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Vow by Garbage

Artist Biography For Garbage

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".

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Vow

"Vow" Is A Song By Garbage Released As Their Debut Single In 1995. It First Appeared On A Volume Magazine Compilation In December 1994 And Picked Up By BBC Radio 1 DJs Steve Lamacq And John Peel. "Vow" Generated Significant Buzz And Word-Of-Mouth That It Was Eventually Chosen As Garbage's First Single Release. Released Worldwide After A Low-Key Independent Record Label Pressing In The United Kingdom "Vow" Went On To Top The Alternative Charts In Australia And Reach The U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Garbage Hadn't Initially Planned Its Release As A Single Or Its Inclusion On Their Debut Album 1995's Garbage. In 2007 "Vow" Was Remastered And Included On Garbage's Greatest Hits Album Absolute Garbage. "Vow" Began In Rough Demo Form In January 1994 During Sessions Between Band Members Butch Vig Duke Erikson And Steve Marker Located In Either Marker's Basement Recording Studio Or At Their Own Smart Studios Business In Wisconsin University Town Madison.After Marker Saw Shirley Manson's Group Angelfish On 120 Minutes The Band Invited Manson To Smart Studios To Sing On A Couple Of Tracks. After A Dreadful First Audition She Returned To Angelfish. Manson Eventually Returned To Smart For A Successful Second Time Where She Began To Work On The Then-Skeletal "Queer" And "Vow" Ad-Libbing Lyrics . The Genesis Of "Vow" Came From A Newspaper Article Vig Had Read About A Sado-Masochistic Couple Who Couldn't Keep Away From Each Other An Intense Relationship Showing That Violence Can Come From Psychological Stand Point. Garbage Had Even Joked To Journalists The Song Was About John And Lorena Bobbitt.Lyrically Manson Claimed "'Vow' Is About Having Feelings Of Vengeance . You Have To Face Your Feelings Of Revenge And Work Out Why You Feel That Way. It's About That Conundrum When You're Really Angry But In Reality Your In A Pitiful State. Angry Twisted But Deep Down Vulnerable" Halfway Through The Recording Sessions For Garbage Mushroom's Rob Jefferson Secured The Band A Volume Compilation Inclusion. 10 The Only Song The Band Had Finished In Any Shape Or Form Was "Vow". When The Volume Compilation Was Released In December 1994 "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.By May 1995 Alternative Radio In The U.S. Had Picked Up On The Track And It Began To Receive Heavy Rotation Nationwide. The Terms Of The Licensing Deal Regarding "Vow"'s Inclusion On Volume Meant That The Single Could Only Be Released On A Limited Basis.Mushroom Wanted To Issue "Vow" Commercially To Gauge Reaction To The Band's Music.Concerned That Their Label Was Only Known In The U.K. For The Neighbours Theme To Move Away From The Association Mushroom Founded The Discordant Label For The Sole Purpose Launching Garbage. Prior To Commercial Release "Vow" Had Already Topped NME's Playlist Chart For 5 Weeks And Received "Single Of The Week" Status In Seven Publications Including NME And Melody Maker. On March 20 "Vow" Was Released In A 7" Vinyl Format Backed With A Remix Of The Title Track And Packaged In An Aluminium Sleeve. 1 000 Copies Were Pressed Of Which Only 934 Were Made Available To Buy Barely Enough To Reach The U.K. Top 100."Vow" Sold Out In One Day. "Vow" Debuted On Hot Modern Rock Tracks At #39 Where It Climbed Over The Following Weeks Peaking At #26 Twice."Vow" Was Released Commercially In The U.S. On June 20 On CD Maxi And Cassette Formats. "Vow" Bubbled Under For Two Weeksbefore It Spent Two Weeks On The Billboard Hot 100 Staying At #97 Both Weeks. "Vow" Became Notable As Setting The Record As The Lowest-Debuting "Hot Shot Debut" In Hot 100 History Which Has Since Been Broken . Mushroom And Discordant Licensed "Vow" For Distribution Internationally Releasing The Single On June 20 With Two Brand New B-Sides "Subhuman" And "#1 Crush". For Australia And New Zealand White In Addition To CD And Cassette Issued A Limited Edition CD Format Packaged In A Rubber Wallet.In Australia After Four Weeks "Vow" Peaked At #32 Topping Their Alternative Charts While In New Zealand "Vow" Reached #41."Vow" Was Also Released By BMG In Europe And South Africa. For Its U.K. And North American Release "Vow" Was Backed With "Vow Torn Apart " A Remix Produced By Garbage Themselves. For The International Release Of The Single "Vow" Was Backed With "Subhuman" And "#1 Crush". "Subhuman" Had Only Ever Been Intended As A B-Side For The "Vow" Single But On August 7 1995 It Was Released As "Vow"'s Follow-Up Single In The U.K. As Mushroom Considered It A Strong Song.In October 1996 A Remix Of "#1 Crush" By Nellee Hooper Was Released On The Soundtrack To Baz Luhrman Movie William Shakespeare's Romeo Juliet. Airplay Of The Track Resulted In It On January 4 1997 Reaching #1 On The Modern Rock Tracks Chart Staying For Four Weeks. It Also Reached #29 On The Hot 100 Airplay Chart. Both "Vow" And "#1 Crush" Were Released On The B-Side To "Subhuman". The U.K. Release Of "Vow" Was In A 7" Vinyl Format Packaged In An Aluminum Metal Case The First Of Six Specially Packaged Singles Mushroom Records Released Between 1995 And 1996. Each Single Cost The Label Making A 70p Per Unit Loss On Each Single But The Investment Paid Off As Each Subsequent Single Became Bigger Hits. Second Single "Subhuman" Followed In A Rubber Sleeve "Only Happy When It Rains" In A Hologram-Stickered Rain-Effect Card Sleeve "Queer" In A Perspex Case "Stupid Girl" In Both Red And Blue Cloth Bags And Finally "Milk" In A Rippled Card Sleeve With A 16-Frame 3-D Image Mounted On Front.Each Release Became Instant Collectors Items By The Time Second Single "Subhuman" Was Released Copies Of "Vow" Were Selling For £100. The Idea Behind The Packaging Reconciled With The Eighteen-Month Marketing Strategy Behind The Launch Of The Band. The Packaging Was Tailored Around The Artwork Designs For The Six Singles And The Label's Plan To Brand The "G" Logo. After Each Single The Sleeve Artwork Would Go Up A Stage The "Vow" And "Subhuman" Artwork Was Two-Colour "Only Happy When It Rains" And "Queer" Were Three Colour With Gold Embossing On "Queer" And "Stupid Girl" Had Four Colour Artwork.After The Release Of "Milk" CIN Banned Sales Of Specially Packaged Singles From Counting Towards The U.K. Singles Chart Which Meant "Milk" Was The Last In The Run Of Special Edition Garbage 7" Singles. Upon Its Release "Vow" Received An Overwhelmingly Positive Response From Music Critics. James Delingpole Of Sunday Telegraph Wrote "'Vow' Displays A Maturity Inventiveness And Originality Way Beyond The Powers Of Your Average Pop Newcomer" The Times Described It As "the Missing Link Between Courtney Love And PJ Harvey" While Paul Yates Of Q Magazine Said "Garbage's Signature Lies In Songs Like 'Vow' Good Pop Tunes Dealt A Rough Treatment And Brazen Vocals".NME's Emma Morgan Wrote "it's The Simplicity Of The Lyrics That Strikes The Winning Goal" While Earlier In The Year NME Had Made "Vow" Its Single Of The Week Writing " "Vow" Is A Shape-Shifting Squalling Epic. It Shimmers Like Siouxsie's 'Christine'. It's A Credit To The Band's Producing Skills That Such An Ambitious Thing Is Lashed Together At All".Melody Maker Stated "this Has Classic Written All Over It" They Too Had Named "Vow" Their Single Of The Week Writing The Song "is Surreal Pop Heaven Mixed With Industrial Nightmares". Kerrang! Magazine's Paul Rees Described "Vow" As "edgy Dislocated Pop With A Sparkling Chorus"and "the Most Brilliant Pop Song Of 1995". Select's Ian Harrison Liked The Song But Felt That It "pilfers From The Smiths "How Soon Is Now?"". "Vow" Also Appeared In A Number Of Year-End Lists #45 In John Peel's Festive Fifty #15 In Triple J's "Hottest 100 Of 1995" 38 And #66 In KROQ's "Top 106.7 Of 1995". "Vow" Has Been Performed On Every Single Major Garbage Tour From 1995 - 2005. Live Renditions Became Notable For Shirley's Ad Libbing Of Songs Past And Present. Performanes Of "Vow" Have Featured Lines From Patti Smith's 'Revenge' Marianne Faithfull's 'Why D'Ya Do It?' The Beatles 'Why Don't We Do It In The Road' Carly Simon's 'You're So Vain' Cole Porter's 'Let's Do It' Bright Eyes' 'Lover I Don't Have To Love' And Yeah Yeah Yeahs' 'Mystery Girl' And 'Maps'.*

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