RARE PHOTOS: 2 - The Real Truth

"Shirley Manson sings like a pissed-off angel and has attitude to spare": Garbage's classic electro-grunge-goth-pop debut, revisited

Combining Massive Attack with Nine Inch Nails and the Smashing Pumpkins was always a great elevator pitch

Louder · Jul 7, 2025

Garbage singer Shirley Manson 'doesn't care' if she is cancelled after enjoying a 'great career'

Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson "doesn't care" if she is cancelled, because she's had a "great career", but admitted she would feel "guilty" that she had "messed s**t up" for her band.

BANG Premier · Jun 3, 2025

"I don’t want to pretend everything’s hunky dory." Shirley Manson says that she feels "isolated" in Garbage, admits "there's very little proper communication about anything at all"

Shirley Manson admits to frustrations with the Garbage "boys’ club"

Louder · Jun 2, 2025

"At first, they thought it was a marvellous distraction, a joyous kink. Then there was a sense of, 'You can go back to the hole that you crawled out of'." Garbage's Shirley Manson on how the patriarchy seeks to crush women's voices in the music industry

Garbage's Shirley Manson refuses to be pushed to the margins by music industry misogynists

Louder · Apr 16, 2025

'I hate the phrase mental health, as applied to me...' Shirley Manson says depression can be a 'healthy part of existing'

Shirley Manson - frontwoman of Garbage - believes her bouts of depression are a 'healthy part of existing in the world'.

BANG Premier · Apr 14, 2025

Garbage star Shirley Manson found photoshoots 'repulsive'

Garbage star Shirley Manson has admitted she hated the "visual accompaniment" to her music career - admitting she found photoshoots "repulsive" because they damaged her self-esteem.

BANG Premier · Apr 14, 2025

Garbage's Shirley Manson suffered 'a lot of indignity' after hip replacement surgery

Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson has revealed she suffered "a lot of indignity" after undergoing hip replacement surgery - revealing having two operations to fix her mobility issues was "dark and depressing and soul-crushing, and also kind of wonderful".

BANG Premier · Apr 14, 2025

‘I’ve pulled myself out of a very dark abyss’: Garbage’s Shirley Manson on depression, sexism, dodgy hips and happiness

The press loved her – but also hated her. Her band was huge – and then it fractured. She started two tours – and had to abandon them. The singer talks about 30 years of heaven and hell

The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2025

“Live music’s important, it’s ingrained in our soul, click the link”: Take 15 minutes to save the future of live music – take the Music Fans Voice survey today

Kate Nash, Shirley Manson, Lambrini Girls, Edgar Wright, Danny Dyer and more want you to help save the UK music scene

MusicRadar · Feb 26, 2025

Treat your hi-fi system to these 11 incredible albums celebrating their 30th birthday this year

We've compiled 11 iconic albums from 1995 that are enjoying their 30th anniversary this year.

What Hi-Fi? · Feb 13, 2025