"No Gods No Masters" is Garbage's third album since the original foursome reunited in 2009. Garbage was born from those experiences, signing a record deal based on Vig's reputation and establishing its novel mix of big pop hooks, grunge grit and electronic elements.Īn album of the year Grammy nomination, 13 million in record sales and a James Bond movie theme song followed, before the burnt-out band abruptly canceled a tour in 2005 and went on hiatus. "Garbage would not have happened if 'Nevermind' hadn't happened," Vig said.įollowing "Nevermind's" success, Vig and Marker, who together in 1983 had established the since-shuttered Smart Studios in Madison, were busy doing remix work for A-listers like U2 and Nine Inch Nails. The band, founded in 1993 with his fellow Madison music scene friends Steve Marker and Duke Erikson, and Scottish frontwoman Shirley Manson, is releasing its intense seventh album, "No Gods No Masters," on June 11. That's included a rich production career that netted Vig Grammys for Green Day's "21st Century Breakdown," Foo Fighters' "Wasting Light" and the soundtrack for Grohl's documentary "Sound City," about the since-shuttered studio in California where they recorded "Nevermind." A new album from GarbageĪnd it included Vig's band Garbage. "It gave me the opportunity to pick and choose what I want to work on."
"That record changed my life profoundly," said the Viroqua native. And the occasion for the celebration will be the 30th anniversary of the release of one of the most impactful albums of all time, Nirvana's "Nevermind," which Vig produced. "It depends on what everyone's schedule is … but it would be nice be in the same room and have a glass with Sir Dave." "I'm going to open up a really kick-ass bottle of wine that day," Vig told the Journal Sentinel over Zoom from Madison, where the Los Angeles resident was visiting family and friends for the first time in 18 months, after his family got vaccinated. 24, Butch Vig will be fulfilling plans 30 years in the making.
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