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 Marker, Manson, Erikson and Vig Garbage are an American Alternative Rock group from Madison, Wisconsin. They basically play alternative rock with heavy pop, electronic, and industrial influences.Garbage was formed in 1994 by famous Record Producer Butch Vig, known for his work on with famous alternative rock acts like Nirvana (Nevermind), Sonic Youth, The Smashing Pumpkins and 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 "like garbage", a quote frequently attributed to Trent Reznor for some reason.After gaining a bit of attention through demo tapes, the band signed to Mushroom Records and began to work on its debut, the self-produced Garbage. Released in 1995, its hybrid electronic-alternative-industrial-rock sound was favourably received and quickly gained a large audience, managing to come up with a few hits in the process such as the Stealth Parody (or open parody, really) of grunge angst "Only Happy When It Rains", "Vow" and the Clash-sampling "Stupid Girl" (not the Pink song, though lyrically similar).For their follow-up, Version 2.0, Garbage continued with the same electro-rock sound but added a denser production, more techno and trip-hop influences and more Ear Worm melodies. 2.0 became another well-received success and gave them a few more hit singles as well, such as the technoey "Push It", the super-heavy Epic Riff-driven "I Think I'm Paranoid", and the ballad "You Look So Fine". Around this time, they were recruited to perform the theme to The World Is Not Enough, on which they worked alongside composer David Arnold.The band's gravy train slowed down somewhat after The Nineties ended, thanks to record label problems and a mixed reception towards beautifulgarbage that frequently included charges of both They Changed It, Now It Sucks and It's the Same, Now It Sucks, reception that translated into poor sales. They nearly broke up due to intra-band tensions in 2003, but managed to regroup and record another album, Bleed Like Me, which once again suffered a mixed reception but did slightly better on the charts. They went on a hiatus for five years afterwards. Manson announced in October of 2010 that the group had reformed and was working on a fifth album, with plans to tour in 2011.Their discography as of 2012:
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