Here is some crazy info about the members of garbage. some of them are just rumors and some are facts.



Shirley's middle name is Ann
Shirley is from Edinburgh, Scotland
She was born August 26, 1966
Acter Shawn Connery is also from Edinburgh
She had a thing for Brad Pitt
Shirley says her fav sexual action is to give head
She used to be in a band called Autumn 1984
She used to be in a band called Good Bye Mr Mackenzie
She used to be in a band called Angelfish
Her fav food is mayonaise (YUCK!)
Shirley is married to a sculpter/artist named Eddie Farrell
Eddie lives in Scotland, they rarely see each other
She used to be a heavy smoker but after her niece died of cancer she quit
She has an older and younger sister
As a child Shirley though she was ugly
Once she tried out for a play and got cast as the Wicked Witch
She took a shit in her ex-boy friend's cornflakes (SHIRLEY!!!)
She killed her goldfish as a child because she "didn't want to look after it anymore"

Butch Vig's real name is Brian Vigorson
He was raised in Viroqua, Wisconsin
His first instrument was the piano
Got the nick name "butch" as a kid because his dad used to shave his head every 2 weeks
He produced many kick ass records including Nirvana's Nevermind and Smashing Pumpkins Siamease Dream
He met Duke and Steve in college
He used to be in a bands called Firetown, Spooner and Rectal Drip
He has a girlfriend
He thinks that if he, Duke, and Steve went on stage nude no one would notice because they all watch Shirley
On the road he is known as Sir Shag-a-lot

Duke's real name is Doug
He was born in 1952
He has daughter
He grew up in Nebraska
He used to be in Butch's Firetown and Spooner
Studied art in college

Steve moved around a lot as a kid
His first instrument was the drums
After seeing Shirley's old band's Angelfish's video for their song Suffocate Me on MTV he called up Shirley and asked her to join Garbage

Garbage's touring bassist is Daniel Schulman
MTV brought Garbage together
The boys are die hard Packers fans
They record most of their songs at Smart Studios
Butch founded Smart Studios
Stupid Girl music video was filmed in Smart Studios
Stupid Girl/Queer were the first complete songs garbage did
They are extremely cool to their fans (no typical rockstar behavior)