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Garbage Is A Scottish-American Alternative Rock Band Formed In 1994 In Madison Wisconsin USA. The Group Members Are Shirley Manson Vocals Guitars Steve Marker Guitars Keyboards Duke Erikson Guitars Keyboards Bass And Butch Vig Drums Percussion . Erikson Marker And Vig Are Also Producers And Remixers Vig Is Best Known For Producing Nirvana's Nevermind . To Date The Band Sold Over 17 Million Albums Worldwide. Initially Garbage Was An Informal Jam Session Between The Three Producers Held In Marker's Basement. Steve Marker Saw The Music Video Of "Suffocate Me" By Angelfish On MTV Recorded It And Showcased It To His Band Mates. They Invited The Scottish Vocalist Shirley Manson To Join Garbage She Accepted And Soon Angelfish Disbanded. According To Vig Garbage Was Named Before Manson Joined The Band After The Percussionist Pauli Ryan Walked In While Vig Was Working On A Remix For Nine Inch Nails And Said It Sounded Like "garbage". In August 1995 The Group Released Their Debut Album Garbage Preceded By Their First Single "Vow" In March 1995. This Album Was An Unexpected Smash Selling Over 5 Million Copies And Reaching Double Platinum Status In The UK #6 USA #20 Australia. Also It Received Great Reviews From Critics And Featured On The Book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die." They Released Five Singles From This Album "Vow" "Only Happy When It Rains" "Queer" "Stupid Girl" And "Milk". A Non-Album Single Entitled "Subhuman" Was Issued On 7 August 1995. In 1996 The Band Released A Short-Form VHS And Video CD Entitled "Garbage Video" Also Known As "Home Video" That Included All Of Garbage's Promotional Music Videos Filmed Up Until That Point. In 1997 Garbage Were Nominated At Grammy Awards For Best New Artist Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal For "Stupid Girl" Best Rock Song For "Stupid Girl". In The Same Year The Remixed Version Of "#1 Crush" Original Version Released In 1996 Was Included On The Multi-Platinum Movie Soundtrack William Shakespeare's Romeo Juliet. Also It Was Nominated For Best Song From A Movie At The 1997 MTV Movie Awards. They Spent Over An Year Working On Their Follow-Up Album Version 2.0 Which Was Released On May 1998 And Hit #1 In The UK And #13 In The US. It Was Supported By Six Singles "Push It" "I Think I'm Paranoid" "Special" "When I Grow Up" "The Trick Is To Keep Breathing" And "You Look So Fine". The Music Video Of "Push It" Featured State Of The Art Effects And It Costs Over $400 000 To Make. Version 2.0 Sold Over 5 Million Copies Almost The Same As Their Debut. In 1999 They 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" To The Adam Sandler Movie Big Daddy. Version 2.0 Was Nominated At Grammy Awards For Album Of The Year And Best Rock Album And "Special" Was Nominated For Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal And Best Rock Song. In October 2001 Garbage Issued Their Third And Most Pop Album Beautifulgarbage Preceded By The Single "Androgyny" In September 2001. All Four Singles Released "Androgyny" "Cherry Lips Go Baby Go! " "Breaking Up The Girl" And "Shut Your Mouth" Were Moderately Successful. This Album Got 6th Place At Rolling Stone's Top 10 Albums Of The Year. The World Tour From October 2001 To November 2002 Was Affected By Butch's Health Problems. The Band Struggled To Remain Together And Almost Split In 2003 Before Returning With The Fourth Studio Album Bleed Like Me In April 2005 Peaking At A Career-High #4 In USA. Four Singles Promoted The Album "Why Do You Love Me" "Sex Is Not The Enemy" "Bleed Like Me" And "Run Baby Run". Garbage Cut Short Their 2005 World Tour And Announced An Indefinite Hiatus But Emphasized It Was Not A Break-Up. In July 2007 The Group Released A Greatest Hits Album And A DVD Entitled Absolute Garbage. The Compilation Featured A Selection Of Their Singles A New Single "Tell Me Where It Hurts" #50 UK And A Remixed Version Of "It's All Over But The Crying" The Limited Edition Had Also A Remixes Disc . The DVD Included Most Of Their Music Videos And A Documentary Related To The Band. In 2008 A New Track Called "Witness To Your Love" Was Issued On A Charity Compilation In The USA. Shirley Manson Recorded A Solo Album But Her Label Refused To Release It Considering It To Be "too Noir". In The Same Year She Started To Play A Regular Role On US TV Show Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles. According To A Post From Shirley's Facebook Profile The Band Returned Back To Studio In 2010. On 14 May 2012 Garbage Released Their Fifth Studio Album Not Your Kind Of People. The Album Was Supported By The Singles "Blood For Poppies" "Battle In Me" "Automatic Systematic Habit" And "Big Bright World". On June 10th 2016 Garbage Released Their 6th Album "Strange Little Birds".
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"Queer" Is A Song Released By Garbage Which Appears On Their Eponymous First Album. It Was Written And Recorded At Smart Studios During The 1994-1995 Sessions For The Debut Album. With Its Suggestive Title And Subdued Trip-Hop Feel "Queer" Quickly Became A Word-Of-Mouth Success For The Fledgling Band. The Song Samples The Drum Beat From Single Gun Theory's "Man Of Straw". The Band Had Wanted To Use A Frank Sinatra Sample For "Queer" But The Idea Was Abandoned Because It Would Have Been Too Expensive. Bass On "Queer" Was Played By Mike Kashou Additional Drums By Clyde Stubblefield And Clarinet By Les Thimming. Queer" Was Issued As A Single In Australia And Europe As An EP In October 1995 And The Following Month The Song Was Issued In The UK On A 2xCD Set And Vinyl To Coincide With The Band's Debut UK Show. The Song Was Also Issued As An Airplay Single In The US In Late 1995. "Queer" Was The Band's First Top 20 UK Single Peaking At Number 13 In December 1995 & Remained On The UK Chart For 8 Weeks. At One Point In The Midweeks Charts The Single Had Hit The UK Top Ten But By The End Of The Week Sales Had Levelled Off And Settled At The #13 Spot. Continuing The Special Packaging For Garbage's Vinyl Formats The "Queer" 7" Came In A Stickered Perspex Case With An Embossed "G" Logo On Both Sides . 1 The Original Idea For The Vinyl Format Was Package For In A Jade Velvet Wallet With Garbage And Queer Burned Onto The Velvet. Initial Copies Of The 7" Were Packed In A Bubble-Wrap Bag. Accompanying The Vinyl Was A Two Disc CD Single Set. The Music Video For "Queer" Was Filmed In July 1995 In Los Angeles And Directed By Stéphane Sednaoui For Propaganda Films. Manson Chose Sednaoui As Director After She Saw His Video For Björk's "Big Time Sensuality".Two Edits Of The "Queer" Video Exist The Second Has A Fade Out To Obscure Manson Blinding The Protagonist. It Premiered On August 5 And Was Certified A Buzz Clip By MTV And Given Heavy Airplay."Queer" Was Nominated At The MTV Video Music Awards In 1996 Within The Breakthrough Video Category. The Concept For The Video Came From Sednaoui Personal Experience Of Being "shredded Into Pieces" By A Beautiful Woman And The Band Loved His Storyboard For The Song Feeling It Matched The Track. Filmed In Black-And-White And From A First Person Perspective As A Young Male Follows Manson Into An Old House Where She Is Joined By The Rest Of Garbage In Holding Him Captive Removing His Clothing Blinding Him With Gaffa Tape And Shaving His Head. Later The He Laughs At His Reflection In A Mirror Before Manson Drags Him Outside. Sednaoui Operated The Camera For The Whole Shoot.The Final Scene Of The Video Is In Full Colour And Shows The Man Leaving The Street. The "Queer" Video Was First Commercially Released On VHS And Video-CD On 1996's Garbage Video And Later On The 2005 DVD The Work Of Director Stéphane Sednaoui Which Also Has An Interview With Sednaoui And Manson Talking About Making The Video And Its Impact On The Band's Image. A Remastered Version Of The Fade-Out Edit Was Included On Garbage's 2007 Greatest Hits DVD Absolute Garbage. "Queer" Was First Performed Live At Garbage's First Gig In Minneapolis Minnesota On 5 November 1995. For The 1996 Tour The Song Was Remixed For Live Concerts And That Version Was Performed Throughout The 'Garbage' And 'Version 2.0' Tours. "Queer" Was Not Played During The 'beautifulgarbage' Tour But Shirley Performed A Verse And A Chorus Of The Song A Cappella At Some Concerts. On The 'Bleed Like Me' Tour "Queer" Was Re-Introduced To The Set As The Show Opener To The Delight Of Most Garbage Fans. The Version They Band Played On The Tour Was Closer To The Album Version Than The Version They Had Played Since 1996. On Some Live Performances Shirley Introduced This Song By Either Dedicating The Song To The Crowd At The Show Or By Saying "A's Queer 'cept Thee And Me And Sometimes Even Thee's Queer But Most Of The Time I'm Completely Bonkers!" "Queer" Had Also Been Performed Live On UK Music Show Top Of The Pops. "Queer" Was The First Garbage Single To Be Serviced To Clubs With Remixes From Outside Artists And Producers. One Of The Remixers Martin Gore Is A Member Of Depeche Mode Whom Butch Vig Had Worked On Tracks With Prior To The Formation Of Garbage. Four Of The Remixes Saw Inclusion On The 1995 U.K. Release Of "Queer" And In 1996 On Australian Pressings Of "Stupid Girl". Danny Saber's Remix Was Then Used On Garbage Video While An Additional "Queer" Remix From Rabbit In The Moon "Heftybag Mix" Was Released In 1997 On The Queer Remixes 12" In The U.K. In 2007 The Heftybag Mix Was Remastered And Included On The Absolute Garbage Bonus Disc Garbage Mixes. "Queer" For The European And Australian Releases Came Backed With The B-Sides "Trip My Wire" And"Butterfly Collector" A Jam Cover.
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Garbage Is A Scottish-American Alternative Rock Band Formed In 1994 In Madison Wisconsin USA. The Group Members Are Shirley Manson Vocals Guitars Steve Marker Guitars Keyboards Duke Erikson Guitars Keyboards Bass And Butch Vig Drums Percussion . Erikson Marker And Vig Are Also Producers And Remixers Vig Is Best Known For Producing Nirvana's Nevermind . To Date The Band Sold Over 17 Million Albums Worldwide. Initially Garbage Was An Informal Jam Session Between The Three Producers Held In Marker's Basement. Steve Marker Saw The Music Video Of "Suffocate Me" By Angelfish On MTV Recorded It And Showcased It To His Band Mates. They Invited The Scottish Vocalist Shirley Manson To Join Garbage She Accepted And Soon Angelfish Disbanded. According To Vig Garbage Was Named Before Manson Joined The Band After The Percussionist Pauli Ryan Walked In While Vig Was Working On A Remix For Nine Inch Nails And Said It Sounded Like "garbage". In August 1995 The Group Released Their Debut Album Garbage Preceded By Their First Single "Vow" In March 1995. This Album Was An Unexpected Smash Selling Over 5 Million Copies And Reaching Double Platinum Status In The UK #6 USA #20 Australia. Also It Received Great Reviews From Critics And Featured On The Book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die." They Released Five Singles From This Album "Vow" "Only Happy When It Rains" "Queer" "Stupid Girl" And "Milk". A Non-Album Single Entitled "Subhuman" Was Issued On 7 August 1995. In 1996 The Band Released A Short-Form VHS And Video CD Entitled "Garbage Video" Also Known As "Home Video" That Included All Of Garbage's Promotional Music Videos Filmed Up Until That Point. In 1997 Garbage Were Nominated At Grammy Awards For Best New Artist Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal For "Stupid Girl" Best Rock Song For "Stupid Girl". In The Same Year The Remixed Version Of "#1 Crush" Original Version Released In 1996 Was Included On The Multi-Platinum Movie Soundtrack William Shakespeare's Romeo Juliet. Also It Was Nominated For Best Song From A Movie At The 1997 MTV Movie Awards. They Spent Over An Year Working On Their Follow-Up Album Version 2.0 Which Was Released On May 1998 And Hit #1 In The UK And #13 In The US. It Was Supported By Six Singles "Push It" "I Think I'm Paranoid" "Special" "When I Grow Up" "The Trick Is To Keep Breathing" And "You Look So Fine". The Music Video Of "Push It" Featured State Of The Art Effects And It Costs Over $400 000 To Make. Version 2.0 Sold Over 5 Million Copies Almost The Same As Their Debut. In 1999 They 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" To The Adam Sandler Movie Big Daddy. Version 2.0 Was Nominated At Grammy Awards For Album Of The Year And Best Rock Album And "Special" Was Nominated For Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal And Best Rock Song. In October 2001 Garbage Issued Their Third And Most Pop Album Beautifulgarbage Preceded By The Single "Androgyny" In September 2001. All Four Singles Released "Androgyny" "Cherry Lips Go Baby Go! " "Breaking Up The Girl" And "Shut Your Mouth" Were Moderately Successful. This Album Got 6th Place At Rolling Stone's Top 10 Albums Of The Year. The World Tour From October 2001 To November 2002 Was Affected By Butch's Health Problems. The Band Struggled To Remain Together And Almost Split In 2003 Before Returning With The Fourth Studio Album Bleed Like Me In April 2005 Peaking At A Career-High #4 In USA. Four Singles Promoted The Album "Why Do You Love Me" "Sex Is Not The Enemy" "Bleed Like Me" And "Run Baby Run". Garbage Cut Short Their 2005 World Tour And Announced An Indefinite Hiatus But Emphasized It Was Not A Break-Up. In July 2007 The Group Released A Greatest Hits Album And A DVD Entitled Absolute Garbage. The Compilation Featured A Selection Of Their Singles A New Single "Tell Me Where It Hurts" #50 UK And A Remixed Version Of "It's All Over But The Crying" The Limited Edition Had Also A Remixes Disc . The DVD Included Most Of Their Music Videos And A Documentary Related To The Band. In 2008 A New Track Called "Witness To Your Love" Was Issued On A Charity Compilation In The USA. Shirley Manson Recorded A Solo Album But Her Label Refused To Release It Considering It To Be "too Noir". In The Same Year She Started To Play A Regular Role On US TV Show Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles. According To A Post From Shirley's Facebook Profile The Band Returned Back To Studio In 2010. On 14 May 2012 Garbage Released Their Fifth Studio Album Not Your Kind Of People. The Album Was Supported By The Singles "Blood For Poppies" "Battle In Me" "Automatic Systematic Habit" And "Big Bright World". On June 10th 2016 Garbage Released Their 6th Album "Strange Little Birds".
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"Queer" is a song released by Garbage, which appears on their eponymous first album. It was written and recorded at Smart Studios during the 1994-1995 sessions for the debut album.
With its suggestive title and subdued trip-hop feel, "Queer" quickly became a word-of-mouth success for the fledgling band. The song samples the drum beat from Single Gun Theory's "Man of Straw". The band had wanted to use a Frank Sinatra sample for "Queer", but the idea was abandoned because it would have been too expensive.
Bass on "Queer" was played by Mike Kashou, additional drums by Clyde Stubblefield and clarinet by Les Thimming.
Queer" was issued as a single in Australia and Europe as an EP in October 1995, and the following month the song was issued in the UK on a 2xCD set and vinyl to coincide with the band's debut UK show. The song was also issued as an airplay single in the US in late 1995.
"Queer" was the band's first top 20 UK single, peaking at number 13 in December 1995 & remained on the UK chart for 8 weeks. At one point in the midweeks charts the single had hit the UK Top Ten, but by the end of the week sales had levelled off and settled at the #13 spot.
Continuing the special packaging for Garbage's vinyl formats, the "Queer" 7" came in a stickered perspex case (with an embossed "G" logo on both sides). [1] The original idea for the vinyl format was package for in a jade velvet wallet with Garbage and Queer burned onto the velvet.
Initial copies of the 7" were packed in a bubble-wrap bag. Accompanying the vinyl was a two disc CD single set.
The music video for "Queer" was filmed in July, 1995 in Los Angeles and directed by Stéphane Sednaoui for Propaganda Films. Manson chose Sednaoui as director after she saw his video for Björk's "Big Time Sensuality".Two edits of the "Queer" video exist; the second has a fade out to obscure Manson blinding the protagonist. It premiered on August 5, and was certified a Buzz Clip by MTV, and given heavy airplay."Queer" was nominated at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1996 within the Breakthrough Video category.
The concept for the video came from Sednaoui personal experience of being "shredded into pieces" by a beautiful woman, and the band loved his storyboard for the song, feeling it matched the track. Filmed in black-and-white, and from a first person perspective, as a young male follows Manson into an old house, where she is joined by the rest of Garbage in holding him captive, removing his clothing, blinding him with gaffa tape, and shaving his head. Later, the he laughs at his reflection in a mirror, before Manson drags him outside. Sednaoui operated the camera for the whole shoot.The final scene of the video is in full colour, and shows the man leaving the street.
The "Queer" video was first commercially released on VHS and Video-CD on 1996's Garbage Video, and later on the 2005 DVD The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui (which also has an interview with Sednaoui and Manson talking about making the video, and its impact on the band's image. A remastered version of the fade-out edit was included on Garbage's 2007 greatest hits DVD Absolute
Garbage.
"Queer" was first performed live at Garbage's first gig in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 5 November 1995. For the 1996 tour the song was remixed for live concerts and that version was performed throughout the 'Garbage' and 'Version 2.0' tours.
"Queer" was not played during the 'beautifulgarbage' tour, but Shirley performed a verse and a chorus of the song a cappella at some concerts.
On the 'Bleed Like Me' tour, "Queer" was re-introduced to the set as the show opener, to the delight of most Garbage fans. The version they band played on the tour was closer to the album version than the version they had played since 1996.
On some live performances Shirley introduced this song by either dedicating the song to the crowd at the show, or by saying "A's queer 'cept thee and me and sometimes even thee's queer, but most of the time, I'm completely bonkers!"
"Queer" had also been performed live on UK music show Top Of The Pops.
"Queer" was the first Garbage single to be serviced to clubs with remixes from outside artists and producers. One of the remixers, Martin Gore, is a member of Depeche Mode, whom Butch Vig had worked on tracks with prior to the formation of Garbage. Four of the remixes saw inclusion on the 1995 U.K. release of "Queer", and in 1996 on Australian pressings of "Stupid Girl".
Danny Saber's remix was then used on Garbage Video], while an additional "Queer" remix from Rabbit in the Moon ("Heftybag mix") was released in 1997 on the Queer Remixes 12" in the U.K. In 2007, the Heftybag mix was remastered and included on the Absolute Garbage bonus disc Garbage Mixes.
"Queer", for the European and Australian releases, came backed with the b-sides "Trip My Wire" and"Butterfly Collector", a Jam cover. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.