History Music / Garbage

Garbage was formed in 1994 by RecordProducer Butch Vig, noted for his work with famous alternative rock acts like Music/{{Nirvana}} (''Music/{{Nevermind}}''), Music/SonicYouth, Music/TheSmashingPumpkins and Music/{{L7}}. Vig took up the position of drummer and brought in some old bandmates and fellow producers, guitarist/keyboardist Steve Marker and bassist Duke Erikson. The lineup was completed with the recruitment of Scottish vocalist Shirley Manson, formerly of alt-rock bands Angelfish and Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie. Their bandname comes from somebody commenting that Vig's remix work sounded "[[ItWillNeverCatchOn like garbage]]", a quote frequently attributed to [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] for some reason.[[note]]He ''did'' call his contribution to the ''Fixed'' [[RemixAlbum Remix EP]] garbage, but that was less of hatred for his song in particular and more because of his hatred for the project in general.[[/note]]

* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Shirley [[http://web.archive.org/web/19991007235640/http://www.cafemomo.com/inprint/9604details.shtml may]] or [[http://absolutegarbage.net/articles/litter-from-america/ may not]] believe in this.

* {{Bifauxnen}}[=/=]{{Bishonen}}: The "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVs6Fekh0RY Androgyny]]" video, which was kind of the point.

* CoolOldGuy: The guys were born in TheFifties, so they all really broke out as musicians over or nearing 40, and evolve more and more into this.
* CoolOldLady: Shirley, born in 1966, also fits once TheNewTens kicked it. Not [[OlderThanTheyLook that she looked]] [[http://paranoid13xforever.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/screen-shot-2012-01-29-at-18-39-08.png 45]] or [[http://thumbnails.cbc.ca/maven_legacy/thumbnails/619/35/Q_S15-16_02-06-2016_1280x720_2500kbps.jpg?crop=1.777xh:h;*,*&downsize=560px:* near 50]].

* StupidStatementDanceMix: A very early example, "I'm Really Into Techno".
-->"[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin I'm really into techno and that's about it.]]"

* TomatoInTheMirror: The video for "Bleed Like Me" has Shirley working as a nurse at at hospital with the rest of the band as doctors [[spoiler:only she's actually a patient with her doctor "colleagues" being her guardians

%%* AxCrazy: "Vow".

%%* {{Revenge}}: "Vow".

%%* TeenageDeathSongs: "So Like a Rose".

%%* TomatoInTheMirror: The video for "Bleed Like Me".

%%* {{Yandere}}: Many, specially "Vow" and "#1 Crush".

** "Special" references Music/ThePretenders' "Talk of the Town".

* AwesomeMcCoolName: "I read that I'd made it up as a mixture of Creator/ShirleyTemple and UsefulNotes/CharlesManson — and I wish I had — but, yes, it is my name."

* AwesomeMcCoolName: "I read that I'd made it up as a mixture of Creator/ShirleyTemple and UsefulNotes/CharlesManson — and I wish I had — but, yes, it is my name." Not that Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, and Steve Marker don't roll off the tongue well too.
* AxCrazy: "Vow".

* {{Revenge}}: "Vow".

* TeenageDeathSongs: "So Like a Rose".

* TomatoInTheMirror: The video for "Bleed Like Me".

* WomanScorned: "Not My Idea", "Vow", "Automatic Systematic Habit", "Fucking With You", "A Woman Destroyed".
* {{Yandere}}: Many, specially "Vow" and "#1 Crush".

* RefrainFromAssuming: It's "#1 Crush", not "I Would Die For You". Similarly "Only Happy When It Rains" does not start with "I'm".

* {{Fanservice}}: Played straight most of the time but is zigzagged on occasion. Videos such as "Vow", "Queer", "Run Baby Run" and "Blood for Poppies" downplay this by having Shirley in normal attire while other videos feature her in short dresses. "I'm Think I'm Paranoid", "Cherry Lips" (An invisible Shirley sees her [[DressHitsFloor clothes fall off]] and walks naked to the bathroom) and "Bleed Like Me" turn this UpToEleven. Also, the video for "Androgyny". To quote: "It has men who look like attractive women, women who look like attractive men, Shirley Manson wearing a rather sexy outfit that looks like a weird hybrid between suit and a dress, Shirley Manson wearing suspenders and the aforementioned androgynous people, in various states of undress, doing vaguely hinted at things with each other in a tightly-packed environment. Something for everyone, really."

** Taken UpToEleven with the ''Strange Little Birds'' bonus track "Fucking With You", which is not only the title, but also [[ClusterFBomb starts nearly every line in the song's chorus.]]