Shirley Mason - lead singer
Steve marker - guitar
Duke Erikson - bass guitar
Butch Vig - drums
Background:
- Garbage is a band that were founded in Madison, Wisconsin, USA from 1992 to the present.
- The genre is alternative rock and grunge.
- The band consists of Shirley Manson who is a Scottish singer, guitarist and pianist and american musicians Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig. the band have album sales globally of 17 million.
- They have been nominated for two grammy awards and the wrote and produced the thee song to the nineteenth James Bond film.
- The name garbage came from a member of the audience listening to their song and shouting out 'that shit sounds like garbage'.
- Garbage initially signed with producers Mushroom UK.
- The song 'Night drive Loneliness' was releases on the little birds album in February 2016.
- Butch Vig is the producer for the band as well as being apart of the band itself.
Label:
- Geffen Records (current)
- Warner Bros. Records
- Mushroom Records (1980's)
- Garbage (1995)
- Version 2.0 (1998)
- Beautiful Garbage (2001)
- Bleed Like Me (2005)
- Not Your Kind of People (2012)
- Strange Little Birds (2016)
Their first collection of music was created in 1995 and their album was called Garbage. This was the cover. The colour is bold and the pink feathers connote light and clean which is an binary opposite of the name garbage.
This was their second album cover. It is continuing with the theme of bright blocked colouring. The orange is virbrant which also connotes the binary oppositions of the bright colours and the name of the band garbage.
This was their 2007 record. We can denote that the cover is darker and they have started with a darker theme to their CD covers instead of the binary opposite theme of the bright colours like in the 190's.
This is their 2016 album and there is a leopard in the shape of a G for garbage. The song that i am using 'night drive loneliness' is from this album. The green is a moss coloured green and the audience can infer that this album may be an indie grunge genre. They have continued with the darker theme.
Previous Videos:
Stupid Girl
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This video was one of their first songs and first music videos. The song involves a performance from the band instead of narrative. This is a typical convention of a indie/rock grunge band. the main singer is looking straight at the camera and this is an example of breaking the fourth wall and the mode of address is looking directly at the audience. The editing involves red lighting and blur lighting. We are also able to denote that there is 'Stupid Girl' written on the wall in a graffiti type of writing on the wall. This implies a dark atmosphere and theme has a connection between the name of the band. The theme is dark and grungy because this was their initially upcoming video; therefore it is common for a music band to stick to normal genre conventions in the first video so that the audience are able to understand their theme and ideologies.
Why Do You love Me
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In this music video from 2005 the we denote the man singer getting up from bed. This implies a narrative performance. We can connote that the bed isn't her own bed, due to the fact there is a man laying next to her and she pulls the bed cover over her head connoting regret. There is also liar written above the bed letting the audience connote that the man isn't a very nice man. We can denote that she is singing the lyrics whilst in the narrative. Therefore not only is she creating a linear narrative of getting out of bed, having a bite to eat and then getting ready to practice, but in the music video she is also performing. We can connote that it is a closed linear narrative due to the fact it has a beginning, middle and an end. In the beginning we denote her getting out of bed in the same clothes and then wearing them throughout the next day. The next scene is in the kitchen where she runs into another man (which we can connote later on is another member of the band) who ignores her and gets on with his own morning. She grabs a bite to eat then applies more makeup to her face. The mode of address is that she is looking directly into the camera throughout this seen as if the camera is a mirror. We denote due to the camera angles changing from behind her that she is looking into the camera and audience as if they are a mirror and she is getting ready in front of. The next scene is her walking through the warehouse that we can connote is the bands house; and then they all come together and join to play the song. The next scene is her in the bath tub singer; the song goes slowly and the water is still. This shows a direct connection between the lyrics and the visuals. The music then goes fast paced and the visuals are bright lights and they are playing a live gig. We are able to connote that that the music video has been a narrative leading up to them performing a gig. This could be a representation of the bands daily lives. Getting up late and rehearsing and then singing live over and over.
Promotional material:
Social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GarbageOfficial/?fref=ts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/garbage
Garbage also put out poster is Madison, Wisconsin. They have social media platforms so they are able to get into contact with their fans and get new fans through sharing and generally if one person is a fan all their facebook friends will see and perhaps become interested in the band and their audience platform will increase. In 2013 garbage released their first live performance on DVD for their audiences to watch. This shows that they are using all different types of medai platforms to sell their band and get their music known. In 2014 Garbage posted on thier facebook that they would be writing a book; this shows us that they communicate most over social media and get their tour dates out over the internet and social media.
Garbage also had their records in many shop windows all over America and they got thier main fan base from singing in small clubs all over America for 8 years.
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