Shirley Manson

We're used to Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson going off on topics. Usually political topics. Recently she unleashed a slew of swears towards a man who angered her with his... beach ball. You'd of thought, the way she went after the man, that the beach ball killed her family and then pissed on their graves. You're allowed to get mad at things, but raging at a level 10 towards a man with a beach ball is diabolical. I wouldn't want to see Manson upset about something she should be legitimately upset about, like maybe the kid at the McDonalds drive through who will inevitably get her order wrong. For getting mad at pretty much absolutely nothing, Manson should feel shame, shame, shame.

Say it with us: ICON. Shirley Manson returns to SHEROES this week to chat with host Carmel Holt about the new Garbage album Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, their eighth studio release, and what she describes as the "good twin" to their last album No Gods No Masters. As always, Shirley comes with the wisdom, the wit, and the no-fucks-given feminist empowerment that we ALL need now, more than ever.

My guest today is Shirley Manson. Since 1994, she’s been the lead singer of the band Garbage, and she is a bona fide rock icon. The two of us worked together on a different podcast called The Jump , which Shirley hosted and I helped produce. It was a dream of mine to get Shirley as the host of that podcast, partly because, as you’re about to hear, she has one of the greatest voices, and I could listen to her talk about anything. And so I’m especially excited to listen to her today tell me about a song that changed her life. Thanks to Sonos for their support of the podcast. Check out sonos.com. For more, visit songexploder.net/keychange. And check out the Song Exploder episode with Garbage from 2014, featuring Shirley and her bandmate Butch Vig talking about how they made their song “Felt.”

My guest today is Shirley Manson. Since 1994, she’s been the lead singer of the band Garbage, and she is a bona fide rock icon. The two of us worked together on a different podcast called The Jump, which Shirley hosted and I helped produce. It was a dream of mine to get Shirley as the host of that podcast, partly because, as you’re about to hear, she has one of the greatest voices, and I could listen to her talk about anything. And so I’m especially excited to listen to her today tell me about a song that changed her life. For more, visit songexploder.net/keychange. And check out the Song Exploder episode with Garbage from 2014, featuring Shirley and her bandmate Butch Vig talking about how they made their song “Felt.” Thanks to Sonos for their support of the podcast. Check out sonos.com .

My guest today is Shirley Manson. Since 1994, she’s been the lead singer of the band Garbage, and she is a bona fide rock icon. The two of us worked together on a different podcast called The Jump, which Shirley hosted and I helped produce. It was a dream of mine to get Shirley as the host of that podcast, partly because, as you’re about to hear, she has one of the greatest voices, and I could listen to her talk about anything. And so I’m especially excited to listen to her today tell me about a song that changed her life. For more, visit songexploder.net/keychange. And check out the Song Exploder episode with Garbage from 2014, featuring Shirley and her bandmate Butch Vig talking about how they made their song “Felt.” Thanks to Sonos for their support of the podcast. Check out sonos.com .

Shirley Manson joins Kyle Meredith to talk all about Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, which she calls a sister record to No Gods No Masters. The Garbage frontwoman gets into the political and spiritual DNA of the album, writing through grief and recovery, the generational gaslighting of women in rock, and how she reshaped her lyricism to project love instead of fury. Manson also opens up about being bedbound, learning patience and shame, and what it meant to keep making art in a chaotic world. Elsewhere, she talks setlists, fan expectations, and the role of artists in times of crisis. “Be the change,” she says — and she means it. Listen to Shirley Manson chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube . Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Shirley Manson rose to '90s fame as the magnetic front woman of Garbage, but she was already a seasoned singer when guitarist Steve Marker spotted her in a music video for her previous band, Angelfish. She joined the Garbage in 1994. The band was made up of Steve Marker and producers Duke Erikson and Butch Vig—renowned for his work with Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins. Nearly 30 years and over 17 million albums later, Garbage is preparing to release their eighth studio album, Let All That We Imagine Be The Light. Shirley’s voice remains as sharp and compelling as ever. On today’s episode, Leah Rose sits down with Shirley Manson to discuss how an unexpected piece of advice from an acting coach during her time on the Fox sci-fi series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles continues to shape her creative process. Shirley also opens up about the challenges of communicating with her bandmates—and shares a hilarious story about meeting one of her musical heroes, Patti Smith—only to discover she had green curry smeared across her face. You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite songs from Shirley Manson & Garbage HERE . Get ad-free episodes to Broken Record by subscribing to Pushkin+ on Apple Podcasts or Pushkin.fm. Pushkin+ subscribers can access ad-free episodes, full audiobooks, exclusive binges, and bonus content for all Pushkin shows. Subscribe on Apple: apple.co/pushkin Subscribe on Pushkin: pushkin.fm/plus See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shirley Manson is a singer and songwriter, most notably from the band Garbage, whose new record, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, is out May 30th. We chat with Shirley from her home in Los Angeles about Diddy updates, DJ Akademiks, Esq., Chris is flying out of Newark tomorrow, walking in Los Angeles without a dog, octopuses are sentient beings, what she listens to in the MRI machine, how Chris cleans his bathroom, her shower schedule, sloppy seconds, when she gets nervous, streaming revenue, she says the phrase "player, please", the best ways for a band to break up, touring with Noel Gallagher, opening for My Chemical Romance, and the last time she did ecstacy. instagram.com/garbage twitter.com/donetodeath twitter.com/themjeans howlonggone.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's Talkhouse Podcast we’ve got one of those episodes pairing an artist you’ve surely heard of, pun intended, with one you likely haven’t, but will. It’s Shirley Manson and Stephen McAll. Manson is of course the singer for the long-running, Grammy-nominated, chart-topping, Bond-theme-performing band Garbage, which hit it big right out of the gate in the mid-1990s. Manson and her bandmates have assembled a varied catalog since, including the biting 2021 album No Gods, No Masters . As you’ll hear in this chat, Garbage is still going strong, working on a new record that goes in kind of a different direction than the last one. Manson has always been a great talker; she even hosted her own podcast for a few years called The Jump , on which she talked with other musicians about the song that provided their breakthrough. She’s a huge fan of music, so it’s no surprise that she was excited to chat with today’s other guest, Stephen McAll. McAll, like Manson, is Scottish—that’s hard to miss—though he hasn’t been making music nearly as long. His debut album under the name Constant Follower came out in 2021 and was met with loads of critical acclaim in Scotland for his quiet, heartfelt, frequently intense songs—think Bon Iver or Low or even McCall’s favorite, Talk Talk. This week sees the release of the second proper Constant Follower album, called The Smile You Send Out Returns To You , another intense set that covers some of McAll’s intense personal journey, including addiction, fatherhood, and the violent attack he suffered that still affects his memory. Check out the song “Almost Time to Go” from The Smile You Send Out right here . In this lively but deep conversation, Manson and McAll talk about that awful attack and how it led, eventually, to Constant Follower. They also talk about longevity in the music business, the creative process—including The Artist’s Way that’s become a frequent topic in Talkhouse chats—and lots more, including the time that Rivers Cuomo laughed in Manson’s face—in a helpful way. Enjoy. Chapters: 0:00 – Intro 2:25 – Start of the chat Thanks for listening to the Talkhouse Podcast , and thanks to Shirley Manson and Stephen McAll for chatting. If you liked what you heard, check out all the great stuff at Talkhouse.com and on the Talkhouse Podcast Network . This episode was produced by Myron Kaplan, and the Talkhouse theme was composed and performed by The Range. See you next time! Find more illuminating podcasts on the Talkhouse Podcast Network . Visit talkhouse.com to read essays, reviews, and more. Follow @talkhouse on Instagram , Bluesky , Twitter (X) , Threads , and Facebook .

This month we feature the music of Shirley Manson and Gargabe. Find out why Shirley Manson is actually and 80's artist! @BeerCityMedia https://open.spotify.com/artist/0iUvxd5lUQjZ6KbjOWCLPO?si=FS8zfkSuRMumVpvyYdlftw

Beatie Wolfe interviews Garbage frontwoman, alternative icon, activist, feminist and undeniable tour de force Shirley Manson about her life and career forged by love and fury, all the while changing the face of Pop music as we know it and speaking out for the voiceless, the oppressed, the marginalized. Listen to this show that takes you from Somewhere Over the Rainbow to cleaning up the shit via the power of Truth. Orange Juice for the Ears with “musical weirdo and visionary” (Vice) Beatie Wolfe explores the power of music across space, science, art, health, film and technology by talking to leading luminaries from Nobel Laureates to punk publishers about their life’s work and musical DNA. Beatie Wolfe is an artist who has beamed her music into space, been appointed a UN role model for innovation and held an acclaimed solo exhibition at the V&A Museum. Shirley Manson’s Orange Juice for the Ears First song that imprinted? “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Judy Garland (from ‘The Wizard of Oz) / First album that shaped who you are? “Nicotine Stain” from the record ‘The Scream’ by Siouxsie & the Banshees / The music you would send into Space? “Spiegel Im Spiegel” by Arvo Pärt / The song you would have at your memorial? “White Horses” by Jackie Lee / The album you would pass onto the next generation? “Black Boys on Mopeds” from the record ‘I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got’ by Sinéad O'Connor // This show first aired live on dublab radio - tracks have been shortened for this podcast. The podcast was mastered by Dean Martin Hovey at Soundwell Studios.

This summer, Garbage and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds will be hitting the road for a joint trek across North America in celebration of Noel & Co's much anticipated fourth album, Council Skies , and Garbage 's triumphant return in 2021 with No Gods No Masters . Speaking with 93XRT in Chicago's Annalisa , Scottish singer Shirley Manson of Garbage says she's looking forward to making a return this summer to the 'Windy City,' a place she's always felt at home as it's where she met the rest of her band when they were just getting started in the early '90s. "My career sort of started there," she adds, remembering her very first concert in the city with her band Angelfish when the Garbage crew was coming to check her out. "Me and [tour mate] Vic [Chesnutt] were hanging out on the sidewalk and we were really drunk. Unfortunately, I pushed Vic -- he was a paraplegic, so he was in a wheelchair -- I pushed him out of his wheelchair, accidentally, and sprawled Vic all over the sidewalk right in front of Butch Vig , Steve Marker , and Duke Erikson . That was how the band met me for the first time, it was awful!" Noel, looking back on his own Chicago experience, recalls a famous gig his former Britpop band Oasis played at the iconic venue The Metro. "It was filmed, I think for MTV or something," he says, "there's a bootleg of it, and it's one of our great, great gigs off that American tour. It might have been our first one... was that our first gig, The Metro?" Confused, Shirley wonders, "Are you asking me? How the hell am I supposed to know?" "Yes, I'm asking you, Shirley," Noel laughs. "Because you should have it written down in front of you! Chicago Metro was a great, great Oasis show. Amazing." Diving into some of the artists' firsts and favorites, Noel remembers British singer/songwriter Leo Sayer 's "Won't Let The Show Go On/The Show Must Go On" as the very first record that was ever bought for him. "It's actually a pretty good tune, you know, and he was dressed on the 'Top of the Pops' as a clown. That's what I must have liked about it, but it's actually not a bad tune." Odd as Noel's choice may be, Shirley remembers her first being a Czechoslovakian television theme song for the show The White Horses . "It's actually a beautiful theme," she says, "that I want played at my funeral. That was the first record that I ever bought and the first song that I can remember falling in love with... It's so beautiful, it's about death." Bringing things full circle, some of the artists they are each listening to now were brought into the conversation. " Young Fathers for me," Noel says easily. "Yes, yes! Amazing record," Shirley adds, "and my people." Noel continues to heap on praise saying, "their last three records are incredible. If you haven't heard them, they're kind of un-pigeonholeable." Back in Janua ...