Bryan David "Butch" Vig (born August 2, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the drummer and co-producer of the

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band Garbage and the producer of the

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-selling

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album ''

Nevermind ''Nevermind'' is the second studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991, by DGC Records. It was Nirvana's first release on a major label and the first to feature drummer Dave Grohl. Produced by Butch Vig, ''Neve ...

''. His work on the latter earned him the nickname the Nevermind Man. A native of

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, Vig was based in

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for much of his career, from studying at the

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to performing in local bands Spooner and Fire Town. He eventually set up his own recording studio in Madison,

Smart Studios Smart Studios was a recording studio located in Madison, Wisconsin. It was set up in 1983 by Butch Vig and Steve Marker to produce local bands. The studio produced bands such as Killdozer, The Smashing Pumpkins, L7, Tad, and Nirvana. After in ...

, with bandmate Steve Marker. After becoming well-known as a producer, he formed and played drums with Garbage, who sold 17 million records over a ten-year period. Vig returned to producing full-time when Garbage went on hiatus in 2005. The band reconvened in 2010 to record material for their fifth album. In 2012, ''

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'' named Vig the 9th greatest producer.

Early life

Butch Vig was born Bryan David Vig in

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, son of DeVerne William Vig (1922-2021) and Betty Jeanette (1931-2005), née Brewster. DeVerne Vig was a hospital staff doctor who practised medicine with his twin, David, and their elder brother, Edward, in Viroqua for nearly forty years; Betty Vig was a music teacher and clinic administrator who played an active role in the community as a Sunday School teacher, Girl Scout leader, and director of the Country Club and Viroqua Bloodmobile Service. Vig has two siblings, Chris and Lisa. Vig acquired the nickname Butch as a child, due to the severe crew cut his father gave him. Vig studied piano for six years. After seeing

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perform on ''

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'', he swapped his piano for a $60 drum kit. Moving to Madison, Vig enrolled at the

to study film direction.

Career

Early musical career

While a student at the University of Wisconsin, Vig met his eventual Garbage bandmate Steve Marker. Vig contributed several

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soundtrack pieces to low-budget films, including one song on ''

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'', a Hollywood

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. This soundtrack work stirred Vig's interest in the manipulation of sound. Vig joined a number of garage pop bands, including Eclipse, and in 1978 formed Spooner with

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, Dave Benton, Jeff Walker and Joel Tappero. The following year, Vig helped Marker to build a home studio in Marker's basement. Marker and Vig also started a small label, Boat Records, to release records of Spooner – which included their 1979 debut EP, "Cruel School" – and other bands they liked, which led to around twenty local acts. The self-producing was later described by Vig as "kind of a trial by fire". In 1984, Vig and Marker founded

in Madison, while still performing drums in Spooner at night and driving a

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during the day. When Spooner lost momentum, Vig formed a band called First Person with Marker and Phil Davis and a side-project called

Fire Town Fire Town was an American garage-rock band formed in the mid-1980s in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, from the remnants of an earlier popular local group, Spooner. Fire Town were signed to a major label and published two albums, ''In the Heart ...

featuring Davis and Erikson. Fire Town quickly became Vig's priority, and after their first album was signed to

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. Atlantic hired producer Michael Fondelli to work with Fire Town on their second album. While the sessions did not do well, and the resulting record sank, Vig learned a lot of production techniques from the process. Fire Town split, and Vig reformed Spooner for a final album before Vig's production work became a full-time career for him.

Production career

Vig's first high-profile production work was in 1991, when he produced albums by two bands,

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' ''

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'' and

's ''

''. Vig incorporated

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and vocal double tracking, whereas Nirvana's previous album, ''

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'' (produced by

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) had a more "

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" sound.

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originally refused to double-track his vocals and guitars but Vig reportedly got him to comply by saying "

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double-tracked". Cobain would later criticize Vig for the album's slickness, although this might be due to Andy Wallace's mixing of the album. Cobain said that "Butch Vig...recorded the album perfectly," in a 1993

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interview.

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welcomed Vig's elaborate production on The Smashing Pumpkins' ''

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''. This album met with positive commercial and critical reception, also breaking another indie band into the mainstream. Vig also produced two critically praised

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albums, 1992's ''

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'' and 1994's ''

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''. Vig worked with

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on their sixth album, ''

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'', released in October 2007. He is also working on soundtracks for two new movies. His first production for an English band was 2008's ''All or Nothing'' by

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. He also worked with

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, producing their two

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releases, '' New Wave'' and '' White Crosses'', as well as working with singer Laura Jane Grace on her solo EP, '' Heart Burns''. Vig produced the eighth studio album by

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, 2009's '' 21st Century Breakdown'', which won the Grammy Award for

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. Recently, Vig has been partnered in duties by his engineer and mixer

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who also worked on Garbage's albums and live tours. Vig composed and produced the soundtrack for the film '' The Other Side''. In 2009 Vig recorded two new tracks for the long-awaited greatest hits release by the Foo Fighters, most notably the single "

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" and ultimately produced their April 2011 follow-up, ''

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''. In 2010, Vig produced

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's single, "

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," which was featured on the ''Twilight Saga: Eclipse'' soundtrack. In 2020, Vig produced the soundtrack for the 2021 film ''Puppy Love'', including tracks by Portugal. The Man, LP,

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, and others.

Garbage

Vig stated, "Part of the reason why I started Garbage was that by the time I'd done Nevermind'',' I'd recorded – I swear to God – 1,000 bands that were just guitar-bass-drums. I was reading about all these other records that I was getting excited about – like

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using a sampler in the studio – and I just decided I wanted to do a bit of a U-turn." Afterwards, they hired Scottish singer

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and began composing together. Garbage released a string of

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in 1995–1996, including " Stupid Girl" and "

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". Their debut album, '' Garbage'', was an unexpected smash, selling over 4 million copies and certified

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in the UK, United States and Australia. Garbage won the Breakthrough Artist award at the 1996

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. The band then spent two years working on follow-up album, '' Version 2.0'', which topped the charts in the UK upon its 1998 release and the following year was nominated for two

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s, Album of the Year and

. ''Version 2.0'' went on to match the sales of its predecessor. Garbage followed this up by performing and co-producing the theme song to the nineteenth

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movie ''

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''. Despite being named one of ''

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s Top 10 Albums of The Year,""

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" ''Hits'' magazine trade ad". Retrieved 2008-02-24 Garbage's 2001 third album ''

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'' failed to match the commercial success achieved by its predecessors."''

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, published by

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, dated February 21, 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-24 Garbage quietly disbanded in late 2003, but regrouped to complete fourth album ''

'' in 2005, peaking at a career-high #4 in the U.S. The band cut short their

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in support of ''Bleed Like Me'' announcing an "indefinite hiatus", emphasizing that they had not broken up, but wished to pursue personal interests. In 2006, Vig returned to producing while Manson worked on a

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(as yet unreleased). Garbage ended their hiatus in 2007, and released

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retrospective ''

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''. Worldwide, the band have sold over 17 million albums. The band got back together in 2010 and began recording their new album, ''

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'', which was released internationally on May 14, 2012. This was followed by '' Strange Little Birds'', released on June 10, 2016.

The Emperors of Wyoming

In 2011, Vig formed an

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band called The Emperors of Wyoming together with Phil Davis, Frank Anderson and

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. They released a self-titled album on September 17, 2012.

5 Billion in Diamonds

In 2017, Vig debuted a new musical project, the band 5 Billion in Diamonds. Their first album was released on August 11, 2017. Their second ''Divine Accidents'' was released on November 20, 2020

Personal life

Vig is married to Beth Halper, a former

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A&R executive; they have a daughter, Bo Violet. They live in the

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district of

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Discography

Spooner *''Every Corner Dance'' (1982) *''Wildest Dreams'' (1985) *''The Fugitive Dance'' (1990) Fire Town *''In the Heart of the Heart Country'' (1987) *''The Good Life'' (1989) Garbage *'' Garbage'' (1995) *'' Version 2.0'' (1998) *''

'' (2001) *''

'' (2005) *''

'' (2012) *'' Strange Little Birds'' (2016) *'' No Gods No Masters'' (2021) 5 Billion in Diamonds *''5 Billion in Diamonds'' (2017) *''Divine Accidents'' (2020)

Production career

Vig served as the record producer, or co-producer on the following records: *1983: Mecht Mensch – Acceptance EP *1984: Killdozer – ''

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'' *1985: The Other Kids – ''Living in the Mirror'' *1985: Killdozer – '' Snake Boy'' *1985:

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– ''

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'' *1986: Killdozer – ''

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'' *1987: The Other Kids – ''Happy Home'' *1987: Killdozer – '' Little Baby Buntin''' *1988: Die Kreuzen – '' Century Days'' *1988: Killdozer – ''

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'' *1989: Killdozer – ''

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'' *1989: Laughing Hyenas- '' You Can't Pray a Lie'' *1989:

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– ''

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'' *1990:

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– ''

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'' *1990:

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– ''Ground into the Dirt'' *1990:

– '' Life of Crime'' *1990:

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– ''Glue'' *1991: The Fluid – ''Spot the Loon'' *1991:

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– ''Blokes You Can Trust'' *1991:

– ''

'' *1991:

– ''

'' *1991: Tad – ''

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'' *1991:

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– ''

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'' *1991: Die Kreuzen – ''

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'' *1992:

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– ''Internal'' *1992:

– ''

'' *1992:

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– ''Shamrocks and Shenanigans'' *1992: L7 – '' Bricks Are Heavy'' *1992:

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– ''

Flipped Out in Singapore ''Flipped Out in Singapore'' is the second album by the band Chainsaw Kittens, released in 1992. Recording Flipped Out in Singapore was produced by Butch Vig at Smart Studios in Madison, Wis. in 1992. Tyson Meade said: Track listing All tr ...

'' *1992:

Drain Drain may refer to: Objects and processes * Drain (plumbing), a fixture that provides an exit-point for waste water or for water that is to be re-circulated on the side of a road * Drain (surgery), a tube used to remove pus or other fluids from ...

– '' Pick Up Heaven'' *1993:

Crash Vegas Crash Vegas was a Canadian folk rock band which formed in 1988, and achieved moderate success in the early 1990s. Biography The band was formed by Michelle McAdorey and Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo in 1988, who were also in a romantic relationship. ...

– ''Stone'' *1993:

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'' *1993: Gumball – ''Real Gone Deal'' *1994:

– ''

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Helmet A helmet is a form of protective gear worn to protect the head. More specifically, a helmet complements the skull in protecting the human brain. Ceremonial or symbolic helmets (e.g., a policeman's helmet in the United Kingdom) without protect ...

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Betty Betty or Bettie is a name, a common diminutive for the names Bethany and Elizabeth. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name Beatriz, the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Beat ...

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Freedy Johnston Freedy Johnston (born Frederic John Fatzer in 1961) is a New York City–based singer-songwriter originally from Kinsley, Kansas. Johnston's songs are often about troubled loners, and cover topics like heartbreak, alienation, and disappointm ...

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This Perfect World ''This Perfect World'' is the third album by singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston. It was released in 1994 on Elektra Records. It is an album steeped in regret and loss. The narrator of "Across the Avenue" is unable to get past the memory of seein ...

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Soul Asylum Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their 1993 hit "Runaway Train (Soul Asylum song), Runaway Train" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. The band was originally called Loud Fast Rule ...

– ''

Let Your Dim Light Shine ''Let Your Dim Light Shine'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band Soul Asylum, released June 6, 1995 on Columbia Records. Critically, it suffered in comparison to its predecessor, '' Grave Dancers Union'', the band's breakout release ...

'' *1995: Garbage – '' Garbage'' *1998: Garbage – '' Version 2.0'' *2001: Garbage – ''

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AFI AFI may refer to: * ''Address-family identifier'', a 16 bit field of the Routing Information Protocol * Ashton Fletcher Irwin, an Australian drummer * AFI (band), an American rock band ** ''AFI'' (2004 album), a retrospective album by AFI rele ...

– ''

Sing the Sorrow ''Sing the Sorrow'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band AFI. Recorded at Cello Studios in Los Angeles, California between 2002 and 2003, the album was produced by Jerry Finn and Butch Vig. ''Sing the Sorrow'' received positive rev ...

'' *2005: Garbage – ''

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– '' New Wave'' *2008:

– '' All or Nothing'' *2008: Laura Jane Grace – '' Heart Burns'' *2009:

– '' 21st Century Breakdown'' *2009:

Foo Fighters Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1994. Foo Fighters was initially formed as a one-man project by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. Following the success of the eponymous debut album, Grohl (lead vocals, guitar) re ...

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Greatest Hits A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...

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White Crosses White Crosses (in German: ''Weiße Kreuze'') is a memorial for those who died during the Cold War at the Berlin Wall. It is located at the shore of the river Spree in Berlin next to the Reichstag building, which houses the German parliament. Es ...

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Never Shout Never Never Shout Never (originally typeset as nevershoutnever! and NeverShoutNever!) is an American rock band formed in Joplin, Missouri in 2007. Vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Christofer Drew began the band as a solo project before expanding it ...

– ''

Harmony In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. However ...

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Goo Goo Dolls The Goo Goo Dolls are an American rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, by guitarist/vocalist John Rzeznik, bassist/vocalist Robby Takac, and drummer George Tutuska. After starting off as a cover band and then developing a punk sound, ...

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Something for the Rest of Us ''Something for the Rest of Us'' is the ninth studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. It was released on August 28, 2010 in Australia and on August 31 in North America through Warner Bros. Records. The recording process took place du ...

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'' *2012: Garbage – ''

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Sound City Players The Sound City Players were a supergroup formed by ex-Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters guitarist and lead-singer Dave Grohl. They consisted in a collaboration of Grohl with Krist Novoselic ex-Nirvana, Stone Sour's and Slipknot's Corey Taylor ...

– '' Sound City: Real To Reel'' *2014:

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Sonic Highways ''Sonic Highways'' is the eighth studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters, released on November 10, 2014, through Roswell and RCA Records. Similar to their previous album, ''Wasting Light'' (2011), it was produced by the band with Butch ...

'' *2016: Garbage – '' Strange Little Birds'' *2019:

Silversun Pickups Silversun Pickups is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles that was formed in 2000. The band is composed of Brian Aubert, Nikki Monninger, Christopher Guanlao, and Joe Lester. The band released their debut EP, '' Pikul'', in July ...

– '' Widow's Weeds'' *2021: Garbage – '' No Gods No Masters'' *2022:

– '' Physical Thrills''

Remix work

Butch Vig has remixed songs for the following artists:

Ash Ash or ashes are the solid remnants of fires. Specifically, ''ash'' refers to all non-aqueous, non- gaseous residues that remain after something burns. In analytical chemistry, to analyse the mineral and metal content of chemical samples, ash ...

Beck Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi music, lo-fi style, and became ...

The Cult The Cult are an English rock band formed in 1983 in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead singer Ian Astbury's ...

Depeche Mode Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting). Depeche ...

, EMF,

Fun Lovin' Criminals Fun Lovin' Criminals are an American rap rock band from New York City. They are best known for their hit "Scooby Snacks", which features samples from films by Quentin Tarantino, and the song "Love Unlimited", which recalls Barry White's backin ...

Korn Korn (stylized as KoЯn, or occasionally KoRn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band is notable for pioneering the nu metal genre and bringing it into the mainstream. Originally formed in 1993 ...

Limp Bizkit Limp Bizkit is an American rap rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Its lineup consists of lead vocalist Fred Durst, drummer John Otto, guitarist Wes Borland, turntablist DJ Lethal and bassist Sam Rivers. The band's music is marked by D ...

Alanis Morissette Alanis Nadine Morissette ( ; born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, Morissette began her career in Canada in the early 1990s with tw ...

Nine Inch Nails Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN and stylized as NIИ, is an American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland in 1988. Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Trent Reznor was the only permanent member of the band ...

Michael Penn Michael Daniel Penn (born August 1, 1958) is an American musician, singer and composer. He is noted for the 1989 single " No Myth", a top 20 hit in the US and successful in several other countries. Early life Penn was born in the Greenwich Vi ...

M.O.P M.O.P. (short for Mash Out Posse) is an American hip hop duo composed of East Coast rappers Billy Danze and Lil' Fame. The song " Ante Up", was released on their '' Warriorz'' album in 2000. The group has frequently collaborated with DJ Pre ...

and U2, as well as his own band Garbage.

References

External links

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Official website
Garbage
Butch Vig Interview at drummagazine.com

Butch Vig Interview on nerdist.com (Podcast)
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Juvenile Truth; no enemy; Madison, WI
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