Garbage
Garbage is a Scottish/American rock group formed in
Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994. The band members are Duke Erikson, Shirley Manson,
Steve Marker and Butch Vig.
Garbage released a string of increasingly successful singles in 1995–1996,
culminating in the hit "Stupid Girl". The debut album, Garbage, was an
unexpected smash, selling over 5 million copies and reaching double platinum
status in the UK, USA and Australia. Garbage spent two years working on a
follow-up album, Version 2.0, which topped the charts in the UK and peaked at
#13 in the US. The album was nominated for two Grammy Awards, Album of the Year
and Best Rock Album, and sold over 5 million copies. In 1999, the band performed
the theme song to the James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough. That year, they
also contributed the song "When I Grow Up" for the Adam Sandler movie Big Daddy.
The band struggled to sustain their initial success, and the band's 2001 third
album beautifulgarbage failed to match the commercial success achieved by its
predecessors. The band struggled to remain together and almost split in 2003,
before returning with Bleed Like Me in 2005, peaking at a career-high #4 in the
United States.
The band cut short a 2005 world tour, and announced an indefinite hiatus, but
emphasized the stoppage was not a break-up. Garbage reunited in early 2007 to
record new tracks for the greatest hits album, Absolute Garbage, that was
released in July 2007.
