Any Old Excuse To Talk About Shirley Manson

Oh, fuck it. I just wrote a very detailed post about Shirley Manson’s upcoming mid-2008 solo album and the fact that Garbage will soonafter hit the studio to write and record their fifth album; but, evidently, you weren’t supposed to read those words because our server chewed them up. You’re just gonna have to believe me about that because — let’s face it — who reads every word of that shit anyway?

However, it bears reiteration that Butch Vig, the unconventially sexy drummer of Garbage, spoke of what’s coming in the first installment of “chapter two” of Garbage’s history:

“[W]e don’t necessarily want to repeat ourselves and do that electronica/rock/hip-hop beats/pop melodies with noise and guitars … however you would describe us. I think we’re interested in making something that’s much more sort of primal and stripped down … So I think we could make a completely different record than anything we’ve done before. It’ll probably be commercial suicide, but the music business is so f*cked up now, maybe it’ll be the most inaccessible record of our career and we’ll have it be the biggest hit.”

Ahh, Butch Vig. Upon his request, I would follow him to the ends of whatever strange lands, hem his pants while he wears them, and so much more. Also, Shirley flew back to her own Edinburgh, Scotland for some ambassadorial duties for the AIDS charity Waverly Care. Yay, goodwill.

Previously: Garbage Out, Garbage Back In, The World Is Not Enough For Shirley Manson