The rocker began cutting herself in her teens and especially struggled with self-harm around the time of Garbage’s 1998 sophomore album.
Album Reviews
Album Review: Garbage – Strange Little Birds
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Album Review: Garbage – Garbage (20th Anniversary Edition)
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Album Review: Garbage – Not Your Kind of People
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Articles
Garbage’s Shirley Manson writes NYT op-ed detailing her history of cutting and self-harm
by Lake Schatz
on July 03, 2018, 3:33pm
Win Tickets to Foo Fighters’ Cal Jam 18
We’ve got four pairs of passes to see Foo Fighters, Iggy Pop, Tenacious D, Garbage, and more.
by Ben Kaye
on May 24, 2018, 10:00am
Foo Fighters announce CAL JAM 2018 lineup, featuring Iggy Pop, Tenacious D, and more
The formidable lineup also includes Garbage, Billy Idol, Greta Van Fleet, The Front Bottoms, Deer Tick, and METZ, among others.
by Alex Young
on May 14, 2018, 1:00pm
Garbage announce Version 2.0 US tour dates, featuring full album performances
Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the band’s seminal album.
by Alex Young
on April 23, 2018, 9:22am
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Remembers Her First Concert
The first episode of This Must Be the Gig starts out with our No. 1 Crush.
by CoS Staff
on April 11, 2018, 1:30am
Introducing This Must Be The Gig: A Live Music Podcast
Senior Editor Lior Phillips leads a weekly docu-series that goes behind the scenes of your favorite gigs.
by CoS Staff
on April 04, 2018, 5:00pm
Garbage announce 20th anniversary reissue of Version 2.0
The band will also play a series of full album performances in September.
by Alex Young
on March 28, 2018, 9:44am
Shirley Manson is the hero we need in these particularly trying times
The Garbage singer has plenty to teach us when it comes to the #MeToo movement, Neil Portnow, and the music industry.
by Lake Schatz
on March 01, 2018, 5:18pm
Garbage plan to release new album in 2019
The band will begin recording next month in Palm Springs, as Shirley Manson reveals in a new interview.
by Alex Young
on March 01, 2018, 1:17pm
Howard Stern to pay tribute to David Bowie with star-studded radio broadcast
Featuring Billy Corgan, Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Garbage, Car Seat Headrest, Aimee Mann, and many more.
by Lake Schatz
on February 06, 2018, 10:30am
Shirley Manson blasts Morrissey’s defense of Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein: “Fuck YOU”
“Morrissey has lost the fucking plot,” tweets the Garbage frontwoman.
by Alex Young
on November 19, 2017, 10:20pm
KAABOO Del Mar Succeeds at Being a Festival for Everyone
Or at least a festival for everyone else.
on September 18, 2017, 4:30pm
