GARBAGE LAUNCH STUNVOLUME LABEL
GARBAGE LAUNCH STUNVOLUME LABEL, SIGN WITH UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA
FIRST STUDIO ALBUM IN SEVEN YEARS TO RELEASE SPRING 2012
23 JANUARY 2012 (TORONTO, ON)
—Garbage today announced the launch of their record label, STUNVOLUME, on which the band will self-release its highly anticipated upcoming studio album later this spring through Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company.The band has been in the studio putting the finishing touches on their fifth studio album and their first in seven years. The new album is being recorded in a basement in the Atwater Village area of Los Angeles, CA, the first to be recorded outside of Madison, WI. The album is being produced by Garbage, engineered by Billy Bush, and mixed by Butch Vig and Billy Bush.
After forming in Madison, Garbage released their self-titled debut album in 1995 and rode a wave of visually arresting, female-fronted alternative rock bands. The album spawned the hit singles “Stupid Girl” and “Only Happy When It Rains”. The band won the Breakthrough Artist Award at the 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards, and was nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy® Award. Their second album, Version 2.0, was released in 1998 and topped the charts in the United Kingdom. It was nominated for two Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and Best Rock Album. 2001’s Beautiful Garbage was named one of Rolling Stone Magazine’s Top 10 Albums Of The Year. In 2005, Garbage released Bleed Like Me, earning the band its highest chart position with a No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart. In 2007, the band released a retrospective collection calledAbsolute Garbage.
Garbage has sold over 12 million albums worldwide, including over 400,000 in Canada. They have performed in over thirty-five countries and will tour extensively worldwide in support of this new release. Garbage is Shirley Manson (vocals), Steve Marker (guitars, keyboards), Duke Erikson (guitars, keyboards) and Butch Vig (drums, loops).