Garbage Pictures, Biography, Profile, Facts, Discography, Filmography, more.

Garbage was formed in 1993 by Butch Vig (drums), Duke Erikson (bass, guitar), and Steve Marker (guitar). All three were record producers who had previously played together in the bands Spooner and Firetown in the 1980s. Vig achieved fame in 1991 as the producer of Nirvana's landmark album, Nevermind.

In 1994 Garbage hired singer Shirley Manson after seeing her band Angelfish on MTV. Garbage's self titled debut album was released in 1995. "Vow" was a minor Modern Rock hit in the US and the second single "Queer" reached US Modern Rock #12 and the UK Top 20. "Only Happy When It Rains" was another Modern Rock and minor pop hit. "Stupid Girl" charted across the boards in the US and reached the UK Top 5. The album went platinum and peaked at US #20 and UK #6. Garbage's 1998 follow up was the UK chart topper and US Top 20 hit, Version 2.0. "Push It", "I Think I'm Paranoid," and "When I Grow Up" all reached the UK Top 10, and the former two were Top 10 US Modern Rock hits. In 2001 the band wrote and performed the theme to the James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough, and it reached #11 in the UK. Later that year Beautiful Garbage was another hit album, reached the UK Top 10 and US Top 20.

Garbage Trivia / Timeline:

Garbage Discography:

Garbage Albums & Garbage CDs

1995 Garbage Almo Sounds

1998 Version 2.0 Almo Sounds

2001 Beautiful Garbage Interscope

2005 Bleed Like Me Geffen

1990s Garbage Singles & Garbage CDs (Singles)

1995 Vow Almo Sounds

1995 Subhuman Feedback

1996 Only Happy When It Rains Almo Sounds

1996 Stupid Girl Almo

1996 Milk Almo Sounds

1997 Queer Mushroom

1998 Push It Almo Sounds

1998 I Think I'm Paranoid MCA

1998 Special Mushroom

1999 When I Grow Up Mushroom

1999 Trick Is to Keep Breathing BMG

1999 You Look So Fine Mushroom

1999 The World Is Not Enough Polygram

2000s Garbage Singles & Garbage CDs (Singles)

2001 Androgyny Mushroom

2002 Cherry Lips Mushroom

2002 Breaking Up the Girl Mushroom

2002 Shut Your Mouth Mushroom

2005 Why Do You Love Me Festival

2005 Run Baby Run Mushroom

2005 Sex Is Not the Enemy WEA

Garbage Videos & Garbage DVDs

1996 Garbage Almo Sounds

Interview Garbage Albums & Garbage CDs

1998 Star Profiles Mastertone

2001 Maximum Garbage ABC

Garbage Albums & Garbage CDs - Shirley Manson Appearances

Angelfish Angelfish (1994) Vocals

Howie B Fabriclive.05 (2002)

Vic Chesnutt Is the Actor Happy (1995) Photo Montage

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie Good Deeds and Dirty Rags (1989) Keyboards, Vocals

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie Live: On The Day Of Storms Band

Timo Maas Music for the Maases, Vol. 2 (2003) Producer

Garbage Albums & Garbage CDs - Butch Vig Appearances A-D

A.F.I. Sing the Sorrow (2003) Vocals (bckgr), Producer

And. Day (1997) Producer

Ash Cosmic Debris (2002) Mixing

Ash Intergalactic Sonic 7"s (2003) Mixing

Ash Nu-Clear Sounds [US] (1998) Mixing

Howie B Fabriclive.05 (2002)

Catherine Sleepy (1994) Assistant

Chainsaw Kittens Flipped out in Singapore (1992) Producer, Engineer

Chainsaw Kittens High in High School [EP] Producer, Engineer

Crash Vegas Stone (1993) Producer, Mixing

Depeche Mode In Your Room [#2] (1994) Producer, Engineer, Mixing

Depeche Mode Singles 86>98 (1998) Producer, Remixing

Die Kreuzen Internal (1982) Producer

Die Kreuzen Cement (1991) Producer

Drain Pick Up Heaven (1992) Engineer

Garbage Albums & Garbage CDs - Butch Vig Appearances F-K

Fire Town In the Heart of The Heart Country (1987) Drums

Fire Town Good Life (1989)

The Fluid Glue (1990) Percussion, Producer, Engineer, Mixing

The Fluid Spot the Loon (1992) Producer, Engineer, Mixing

Gumball Wisconsin Hayride (1992) Producer, Engineer, Mixing

Gumball Super Tasty (1993) Producer, Engineer, Mixing

Helmet Betty (1994) Producer

House of Pain House of Pain (1992) Engineer

House of Pain Shamrocks & Shenanigans (1994) Performer

Java Life's a Beach Engineer

Freedy Johnston This Perfect World (1994) Percussion, Drums, Producer

Freedy Johnston Right Between the Promises (2001) Drums

Killdozer Intellectuals Are the Shoeshine... (1984) Producer, Engineer

Killdozer Little Baby Buntin' (1987) Producer

Killdozer 12 Point Buck (1987) Voices, Producer, Engineer

Killdozer For Ladies Only (1989) Producer

Killdozer Uncompromising War on Art Under... (1994) Piano, Producer, Engineer

Korn Freak on a Leash (1999) Producer, Remixing

Garbage Albums & Garbage CDs - Butch Vig Appearances L-N

L7 Bricks Are Heavy (1992) Producer, Engineer, Mixing

L7 Everglade/Freak Magnet/Scrap (1992) Producer

L7 Best of L7: The Slash Years (2000) Producer, Engineer, Mixing

Laughing Hyenas Merry-Go-Round (1987) Producer, Engineer

Laughing Hyenas Life of Crime (1990) Producer

Limp Bizkit New Old Songs (2001) Remixing

Timo Maas Music for the Maases, Vol. 2 (2003) Producer, Group Member

Roscoe Mitchell & the... Live at the Knitting Factory (1987) Engineer, Digital Mastering, Editing

Nine Inch Nails Fixed (1998) Assembly

Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit [US CD #1] (1991) Producer, Engineer

Nirvana Nevermind (1991) Producer, Engineer

Nirvana Incesticide (1992) Producer

Nirvana Lithium (1992) Producer, Engineer

Nirvana Come as You Are (1992) Producer, Engineer

Nirvana Nevermind, It's an Interview (1992) Producer, Engineer

Nirvana In Bloom (1992) Producer, Engineer

Nirvana Singles (1996) Producer, Engineer

Nirvana Murder By Guitar (1997) Producer

Nirvana Box (1998) Producer

Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit [Germany... (2000) Producer, Engineer

Nirvana Nirvana (2002) Producer, Engineer

Garbage Albums & Garbage CDs - Butch Vig Appearances O-S

The Other Kids Neverland (1997) Producer

Overwhelming Colorfast Overwhelming Colorfast (1992) Percussion, Producer, Engineer

Rousers In Without Knocking (1986) Engineer

Smashing Pumpkins Gish (1991) Producer, Engineer

Smashing Pumpkins I Am One (1992) Producer

Smashing Pumpkins Peel Sessions (1992) Producer

Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream (1993) Producer, Engineer

Smashing Pumpkins Cherub Rock (1993) Producer

Smashing Pumpkins Today (1993) Producer

Smashing Pumpkins Pumpkin Seeds (1993) Producer

Smashing Pumpkins Disarm (1994) Producer, Mixing

Smashing Pumpkins Pisces Iscariot (1994) Producer

Smashing Pumpkins 3 Feet High (1994) Producer

Smashing Pumpkins Greatest Hits (2001) Producer

Sonic Youth Dirty (1992) Producer, Engineer, Mixing

Sonic Youth Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No... (1994) Engineer, Mixing

Soul Asylum Let Your Dim Light Shine (1995) Producer

Soul Asylum Black Gold: The Best of Soul... (2000) Producer

Spooner Fugitive Dance (1978) Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Producer, Engineer, Drums (Snare)

Spooner Wildest Dreams (1978) Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals (bckgr), Producer

Spooner Every Corner Dance (1982) Drums, Vocals

Garbage Albums & Garbage CDs - Butch Vig Appearances T-Y

Tad 8-Way Santa (1991) Producer, Engineer

This Was the Service This Was the Service (1993) Producer

U2 Staring at the Sun (1997) Producer

U2 Best of 1990-2000 (2002) Producer, Remixing

Unrest Fuck Pussy Galore and All Her... (1994) Producer

The Young Fresh Fellows Electric Bird Digest (1991) Producer, Engineer

The Young Fresh Fellows It's Low Beat Time (1992) Producer

Garbage Albums & Garbage CDs - Steve Marker Appearances

Howie B Fabriclive.05 (2002)

Crash Vegas Stone (1993) Guitar, Keyboards, Producer

Flowerhead Ka-Bloom (1992) Engineer

Gumball Wisconsin Hayride (1992) Producer, Engineer, Mixing

House of Pain House of Pain (1992) Guitar, Engineer

Java Life's a Beach Engineer

Juster I Remember That Night (1994) Producer

Juster What I See What I Think (1995) Producer, Mixing

Killdozer Intellectuals Are the Shoeshine... (1984) Producer, Engineer

Killdozer Little Baby Buntin' (1987) Engineer

Killdozer 12 Point Buck (1987) Engineer

Killdozer 12 Point Buck/Little Baby Buntin' (1994) Engineer

L7 Bricks Are Heavy (1992) Engineer

Timo Maas Music for the Maases, Vol. 2 (2003) Producer

Old Skull Get Outta School (1989) Engineer

Old Skull C.I.A. Drug Fest (1992) Engineer

Rousers In Without Knocking (1986) Engineer

Leo Sidran Depleting Moral Legacy (1999) Guitar

Spooner Fugitive Dance (1978) Engineer

Sprinkler More Boy, Less Friend (1992) Assistant Engineer

Garbage Filmography:

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