Pop Quiz: Garbage

Pop Quiz: Garbage

Aidin Vaziri | It's a small miracle that Garbage, whose string of hits includes "Stupid Girl" and "Only Happy When It Rains," ever finished its fourth and latest album, "Bleed Like Me." Even before a note was recorded, drummer Butch Vig was diagnosed with Type A hepatitis, Shirley Manson lost her voice, and bassist Steve Marker and guitarist Duke Erikson were at each other's throats. And that was before the band broke up -- albeit temporarily.



Butch Vig of Garbage
Q: What the hell happened?
A: To make a long story short, I think we sort of bottomed out. I don't think we realized how damaged we were from touring and being in each other's faces for two years. But once that happened we realized how important this band was to us and that we were on the verge of losing it.
Q: Besides arguing about everything else, you couldn't even agree if the band actually broke up.
A: There's still no consensus. Shirley, Steve and I know that we broke up, and basically Duke is in denial.
Q: Is it because Duke set off the whole thing by eating all the doughnuts before everyone else got to the studio?
A: Yeah, you don't want to get into the food issue.