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Butch Vig, el productor de discos tan influyentes como el Nevermind de Nirvana y Siamese Dream de Smashing Pumpkins, decidió que quería formar un grupo y pidió a sus compañeros productores Marker y Erikson que se unieran a él. Después de que el grupo viera a Shirley Manson en MTV (Shirley participó en otros proyectos como Goodbye, Mr. MacKenzie y Angelfish), le pidieron que se uniera al grupo como vocalista. Su nombre se deriva de aparentemente "sonido basura" en sus canciones. Otra anécdota relacionada con el origen del nombre es que Butch Vig contribuyó con un remix en el álbum Fixed de Nine Inch Nails que, según un rumor, Trent Reznor calificó de basura (garbage).

Sus letras, emocionales y llenas de rabia, contrastan con su pop/rock alternativo, lo que hizo al grupo particularmente popular entre jóvenes. Garbage utiliza samples, bucles electrónicos, guitarras muy "grunge", y muchos otros efectos para producir temas melódicos, distintivos por la sensual voz de la cantante escocesa Shirley Manson. El hecho de que Garbage se componga de tres productores es muy obvio, ya que en su música se denota una alta calidad de producción, con muchas capas y una estética semejante a muro de sonido (wall-of-sound) creada por Phil Spector.

Después de un poco de historia sobre este grupo han tenido en su haber 5 producciones desde su lanzamiento en 1995 las cuales son:

1995 Garbage

1998 Version 2.0

2001 Beautiful Garbage

2005 Bleed like Me

2007 Absolute Garbage

De su 2do album se desprendio este sencillo special de 1998 Version 2.0




I'm living without you
But I know all about you
I have run you down into the ground
Spread disease about you over town
I used to adore you
I couldn't control you
There was nothing that I wouldn't do
to keep myself around and close to you

Do you have an opinion ?
A mind of your own ?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know
but I've run out of patience
I couldn't care less

I...
I...

Do you have an opinion ?
A mind of your own ?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know

I used to amuse you
But I knew that I'd lose you
Now you're here and begging for a chance
but there's no way in hell I'd take you back

Do you have an opinion ?
A mind of your own ?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know
but I've run out of patience
I've run out of comments
I'm tired of the violence
I couldn't care less

I'm looking for a new...
I'm looking for a new...
I'm looking for a new...
I'm looking for a new

You were the talk of the town
You were the talk of the town
You were the talk of the town
You were the talk of the town

I thought you were special
I thought you were special
I thought you were special
I thought you were special


Y un poco mas reciente de su 4to album con el tema Why do you love me




I'm no Barbie doll
I'm not your baby girl
I've done ugly things
And I have made mistakes
And I am not as pretty as those girls in magazines
I am rotten to my core if they're to be believed

So what if I'm no baby bird hanging upon your every word
Nothing ever smells of roses that rides out of mud

Why do you love me
Why do you love me
Why do you love me
It's driving me crazy

Why do you love me
Why do you love me
Why do you love me
It's driving me crazy

Why do you love me
Why do you love me
Why do you love me
It's driving me crazy

Why do you love me
Why do you love me

You're not some baby boy
Why you acting so surprised
You're sick of all the rules
Well I'm sick of all the lies
Now I've held back a wealth of shit
I think I'm gonna choke
I'm standing in the shadows
With the words stuck in my throat
Does it really come as a surprise
When I tell you I don't feel good
That nothing ever came from nothing man
Oh man ain't that the truth

Why do you love me
Why do you love me
Why do you love me
It's driving me crazy

Why do you love me
Why do you love me
Why do you love me
It's driving me crazy

Why do you love me
Why do you love me
Why do you love me
It's driving me crazy

Why do you love me
Why do you love me

I get back up and I do it again
I get back up and I do it again
I get back up and I do it again
I get back up and I do it
Do it again

I think you're sleeping with a friend of mine
I have no proof
But I think that I'm right

And you've still got the most beautiful face
It just makes me sad
Most of the time

I get back up and I do it again
I get back up and I do it again
I get back up and I do it again
I get back up and I do it
Do it again
Do it again
Do it again
Do it again

Why do you love me
Why do you love me
Why do you love me
It's driving me crazy

Why do you love me
Why do you love me
Why do you love me
It's driving me crazy

Why do you love me
Why do you love me

Why do you love me
Why do you love me