bleed Like Me" -
"Metal Heart" - "Sex Is
Not The Enemy" - "It's All Over
But The Crying" - "Boys Wanna
Fight" - "Why Don't You Come
Over" - "Happy Home" |
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Absolute Garbage
Released: July, 2007
Billboard
peak:
# 68
Tracks: "Vow" -
"Queer" - "Only Happy When
It Rains" - "Stupid Girl" - "Milk" - "#1 Crush" - "Push
It" - "I Think I'm
Paranoid" - "Special" - "When I Grow Up" - "You
Look So Fine" - "The World Is
Not Enough" - "Cherry
Lips" - "Shut Your Mouth"
- "Why Do You Love Me" -
"Bleed Like Me" - "Tell Me
Where It Hurts" - "It's All
Over But The Crying" |
Amazon.mp3 |
Not Your Kind Of People
Released: May, 2012
Tracks: "Automatic
Systematic Habit" - "Big Bright
World" - "Blood For
Poppies" - "Control" -
"Not Your Kind Of People" -
"Felt" - "I Hate
Love" - "Sugar" -
"Battle In Me" - "Man On A
Wire" - "Beloved Freak" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Strange Little Birds
Released: June 10, 2016
Billboard
Top 200 LPs
peak: # 14
Tracks:
"Sometimes" - "Empty"
- "Blackout" - "If I Lost
You" - "Night Drive
Loneliness" - "Even Though Our
Love Is Doomed" -
"Magnetized" - "We Never
Tell" - "So We Can Stay
Alive" - "Teaching Little
Fingers To Play" -
"Amends" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
No Gods No Masters
Released: June 11, 2021
Tracks: "The Men Who
Rule The World" - "The
Creeps" - "Uncomfortably
Me" - "Wolves" -
"Waiting For God" -
"Godhead" - "Anonymous
XXX" - "A Woman Destroyed"
- "Flipping The Bird" -
"No God No Monsters" -
"This City Will Kill You" |
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position links lead you to the song's Top
40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
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