Shirley Manson, poubelle la vie
1 Juin 2016
Par Elvire von Bardeleben - Liberation

 
Shirley Manson du groupe Garbage, à Paris le 14 avril. Photo Paul Rousteau

La chanteuse charismatique du groupe Garbage refuse qu’il y ait une date de péremption pour les femmes artistes.

Quand Shirley Manson entre dans la pièce, elle n’a jamais paru aussi jeune. De cuir et court vêtue, cheveux roses, paupières bleues, ongles pailletés, elle a une allure de lolita désaxée. Mais lorsqu’elle se rapproche, l’Ecossaise a bien le visage de son âge, soit un demi-siècle, ou presque. Même si son groupe Garbage n’a jamais cessé d’exister et sort son sixième album, il est emblématique des années 90 où ses hymnes queer et sarcastiques ont fait ondoyer les clubs. Fort d’un succès critique et commercial culminant en 1999, quand le groupe a composé une chanson du James Bond, il représente l’underground qui séduit le grand public, sensibilisé aux affres des rockeurs depuis le suicide de Kurt Cobain. Shirley Manson, la chanteuse explosive, seule femme au milieu de trois hommes, l’Ecossaise expatriée chez les Américains, mal dans sa peau, détaillant sa détresse dans ses paroles, ne s’est pas collé un pistolet sur la tempe, mais faisait l’effet d’une bombe à retardement.

«Supervixen».
Aujourd’hui, elle semble aller bien. Malgré plusieurs décennies passées sur le sol américain, elle a gardé son accent écossais et roule toujours les «r». A l’aise, elle détaille ses réponses, ne prend pas la mouche quand on sous-entend que son heure de gloire est derrière elle, explose parfois d’un rire qui secoue l’espace, notamment lorsqu’elle plaisante sur ses cheveux couleur Barbie («on me dit d’arrêter, mais c’est la première fois que je me sens aussi bien, je sais, je suis incroyablement immature»). Elle est venue défendre seule Strange Little Birds, un album difficile à juger tant sa voix fait toujours sonner Garbage comme du Garbage. Malgré la nostalgie bienveillante qu’il évoque, il manque de fraîcheur, la propension historique du groupe à la grandiloquence n’étant plus compensée par l’ironie. La chanteuse revendique une forme d’honnêteté : «On voulait un disque authentique par rapport à l’époque, donc sombre et chaotique. Quand on allume la radio, il n’y a que de la pop joyeuse, c’est terrifiant. Ça donne l’impression d’une déconnexion totale avec la réalité.»

«Only Happy When It Rains».
Chez elle, la quête d’authenticité n’est pas une lubie, mais a plutôt été un moyen de survie. «Mes trente premières années, j’ai eu le sentiment que je n’étais pas faite pour cette terre», se souvient-elle. D’où cela venait-il ? Un sourire éclaire son visage, semblant signifier une multitude de possibles: sa position merdique au milieu de la fratrie, sa dent de devant cassée et remplacée par une couronne métallique «qui [lui] a appris à ne pas sourire», sa couleur naturelle de cheveux (rousse), sujet de moquerie… Elle s’est mise à détester son corps, et sa réussite professionnelle n’a pas suffi à panser son ego blessé. Castée par les autres membres du groupe pour être chanteuse, elle est devenue une force créatrice à leur égal. Sa présence a permis à Garbage de percer. «Je pensais que le succès me ferait me sentir mieux, admet Shirley. En 1998, alors qu’on était numéro 1 dans une quinzaine de pays, je me souviens avoir explosé en larmes dans Hyde Park parce que rien n’avait changé, je n’avais pas échappé à moi-même.» L’anxiété n’empêche pas d’être charismatique : le groupe a toujours capitalisé sur son physique étrange (les yeux écartés, les pommettes saillantes), la mettant au centre des clips où elle alpague la caméra, vénéneuse et déglinguée.

«Not My Idea».
Le succès vacille après deux albums. Beautiful Garbage (2001) est bien reçu, mais peu vendu. Le petit label de Garbage se fait ingérer par une major estimant que vendre un million d’albums ne suffit pas. «Il voulait de la musique "commerciale" quoique ça veuille dire. Il fallait courir après une chimère», se souvient Shirley Manson. Le groupe préfère partir pour «rester fidèle à [s]es principes». De manière à peu près concomitante, la chanteuse, qui avait signé pour un album solo chez une autre major, se fait rembarrer avec son «disque arty». On lui demande d’être une «pop-star internationale, ambitieuse», avant de lui annoncer que, de toute façon, elle est «trop vieille pour passer à la radio». L’absurdité de l’histoire fait sourire. Elle reprend, sérieuse : «Vous trouvez ça drôle, mais c’est accablant de penser que quoi que tu fasses, on ne t’écouteras pas parce que tu es une femme et tu es vieille.» D’autant que les hommes, eux, ne perdent jamais leurs galons de rock-star.

«Dog New Tricks».
La médiocrité du milieu n’a pas rendu Shirley amère, au contraire. Elle n’est pas nostalgique de l’époque où personne ne supposait que la musique pouvait être gratuite. «Dans les nineties, il y avait beaucoup trop d’argent et d’excès. Le milieu grouillait de boulets qui voulaient squatter les limousines des rock-stars… aujourd’hui, ceux qui bossent encore là sont passionnés et talentueux.» Sa seule réelle critique envers le business du disque concerne le manque de diversité parmi les représentantes du sexe féminin. «C’est toujours des filles extrêmement jolies, populaires, divertissantes, avec des voix exceptionnelles comme Beyoncé ou Lady Gaga que l’on entend. Tant mieux pour elles. Mais j’aimerais aussi savoir ce que des artistes plus discrètes, provocantes et bizarres ont à dire. Des Joanna Newsom ou Karen O.»

«A Stroke of Luck».
C’est pourtant grâce à une pop-star que Shirley s’est tirée de sa mélancolie. A une baby shower chez Gwen Stefani, l’Ecossaise rencontre un scénariste qui lui propose de jouer dans une adaptation télévisée de Terminator. Il trouvait qu’elle ferait «un parfait robot» (sic). Dans les faits, le costume de Cyborg sied bien à Shirley, mais on ne saura rien de son potentiel dramatique : son rôle se limitant à afficher un visage impassible pour zigouiller des innocents à l’aide de ses bras en acier et de conclure à chaque fois son carnage par une vanne nulle. Peu importe, Shirley se sent mieux. Une expo consacrée à Louise Bourgeois achève de lui remonter le moral : «Je me suis rendu compte qu’elle continuait de créer à 90 ans.» Garbage se remet au travail, fonde son propre label et sort un nouvel album en 2012.

«Fix Me Now».
Aujourd’hui, Shirley semble avoir une vie paisible. Elle vit à Los Angeles, mariée à un ingénieur du son, «un homme très tendre qui n’est pas guidé par la testostérone». Ils forment un couple équilibré : «J’ai l’impression de me reconnaître dans certains comportements "masculins", notamment au niveau de l’agressivité. Dans le groupe, c’est moi qui ai des couilles.» Elle n’a pas d’enfant, «répugnée» par l’exemple de sa mère qui s’est «sacrifiée» pour elle et ses sœurs, elle s’estime de toute façon trop autoritaire pour s’occuper de jeunes humains, elle préfère élever des chiens. Et continuer d’user de son droit à créer. Puisqu’elle ne se considère pas comme une entertaineuse ou une pop-star, mais comme une artiste, elle estime ne pas avoir de date de péremption. A raison.

26 août 1966 Naissance à Edimbourg.
1995 Premier album Garbage.
10 juin 2016 Sixième album : Strange Little Birds (Stunvolume - Pias).

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  WWD

édition 15 juin 2016
pays magazine: USA
article sur Shirley Manson

Fashion’s Favorite Grunge Girl Shirley Manson Returns
( source article en ligne sur wwd.com )
5/15/2016 - By Leigh Nordstrom
photographs by Dan Doperalski
-This story first appeared in the June 15, 2016 issue of WWD-

  Somewhere in Scotland, there’s a middle-aged man missing out on some serious royalties. Before Shirley Manson was the lead singer of one of the most pervasive and influential grunge bands around, Garbage, she was a clarinet-playing teenager in Edinburgh with an ear for melodies and time on her hands. Then opportunity presented itself. “There was a boy there looking for help with his band, and I could play keyboard and could sing. So literally, for want of absolutely nothing better to do, I joined the band,” Manson says from her home in Los Angeles. “And that set me on a course for the rest of my life.”

That band might be a thing of the past, but Garbage most certainly is not. Manson has helmed the band throughout its two-decade career; they released their sixth studio album, “Strange Little Birds,” on June 10. From the start, Gianni Versace and Marc Jacobs were itching to dress Manson, and Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Florence Welch are all artists who credit her as inspiration. In short: the longevity is no accident.

Manson grew up in Edinburgh amid the popularity of music she calls “jingle jangle,” a sort of sanitized, sparkly, “bright and breezy indie pop” — a sharp contrast from Garbage’s sound. As grunge began to take off, the band saw its 1995 debut album go double platinum in the U.S., U.K. and Australia, and the star treatment came with it. “It was in the heyday of large label records with money to spare,” Manson recalls. “Everything was very luxe. We drank Champagne, and we’d go out for these long Italian lunches in posh restaurants.”

However lavishly the record industry courted them, Garbage has firmly maintained an attitude of alternative amid the mainstream. Manson, all baby-pink hair and devilish Scottish humor, possesses a kind of hard-to-define “It”-ness that avoids drinking the Kool-Aid, which, of course, is the quality that continues to attract fashion houses. “I remember somebody calling me and saying, ‘Gianni Versace wants to meet you, and you need to come to the London store and pick out whatever you want’,” she says. “I remember being on the tour bus and opening this box from Marc Jacobs. I mean, I could not f—ing believe my luck.”

Also knocking on her door was Calvin Klein, a brand for which the Nineties have become an ingrained ethos, which cast her in its 1999 campaign. “I really consider myself a bit of an ugly ducking, you know,” she says. “When you take my makeup off, I look like this really peculiar creature — and Calvin Klein saw a beauty in that. I thought it was a really powerful thing to do.”

Fashion’s love for the decade is undying, but, in Manson’s view, the authentically generated rock-star look is long gone. “Now you look at young pop artists who are getting a lot of attention, and they’re all basically dressing the same way,” she says. “And that wasn’t what was going on in the Nineties. I mean, Gwen [Stefani] was f—ing sewing her own pants, for Christ’s sake. And you had Marilyn Manson and Courtney Love…and it was f—ing badass.”

They may be viewed as alternative, but the band has had a clear strategy throughout its career. “We’re very tenacious as a band. We have toured and toured and toured way past a lot of our contemporaries,” Manson says. “When a lot of our contemporaries went home, we carried on. And I think that forges a connection with people that is very difficult to break. [Live shows] make magic. You’re chasing that flame always.”

The flame continues to burn on “Strange Little Birds,” which she claims is their best record yet. “I feel like, as a band, we’ve broken new ground, which after 21 years is a real challenge,” she says. “We’re going into some other, uncharted territory, which I’m not entirely sure what it is, but that’s all you can really ask of yourself.”

They aren’t charting that course alone. “We’ve had fans who have been with us since 1995,” Manson says. “I know their names, I know the names of their children. And we also, miraculously — and I’m not quite sure how this has occurred — but we have some very young fans, too, who literally were not even born when our first few records came out. It’s spectacularly odd.”

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Strange Little Birds Promo

 22 avril 2016
Radio Oüi FM - France
Interview Shirley Manson

   UK BEATS #146 Spécial Garbage
Article publié le 23 avril 2016
> écoutez l'émission sur ouifm

Cette semaine, Marjorie Hache a interviewé la chanteuse (écossaise) Shirley Manson à l’occasion de la sortie du nouvel album du quatuor Garbage ! Une rencontre qui datait de novembre 2015...

Lors de son interview, Shirley Manson est revenue sur plusieurs points cruciaux de la carrière de Garbage, qui fête son grand retour avec Strange Little Birds, un tout nouvel album.

– À propos du milieu de la musique aujourd’hui par rapport à il y a 20 ans :
« Il est maintenant difficile pour les groupes de percer d’une façon aussi énorme qu’à l’époque. Il y a pleins de raisons derrière cela mais c’est principalement économique, le cadre actuel fait que c’est difficile pour les groupes d’émerger et c’est dommage parce que les groupes sont importants. »

– Sur les femmes dans la musique dans les années 90 :
« Dans les années 90 il y avait tellement de groupe alternatifs [dans les charts]. Depuis… Ça n’a jamais été pareil. (…) J’ai l’impression que les choses étaient bien plus progressistes dans les années 90. Il y avait tant de voix et de styles divers et variées, de Missy Elliott à Courtney Love. (…) Aujourd’hui je pense que c’est difficile si on ne correspond pas à un modèle de beauté conventionnel ou si on ne joue pas le jeu de l’artiste pop. (…) On a bien sûr toujours tout un tas d’artistes féminins bourrés de talents, mais très peu passent sur les radios mainstream. »

– Sur leur prochain album :
« Il va sonner comme nous. Il ne va pas y avoir de changement radical. On s’est rendus compte qu’on était uniques. On ne sonne comme personne d’autre, alors pourquoi changer alors que d’autres lutte pour sonner « unique » ? »

 « Wolves » : Garbage montre les crocs
24/05/2021 - par La Rédaction de Rolling Stone

  
Capture d'écran de "Wolves"

Garbage vient de publier la vidéo de son nouveau titre « Wolves », le dernier single du prochain album du groupe, No Gods No Masters.

« Cette chanson me rappelle ma jeunesse, lorsque ma personnalité avait deux facettes« , a déclaré Shirley Manson à propos de "Wolves". « J’ai blessé tellement de gens dans ma vie, à la fois sciemment et sans le savoir, j’en suis sûre. Mais quand vous êtes jeune, un peu comme un bébé serpent à sonnette, vous n’avez aucune idée de la force de votre venin. » Manson a ajouté : « C’est une chanson sur le regret. De la dualité… Cette chanson est une ode à cette idée : Qui êtes-vous réellement ? Allez-vous être une nuisance ou allez-vous essayer de faire le bien ? C’est une chanson sur les conflits internes qui nous animent. »

« Wolves » est le troisième extrait du septième album studio de Garbage, No Gods No Masters – à paraître le 11 juin. La vidéo de « Wolves » a été créée par le réalisateur, animateur et peintre chilien Javi.MiAmor, qui a également réalisé le visuel de « The Men Who Rule the World ».

L’album a été produit par Garbage avec son collaborateur de longue date Billy Bush, le groupe ayant enregistré les démos de l’album durant l’été 2018 à Palm Springs. Une version deluxe de l’album comprend des raretés déjà publiées, comme leur reprise de 2013 du tube de Patti Smith « Because the Night », écrit par Bruce Springstreen, avec Screaming Females, et leur single « Destroying Angels », avec John Doe et Exene Cervenka de X.

« C’est notre septième disque, et la numérologie significative a affecté l’ADN de son contenu : les sept vertus, les sept peines et les sept péchés capitaux« , a précédemment déclaré Manson à propos de l’album. « C’était notre façon d’essayer de donner un sens à cette putain de folie et au chaos dans lequel nous nous trouvons. C’est le disque que nous avons senti que nous devions faire à ce moment-là. »

 Kerrang

n°719
pays magazine: Angleterre
date October, 3, 1998

"Have you ever seen me naked?!"

Our plan is simple: get the members of Garbage to ask each other a set of extremely personal questions, then stand back and watch the sparks fly. We will soon discover that Butch Vig likes porn, Steve Marker has many irritating habits, Duke Erikson is gay and Shirley Manson has nice hooters…

Words: Jason Arnopp

Last night, the four members of Garbage drank several vats of lethal alcoholic cocktails. Tonight, they are clustered around a table in a London hotel bar, their skulls playing reluctant host to Lucifer's notoriously raucous orchestra. We have come to ruin their evening.

There are audible groans when Kerrang! Unveils the cunning game we want them to play. Garbage have spent the last four years living together, cooped up like chickens in a recording studio or on a tour bus. We want to find out: (a) how intimately they know each other by this stage and (b) whether any of them can still surprise or even shock the others.
The rules of our game are simple, yet bewitching. Sixty cards are placed face-down on the table. Each one has a different and highly personal question written on it. One member picks a card and chooses another member to answer the poser. The person who answers the question picks the next card. And so on.
"Can it not just work like this - I am Question Master?" offers Shirley Manson.
"No," frowns Butch Vig.
"Sorry," drawls Steve Marker.
"The game hasn't begun and already you're cheating," scolds Duke Erikson.
"I'm not even halfway there yet," Shirley wickedly responds.
And they're off. Shirley starts poorly by discarding the first five questions, dismissing them as "crap" or "too parochial". A storm of protest mercifully forces her to get the hell on with it. Over the next two hours, we will witness frighteningly open discourse on the subject of porn, guns, God, death, drugs, sex, the fiscal generosity of the Scottish and the alleged gayness of one Garbage man…

Shirley: "Duke, this one's for you. What's your biggest fear?"
Duke: "Chemical toilets."
Shirley: "o, that's my line!"
Duke: "Alright, then. Men's chemical toilets."

Duke: "Steve, what's the most frightening film you've ever seen?"
Steve: "As a kid, I thought 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves' was pretty scary. All these drugged-up little dwarves running around."
Shirley: " 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' really frightened me. I saw an illegal video copy which made it even more scary…"
Duke: ""When I saw the original 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers', I thought I was going to turn into a pod person."

Steve: "Shirley, what's guaranteed to turn you off?"
Shirley: "Tight black Y-fronts. Being called 'Mummy' during sex turns me off."
Steve: "Has that happened?"
Shirley: "No. But if it did it would really turn me off! Bad breath, too."

Shirley: "Duke. Are all Scottish men tight?"
Duke: "So I understand. I know one of my favourite Scottish people is pretty tight: (mimicking Shirley) 'You shouldn't be spending money on that!'."
Shirley: "It's true. I don't so much watch the pennies as hide them!"

Duke: "Shirley. Do you dislike any of my friends?"
Shirley: "Yes, I do. Next question!"

Shirley: "Oh Butch, this one's perfect for you! Does porn get you going?"
Butch: (To mass laughter) "Well, unlike most bands we don't watch any porn on the bus. Except when Shirley's not there… But no, it doesn't really get me going."
Shirley: "Tell the truth! Or I'll bring up 'Buttman' myself!"
Butch: "Okay. We were given these super lo-fi 'Buttman' films about this guy obsessed with women's butts. It's really hokey. But we stopped watching 'Buttman'…"
Shirley: "…Because I came back into the studio. I have no problem with porn, though. We are a pro-porn band - as long as it's between consenting adults."

Butch: "Steve. Do you own a handgun?"
Steve: "No. We're not a real pro-gun band. My bare fists are enough to ward off al intruders."

Steve: "Duke. Are you over-worked and under-sexed?"
Duke: "No question! The two seem to go together. I don't personally feel under-sexed, but I'm not overworked in the sex department."
Butch: "Have you been getting enough 'action'?"
Duke: "Not at all. And I appreciate this chance to tell you!"

Duke: "Shirley, what was Hammering In My Head all about?"
Shirley: "None of your business. That's a silly question." (Shirley ignores pleas for a proper answer and takes the next card).

Shirley: "This is a brilliant one! Duke, have I ever hurt your feelings?"
Duke: "About once a day."
Butch: "Shirley and Duke are the only ones who seem to fall out. Sometimes they won't talk to each other for a week or two."
Kerrang! How has she hurt your feelings, Duke?
Duke: "Oh, let me count the ways! We take turns. It's a game that's almost as much fun as this one."

At this point, an American strolls up to the table, acting as if Garbage know him. He complains he's been "walking in circles", trying to find this hotel.
"Sorry to hear that," says Shirley with thinly veiled indifference.
"Is it room 312?" he asks.
The band shrug as amiably as possible. Duke returns his attention to the card in his hand.
Duke: "Shirley. Who was that gentleman?"
Shirley: "I have no clue."
Butch: "It's her mystery date!"

Duke: "Butch. What's your favourite joke?"
Butch: "I'm ot much of a joke man. I always f**k up the punchline."
Shirley: "We're not very good at joke-y jokes. We prefer…"
Duke: "Pratfalls. And slapstick."
Steve: "What's brown and sticky? A stick."

Butch: "Shirley. Why do we take so long in the studio?" (Shirley again tries to ignore the question and picks up the next card."
Kerrang! Madam, this is just rudeness. Come on.
Shirley: "I know exactly why we takes so long. Certain members of the band - who shall remain nameless - drink too much beer."
Steve: "Oh, a new theory!"

Shirley: "Butch. What's your biggest regret?"
Steve: "Probably asking you that last question."
Butch: "Not shagging my prom date at high school. She was ready to go, then I decided I wasn't that interested. In hindsight, I should have just shagged her anyway."
Duke: "So your motto is: 'When in doubt, shag'?"

Butch: "Duke! What did you think when you first met me?"
Duke: "Oh jeez. 'What a lovely bloke'. No, I thought, 'He sure doesn't take very good care of his drumkit'. Then, 'This guy drinks too much beer'. God, I'm already regretting every answer I've given! On the under-sexed thing I should've said, 'Yeah, I get laid every night'."

Duke: "Steve. What is your most irritating personal habit?"
Steve: "Acting weird so that Shirley things that I'm really weird, then getting all upset because I don't know why I was weird."
Duke: "What?!"
Steve: "Shirley thinks I'm totally weird and I can't figure out why."
Shirley: "We don't want to go there, do we? Not right now."

Steve: "Butch. Who was your first kiss?"
Butch: "The first major kiss was with this girl called Connor Schultz, in the back of a movie theatre watching 'Doctor Zhivago'."
Steve: "Oh, that's romantic."

Butch: "Duke. What's the one thing about you that would surprise us?"
Duke: "Uh, I'm gay."
Steve: "That's not a surprise."

Duke: "I don't know if I want to ask this question, after just 'confessing' I was gay! Shirley, does my bum look big in this?"
Shirley: "No Duke. You have a very small bottom. It's one of your most attractive body parts."

Shirley: (discarding yet another card) "I'm not asking 'Do you like cake?'! Steven. Who shot Nice Guy Eddie?"
Steve: "Is that a song? Oh, I never saw 'Reservoir Dogs'. Torture and graphic mutilation ain't my bag."
Butch: "Mr. Pink shot him. Steve Buscemi."

Steve: "Shirley. Should Mulder shag Scully?"
Shirley: "Definitely. I wish they'd get it over with. They're both obviously gagging for it. I could then audition to be Gillian Anderson's body double. I'm into David Duchovny big time."

Shirley: (Laughing demonically) "Duke. Have you ever seen me naked, and if so what did you think? Remember, you're going to have to take the consequences of this answer. For ever more."
Duke: "A song came to mind."
Steve: "What song?"
Duke: " 'Is That All There Is'?" (Cue roars of laughter.)
Shirley: "Oh you bastard! Clever, though."
Steve: "You just broke up Garbage."

Duke: "Steve. Would you mind if I wanted to do a solo album?"
Steve: "As long as it's heavy on the guitar leads, I'm all for it."

Steve: "Shirley. What is my most irritating personal habit?… Shit, why did I ask her"
Shirley: "Steven, you have many. However, the most singularly irritating habit of yours is when I know you want to say something but you won't say it. Instead, you'll sort of make sure that we all know there's something you want to say."
Steve: "Well, f**k you!"

Shirley: "Duke. Have you ever wanted to hit me, and if so why?"
Duke: "Is a slap the same as a hit? And how would you define a kick up the arse?!"

Duke: "Butch. Is God male?"
Butch: "God is e-mail."
Shirley: "God's a hermaphrodite."

Butch: "Shirley. Do you believe in the death penalty?"
Shirley: "No, I don't believe taking anybody's life will do any good. And I believe in redemption."
Butch: "Although when Vlad The Impaler hung 20,000 people from sticks, it obviously had some effect on the 200,000 soldiers marching on the castle. But whateer…" (This point is followed by a brief puzzled silence.)

Shirley: "Steve. Should circumcision be legal?"
Steve: "Even you, Shirley, would probably agree it should be legal - even if you don't agree that it's the right thing to do."
Shirley: "If you don't get circumcised, you might get a diseased cock."
Steve: "Exactly. Who want to walk around with a diseased cock?!"

Steve: "Shirley, you owe me big time. Butch. What's the most embarrassing thing that you've done while drunk?"
Butch: "Don't wanna see that in print!"
Duke: "You gotta answer. I've already stuck my foot in my mouth!"
Steve: "That's not our fault."
Butch: "We're gonna break up after this."
Shirley: "It's only me that gets embarrassing when I'm drunk."

Butch: "Shirley. What's the most ridiculous thing you've done onstage?"
Shirley: "I was in a band called Goodbye Mr Mackenzie, who were doing a showcase for various major record labels. Shortly before I went onstage, I nervously ran for a quick pee. For the entire show the band kept shooting me quizzical looks. Once we got offstage, I learnt that I'd tucked my skirt into my knickers. Every time I turned round, people could see my behind."

Shirley: "Duke. Would you iron my underwear?"
Duke: "Absolutely not. Well, maybe if you were pressed for time.

Duke: "Shirley. Could you murder, and if so who?"
Shirley: "I couldn't physically take a life. Killing in self-defence isn't murder - that's survival. The idea of killing someone… the effort involved must be phenomenal. Horrible."

Shirley: "Steve. What's your culinary speciality?"
Butch: "Steve's quite a good chef."
Steve: "Margaritas."
Shirley: "Culinary means food." Steve: "Green eggs and ham."

Shirley: "If there's no more effort going into this game, I'm going upstairs! Right, Duke. When was the last time you did hard drugs?"
Duke: "A long time ago. We don't do hard drugs. There are no addicts among us."

Duke: "Shirley. What's the most unusual thing you've ever received by mail?"
Shirley: "You should ask yourself that question."
Duke: "Okay, Duke, what's the most unusual thing you've ever received in the mail? I have a female stalker who sends these weird love letter, every two weeks. They're very bizarre."
Shirley: "And because you answered that question, you have to ask the next one!"

Duke: "Steve. What qualities do you look for in a friend?"
Steve: "A happy outlook on life."
(Butch pretends to retch)

Steve: "Duke. What's the worst job you've ever had?"
Duke: "Right now, it's this one. As a matter of fact, I quit!"

Duke: "Shirley. What do you like most about me?"
Shirley: "You're really good at finger massages. And I like your car."
Duke: "Thank you so much. This is just gonna be humiliating.

Shirley: "Steve. What's your idea of bliss?"
Steve: "Just spending time with you guys."
Duke: "God. Shall we just all do a shot from the bar?"
Shirley: "We probably should've got drunk before we did this. We're too uptight."

Steve: "Shirley. What do you call me, behind my back?"
Shirley: "Psycho."

Shirley: "Steve. What do you dislike most about me?"
Steve: "Oh, nothing. I couldn't possibly ever dislike anything about you, Shirley."

We have finished the pack - or at least the questions Shirley deigned to respond to. Unhappy with their "rubbish" performance, she appoints herself question master for a second quick-fire run through all the cards. Duke's comical groans are ignored, as are his paranoid concerns that his gay 'revelation' will be taken seriously.
"We can turn this around," Shirley announces. Here, then, are the highlights of the final pissed-up stretch, with tongues veritably poking holes in cheeks…

Shirley: "Does porn get you going?"
Steve: "Yes."

Shirley: "Steve. Are all Scottish people tight?"
Butch: "Yep."
Steve: "I don't know. I've never slept with one."
Shirley: "Ohhhh!"

Shirley: "Duke. Why do we takes so long in the studio?"
Duke: "We're lazy."

Shirley: "Steve. What is your most irritating personal habit?"
Steve: "Everything. My mere existence is enough."

Shirley: "Butch. Have you ever seen me naked, and if so what did you think?"
Butch: "Hot, baby, hot! Nice hooters!"
Steve: "I thought of that song, 'You Sexy Thing'."
Shirley: "Oh, gag."

Shirley: "Duke. What's my most irritating personal habit?"
Duke: "Picking your nose?"

Shirley: "Steve. Have you ever wanted to hit me?"
Steve: "No. I've wanted to kill you."

Shirley: "Steve. What do you call me behind my back?"
Steve: "Bitch."

Shirley: "Duke. What's the nastiest thing you've ever done to anyone?"
Duke: "Murder them."

Shirley: "Sirley. What was 'Hammering In My Head' about?! It's about lust. I was feeling lusty in the studio. Horny, horny, horny…

Shirley: "Duke. Do I snore?"
Duke: "Absolutely."

Shirley: "Duke. What's your biggest fear?"
Duke: "You!"

Girl against Boys - part 1

In the unfeasibly popular '70's game show 'Mr & Mrs', groups of badly dressed married couples competed to see which hubby/wife pairing knew the most about each other. Hubby would be locked in a soundproof booth while his other half was asked five simple questions about herself. Hubby then had to guess how his other half responded to each question. And vice versa. Today, Shirley Manson (the Mrs) and Butch Vig, Duke Erikson and Steve Marker (the misters) are reviving the concept for Kerrang! Which is nice. We begin by sending Shirley to the bar and grilling 'the boys'…

What is your favourite colour?
Steve: "Beer."
Duke: "Beige."
Butch: "Black."
Shirley's predictions: "They might try and be funny and say black, black and black. I would say Butch's is emerald green, because that's the colour of his car. Steve might try and be obtuse and say pink. Duke would say blue."

What is your favourite movie?
Steve: " 'Titanic'."
Duke: " 'Four flies on grey velvet."
Butch: "Begotten."
Shirley's predictions: "Butch's is 'Blade Runner'. Duke might say 'It's a wonderful life'. Steve might say 'Dumb & Dumber'."

Who is your favourite band?
Steve: "Judas Priest."
Duke: "The Beatles."
Butch: "Roxy music."
Shirley's predictions: Duke would say The Beatles. Butch would say Roxy music. Steve would say the Rolling Stones."

What is your favourite article of clothing?
Steve: "My leather codpiece."
Duke: "My derby hat."
Butch: "My roquefort shoes."
Shirley's predictions: "Black T-shirt for Butch. Black leather jacket for Duke. Nike trainers or Maharishi pants for Steve."

What is your biggest vice?
Steve: "Beer."
Duke: "Women."
Butch: "Beer."
Shirley's predictions: "Beer, beer, beer!"

Shirley's score:
For Butch: 2/5. For Duke: 1/5. For Steve: 1/5

Girl Against Boys - part 2

It's messrs Vig, Erikson and Marker's turn in the hot-seat. Gentlemen, to the bar…

What is your favourite colour?
Shirley: "Red. Or orange."
The lads' prediction: Butch - "Silver. Or baby blue." Duke - "I think red."

What is your favourite movie?
Shirley: " 'Sunset Boulevard'."
The lads' prediction: Steve - "Buttman. Or Three men and a baby… That would make a good album title."

Who is your favourite band?
Shirley: "The Beatles."
The lads' prediction: Butch - "Stone Roses, Echo & The Bunnymen, Siouxie & The Banshees, Blondie or the Beatles. We'll go with The Beatles."

What is your favourite article of clothing?
Shirley: "My grey cloven-hooved boots."
The lads' prediction: Butch - "Those boots with the hooves that freak me out. A bit of a druid vibe."

What is your biggest vice?
Shirley: "Mayonnaise… No, Starbucks café latte."
The lads' predictions: Duke - "Shopping for clothes." Steve - "Tequila."

The lads' score: 3/5.

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En couverture, Shirley Manson évoque en détail Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, le nouvel album de Garbage, gorgé de résilience et d’optimisme pour faire face aussi bien à l’état du monde et à ses combats intérieurs. Après 30 ans au service du rock alternatif, elle offre un regard honnête et enthousiaste sur son art.
Entretien toujours, la rédaction s’est entretenue avec le guitar hero français Patrick Rondat, qui revient avec un disque profond et ambitieux, intitulé Escape From Shadows. Ne manquez pas non plus notre entretien avec Skin, chanteuse du groupe de rock alternatif britannique Skunk Anansie, qui fait des merveilles avec son nouvel album, The Painful Truth.
Côté disque de la semaine, la rédaction s’est laissée éblouir par Mad!, le nouvel album de Sparks. Les frères Mael s’éclatent à affirmer leur différence, tout en assumant leur identité artistique bien marquée.
Côté live, la popstar britannique Dua Lipa a totalement conquis la Paris La Défense Arena ce mois de mai avec deux concerts généreux et impressionnants, spectaculaires aussi bien pour les yeux que les oreilles.
On n’omet pas le cinéma avec notre sélection sortie tout droit du festival de Cannes cette année, sans oublier notre critique de Mission Impossible : The Final Reckoning.
Retrouvez toute l’actualité culturelle de la semaine dans notre nouvel hebdo.

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> 05 novembre 2016 - publication sur Facebook de Garbage

We know you have been asking so we are happy to announce that will be offering VIP packages via Adventures In Wonderland for our shows in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile in December. Packages include early entry, sound check access, Q&A, meet and greet, photo with the band, and exclusive merch.

Nous savons que vous êtes demandeurs donc nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer que nous offrirons des forfaits vip via Adventures In Wonderland pour nos concerts au Brésil, en Argentine et au Chili en décembre. Les forfaits incluent l'entrée, l'accès aux répétitions, Q&A, rencontre et salue, photo avec le groupe, et le merchandising exclusif. 

 Paris Match
n°350
pays magazine: France
semaine du 03 au 09 novembre 2016
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Garbage n'a pas dit son dernier mot

  L'album est un peu passé à la trappe à sa sortie en juin dernier. Pourtant, toujours mené par la délicieuse Shirley Manson, Garbage a encore des choses à dire. Sur "Strange Little Bords", Shirley raconte la femme qu'elle est, une chanteuse de 50 ans qui a longtemps lutté côté amour et qui aujourd'hui n'est pas spécialement proche des membres du groupe. "Ce ne sont pas des garçons à qui je confie mes tourments, lâche-t-elle, sincère. Mais il n'y qu'ensemble que l'on arrive à créer."
Sur scène, en revanche, la magie est intacte, le charisme de la flamboyante Ecossaise prenant le pas sur ses complices musicaux. Ils viennent une nouvelle fois le prouver à Paris.
"Strange Little Birds" (Cooperative Music). En concert le 5 novembre à Paris (Salle Pleyel).
Photographie de Helene Pambrun pour Paris Match.

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Butterfly Collector
* Face-B des singles "Queer", "Stupid Girl"
* Chanson n°7 de l'album "G Sides" de "Garbage 20th Anniversary"
* Cover: The Jam

Enregistrement: La chanson a été écrite et enregistrée par les quatre membres du groupe, dans leur propre studio d'enregistrement (les Smart Studios à Madison, dans le Wisconsin) en même temps que les autres titres de leur premier album, entre avril 1994 et mai 1995. Butterfly Collector est une "cover", c'est à dire une reprise du groupe de punk rock anglais The Jam, qui figure en face-b de leur single "Strange Town" (de l'album Snap!) sorti en 1979:

- The Jam "Butterfly Collector"

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And the small fame that you've acquired,
Has brought you into cult status but to me you're still a collector.

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Garbage’s Shirley Manson: ‘Be Flawed, Be Fragile, Be a Mess’
May, 17, 2016  - by Rachel Brodsky
on spin.com

The brazen-faced frontwoman advises to let go of the word "should," embrace outsider status, and stay grounded in the face of success

 Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson is boiling eggs and hiding out in her Los Angeles home when she picks up the phone. “A policeman apparently discharged his weapon outside early this morning,” she says. “[There’s] news craziness ’round my house, it’s all cornered off. It’s like an episode of CSI… It’s so L.A., you know?” As bemused as Manson sounded a few seconds ago, she’s quickly laughing about the pandemonium taking place beyond her front door. 

Such unplanned disturbances — personal or not — rarely distract her anymore. That might be related to the fact that the cotton-candy-haired singer is turning 50 this year. “Now that I’m older, I realize my time is ticking,” she says. “I suppose I feel a sort of urgency that I didn’t feel before and some clarity about what my job is. And once I figured that out, everything has sort of fallen into place.”

One thing that’s settled is the method by which she and her band — bassist/guitarist Duke Erikson, guitarist Steve Marker, and drummer/producer Butch Vig — now release music. After distributing four razor-edged alt-pop records — 1995’s Garbage, 1998’s Version 2.0, 2001’s Beautiful Garbage, and 2005’s Bleed Like Me — via outside parties (Australia’s Mushroom Records and later its absorber, Warner Bros.), the quartet has since launched their own imprint, STUNVOLUME, through which they shared 2012’s Not Your Kind of People and, in a few weeks, will put out the follow-up, Strange Little Birds, which drops on June 10.

The switch has freed Garbage from any unnecessary record-label meddling and made it possible to refine their sound — a brooding mix of glossy rock, electronic, and pop elements — and even revisit their ’90s aesthetic on new tracks like the emotionally hollow “Empty.” Below, Manson comments on a few lessons she’s gleaned over the course her lengthy career, like learning what it means to face your mistakes, embrace your flaws, and evolve your music in the face of a “corrupt” industry.

Let go of the word “should.”
For so long, because we were under so much pressure from record labels to make money and be successful, I had this warped idea of what we should be accomplishing. This insane word, “should.” You should be doing this, I should be this, I should be that. I went to the Tate Gallery a few years ago and saw a Louise Bourgeois retrospective, and I think at the time she was 92, 93, and she started holding these salons in her New York apartment, and she had this massive body of work. It was like I had been hit over the head, “Oh, I don’t have to be young, I don’t have to be pretty, I don’t have to entertain people, I don’t have to be nice. I can just focus on doing good work.”

Once I figured that, my ambitions sort of started to bloom. [Laughs.] I know that sounds so pretentious and stupid but, at the same time, it really was a profound realization for me. So when we went to make this record, I was thinking, “Well, what if I die tomorrow? What would I like to leave behind? Some testimony, perhaps.” When I stepped up to mic on our last tour, for Not Your Kind of People, I had this sudden flash in my brain of like, “Why every time when you step up to the mic are you so defended?” I always feel like I’ve got some armor on, and I’m there to repel in a way an imaginary force.” And I determined right there and then: I was like, “Okay, you need to figure this out and be prepared to be a human being. Be flawed, be fragile, be a mess. You don’t have to put up this front of always knowing exactly it is where you’re going.”

Anyone can fake a smile.
We feel that in social media, every woman is photographing themselves from the same angle with the same head position, because that allegedly is the most attractive way of having a selfie taken or a photograph taken, and after a while everyone starts to look the same. Nobody is really admitting to any fault or reasons or mistakes they made. It’s not bragging per se, but it’s certainly a sort of posturing display of success or happiness or well-being, and it’s all started to feel a little hollow to me. Everybody’s straining to be perfect, and I just don’t think that’s what makes human beings interesting.

For me, what makes people interesting is all their flaws and all their little mistakes and their snaggletooths and their flat chests or their enormous boobs. All the things that everyone thinks should shame, to me, are the things that make people beautiful and unique and interesting.

It’s really hard to face up to mistakes.
And yet, it’s only then that you really learn not to make that same mistake again. Until you really know it was a mistake and what was at play, you’ll just keep repeating your f**king mistakes. A mistake is a moment of growth and learning if you’re listening.

It’s good for your work for you to be an outsider. 
We’ve been told for decades now that the guitar is dead and we were just like, “Oh, f**k it! Guitars are amazing! We’re gonna focus on guitars.” We were told like, “Nobody plays alternative women on radio anymore.” And we were like, “Well, f**k it! Who cares? We’re just gonna make a good record anyway.” It’s a real record of defiance, in a funny way. In being defiant, we sort of found ourselves back where we started, which was on the outside.

Don’t worry about whether you’ve made the right choice.
Anyone who doesn’t experience moments of doubt is an imbecile. You have to be brave enough to be willing to make a choice and then live with the repercussions of your actions. And there will always be negative and positive repercussions to every choice, no matter how good the choice is, there will still be some negative fallback from that. I think a lot of people get paralyzed when they have to make a choice ’cause they think there’s a right choice and actually there is no right choice, in my experience. So go ahead and make the choice that feels right for you. You might stumble, you might get some mud on your face, you might get kicked in the teeth, but you will survive.

Every band has to find its own dynamic.
What has been one of the greatest tools at our disposal is everybody in Garbage has succeeded at managing their egos. And everybody has a big ego. Even people who you’ll think [are] shy and quiet, their ego is as big as the person who walks in with the loud voice. It’s just a different kind of ego. Most of the time, all people in bands have a very strong ego, and they have to, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to exist in a group dynamic. There has to be equal ego power, otherwise people get abused in some ways — used and abused.

I think everyone in Garbage meets each other’s egos with respect. Often, we are frustrated with one another, we get tired with one another, and there’s a lot of eye-rolling on occasion. There are times when we haven’t been as kind to one another as we probably wish we had been, but there has never been anything said that nobody can recover from.

People become addicted to the attention and social power that comes with success.
We come to each record with a beginner’s mindset. We don’t identify ourselves by the success that we enjoyed in the ‘90s, and that has freed us to move forward as though it all has never happened in some ways. I think a lot of bands who have success — especially at the level that we’ve enjoyed — they really rely on it and use it as some kind of reassurance. I think what happens is you get stuck by notions of your former self and you can’t move forward freely. You’re tied — you’re chained by it, actually — and I think everyone in Garbage was able to be appreciative of the success but move through it and try and come to every record as though nobody knew who the hell we were.

We’re much more interested in our families liking us as people and spending time with us. Moving through the world with kindness — to me that’s much more important than whether I’ve got a record in the top 20 or not.

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  Elle
n°1608
pays magazine: USA
paru le 30 juillet 2016
édition août 2016
prix: 7,80 Euros
article sur Shirley Manson

Shirley Manson Is Turning 50 and DGAF About What You Think
( source article elle.com )
 By Lyndsey Parker - JUL 12, 2016

​With a gritty, aggressive new album and a transatlantic tour, Garbage's frontwoman takes her alt-rock revolution into its next phase.​

This article originally appeared in the August 2016 issue of ELLE.

"I don't know what propelled me," says founding Garbage front woman Shirley Manson of her new, chic, candy-pink dye job. "I woke up one day and thought, I cannot stay red-haired for one second longer! My hairdresser didn't want to do it. But I needed a break from myself. When she pulled the towel from my head and I saw my pink hair, I burst into this huge grin and gasped: 'I look amazing!' And I've never said that about myself in my entire life."

This is a woman who, since Garbage's first electro-tinged, trip-hop-traced, self-titled album in 1995, has challenged what it means to rock hard and—with her punky mix of combat boots, acid-bright clothes, and iconic black eyeliner—looked great doing it. She's the hard-core fighter pilot Queen Astarte in Garbage's sci-fi hit video "Special." She has seven Grammy nominations, including Best New Artist in 1997 and Album of the Year in 1999. She's sold more than 17 million records. She's kicked open doors for every modern-day pop-rock heroine, from Charli XCX to Karen O. She's even recorded a Bond theme (1999's "The World Is Not Enough")!

But what would Garbage be if Manson—who somehow turns 50 this month—weren't still tapping into the insecurities that have fueled the group's most iconically angst-ridden hits? "Sometimes I look in the mirror, feel my shoulders slump, and am disappointed with what I see," Manson says. "And I have imaginary voices about what people might say about me having pink hair at 50. But I'm at that point where I don't give a fuck if you think it's appropriate or not. Go fuck yourself and be boring! I want to be free to explore the person I want to be."

You'll find that person on Garbage's sixth studio album, Strange Little Birds, which, after an early-summer release and a European tour, the band is taking on the road in the U.S. Recorded with bandmates Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, and Steve Marker, mostly in Vig's basement studio, it's the second release on Garbage's own indie imprint, STUNVOLUME, formed in 2012 when the band ended a rocky seven-year stretch of breakups and makeups that was initiated by the troubled production of 2005's Bleed Like Me.

Their newest effort is Garbage's darkest, most raw, and most immediate album since that 1995 debut, with Birds' 11 tracks thriving on Manson's seductive but sorrowful voice—high, dry, and confrontational—amid crashing-and-slashing guitars, slinky bass lines, and rumbling buzz-saw beats. It's a bold production choice that enhances Manson's unflinching ruminations on self-loathing and aging ("Youth and beauty don't remain," she sings on "Teaching Little Fingers to Play"), which stand to strike a nerve among the grown-up Gen-X girls she once inspired to stockpile up-to-there shiftdresses and Manic Panic Wildfire hair color.

But while Strange Little Birds is reminiscent of Garbage (which the band played in its entirety on last year's twentieth anniversary tour, 20 Years Queer; reports say a similar celebration of 1998's Version 2.0 is in the works), Manson isn't living her life in the rearview. "I don't believe in nostalgia," she says. "Nostalgia connotes a desire to return to a moment in time. And I don't want to go back. I want to see what's next! That, to me, is much more interesting."

"I hate being constricted by clothing. Fuck that. Life's too short."​

Her fashion choices, too, point forward. Gone is the woman who went braless under a halterdress emblazoned with Version 2.0 album art to the 1999 Grammys, and, a year later at the same awards, rocked a Britney-baiting schoolgirl skirt. These days, she takes the stage in, say, an MSGM satin smock with side pockets and an abstract print (still pink, though). According to Manson, it's all about a wardrobe that's "simple and I can move in. I've always wanted to be more dominant than what I was wearing. I hate being constricted by clothing. Fuck that. Life's too short. My comfort's more important."

Manson, though, is no less a rebel. In fact, as an icon fearlessly following legends who have come before her in earning the rock-won right to flip the finger to ageism—Annie Lennox, Patti Smith, Mick Jagger—she may be more of a rebel than she's ever been. "People write to me on social media and say, 'Shut the fuck up! Give it up! You're too old!' But it doesn't mess with my head too much. That's other people's problem, how they view my age. Sure, I'll be compared to Taylor Swift or Sky Ferreira. I get that. But age is information. Age is empowerment. I'm tired of being told I must infantilize myself and pretend I'm younger than I am. I'm 50, and I have lived an incredible life."

 Shirley Manson, poupée quinqua toujours trash
La rencontre On connaissait la chanteuse de Garbage rousse et flamboyante, on la retrouve blonde et hypnotisante et plus féministe que jamais.
Par Thérèse Courvoisier 04.06.2016  - en ligne sur Tribune de Genève

 
La chanteuse de Garbage est plus féministe que jamais.

 C'est une Shirley Manson diaphane qui ouvre la porte du Portakabin qui lui sert de maison d’un soir dans les coulisses du festival Caribana à Crans-près-Céligny. On avait été habitué à une chevelure de feu et des lèvres de sang, aujourd’hui l’Ecossaise affiche un look de poupée trash pastel. Si sa bouche a perdu de sa couleur, il n’en est rien côté mordant. Toujours nature dans son comportement, elle se laisse aller à de bruyants éclats de rire et ose des positions plus confortables qu’élégantes (mais pas aussi provocatrices que sur scène, plus tard dans la soirée!).

Vous êtes plutôt accro à la musique ou à la performance scénique ?
A l’époque, la scène était ma raison de vivre. Maintenant, je me concentre plus sur la musique, je veux qu’un son corresponde exactement à ce que je recherche. J’ai gagné en confiance, je ne ressens plus le besoin d’autant m’appuyer sur mon jeu de scène. J’ai aussi appris à faire avec les critiques négatives, même si elles ne sont jamais faciles à accepter. Plus jeune, j’avais peur que ces avis négatifs ne m’enlèvent cette vie que j’aimais tant. Mais non, ça fait maintenant vingt et un ans qu’on est là! Aujourd’hui, j’ai suffisamment bossé pour pouvoir dire: «Voilà ce que j’ai à offrir, que vous l’aimiez ou pas!» Je ressens toujours une décharge énorme d’adrénaline sur scène, ce qui ne m’empêche pas de me demander à chaque concert s’il sera le dernier!

Votre nouvel album, Strange Little Birds est du pur Garbage. Vous ne vous laissez donc pas influencer par les modes?
C’est vrai que je crois que notre ADN est resté intact. Mais moi-même j’ai été surprise par ce disque: on a réussi à trouver une nouvelle toile de fond sans pour autant perdre notre identité et donc notre son.

On a l’impression que vous atteignez enfin une maturité personnelle…
Ma mère est décédée il y a quelques années, et ce jour-là j’ai grandi. J’ai donc été une enfant jusqu’à plus de 40 ans! Soudain je me suis demandé ce que cela voulait vraiment dire d’être un humain sur cette terre. Il n’y avait plus personne pour me protéger, j’allais devoir le faire toute seule. Le changement a été énorme, j’ai eu un vrai déclic. Ma maman, c’était ma guerrière, elle m’aimait plus que quiconque ne m’aimera jamais. Heureusement je suis très proche de mes sœurs et de mon papa.

Aujourd’hui, il n’y a plus beaucoup de femmes au micro de groupes de rock, ou du moins elles n’ont pas votre longévité…
C’est vrai, mais il y a énormément de musiciennes talentueuses, et j’ai la chance d’en connaître un bon nombre (ndlr: elle est notamment très amie avec Gwen Stefani). On se serre les coudes. J’ai eu le privilège de bosser et donc de vivre entourée d’hommes dans mon groupe, mais j’adore et j’admire les femmes. On est compliquées et parfois hystériques, je sais de quoi je parle! Cela dit, j’ai énormément d’amies avec qui je passe des journées entières à écouter de vieux vinyles.

Dans ce rôle il y avait encore Beth Ditto, de feu Gossip, qui est aussi expressive que vous et qui partage votre passion pour le maquillage!
Oh, merci, c’est un supercompliment qu’être comparée à Beth, qui est fabuleuse. Et, oui, je suis toujours obsédée par le maquillage. Cela dit, je crois que je vais arracher mes faux cils dès que je serai descendue de scène tellement ils m’énervent ce soir!

Selon vous, il est plus difficile de vieillir sur scène ou à Hollywood ?
Je pense que c’est dur pour les femmes de vieillir, point barre. Que l’on soit une actrice ou une pop star célèbre ou une mère célibataire avec un job à 100%. C’est superdur pour nous toutes. C’est un vrai challenge que perdre peu à peu le but qu’on nous a fixé depuis notre naissance, cette chose qu’on nous a toujours encouragées à considérer comme notre qualité principale: la beauté. Dès le début, on nous enseigne que «jolie», puis «sexy» sont les compliments ultimes!

Une femme a beau être une scientifique reconnue ou une écrivain incroyable, on demandera toujours si elle est belle et svelte… Nous les femmes sommes nos propres pires ennemies puisqu’on continue à y croire! Rassurez-vous, j’ai aussi des moments de désespoir devant mon miroir en apercevant les rides sur mon front, mais j’aime croire que je vaux plus que ça et j’aimerais que les autres y arrivent aussi. Chaque femme a de la puissance, une âme et un soupçon de magie en elle! J’ai eu l’occasion de passer du temps avec de vraies beautés. Certaines sont incroyables, d’autres chiantes comme la pluie. Donc on se fiche pas mal de leurs traits parfaits.

Vous aurez 50 ans en août. Ce chiffre vous fait flipper ?
Non, je suis plutôt reconnaissante. Même si je me dis avec une certaine mélancolie: «Mon Dieu, il me reste de moins en moins de temps!» Vous savez, j’ai perdu tellement d’enfants dans ma vie (ndlr: même si elle n’est pas elle-même maman). J’ai vu des amis enterrer leur petit de 6 ans, un de mes amis vient de perdre sa fille adolescente, ma nièce est également décédée. Ces morts me rendent incroyablement agressive envers ces femmes qui se plaignent de leur âge. J’ai envie de les attraper par la gorge, de les plaquer contre le mur et de leur hurler de profiter de cette vie qu’elles ont toujours, contrairement à ces enfants. Arrêtez de pleurnicher, bon sang!

Vous chantez enfin l’amour… Un thème qui vous met mal à l’aise, non ?
Oh oui! If I Lost You est la chanson la plus intime que j’aie jamais écrite. J’ai toujours trouvé très difficile de m’investir dans des chansons d’amour. Mais j’ai mûri, et il y a des choses que je voulais graver sur ce disque, pour la postérité. Pas seulement l’amour de ma relation actuelle, mais des moments de ma vie où j’ai vraiment été amoureuse (elle commence à nerveusement jouer avec la manche de son T-shirt). Ah, zut, vous avez remarqué mon petit geste? Apparemment, je suis toujours aussi mal à l’aise avec le sujet… Au moins, aujourd’hui, j’arrive à en rire! (TDG)

Un dernier pour la route

Votre dernier verre ? «D’alcool donc (faux air innocent)? C’était hier soir, une vodka. J’ai laissé tomber le tonic…»

Votre dernier rendez-vous chez le coiffeur ? «Ah, vous trouvez aussi que mon rose est un peu délavé? En fait, ma prochaine teinture est agendée à demain, puisque nous avons un jour de repos. Et celui qui va s’en occuper, c’est mon mari! Pas question de mettre mes cheveux entre les mains de n’importe qui. Il n’aime pas trop ça, mais il le fait parce que je l’y oblige. Et il le fait très bien aussi parce que je l’y oblige!»

Votre dernière balade avec votre chien ? «Avant de partir pour l’Europe. Ma chienne actuelle, qui est une sorte de terrier de 10 ans à la race pas vraiment définie, ne peut pas nous accompagner en tournée: c’est la reine de l’évasion!»

Vos dernières larmes ? «Oh, il y en a eu beaucoup au mois de mai, puisque j’ai perdu deux proches. Je dirais donc pendant notre concert à Reims – mais je n’avais pas abusé du champagne (rires)!»

Votre dernier fou rire ? «Ça m’arrive tout le temps. Là, c’était sur scène, donc pas évident de chanter dans ces conditions!»

Biographie

1966 Naissance le 26 août à Edimbourg.

1978 A 12 ans, elle se rebelle contre son éducation religieuse. Au cours de son enfance, elle se met à chanter, à jouer de l’accordéon, de la flûte, de la clarinette et du piano et suit des cours de danse classique. Elle fait aussi partie des Brownies, l’équivalent féminin des scouts.

1984 Est approchée par le groupe Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, qu’elle rejoint avant de créer son propre projet, Angelfish.

1994 Après avoir aperçu brièvement un clip d’Angelfish sur MTV, le groupe américain Garbage la contacte. Elle rejoint ainsi Los Angeles et Steve Marker, Duke Erikson et Butch Vig (célèbre pour avoir produit Nevermind de Nirvana).

1995 Garbage sort son premier album, qui se vendra à plus de 4 millions d’exemplaires grâce à ses singles comme Only Happy When It Rains ou Stupid Girl.

1998 Sortie de Version 2.0. Elle pose pour Calvin Klein et le groupe enregistre The World Is Not Enough pour James Bond.

2010 Garbage retrouve le chemin des studios. La même année, Shirley épouse leur ingénieur du son, Billy Bush.
Not Your Kind Of People sort en 2012.

2016 La sortie de Strange Little Birds, 6è album du groupe, est agendée au 10 juin, au milieu de leur tournée européenne.

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Garbage
Réinventant le Rock
Auteur: Lola Fernandez

Date de sortie: 1998
Broché 63 pages
Langue: français
Dimensions : 28,1 x 0,5 x 21 cm
Éditeur: Editorial La Mascara
Collection "Images du Rock" n°50
ISBN-10: 84-7974-585-1
ISBN-13: 978-8479745851
Prix éditeur: 75 francs (environ 12 Euros)
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Description: Biographie illustrée non officielle du groupe.

Sommaire:
Un certain penchant pour les déchets
L'ère post-grunge
Les quatre éléments
Les hommes des Madison
- Butch Vig - Steeve Marker - Duke Erikson -
Shirley Manson: Le côté obscur -
Rebelle sans cause - Ses premiers groupes
Un cocktail explosif - Les choses du destin -
L'épreuve finale - Rien n'est sacré
Garbage Le lancement - Improviser un single -
Pop, rock ou techno ? - Démons intimes
Garbage à propos de Garbage
Butch Vig - A l'ombre de Nirvana
Version 2.0 - Enfin un groupe -
Accros aux studios - Série d'hommages -
Une seule voix - Un véritable groupe
Garbage à propos de Version 2.0
En concert.  L'autre Garbage
Confessions de Shirley Manson
Détails curieux à propos de Garbage
Sexe, méchanceté, déprime, vengeance... Les paroles
Discographie

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Le premier livre consacré à Garbage en français. Sorti en 1998, il regorge d'informations et d'anecdotes sur l'"avant" Garbage: petite biographie de chaque membre du groupe, leurs anciennes formations musicales puis la création du groupe et leurs deux premiers albums. Illustré à chaque page, il contient un poster en page centrale.

> Le livre version espagnole
Garbage. Reinventando el Rock
 

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Garbage de A à Z
Auteurs: Antoine Barde, Patrice Verry

Date de sortie: mars 2004
Broché 128 pages
Langue: français
Dimensions : 27,7 x 10,7 x 0,8 cm
Éditeur: Prélude et Fugue
Collection Les guides MusicBook
ISBN-10: 2843431875
ISBN-13: 978-2843431876
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Description: Chaque Musicbook, à travers un abécédaire, présente au lecteur de façon originale la vie et la discographie d’un artiste ou d’un groupe. La collection Musicbook compte aujourd’hui plus de 60 titres.
Dans chaque volume, on y trouve notamment: un dictionnaire complet sur le groupe ou l'artiste, les dates clés de l'histoire du groupe ou de l'artiste, la discographie complète illustrée et commentée, de nombreux extraits d'interviews.
Présentation: Garbage, c'est d'abord le charisme et le style uniques de Shirley Manson. De A comme Accomplissement, à Z comme Chad Zaemisch, ce guide MusicBook fait le point sur la réussite phénoménale de le nouvelle figure de proue du rock et sur ses acolytes. Anecdotes, discographie complète, illustrée et commentée, dates clés... entrez dans les coulisses de l'histoire du rock !

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Petit livre de poche qui se lit facilement et dans l'ordre que l'on souhaite car organisé en abcédaire. On y apprend une multitude d'anecdotes sur le groupe, avec beaucoup de citations (extraits d'interviews). Le livre ne comporte aucune illustration (excepté les pochettes des albums).

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Rolling Stone Hebdo
n°47
pays magazine: France
paru le 11 juin 2021

Magazine digital
payant
( en ligne sur rollingstone.fr )

Apparu en 2020, Rolling Stone Hebdo, magazine 100% digital et interactif, en complément du mensuel papier et du site web. L’Hebdo est devenu payant (entre 2 et 3€ selon votre moyen de paiement).

Sommaire

• EN UNE : Garbage, interview de Shirley Manson sur le nouvel album du groupe
• Covid USA : Comprendre la théorie de la fuite de laboratoire
• Disque de la semaine :  King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
• Disquaire Day : La sélection de la rédaction
• Interview Music Biz : Wolf Alice
• Cinéma : Crock of Gold, le film événement sur The Pogues
• Et aussi : Clara Luciani, Global Network, Migos, Klon et notre #VendrediLecture

 Garbage en dévoile plus de son nouvel album avec « No Gods No Masters »
01/05/2021 - par La Rédaction de Rolling Stone

La nouvelle chanson de Garbage a été inspirée par un voyage de Shirley Manson au Chili lors des manifestations contre la corruption

Les vétérans de l’Alt-rock Garbage ont dévoilé une nouvelle chanson, « No Gods No Masters », tirée de leur prochain album du même nom, qui sortira le 11 juin (via Stunvolume/Infectious Music). Le titre est également accompagné d’un clip réalisé par Scott Stuckey.

« No Gods No Masters », selon une déclaration, a été inspiré par un voyage de la frontwoman Shirley Manson à Santiago, au Chili, lors des récentes manifestations contre la corruption et les inégalités dans le pays. « L’avenir m’appartient de la même manière, chante Manson sur des guitares entraînantes, Pas de maître ni de dieux à qui obéir, je ferai les mêmes erreurs, encore et encore ».

Dans une déclaration, Manson se souvient d’avoir parcouru le Chili en voiture et d’avoir été surprise par les graffitis qui avaient été gribouillés sur de vieilles statues et des musées, jusqu’à ce qu’un de ses guides la mette en garde. « C’était comme une gifle », a déclaré Manson, ajoutant que ce commentaire lui rappelait les efforts déployés aux États-Unis pour détruire les monuments de la Confédération.

« Tous ces gens, ils ont plus de valeur qu’un monument, mais ils n’ont pas plus de valeur dans la conscience de la société, et je pense que c’est diabolique et obscène, et je veux que le pouvoir soit démantelé, une société ré-imaginée, a-t-elle déclaré. Donc, cette chanson parle de ré-imaginer notre société pour l’avenir, pour nos enfants, et de ne pas faire les mêmes erreurs encore et encore et de laisser la cupidité corrompre notre pensée. »

No Gods No Masters sera le septième album de Garbage et le premier depuis Strange Little Birds de 2016. Une version deluxe de l’album sortira le 12 juin et comprendra quelques raretés déjà publiées, comme leur reprise de 2013 du tube de Patti Smith écrit par Bruce Springsteen, « Because the Night », avec Screaming Females, et leur single de 2018, « Destroying Angels », avec John Doe et Exene Cervenka de X.

« C’est notre septième disque, dont la numérologie significative a affecté l’ADN de son contenu : les sept vertus, les sept peines et les sept péchés capitaux, explique Shirley Manson. En effet, ce nouvel album si féroce alterne les réflexions sur le capitalisme, la luxure, en passant par la perte et le chagrin. C’était notre façon d’essayer de donner un sens à ce putain de monde fou et au chaos hallucinant dans lequel nous vivons. Nous avons senti que nous devions faire ce disque à ce moment précis. »

No Gods No Masters - Tracklist

1. “The Men Who Rule the World”
2. “The Creeps”
3. “Uncomfortably Me”
4. “Wolves”
5. “Waiting for God”
6. “Godhead”
7. “Anonymous XXX”
8. “A Woman Destroyed”
9. “Flipping the Bird”
10. “No Gods No Masters”
11. “This City Will Kill You”

Deluxe Edition
12. “No Horses”
13. “Starman”
14. “Girls Talk” (feat. Brody Dalle)
15. “Because the Night” (feat. Screaming Females)
16. “On Fire”
17. “The Chemicals” (feat. Brian Aubert)
18. “Destroying Angels” (feat. John Doe and Exene Cervenka)
19. “Time Will Destroy Everything”

Garbage Album Promo

1995
Télévision ?
Interview

Groupe
Shirley Manson
Butch Vig
Steeve Marker
Duke Erikson

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   Garbage's Shirley Manson Is Not Taking the Music Industry's Sexist Bullshit
06/14/16  - by Ilana Kaplan
on papermag.com

Twenty one years since their self-titled debut album introduced the world to their brand of seething, industrial pop, Garbage continues to discover uncharted territory. With their recently-released sixth studio album, Strange Little Birds, the band wanted to make a record that captured a different, more personal side of themselves, so they decided to base it around the idea of romance. While that theme might, on face, seem to imply something light and airy, that's not exactly how the record panned out. Lead singer Shirley Manson, along with bandmates Butch Vig, Duke Erikson and Steve Marker, couldn't ignore the darkness, depression and self-doubt that can come along with any romance (not exactly surprising for a band that had a hit single "Only Happy When It Rains.") Manson filled us in on how Garbage put their own spin on romance, the effect of talking publicly about her sexual assault, and why she'll never stop fighting for equality in the music industry.

You said last year that Strange Little Birds was going to be a romantic record. Now that it's complete, do you feel like it lives up to that ?
I do still feel that way. I think primarily the reason I said that is because I feel like the record is touching on a lot of things that I don't automatically reveal every day. The [subject matter] tends to be [about] parts of myself that I keep to those moments when I'm with people I love, when I think you're at your most open, honest, vulnerable, ugly and beautiful. I was touching on a lot of hot spots in my life on this record and that's why I feel like it's a romantic record.

When is the last time you feel like Garbage wrote a romantic record ?
Well, I'm not entirely sure that we ever have before. I think that's why I feel that Strange Little Birds is a new landscape for us. We have certainly written the odd song that is equally as romantic as this entire record, but the new album is definitely held together by a romantic preoccupation.

Garbage has broken up over the years, do you feel like you guys are finally, really together again ?
I don't feel like we ever weren't together. People outside of the band made a lot more about our break than we did. It was a natural trajectory for a band that had been touring solidly for a decade, and we just needed time to live normal lives. The break ended up being longer than we ever intended it to because our lives took over. Butch had a baby. My mother died. I acted in [Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles] for a year and things started happening. Of course the band is together and always has been -- we don't feel like we ever weren't moving as one.

What do you think has helped Garbage have such a long-lasting career all of these years?
I have absolutely no idea other than we have an incredible work ethic -- all of us in the band. We all have a defiant streak in us -- we don't take a lashing sitting down. We tend to get up on our feet. We carry on even when things are difficult. I think you'll find that in any career that's lasted, that tenacity. Other than that, I feel really privileged and happy that of all of the millions of bands in the world, we've survived. To me, it seems like a complete miracle.

If you had to put Strange Little Birds in the same category as any of your other records, do you think it's comparable to any of the work you've ever put out?
Yes and no. I think the songs are so completely different and we have stumbled upon some new territory for us, which is pretty remarkable for being in a band for 21 years. Whenever you stumble upon a new world after so much time, it's amazing and unusual. But, I do think the record [resembles the] records that people identify us with, the sound of the first two records, in particular. I think the reason for that is that we made a very dark-sounding record. Our first records were similarly dark. Culturally, we've gotten further and further away from serious themes and darker strategies of trying to understand the world. We in Garbage ached for an exploration of the shadows, and that's what we did with this record. We didn't want to make any concessions to be an obsession with bright light and happiness -- we feel like we're living in serious times and that requires an examination of the monsters and undertows.

When making your latest record, did you feel like you were treated positively and respectfully by the music industry?
I demand to be treated as an equal in my band, and I am treated as an equal entity in that environment, but I still struggle to be treated as an equal inside the patriarchal system which is the music industry. I'm set for the task -- I can fight my own battles. I'm not looking for anyone else to do it for me. If I come face to face with a man who I believe is treating me disrespectfully or underestimating me, I'll deal with him as I see fit. I'm not intimidated by it. The way you are treated is not indicative of your value as a human being. At no point do I find their attempt to diminish me diminishing in any way. Unfortunately, when me and my band come up against a wall, my three counterparts who are male can get over that wall with a little more elegance and grace because I have to fight harder than they do. I don't believe it'll be that way forever. Women just need to keep stepping up and expecting to be treated with equality. Sooner or later, I think we'll get there, but it does take effort and you putting yourself, as a woman, on the line when it's much easier to rage privately. Sometimes you have to look ugly and graceless and make a bit of a scene. I've definitely had to make a few scenes over the years, but at the end of the day I feel so much better about speaking up instead of going back to my room and seething in private.

Was there any recent experience where you had to throw up your fists, so to speak?
Being excluded from a business meeting about a song I wrote…let's start there. I could go on forever, and I don't think that achieves anything. Listing all the moments where you were slighted are dangerous. It causes despair and hopelessness, and I don't believe it's a hopeless situation. I think 99.9 percent of all men are happy to be feminists if they even knew what the word "feminist" meant. Then there's the 1 percent of people who are assholes. Women have to be prepared to get their hands dirty and help each other out, but I don't see that all the time. Women have to change as much as men have to change in different areas, but everyone has to change. Pointing fingers at men is a waste of time and a totally inaccurate way of painting the picture.

An article was recently published in Billboard about you being sexually assaulted at such a young age for the first time. What made you open up about that experience? How do you hope it helps other women?
To be honest, it's not the first time I've talked about that [experience]…it's just the first time it was published. I didn't have any agenda whatsoever, other than I spoke about it and the writer chose to focus on that [subject]. I've always been open about sex and how it played a part in my life. I don't have anything to hide from anyone. If you ask me a question, I'll be as forthright with you as I can. In this case, I never had spent a lot of time thinking about the situation I found myself in at that young age. I guess I was so careless as a young woman that I'm not even entirely sure I fully understood what had occurred.

But it wasn't your fault at all.
Of course not. I just mean I was a careless human being because I should have thought about it more seriously. It's only in recent retrospect that I consider it a form of sexual assault. That's my own ignorance and my own misunderstanding. I think it's important that we, as women, talk about sexual violence of any sort, whether it's implied or followed through. We as women must speak up because it's only when we do that we have a chance in hell of limiting our encounters with sexual violence.

Do you think you will ever feel any regret about opening up about it publicly?
I don't have any regret about saying anything. What do I have to lose? What do I have to hide? I'm here for a very limited amount of time -- my lifetime, so to speak, is running out already. I can [spend] my lifetime in service to making things a bit better for women who are following in my footsteps. I feel like I'm as inconsequential as a blade of grass or an ant, so why should I be precious about my life experience when it can help inform others -- especially young women who I feel protective of. I never have regrets about speaking up about my life experience -- I think that's a strange way of looking at the world.

2016 has been a fairly significant year for women coming forward about sexual harassment and abuse in the music industry. Do you think people will continue to talk about this, or will speaking up against the music industry remain intimidating for most?
Unfortunately, assholes are assholes, and they're everywhere. They're not specific to the music industry. There are unfortunately a minority of people all over the world who are assholes -- male and female. The more women get accustomed to speaking up about inappropriate sexual behavior, the less confident perpetrators of that kind of violence or harassment there will be. The problem is that so many people rely on our complicit silence to get away with outrageous behavior in many areas of our lives. They understand that people are reluctant to speak up, so that's what I think has been great about musicians speaking up. When people who are preying on women see and hear women speaking up, that's intimidating to them, because it starts to lift the veil on insidious behavior that's carried on for far too long.

Garbage: A Darker Religion
Author: Mark Freeth

Date de sortie: octobre 1997
Broché 64 pages
Langue: anglais
Dimensions : 22,3 x 0,8 x 22,3 cm
Éditeur: Omnibus Press
ISBN-10: 0711967822
ISBN-13: 978-0711967823
Prix éditeur: 7£99 (environ 9 Euros)
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Description: Biographie illustrée non officielle du groupe.

Chapitres:
A Darker Religion - introduction
A Stroke of Luck - history
Alien Sex Fiends All - thumbnails biographies
I only listen to the sad sad songs - That sound
Torn Apart - singles, albums & live reviews
Supervixen - Women in rock
As Heaven is Wide - conclusion
Discography / Bibliography

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Un petit livre sympathique, présenté en chapitres (titrés par leurs chansons), qui retrace l'histoire du groupe: formation, biographie de chacun des membres, leur chanson (du 1er album) -le tout avec extraits d'interviews, mais aussi quelques critiques de concerts, des analyses musicale et de la culture du rock féminin, et des anecdotes. L'ensemble est illustré de jolies photos en couleur et noir et blanc du début de la carrière du groupe (livre édité en 1997); des photos officielles en studio et en live.

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Sur leur page Facebook, Garbage s'adresse à la France:
On their Facebook page, Garbage speaks to French people:

> 10 juin 2016, Shirley Manson poste une vidéo et ce message: "Hello, les français, j’ai un petit message pour vous !
Notre nouvel album est là : smarturl.it/GarbageEmpty
Bises. Shirley"

> video Hello les français
 

> 11 juin 2016, Garbage poste ce message: " Hello la France, notre nouvel album est enfin disponible !
Very excited, can’t wait for you to hear it !
Ecoutez-le maintenant : smarturl.it/GarbageEmpty "

> video Hello la France

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 Review: Garbage Returns With ‘Strange Little Birds’
By Jon Caramanica - June, 8, 2016
Online on New York Times

  Garbage

“Strange Little Birds”

(Stunvolume)

What is the point of aging if you never grow up? Two decades ago, Garbage released its first album full of jagged, mottled, searing pop-rock, a refreshing post-grunge wake-up. For a while, it continued apace with its tense approach but faded over time, as anger inevitably does.

After a hiatus, Garbage is back to releasing albums semi-regularly — the new “Strange Little Birds” is the band’s second album since 2012 — and admirably, it has stuck by its vision. The production has the old, familiar roar, full of Duke Erikson and Steve Marker’s streaking guitars, Butch Vig’s trash-can drums and background thunderstorm rustles. And then there’s Shirley Manson, swaggering and staggering as usual, singing songs full of anxiety about whether she’s enough, like the morbid “If I Lost You,” where she exhales deeply, “You tell me I’ve got nothing to worry about/they’ve got nothing on me.”

  Ms. Manson has long been a sweet-voiced miserablist, and mostly remains so here, like on “Magnetized,” where she sings, “You bring your light, I’ll bring the pain/You bring your joy, I’ll bring my shame” (perhaps a nod to “Wicked Games” by the Weeknd, an artist who delivers modern-day tender macabre).

But even though structurally “Strange Little Birds” evokes the band’s early work, it’s clear there’s mellowness afoot. Ms. Manson now lives California. “I spent 40 years of my life in a high-stress state,” she recently told Entertainment Weekly. “That vanished once I came to L.A.” And so what was once a slash-and-burn approach has become more pragmatic, whether it’s the search for fulfillment on “Empty,” or how Ms. Manson confronts reality on “If I Lost You,” on which she seems to admonish herself for her own deep-seated doubt: “Not every man is made the same/so unevolved to think that way.” But so evolved to sing about it.

 Garbage - 'Strange Little Birds' Review
By Rhian Daly - June, 8, 2016
Online on NME

The electronic rockers return with a sixth album as cool and caustic as their 1995 debut

Release Date
10 Jun, 2016

Producer
Garbage, Billy Bush

Record Label
Stunvolume
 

Last year, Garbage celebrated the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut album. The timing was impeccable – pop culture’s ever rotating wheel of influence had already spun back to the ’90s post-grunge scene that birthed them – but it raised the question. What does a veteran band do when a new crop of exciting artists, like Wolf Alice and Black Honey, are mining your back catalogue for inspiration, whether that’s Garbage’s multimillion-selling debut or guitarist Butch Vig’s instrumental work in producing Nirvana’s era-defining second album ‘Nevermind’. ‘Strange Little Birds’ quickly answers that question: you zoom back to 1995 with the rest of them.

> Shirley's interview NME
 

Garbage Album Promo

30 septembre 1996 - en direct
Télévision Aria Music Awards
Sydney, Australie
Cérémonie

Shirley Manson et Chrissie Hynde remettent le prix du meilleur artiste
masculin à Dave Graney pour son album The Soft 'N Sexy Sound

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captures du reportage australien "The Buzz Interview", 1996

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Strange Little Birds Promo

 10 juin 2016
Web BuzzFeed - Angleterre
Interview Shirley Manson

Shirley Manson From Garbage Plays A Game Of “Scotland Or America?”
You can take the girl out of Scotland but you can’t take Scotland out of the girl.
> on buzzfeed

Our favourite ’90s alt-rock band, Garbage, are still going very, very strong over two decades since they formed. In fact, they are releasing their SIXTH studio album, Strange Little Birds, this Friday.

The lead singer, the iconic Shirley Manson, is Scottish but lives in Los Angeles. So naturally when BuzzFeed UK caught up with her to discuss the new album we decided to play a game of “Scotland or America?” with her. Here’s what went down…

Does she prefer .... in Scotland or America ?

Breakfast

America got off to a good start…
   
Shirley: Ooh, definitely America.

Beer
 
But then her love for Scotland started to win through.
 
Shirley: Definitely Scotland.

 Bars / Pubs 

When it came to alcoholic choices, Scotland was the clear winner. 
 

Music Festivals  
 
Although the good old Scottish weather was the deciding factor for this one.
 
Shirley: I’ve only ever been to one Scottish festival and one American festival and I have to say [shakes American flag], because the weather was so much better. [laughs] It was pouring with rain at the Scottish festival. The Scottish festival was miserable.

 Fast Food 
 
 

Accent
 
 

By this point Scotland was winning every question.
 

Comedy

Although she did note this for the comedy question.

Scotch Whisky / American Whiskey 
 
 
Shirley: Oh, come on.

Politics
 
 
 
Shirley: Oh my god, this is getting embarrassing. I do love you America, but Scotland’s winning.

Scenery 
 
And finally she was given one of the hardest decisions
when it came to choosing between scenery in both countries…
 
 

And the final score is...
Scotland :

America :
 

SCOTLAND WINS  

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« No Gods No Masters »
Garbage, groupe militant
publié le  11/06/2021 par La Rédaction de rollingstone.fr

 
capture d'écran de "Wolves"

Nous avons écouté pour vous le nouvel album de Garbage, l’impressionnant No Gods No Masters
Shirley Manson n’a jamais eu sa langue dans la poche. Au contraire, ce franc-parler éprouvé est l’une des raisons pour lesquelles on n’aura cessé de lui garder une affection particulière, et, en tout cas, de s’intéresser d’un œil et d’une oreille différents à chaque nouvelle sortie de Garbage.
C’est peu dire qu’elle nous a gâtés avec ce No Gods No Masters, dont le titre annonce d’emblée la couleur au-delà de ce rose que la dame apprécie tant. Si les mots tuaient, miss Manson serait aussitôt classifiée serial killer, tant son courroux balaie ici large : du réchauffement climatique à Black Lives Matter, en passant par le sexisme, la misogynie, sans oublier les doutes et les insécurités que ces derniers peuvent faire naître chez une femme, sont ainsi passés en revue, oscillant entre agressivité et faux détachement.
Des mots souvent si cinglants qu’ils laisseraient presque le sentiment que leur mise en son se contente de les accompagner. L’impression est forcément trompeuse, ce dont plusieurs écoutes finissent de nous convaincre.