Garbage
Garbage performing live during the Bleed Like Me tour in 2005
Background information
Origin	Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, electronic, trip-hop, post-grunge, industrial rock
Years active	1994–present (Hiatus: 2004, 2006, 2008-2010)
Labels	A&E, Geffen, Mushroom UK, Almo Sounds, Warner Bros, Stunvolume Records
Associated acts	Angelfish, Fire Town, Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, Spooner
Website	www.garbage.com
Members
Shirley Manson Duke Erikson Steve Marker Butch Vig

Garbage is an alternative rock band formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994.^[1] The group consists of Scottish singer Shirley Manson (vocals, guitar) and American musicians Duke Erikson (bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion), Steve Marker (guitar, keyboards) and Butch Vig (drums, percussion). All four members are involved in songwriting and production. The band have counted worldwide album sales of over 17 million units.^[2]

Garbage released a string of increasingly successful singles in 1995–1996, including "Stupid Girl" and "Only Happy When It Rains". Their debut album, Garbage, was an unexpected smash, selling over 4 million copies and certified double platinum in the UK, USA and Australia. Garbage won the Breakthrough Artist award at the 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards.^[3]

Garbage spent two years working on follow-up album, Version 2.0, which topped the charts in the UK upon its 1998 release and the following year was nominated for two Grammy Awards, Album of the Year and Best Rock Album. Version 2.0 went on to match the sales of its predecessor. Garbage followed this up by performing and co-producing the theme song to the nineteenth James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough.^[4]

Despite being named one of Rolling Stone's Top 10 Albums of the Year,^[5] Garbage's 2001 third album Beautiful Garbage failed to match the commercial success achieved by its predecessors.^[6] Garbage quietly disbanded in late 2003, but regrouped to complete fourth album Bleed Like Me in 2005, peaking at a career-high #4 in the U.S.^[7] The band cut short their concert tour in support of Bleed Like Me announcing an "indefinite hiatus",^[8] emphasizing that they had not broken up, but wished to pursue personal interests.^[9]

In 2006, Vig returned to producing while Manson worked on an as yet unreleased solo album. Garbage ended their hiatus in 2007 and released greatest hits retrospective Absolute Garbage.^[10] The band began work on their fifth studio album in October 2010.^{[11][12][13][14][15]} Not Your Kind of People was released on May 14, 2012 via the band's own independent label, Stunvolume Records.^[16]

History[link]

Formation and early years (1993–1994)[link]

Duke Erikson and Butch Vig had been in numerous bands, including Spooner and Fire Town (with Steve Marker as a sound engineer). In 1983, Vig and Marker founded Smart Studios in Madison and Vig's production work brought him to the attention of Sub Pop. Spooner reunited in 1990 and released another record, but disbanded in 1993 as Vig and Marker's career as producers gained strength.^[17] In 1994, as Vig become "kind of burned out on doing really long records," he got together with Erikson and Marker, and they started doing remixes for acts such as U2, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails and House of Pain, featuring different instrumentation, and often highlighting new guitar hooks and bass grooves. The experience inspired the three men to form a band, where they "wanted to take that remix sensibility and somehow translate it into all of the possibilities of a band setup."^[18] An early comment that their work sounded "like garbage" inspired the band's name.^[1]

Initial sessions with Vig on vocals, along with the members' past work with all-male groups, led to the band's desire for a woman on lead.^[19] Marker was watching 120 Minutes when he saw the music video for Angelfish's "Suffocate Me". He showed the video to Erikson and Vig while their manager Shannon O'Shea tracked down the band's singer, Shirley Manson. When Manson was contacted, she did not know who Vig was and was urged to check the credits on Nevermind, the popular Nirvana album which Vig produced.^[1]

On April 8, 1994, Manson met Erikson, Marker, and Vig for the first time in London. Later that evening Vig was informed of Kurt Cobain's suicide.^[1] Garbage was put on hold until Angelfish was finished touring North America in support of Live.^[20] Erikson, Marker, and Vig attended the Metro Chicago date, and Manson was invited to Madison to audition for the band. The audition did not go well, but Manson socialized with the men while there and they found they had a similar taste in music. Angelfish disbanded at the end of the Live tour. Manson called O'Shea and asked to audition again feeling that "it would work out".^[1]

Manson described her first session with the band as "a disaster", as she had no experience as a session musician, and she and the band were "two parties totally uncomfortable with the situation", but the "mutual disdain" from that meeting managed to pull the band together. The first songs were skeletal versions of the songs "Stupid Girl", "Queer" and "Vow", which led to some ad-libbed lyrics by Manson.^[21][22] Manson had never written a song prior to this session; nevertheless, this time she was invited to join the band.^[1] Lyrics were penned at a cabin in the north woods of Wisconsin while the songs were recorded at Smart Studios.^[23] Conscious of the grunge genre that had made their names, particularly Vig's, the band made every effort to avoid sounding similar, deliberately striving to make a pop record.^[24] When "Rock N Roll Experience" asked what the song "Vow" was about Duke replied, "we kind of hesitate to say what the songs are about... leave it up to the listener"^[25]

Garbage sent out demo tapes with no bio, to avoid a bidding war over Vig's production history.^[26] Garbage signed with Mushroom U.K worldwide (excluding North America) and secured the band a Volume magazine compilation inclusion.^[27] The only potential candidate for release was "Vow", as it was the only song for which the band had completed production.^[19] When released in December, "Vow" began to receive radio airplay on XFM and from Radio 1 DJs Steve Lamacq, John Peel, and Johnnie Walker. Word-of-mouth on "Vow" took the track back to the U.S.^[28] On December 21, Garbage signed to Jerry Moss's label Almo Sounds for North America.^[29] Manson was licensed to both Mushroom and Almo by Radioactive Records for a single album, with no compensation from any of Garbage's labels.^[30]

Garbage had not even considered "Vow" for inclusion on the album or even as a single.^[31] Because the exclusive licensing of Volume prevented a full commercial single release,^[23] on March 20, 1995, Mushroom issued "Vow" in a limited 7" vinyl format through Discordant, a label set up just to launch Garbage.^[32] By May, commercial alternative radio in the U.S. had picked up on the track, and it began to receive heavy rotation nationwide.^[33] "Vow" debuted on Hot Modern Rock Tracks at #39. It climbed gradually over the following weeks, peaking at #26 on July.^[34] "Vow" bubbled under for two weeks before it spent two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 staying at #97 both weeks.^[34][35]

[edit] Garbage (1995–1997)

In August 1995, Garbage debuted on the Billboard 200 at #193. In the United Kingdom, its release was preceded by non-album track "Subhuman" and "Only Happy When It Rains" as singles to promote the album instead of "Queer".^[32] The album debuted on the U.K. album chart at #12.^[36] In Australia, the album debuted at #5.^[37] "Queer" was quickly released in the U.K. and Europe, while Garbage began their first tour. Garbage was nominated for Brit Awards for Best New Band and Best International Newcomer.^[38]

Garbage toured for the self-titled Garbage throughout 1996. "Only Happy When It Rains" was released as a single in North America; "Stupid Girl" was released to promote European dates. MTV announced that "Only Happy When It Rains" was certified a "Buzz clip", guaranteeing heavy rotation on its network from February 13.^[39] "Only Happy" peaked at #55 on the Hot 100.^[40] "Stupid Girl" received frequent video and radio airplay in the U.K. and peaked at #4, becoming the band's first UK top 10 hit and elevating the album to #6.^[41]

In May, Garbage reworked "Milk" with Tricky in a Chicago recording studio before supporting Smashing Pumpkins on their arena tour until the overdose of Pumpkins keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin. "Stupid Girl" peaked at #24 on the Hot 100.^[42] Its Top 40 radio remix by Todd Terry received massive airplay.^[43]

Worldwide, the final single release from the album was the reworked version of "Milk", which became the band's second UK top 10 hit. The band performed the song live at the MTV Europe Music Awards in London on November 14; Garbage won the Breakthrough award at the event.^[44] In North America, Almo Sounds released album track "Supervixen" to Modern Rock radio,^[45] while Capitol Records released a remix of "#1 Crush" from the soundtrack to Romeo + Juliet, which topped the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for four weeks from the end of the year; the remix was also featured as the theme for the TV show Hex. "#1 Crush" was later nominated for Best Song From a Movie at the 1997 MTV Movie Awards.

Garbage Video, a compilation of the album's promotional videos, was released in November 1997.^[44] Garbage was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, while "Stupid Girl" received two nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group

[edit] Version 2.0 (1997–2000)

Garbage relocated to Friday Harbor, Washington on March 1, 1997 to write songs for their second album. Returning to Smart Studios a short while later, the band found themselves under intense pressure to repeat the success of Garbage. The band decided not to change their formula, but progress musically by pushing their sound as far as it could go—hence the album's eventual title Version 2.0, which was completed by February 15, 1998. In March, the first single "Push It" became the #1 most added record at the U.K. Alternative Radio.^[46] It became their third consecutive U.K. top ten hit at #9.^[41][47]

In May 1998, Version 2.0 debuted at #1 in the UK and at #13 in the Billboard 200.^[36][48] Garbage began touring Version 2.0 on May 15, a tour which lasted until the end of 1999. "I Think I'm Paranoid" was released worldwide in July, while the music video for "Push It" received eight nominations at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards.^[49] By October 12, "Special" was released and Garbage was nominated for three MTV Europe Music Awards: "Best Group", "Best Rock Act" and "Best Video" for "Push It".^[46] "I Think I'm Paranoid" was featured in the Broadway production of "The Blue Room" starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Sam Mendes. The single also made its way into the popular videogames Gran Turismo 2 and Rock Band (This was not the first Garbage song to make it into a video game, the original Gran Turismo included the track "As Heaven Is Wide" from the band's debut album).

In early 1999, Version 2.0 received two Grammy Award nominations for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album^[50] "Special" was #1 most added single at the Top 40 radio.^[46][51] In Europe, Garbage began their biggest headline tour, releasing singles for "When I Grow Up" and "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing". In April, "When I Grow Up" was released to Modern Rock radio.^[52] "When I Grow Up" was then featured on the movie Big Daddy. Version 2.0 was awarded the European Platinum Award by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry for 1 million sales across Europe and U.S.^[46] "You Look So Fine" was released as the final single from Version 2.0 worldwide, as Garbage toured Europe, including headlining in Edinburgh to mark the opening of the Scottish Parliament.

On August 4, Garbage was contracted to perform the theme for the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough and worked with composer David Arnold in London and Vancouver.^[53] Garbage co-headlined an Australian tour with Alanis Morissette, while "When I Grow Up" spent three months in the Australian chart, becoming the band's most successful single there.^[54] "The World Is Not Enough" reached the top 10s in Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Finland, as well as the top 40 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the U.K.^[54] "Special" received Grammy nominations for Best Rock Song and for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group, while "When I Grow Up" was re-issued in Europe.

[edit] Beautiful Garbage (2001–2002)

Shirley Manson performing live at Voodoo Festival 2002

Garbage regrouped on April 10, 2001. The group began work on their third record, and put aside plans for a B-sides album due to the sale of Almo Sounds to the UMG. Manson ran an online blog throughout the recording of the album named Beautiful Garbage. During the recording of the album, Garbage invoked a provision of its contract to leave Almo, and sued UMG when it refused to terminate the contract. UMG threatened to use Manson's 1993 solo contract to tie Garbage to the label. The suit was settled on July 29, 2001, and Garbage moved to Interscope. Lead single "Androgyny" was released to radio by the end of August, and its video was released on September 10.^[55] The following day, due to the September 11 attacks in New York City and Washington D.C, the promotional schedule for the album was put on hold.^[56]

Released three weeks after the September 11 attacks, the album suffered from lack of promotion, mixed reaction from critics and fans alike, and the failure of its lead single "Androgyny" to achieve high chart positions.^[57] Despite faltering in major markets, Beautiful Garbage debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Electronic Albums chart where it stayed for 8 weeks,^[58] topped the album charts in Australia, and was named one of Rolling Stone's "Top 10 Albums of the Year".^[59]

In October, Beautiful Garbage achieved a #13 debut on the Billboard 200,^[60] as well as reaching #6 on the Top Internet Albums chart and topping the Electronic Albums chart for seven weeks. In its first three months on sale, Beautiful Garbage sold 1.2 million copies.^[61]

Garbage supported U2 on the third leg of their Elevation Tour.^[62] After the last show, Vig contracted Hepatitis A and was replaced by Matt Chamberlain for European dates. In December "Breaking Up the Girl" was released as a single and the theme song to the Daria telemovie Is It College Yet?.^[5] On December 27, Rolling Stone's US and Australian editions named Beautiful Garbage as one of their critics "Top 10 Albums of the Year".^[5]

"Cherry Lips" was released at the beginning of 2002, becoming a massive hit in Australia, peaking at number seven on the ARIA Charts, and number eleven in the highly influential Triple J Hottest 100 for that year. Sony Music Japan released an exclusive E.P. of rare tracks titled Special Collection.^[63]

The Beautiful Garbage tour which took the band throughout North and Central America, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand in support of its third album Beautiful Garbage. The Beautiful Garbage tour takes in headline performances, support performances for U2 and No Doubt, and slots at rock festivals and radio shows around the world. A number of notable acts supported Garbage throughout the run of the tour, including White Stripes, Kelli Ali, Queen Adreena and Abandoned Pools. The tour was hampered by problems with the health of the band, with singer Shirley Manson suffering from throat problems and drummer Butch Vig being taken off sick twice, first with Hepatitis A and then with Bell's Palsy. While some shows that Manson could not perform were cancelled, Vig was replaced at first with Matthew Chamberlain and then with Matt Walker, to prevent disruption to the tour dates.

[edit] Bleed Like Me (2003–2005)

Garbage started proper work on their fourth record in March 2003, writing "Right Between the Eyes" in 30 minutes. It was a false start.^[64] Recording for the album was halted during the summer when singer Shirley Manson underwent surgery on her right vocal cord and was not given the okay to sing again until August.^[65] By October, due to rising tension within the band and a breakdown in communication^[66] Vig relocated to Los Angeles while Manson returned to Scotland.^[67] During the Christmas period, Vig encountered excited Garbage fans eager to hear how the album was going. Not having the heart to tell them Garbage had effectively split, he name-dropped titles to them. After this encounter he realized there was still something left in the band.^[67]

In January 2004 Garbage reconvened in Los Angeles with Dust Brother John King, drummer Matt Chamberlain, bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen,^[68] and on February 6, Dave Grohl performed drums on "Bad Boyfriend".^[69] His performance was regarded by the band as "raising the bar" for the record.^[67] Following the John King sessions, the band formally relocated to Los Angeles and wrote two new songs, "Metal Heart" and "Boys Wanna Fight",^[67] which were more energetic songs than the band had been writing as well as lyrically more "overtly political"^[67] both songs referencing the U.S. and U.K. led 2003 Invasion of Iraq.

In 2005, lead single "Why Do You Love Me" debuted on the Modern Rock Tracks chart at #39.^[70] as well as #97 and #81 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Pop 100 charts respectively, becoming the band's most successful single for six years. Bleed Like Me entered Top 10 in U.S.^[71]

On August 25, 2005 Garbage cancelled their scheduled October tour dates in France, Belgium and United Kingdom and released a statement that the band had "somewhat overextended themselves" and had decided to conclude their tour in Australia on October 1.^[72] Upfront of the band's Australian tour, "Sex Is Not The Enemy" was released to Australian radio.^[73] The end of the Australian tour marked the end of active promotion for Bleed Like Me.^[74] The band confirmed that they were going "on indefinite hiatus" to dispel reports of a band split.^[9]

[edit] Absolute Garbage (2007–2008)

Garbage ended their eighteen-month hiatus on January 31, 2007, at a benefit show in Glendale, California, organised by Vig to help pay musician Wally Ingram's medical care following treatment for throat cancer.^[10] Prior to this, Garbage had been sharing song ideas via the internet and were keen on getting into the recording studio to complete them.^[75] Garbage began work on the new songs in earnest during February and March at Vig's home studio,^[76] completing four tracks including "Tell Me Where It Hurts", which was released as the album's lead single.

Absolute Garbage was released in July, remastered and including a special edition bonus remix package. A DVD format rounded out the package; among the fifteen Garbage music videos included was a documentary film titled "Thanks For Your, Uhhh Support" featuring backstage and behind-the-scenes footage, live performances and interviews.^[77] Vig stated that Garbage was considering mid-2008 to begin making a fifth album, saying, "We're thinking about it... I think we're more interested in making something that's much more primal and stripped down. Absolute Garbage is the postscript to chapter one. Whatever we do next will definitely be chapter two".^[78] In May 2008, it was announced that Manson would be joining the cast of US TV show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles in a regular role.^[79] A Garbage track called “Witness to Your Love” was released on a charity, “limited availability,” compilation in the USA. The release was available from Urban Outfitters from Wednesday, October 15, 2008, to Thursday, January 31, 2009, and went on radio in the US on October 17.^[80][81]

[edit] Not Your Kind of People (2010–present)

On February 1, 2010, it was confirmed through Shirley Manson's official Facebook profile that she spent a week in the studio with her bandmates.^[82] The news came shortly after Butch Vig received a Grammy for producing American rock band Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown, which won "Best Rock Album".^[83] In the post, Manson wrote "Guess who I just spent a week in the studio with? Would you be pleased if I said one of them was called Steve and one of them was called Duke and another was a Grammy-winning producer?"^[82] In October 2010, it was officially confirmed that Garbage are recording their fifth studio album.^[11]

On September 17, 2011, the band clarified that their forthcoming 11-track LP would be mixed by October 17, while another 12 songs will be finalized by the end of the year and see release as "b-sides, extra tracks and maybe one might even come your way simply as a Christmas present from Garbage as a thank you to you all for sticking around,"^[84] though this did not materialise.

The band announced to Billboard that their fifth studio album will be released independently of any major label support, with Vig confirming, "We're looking at this as free agents. We're out of all our corporate responsibilities from the past, and initially we thought that was terrifying but now we think it's liberating. We're going to put the record out on our own label and just figure out how to license it and market it because we want it under our control." Vig also stated that the group would tour in support of the record.^[85] In another interview with Spin, lead singer Shirley Manson stated, "People we've played it for [have said] it sounds like the first record, and I'm thinking to myself, 'It doesn't sound anything like the first record,' but there is an energy there that's, I think, reminiscent of the first record; a sort of hungriness is there,"^[86] while Vig told Rolling Stone, "I think you can hear some energy and a vibe in the tracks that sounds refreshing - a little bit more to me like the first two records. Somehow we have a collective sound. When we spin the ideas through the four of our brains it comes out and it's kind of a thing that's identifiable."^[87] On January 6, 2012, the band announced that they had entered Red Razor Studios in Glendale, California to record bonus material for their forthcoming album,^[88] later confirming on Twitter that a further five tracks were being worked on, including the new title "What Girls Are Made Of."^[89]

On March 7, 2012, Garbage confirmed the new album Not Your Kind of People tracklist via YouTube.^[90] Four further tracks recorded for the deluxe edition^[91] were confirmed later in a press release issued through the band's own label. Throughout the recording sessions for the album, the band also mentioned several song titles via Facebook and Twitter. These included: "Alone", "Animal", "Choose Your Weapon", "Time Will Destroy Everything" and "T.R.O.U.B.L.E.". Some of these may be released as further bonus tracks, b-sides or as part of an EP throughout the campaign.

Musical style[link]

	"Only Happy When It Rains" noicon Sample of "Only Happy When It Rains", the band's breakthrough single from their debut album Garbage (1995).
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Garbage's sound has often been described, not only by the band and fans, but also by critics, as being alternative rock, post-grunge, electronic. During the early days of the band, some songs such as "Only Happy When It Rains" and "Stupid Girl" were described as grunge, whilst some disagreed.^[92] The biggest target was to make pop-like songs which mixed a variety of genres, with Steve Marker saying that the band wanted to "take pop music and make it as horrible sounding as we can."^[19] Vig has said the crossover-heavy sound was inspired by the band's background with remixes, where songs would be rearranged to every musical style to which they held interest,^[93] and also that he "grew up listening to everything from pop radio and opera to country music and polka, so I really though that Garbage would be an interesting and eclectic thing to do."^[19]

Garbage have been inspired by Roxy Music,^[94] The Pretenders,^[95] Siouxsie and the Banshees,^[95][96] Patti Smith,^[95] David Bowie,^[95] Blondie, The Smashing Pumpkins, and My Bloody Valentine.

All four Garbage albums, Garbage (1995), Version 2.0 (1998), beautifulgarbage (2001) and Bleed Like Me (2005) have been recorded at the band's recording studio, Smart Studios, located in Madison, Wisconsin. Since the early days of Garbage, all singles and songs have been penned there, and produced by Butch Vig. Other bands to record at Smart Studios include, among others, The Smashing Pumpkins, and demos for Nirvana's 1991 album Nevermind.

Related projects[link]

During the band's hiatus, Manson was cast in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles in May 2008,^[97] after being asked to appear by series creator Josh Friedman and enduring a multiple audition process, beating out other actresses including Julie Ann Emery.^[98] She debuted in the season two premiere episode "Samson and Delilah" as Catherine Weaver, a CEO of a technology company, ZeiraCorp. At the conclusion of the episode, Weaver is revealed to be a liquid-metal T-1001 Terminator. Manson also performed and co-arranged a rock and blues version of the gospel song "Samson and Delilah" for the episode's score.^[99] Manson cites actress Glenn Close and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as her acting influences for the ambiguous character.^[100] Manson also played the human Weaver in archive footage viewed by the T-1001 in the episode "The Tower is Tall, But the Fall is Short".^[101]

Manson recorded a duet with Eric Avery for his album Help Wanted,^[102] and with Debbie Harry, which was not finished.^[103] Manson made low key appearances in She Wants Revenge's "These Things" music video, and self-abuse documentary CUT: Teens and Self Injury.^[104] Vig produced albums for Jimmy Eat World, Against Me! and The Subways, and scored music for two films, including The Other Side.^[105] Erikson is working with the BBC an American folk music anthology, whilst Marker has been involved with a film score.^[106]

Vig worked with Jimmy Eat World on their sixth album, Chase This Light, released in October 2007. He is also working on soundtracks for two new movies, which include the unreleased The Other Side. Vig produced his first English band The Subways' on their second album, worked with Tom Gabel of Against Me! on his solo EP, 'Heart Burns', with Green Day on 21st Century Breakdown - which later won a Grammy Award in the category of Best Rock Album - and Foo Fighters, in both two songs for greatest hits release and their studio album Wasting Light.^[107] Recently, Vig has been partnered in duties by his engineer and mixer Billy Bush who also worked on Garbage's albums and live tours.

In 2008, Manson became involved with the Pablove Foundation, a charity founded by Dangerbird Records head Jeff Castelaz, whose son Pablo succumbed to cancer the following year. Funds raised for the Pablove Foundation directly supports the pediatric cancer community in and around Children's Hospital Los Angeles.^[108] Manson reformed Garbage to contribute an exclusive track, "Witness to Your Love", to a charity album for the Foundation;^[109] signed off a Pablove poster for auction on eBay;^[108] Manson also hosted a fundraiser headlined by the Silversun Pickups,^[110] and performed acoustically on-stage at a second fundraiser with Butch Vig and Tom Gabel (for a rendition of "Witness"...) and with Greg Kurstin (for a cover of Pablo's favourite song, David Bowie's "Life on Mars?").^[111]

In 2009, Manson made her first venture into the videogame industry by becoming digitally mapped to create an avatar of herself for the Guitar Hero franchise. In the fifth game in the series, Manson is an unlockable character, while the game also features a licensed Garbage track.^[112]

In 2010, Shirley Manson donated two hand decorated t-shirts to Binki Shapiro’s (of the band “Little Joy”) on-line charity auction “Crafts for a Cause” to help raise money for the earthquake victims of Haiti. The two T-shirts raised a total of $1522.00, which was donated to the Artists for Peace and Justice organization.^[113]

On September 17, 2011, Garbage announced via their Facebook page that the band would release a cover version of an as-yet-unannounced song in October. The band explained, "This track has nothing to do with our new record and will not be included. It is not a single. It is simply a song that happens to be a cover version that you will hear in a matter of weeks, if you care to."^[84] On October 10, it was revealed that the song in question would be a cover of U2's "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" for the Achtung Baby tribute album AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered. The compilation CD was released with the December 2011 issue of Q.^[114]

Shirley Manson's unreleased solo album[link]

A few months into Garbage's hiatus, Manson began writing a solo record, working with songwriter Paul Buchanan,^[116] producer Greg Kurstin,^[117] soundtrack composer David Arnold,^[118] and Garbage drummer Butch Vig.^[119] In 2007, Manson called up a group of artists to collaborate in the creation of songs, including Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, who at that point had never co-written material with anyone.^[120] Manson presented some of her work to Geffen Records in 2008, who found it "too noir", prompting Manson and Geffen to mutually terminate her contract.^[115] Manson later elaborated, "[Geffen] wanted me to have international radio hits and "be the Annie Lennox of my generation." I kid you not; I am quoting directly."^[121] Manson continued to write material while without a record deal and had contacted David Byrne and Ray Davies in hopes of potential collaborations.^[122] Manson posted three demos on her Facebook profile, written by her and Kurstin, titled "In the Snow",^[123] "Pretty Horses"^[124] and "Lighten Up".^[125] In January 2012, Manson confirmed that work on her solo album had been cancelled, stating the album "[is] dead and buried. We had the funeral. It was sad and I cried a lot but it made such a beautiful corpse that we had an open casket."^[126]

Manson also worked with a number of artists outside of her solo project, reciting a verse of a long poem for a Chris Connelly album,^[127] recording duets with Eric Avery^[128] and Debbie Harry^[129] and performing backing vocals on a Gavin Rossdale track.^[130] Although not recording material with them, Manson also performed on-stage with The Pretenders, Iggy Pop, Incubus and Kings of Leon in Atlantic City,^[131] with Gwen Stefani^[132] and a further twice with No Doubt^[133] in Universal City. Manson also performed in an uncredited role as a dominatrix in the music video for She Wants Revenge's single "These Things".^[134]

Concert tours[link]

• November 1995-December 1996: Garbage tour^[135]
• May 1998-November 1999: Version 2.0 tour^[135]
• October 2001-November 2002: Beautiful Garbage tour^[135]
• March 2005-October 2005: Bleed Like Me tour^[135]
• April 2012 – Present: Not Your Kind of People tour^[135]

Discography[link]

Studio albums

• Garbage (1995)
• Version 2.0 (1998)
• Beautiful Garbage (2001)
• Bleed Like Me (2005)
• Not Your Kind of People (2012)

Members[link]

Current members

• Shirley Manson – vocals, guitar
• Steve Marker – guitar, keyboards
• Duke Erikson – bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, percussion
• Butch Vig – drums, percussions

Touring members

• Daniel Shulman – bass guitar
• Eric Avery – bass guitar during the Bleed Like Me tour and Not Your Kind of People tour
• Matt Chamberlain – drums during some legs of the Beautiful Garbage tour
• Matt Walker – drums during some legs of the Beautiful Garbage tour and Bleed Like Me tour

Awards and nominations[link]

Album certifications

• Recording Industry Association of America certification^[136]
  • Multi-platinum certification (2,000,000 units) awarded to 'Garbage'
  • Platinum certification (1,000,000 units) awarded to 'Version 2.0'

• Canadian Recording Industry Association certification^[137]
  • Multi-platinum certification (200,000 units) awarded to 'Garbage'
  • Platinum certification (100,000 units) awarded to 'Version 2.0'
  • Gold certification (50,000 units) awarded to 'beautifulgarbage'

• British Phonographic Industry certification^[138]
  • Multi-platinum certification (600,000 units) awarded to 'Garbage'
  • Multi-platinum certification (600,000 units) awarded to 'Version 2.0'
  • Gold certification (100,000 units) awarded to 'beautifulgarbage'

• International Federation of the Phonographic Industry certification^[139]
  • IFPI Platinum Europe Award (1,000,000 units) awarded to 'Version 2.0'

• Australian Recording Industry Association certification^[140]
  • Multi-platinum certification (140,000 units) awarded to 'Garbage'
  • Platinum certification (70,000 units) awarded to 'Version 2.0'
  • Multi-platinum certification (210,000 units) awarded to 'beautifulgarbage'
  • Gold certification (35,000 units) awarded to 'Bleed Like Me'
  • Gold certification (35,000 units) awarded to "Cherry Lips"

References[link]

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Shirley Manson
Shirley Manson at a Famous Scots event in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Shirley Ann Manson
Born	(1966-08-26) 26 August 1966 (age 45) Edinburgh, Scotland
Genres	Alternative rock, grunge, electronica
Occupations	Musician, lyricist, songwriter, actress, model
Instruments	Vocals, keyboards, guitar
Years active	1981–present
Labels	Radioactive (1993–2007) Geffen (2008) Liberation Music/Stunvolume (2011-present)
Associated acts	Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, Angelfish, Garbage
Website	www.garbage.com

Shirley Ann Manson (born 26 August 1966) is a Scottish recording artist and actress, best known internationally as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Garbage. For much of her international career Manson commuted between her home city of Edinburgh to the United States to record with Garbage but now lives and works in Los Angeles.^[1] Manson gained media attention for her forthright style, rebellious attitude, and distinctive voice, which also won her fans throughout the world.^[2]

Manson's musical career began in her teens when she was approached to perform backing vocals and keyboards for Scottish band Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie. Quickly she developed into a prominent member of the group and developed a formidable stage presence. Manson was approached by her band's record label with the idea of launching her as a solo artist, and recorded an album with her band under the Angelfish name.^[2] After seeing Manson in an Angelfish video broadcast only once on MTV's 120 Minutes, Garbage invited Manson to record vocals on a few of their songs; she eventually co-wrote and co-produced an entire album with the band.^[3] The resulting self-titled debut, Garbage, was a worldwide hit, and was followed by three studio albums, including the multiple Grammy Award-nominated Version 2.0, and a greatest hits album.^[2] Garbage toured worldwide and sold 12 million record sales over ten years.^[2]

In 2006, Manson began to write and record solo material after Garbage was put on "hiatus" and in 2008 was cast in her first professional acting role on the second and final season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as series regular Catherine Weaver, a liquid metal T-1001 Terminator.^[4] Manson returned to the recording studio in 2010 to write and produce material for a fifth Garbage album.^[5]

Manson has been voted at #60 on the VH1s 100 Sexiest Artists list.^[6]

Life and career[link]

Shirley Anne Manson was born in 1966 to John Mitchell and Muriel Flora Manson (née MacKay) at the Queen Mary Maternity Home in Edinburgh.^[2] John Mitchell, a descendant from the fishing community of Northmavine, Shetland, was a university lecturer while Muriel was a big band singer, who had been adopted by a Lothian-based family at an early age (and took on the family name MacDonald).^[2] Shirley was named after an aunt who was herself named after Charlotte Brontë's novel Shirley.^[7] She was born with two years between both older sister Lindy-Jayne and younger sister Sarah,^[8] and was brought up in the Comely Bank and Stockbridge areas of the city.^[9] Manson attended Presbyterian church until the age of 12, where her father was also her Sunday School teacher.^[10]

Manson's first public performance was in 1970, at age four, with her older sister, in an amateur show held at the local Church Hill Theatre.^[2] Enrolled at Flora Stevenson Primary School, Manson received instruction in recorder, clarinet and fiddle, and learned ballet and piano from extramural classes at age seven. Manson was a member of Girlguiding UK throughout this period of her youth as a Brownie and a Guide,^[11] Manson attended the City of Edinburgh Music School, the music department of Broughton High.^[8] While at Broughton, Manson became an active member of its drama group, performing in amateur dramatic and musical performances such as The American Dream and The Wizard of Oz, while also singing with the Waverley Singers, a local girl choir.^[2] Other notable members of the drama group included Hilary MacLean, Rebecca Pigeon and Sara Stewart;^[12] while a production of Maurice the Minotaur (in which Manson played a prophet) during the 1981 Edinburgh Festival Fringe was awarded a Fringe First award by The Scotsman newspaper.^[2]

While Manson had enjoyed primary school, Manson was bullied while in her first year at secondary school, causing her to suffer from depression and engage in self-injury: she carried a sharp object in the laces of her boots and cut herself when she felt low self-esteem, stress, or anxiety.^[13] The bullying stopped when Manson associated herself with a rebel crowd – which resulted in her rebelling herself; playing truant for most of her final year at school,^[9] smoking cannabis and sniffing glue, drinking, shoplifting, and on one occasion breaking into Edinburgh Zoo.^[14] Manson's first job was volunteer work in a local hospital's cafeteria, then as a breakfast waitress at a local hotel before spending five years as a shop assistant for Miss Selfridge, beginning on the make-up counter.^[14] Manson was eventually moved into stockrooms for her attitude to customers. Manson became well known throughout Edinburgh's clubbing scene, and making use of free samples from Miss Selfridge, styled hair for a number of local bands.^[15] Manson also briefly modeled clothing for Jackie magazine.^[16]

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie[link]

Manson's first musical experiences came from briefly singing with local Edinburgh acts The Wild Indians and performed backing vocals with Autumn 1984.^[15] While she was acting in her group, Manson was approached by Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie's lead Martin Metcalfe to join his band. Manson embarked on a relationship with Metcalfe initially, but remained involved after splitting from him and became a prominent member of the group, performing keyboards, backing vocals and becoming involved in the band's business side. Manson's first release with the Mackenzies was a YTS release of "Death of a Salesman" in 1984.^[15] The group signed a major label record deal with Capitol Records in 1987, and they released their first album Good Deeds and Dirty Rags, and their only UK Top 40 hit "The Rattler". In 1990, the group's contract was transferred to Parlophone, another EMI label, but after two singles failed to chart Parlophone declined to release the group's second album Hammer and Tongs.^[17]

Gary Kurfirst, who managed Talking Heads and Deborah Harry, bought the Mackenzies contract and issued their second album through his own label Radioactive, a subsidiary of MCA. After another single failed to chart, the group were persuaded to leave Radioactive by their management.^[17] The Mackenzies continued to write material; Manson was also given the opportunity to record lead vocals on a number of tracks planned for the band's third album.^[18] Although MCA had no desire to further their commitments to Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, the label expressed interest in recording an album with Manson, and after hearing several demos, Kurfirst signed Manson to Radioactive as a solo artist, with the remaining Mackenzies performing as her backing band to circumvent the band's existing deal with MCA.^[17] Manson's contract obligated her to deliver at least one album and, at the sole option of Radioactive, up to six additional albums.^[3]

Angelfish[link]

Recording under the name Angelfish, and using some of the newly written material and a previously released Mackenzie b-side, Manson and the group recorded the tracks that would make up the Angelfish album in Connecticut with Talking Heads' Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth.^[17] A lead in track "Suffocate Me" was sent to college radio where it was well received. Angelfish and second single "Heartbreak To Hate" followed in 1994.^[15] Angelfish toured the United States, Canada, France, Belgium, and co-supported Live on a tour of North America, along with Vic Chestnutt. The music video for "Suffocate Me" was aired on MTV's 120 Minutes. Producer and musician Steve Marker caught the broadcast and thought Manson would be a great singer for his band, Garbage, which also featured producers Duke Erikson and Butch Vig.^[19]

Garbage[link]

Shirley Manson performing live with Garbage during the band's 2001 Beautiful Garbage tour

Vig invited Manson to Smart Studios to sing on a couple of tracks. After an unsuccessful audition, she returned to Angelfish.^[19] At the end of the Live tour, Angelfish imploded and Manson returned to Smart for a second try. She began to work on the then-skeletal origins of some songs and the band invited her to become a full-time member of the band and finish the album.^[19] In August 1994, Radioactive gave their permission for Manson to work with Garbage.^[3] The band's debut album Garbage was released in August 1995, and went on to sell over 4 million copies, buoyed by a run of high charting singles including "Only Happy When It Rains" and "Stupid Girl." Manson quickly became the public face of the band over the course of a tour that took the band through to the end of 1996.

Manson became the band's chief song-writer for the follow-up record Version 2.0 which equalled the success of the band's debut record after its May 1998 release. During the two year tour in support of the record, Manson modelled for Calvin Klein. The group recorded the theme song to the James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough, and Manson became the third Scotswoman to sing a Bond theme after Lulu and Sheena Easton. In the accompanying video, she portrays an android assassin. For the recording of Garbage's third record throughout 2000, Manson became one of the first high-profile artists to write a blog online, while she decided to improve her guitar playing for the band's next tour. Their third album, beautifulgarbage, featured Manson's most forward and personal lyrics to date. The album did not sell as well as its predecessors, but Garbage performed a successful world tour in support of it. During a concert at the Roskilde Festival, Manson's voice gave in. She afterwards discovered a vocal fold cyst, and was forced to undergo a corrective surgery.^[20]

Manson's lyrics became more overtly political for Garbage's fourth record, 2005's Bleed Like Me, which after the surprise success of lead-in single "Why Do You Love Me", posted some of the band's highest chart positions upon release. Garbage began an extended hiatus in October 2005. During this period, in 2007, Garbage reformed to perform a short set at a benefit show to raise cash to pay for Wally Ingram's medical treatment,^[21][22] shared song ideas via the internet,^[23] recorded new material, and filmed a music video^[24] to promote the band's Absolute Garbage greatest hits compilation.^[25] Garbage returned to the studio in 2010 to write and record material for a fifth album,^[5] entitled Not Your Kind of People and subsequently released in May 2012, thus ending the band's seven-year hiatus from recording.

Solo work and unreleased album[link]

Manson confirmed in March 2006 that she had begun work on a solo album, working with songwriter Paul Buchanan,^[27] producer Greg Kurstin,^[28] soundtrack composer David Arnold,^[29] and Garbage drummer Butch Vig,^[30] stating that she had "no timetable" for completing the project.^[31] In 2007, Manson called up a group of artists to collaborate in the creation of songs, including Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, who at that point had never co-written material with anyone.^[32] Manson presented some of her work to Geffen Records in 2008, who found it "too noir", prompting Manson and Geffen to mutually terminate her contract.^[26] Manson later elaborated, "[Geffen] wanted me to have international radio hits and "be the Annie Lennox of my generation." I kid you not; I am quoting directly."^[33] Manson continued to write material while without a record deal and had contacted David Byrne and Ray Davies in hopes of potential collaborations.^[1] Manson posted three demos on her Facebook profile, written by her and Kurstin, titled "In the Snow",^[34] "Pretty Horses"^[35] and "Lighten Up".^[36] In January 2012, Manson confirmed that work on her solo album had been cancelled, stating the album "[is] dead and buried. We had the funeral. It was sad and I cried a lot but it made such a beautiful corpse that we had an open casket."^[37]

In 2009, Manson announced she would retire from music, claiming she got sick of the music industry's new practices and had found more excitement in acting.^[38] Manson claimed she thought about abandoning the music business as soon as 2008, when mother got ill with dementia and later died, saying that “I didn’t want to make music, didn’t feel creative. I could barely function.” Later that year she reconsidered her words and went back into singing after being asked by friends to perform David Bowie's "Life on Mars?" at their son's memorial. According to Manson, "we were all in so much pain, but it meant so much to them that I could sing that song and so much to me that I was able to do something. It made me realise how much music sustains people. I don’t know why I’d turned my back on it.”^[39]

Manson also worked with a number of artists outside of her solo project, reciting a verse of a long poem for a Chris Connelly album,^[40] recording duets with Eric Avery^[41] and Debbie Harry^[42] and performing backing vocals on a Gavin Rossdale track.^[43] Although not recording material with them, Manson also performed on-stage with The Pretenders, Iggy Pop, Incubus and Kings of Leon in Atlantic City,^[44] with Gwen Stefani^[45] and a further twice with No Doubt^[46] in Universal City. Manson also performed in an uncredited role as a dominatrix in the music video for She Wants Revenge's single "These Things".^[47] Most recently Manson performed vocals on a track written by Serj Tankian entitled "The Hunger", a single from the rock musical Prometheus Bound.^[48]

Personal life[link]

Manson has long been interested in spirituality. She later recalled, "when I was very small, I was very besotted with the church, absolutely, I loved the theatre of it and I got very involved in all the stories we were taught." Her father was also her Sunday school teacher. When she was about 12, she had a huge fight with her father over the dinner table, screaming at him that "religion's a sham, ... and I'm not going to church any more, it's just bullshit". She stopped going to church, but continued to have theological debates with her father every Sunday. She became disenchanted with organised religion and although she maintained an interest in spirituality she complained that she "brushed up against too many examples of "hypocritical" spiritualists." Manson claimed on her Facebook page to be in favour of "science but also maybe a little bit of spirituality... I am not scared of God but I am scared of the word[sic]".^[49]

Manson married Scottish artist Eddie Farrell in September 1996, having been together for six years. The couple split around 2001; their divorce was finalised by 2003.^{[citation needed]} Manson was later reported to have become engaged in 2008,^[50] and in May 2010, married record producer and Garbage sound engineer Billy Bush in a Los Angeles court house.^[51][52]

Musical influence[link]

Manson's earliest musical memories were of her mother, who sang with a big band when Manson was a child. Manson was exposed to classic jazz records as she grew up and work by Nina Simone, Cher, Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald.^[53] Early in Manson's teenage years, she became a fan of Siouxsie and the Banshees albums The Scream and Kaleidoscope, and taught herself how to sing listening to those albums, later stating "many of the songs of those two albums were massive loves of my life".^[54] Vocalist Siouxsie Sioux embodied how Manson aspired to be as a teen.^[53] Manson would later write the foreword to Siouxsie & The Banshees: The Authorised Biography.^[55]

At nineteen, Manson discovered Patti Smith, and specifically Smith's Horses album, which made a "strong impact" on her.^[56] Manson was inspired to learn guitar by Chrissie Hynde, while also appreciating the style of Debbie Harry^[53] of Blondie, whose 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech was delivered by Manson.^[57] The majority of Manson's influences were female musicians; however she also notes David Bowie^[53] as an inspiring male musician. Manson also grew up listening to Ian Brown, Nick Cave, Frank Sinatra,^[7] The Clash and The Velvet Underground.^[9]

Manson possesses a contralto vocal range.^[58] Manson herself has been credited with inspiring a new generation of female artists; including Ritzy Bryan (the lead singer and guitarist of The Joy Formidable),^[59] Taylor Momsen,^[60] and Katy Perry^[61] as well as her contemporaries such as Kylie Minogue,^[62] Gwen Stefani and Courtney Love. Manson has also personally given her support to Peaches, Brody Dalle, Karen O, and Skylar Grey^[63] at the beginning of their respective careers.

Discography[link]

Garbage[link]

Credited with songwriting, lead vocals and guitar

• Garbage (1995)
• Version 2.0 (1998)
• Beautiful Garbage (2001)
• Bleed Like Me (2005)
• Not Your Kind of People (2012)

Featured appearances[link]

The first time Manson contributed her vocals to a project separately from any of her bands was in 1998, when she performed vocals for the chorus of a Garbage-produced remix of Fun Lovin' Criminals 1999 single "Korean Bodega".^[64] Due to litigation problems surrounding Manson's contractual obligation to Radioactive Records, further collaborations with both Fun Lovin' Criminals^[69] and Moby^[70] were unable to proceed.

Manson teamed up with Marilyn Manson and Tim Sköld in 2004 to record a cover version of the Human League's "Don't You Want Me"^[71] but both felt the track inappropriate for either acts upcoming albums, and remains unreleased.^[26] Later that year, Manson and Brody Dalle contributed backing vocals to a Queens of the Stone Age track.^[72] In 2006, Manson planned to record a John Lennon cover version for the Amnesty International Instant Karma charity compilation with bassist Eric Avery,^[73] however a scheduling misunderstanding left them short of time and unable to record the song.^[74] Manson and Avery eventually co-wrote and recorded "Maybe", a ballad duet for Avery's album Help Wanted.^[75]

The following year, Manson performed backing vocals on a track for Gavin Rossdale's solo album Wanderlust,^[43] worked with long-time friend Chris Connelly, orating part of a long poem on his eighth album Forgiveness and Exile,^[76] and worked on a duet with long time inspiration Debbie Harry^[77] which remains uncompleted.^[78] In 2008, Manson contributed to a Dusty Springfield tribute album, with an unspecified release date.^[79]

Upon her taking on the role of Catherine Weaver in Terminator... and on the encouragement of series' composer Bear McCreary, Manson was asked by show runner Josh Friedman to perform and co-create a gospel arrangement of "Samson and Delilah" for the opening episode of the second season.^[80] After much interest, the track was released on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles season one soundtrack at the end of 2008.^[66] Three years later Manson recorded vocals to a track composed by Serj Tankian and Steven Sater.^[81] The track, "The Hunger", which Sater describes as exploring "the hunger of the heart", features on their rock musical adaptation of Prometheus Bound, and was recreated with fresh instrumentation and new lyrics for the digital release, exclusively through iTunes worldwide. All proceeds made from sales of the single will benefit Amnesty International.^[82]

Sampling[link]

In 2002, electronic group West London Deep sampled Manson's vocal from "You Look So Fine" in their white label track "You're Taking Me Over". Manson refused clearance for the sample and the track was scrapped. By that point the track, and remixes by Inner City, Problem Kids and Desyn Masiello & Leon Roberts had already been circulated.^[83] The song was reworked and re-released the following year as "Gonna Make You My Lover", without Manson's vocal.

Other work[link]

Acting[link]

Manson was cast in Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles in May 2008,^[84] after being asked to appear by series creator Josh Friedman and enduring a multiple audition process, beating out other actresses including Julie Ann Emery.^[85] She debuted in the season two premiere episode "Samson and Delilah" as Catherine Weaver, a CEO of a technology company, ZeiraCorp. At the conclusion of the episode, Weaver is revealed to be a liquid-metal T-1001 Terminator. Manson also performed and co-arranged a rock and blues version of the gospel song "Samson and Delilah" for the episode's score.^[86] Manson cites actress Glenn Close and former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as her acting influences for the ambiguous character.^[87] Manson also played the human Weaver in archive footage viewed by the T-1001 in the episode "The Tower is Tall, But the Fall is Short".^[88]

In 2009, Manson made her first venture into the videogame industry by becoming digitally mapped to create an avatar of herself for the Guitar Hero franchise. In the fifth game in the series, Manson is an unlockable character, while the game also features a licensed Garbage track.^[89]

Charity work[link]

Manson has used her and Garbage's profile to raise awareness and funds for a number of causes, commissioning a Garbage branded lipgloss online, with all proceeds from the sales split between Grampian Children's Cancer Research and cancer treatment institutions at Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital in Scotland and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York.

Shirley Manson donates £51,000 to Waverley Care on behalf of M•A•C AIDS Fund.

In 2001, Manson became an ambassador for the M•A•C AIDS Fund, fronting their fourth two-year charity lipstick marketing campaign alongside Elton John and Mary J. Blige, beginning with the launch of the VIVAMAC IV lipstick in March 2002, in which all proceeds of the sale of the lipstick goes to help fund AIDS charities and initiatives.^[92] While touring, Manson visited several AIDS charities in Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Toronto, New York, San Francisco and Madison to make several donations totalling over $300,000 on behalf of the M•A•C AIDS Fund.^[93]

In 2003, the M•A•C AIDS Fund linked with the Elton John AIDS Foundation to produce the White Bedroom campaign,^[92] where both Elton John and Manson recorded PSAs promoting condom use and stating facts on AIDS.^[94] By 2007, the combined six VIVAMAC campaigns had raised over $100 million U.S. dollars,^[95] and as a former ambassador Manson accepted a cheque for £51,000 on behalf of HIV charity Waverley Care from the M•A•C AIDS Fund on 10 April 2008 at Harvey Nichols Edinburgh store.^[96] Manson had become a patron of Waverley Care in October 2002^[97] and previously hosted a fund raiser auction to raise funds for the charity in January 2004 which raised £45,000. A Fender guitar owned by Manson raised £1,050, while other items auctioned included contributions sourced by Manson herself, from Elton John and Kylie Minogue.

Manson is also a keen lover of animals. In 2007, Manson fronted an international poster campaign for PETA Europe, holding the carcass of a fox under the headline "Here's the rest of your fur coat".^[98] Manson has also adopted a rescue dog, a terrier-mix named Veela,^[99] named after the fictional beings from the Harry Potter books.^[100]

In 2008, Manson became involved with the Pablove Foundation, a charity founded by Dangerbird Records head Jeff Castelaz, whose son Pablo succumbed to cancer the following year. Funds raised for the Pablove Foundation directly supports the pediatric cancer community in and around Children's Hospital Los Angeles.^[101] Manson reformed Garbage to contribute an exclusive track, "Witness to Your Love", to a charity album for the Foundation;^[102] signed off a Pablove poster for auction on eBay;^[101] Manson also hosted a fundraiser headlined by the Silversun Pickups,^[103] and performed acoustically on-stage at a second fundraiser with Butch Vig and Tom Gabel (for a rendition of "Witness...") and with Greg Kurstin (for a cover of Pablo's favourite song, David Bowie's "Life on Mars?").^[104]

In 2010, Shirley Manson donated two hand-decorated T-shirts to Binki Shapiro’s (of the band “Little Joy”) on-line charity auction “Crafts for a Cause” to help raise money for the earthquake victims of Haiti. The two T-shirts raised a total of $1522.00, which was donated to the Artists for Peace and Justice organisation.^[105]

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