Garbage - Empty

1.    Who are these indie heroes?

Garbage are an alternative rock band from Madison, Wisconsin, but fight out of Los Angeles. The producer Butch Vig, immortalized by his work on Nirvana’s Nevermind and The Smashing Pumpkin’s Siamese Dream, plays drums. Garbage have been making music since 1993, sold over 17 million albums, and Empty (April’16) is the lead single from their sixth album Strange Little Birds (June’16).


2. What’s up for grabs?

Empty is an introspective grunge rocker that takes flight in the chorus.


3. Who are Garbage similar to?

White Lung.


4. What have the press said about Empty?

“Packed with 90’s nostalgia and meaty guitar chords” – Baeble Music.

“Sumptuous production value that doesn’t sacrifice the band’s grunge roots” – Nerdist.

“Razor sharp guitars wind up and cut through gauzy drums” – Consequence Of Sound.
 

5. Which bands put the bang in Garbage’s buck?

The main Garbage influences are Patti Smith, Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead and My Bloody Valentine.

6. Why should I give Empty a crack?

Empty is the sound of a band going back to it's roots in powerful grunge pop. An established act coming out swinging for park.

7. Do Garbage have any more stellar tracks?

Stupid Girl and Only Happy When It Rains are the classics.
 

8. Any more drivel?

Singer Shirley Manson said recording on their own label freed them from typical restraints and, “A lot of this record was drawn upon what we were listening to growing up.”

 

“I rail and I ache

At the monsters and the demons”

 

The Meat Puppets are an alternative rock band from Phoenix, Arizona. Starting in 1980 they are still going strong and have fifteen long players on their roll of honor. The Meat Puppets became mainstream famous because of being one of Kurt Cobain's favorite bands and two band members performed on Nirvana's iconic final recording MTV Unplugged. The single Backwater is The Meat Puppet's most successful song, reaching number two on the Billboard Rock Charts, and came from their most successful album Too High To Die (1994). Backwater is classic grunge with a riff everyone loves.

 

“In the backwater swirling

There is something that’ll never change”