Garbage - Stupid Girl (REACTION!) 

"I'm Only Happy When It Rains." Another great song with Shirley Manson rocking it out.

"I Think I'm Paranoid" Is my Favorite track of Garbage. It's always on playlist.

The line “You Pretend You’re Bored,” coming on the heels of Grunge was so profound.

So glad to see Garbage on here. I feel like they don't get mentioned much these days. Definitely an underappreciated band.

"#1 Crush" is a GREAT Garbage song to check out!

Glad you liked this. The band is all producers. The drummer Butch Vig was the hot producer at the time. He produced Nirvana - Nevermind and Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream. Shirley was a young Scottish singer who's band appeared once live on MTV. She gets a call from the biggest producer to fly to Wisconsin to work on some songs. They had these weird electronic samples from other projects that they said were Garbage sounds that they were starting to piece together into songs. You can hear one of those in the prechorus section. She was the right piece and they made a great album. Listen to VOW off this same album. Shirley is an amazing singer.

“The Breeders” is a great band for this “Women who Rock” series.

Garbage has such a unique sound. With three producers backing her, the sound quality of their albums is off the charts. Also try: Only Happy When It Rains As Heaven Is Wide I Think I'm Paranoid Push It The Trick Is To Keep Breathing You Look So Fine

I was so nervous when I saw Garbage on here. This album literally saved my life by keeping me from suicide. And I was scared that you guys wouldn't like it. So happy it hit right with you guys.

The song Ryan is talking about in the beginning of the song is “Groove is in the Heart” by Deee-Lite. It came out on their 1990 album World Clique. they were headed by Lady Miss Kier, another vocal powerhouse. That song and others from that album had Bootsy Collins on Bass, as well as Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker from Parliament’s Horny Horns.

Deee-Lite was the band that did "Groove Is In The Heart".

The story behind the bands name is when they first started to create their sound, they were mixing grunge sounding guitars with different electronic sounds, and when a friend of theirs came into the studio to hear what they were working on, the person straight up said it sounded like garbage.

Hell yes. Long overdue and super underrated band. They are still putting out great material.

It was an anthem for me when I was a teen in highschool. I was a big girl, a punk/goth girl and it was my song to the cheerleader types.

My wife and I have been huge Garbage fans since they first hit the scene, so it was very cool to see you guys enjoying this song. Some other songs you might want to check out: Only Happy When It Rains, The World Is Not Enough, Push It, I Think I'm Paranoid, & When I Grow Up.

I used to test the thresholds of my car stereo using their song #1 Crush. You should definitely check that one out.

Their first 2 albums are both complete listen throughs. Manson's sultry vocals and the group's clear awareness of how to produce catchy hits is what drove the millions of record sales. Great band.

I love how you can hear Shirleys Scottish accent a bit when she sings. Often Non-American singers will hide their accent, which may actually feel natural to them considering that there is a lot of American entertainment media in a lot of western countries. But still, it’s refreshing to hear someone different like Shirley.

This was part of a huge pool in the 90's. The Breeders - Cannonball, The Cardigan's - My Favorite Game, Veruca Salt - I liked Volcano Girls a hell of alot more than Seether. Republica - Ready to Go. Sonic Youth - Bull in the Heather. PJ Harvey - Down by The Water. Just a small sample. Hell ya could throw in Mazzy Star - Fade Into You in there to cover a large spread. Tori Amos even flirted with it on Raspberry Swirl.

It blows my mind that they ended up in the memory hole. They did a James Bond theme song!

BTW Garbage did the theme for the bond film The world is not enough.

The Drummer Butch Vig was the Producer of Nirvana’s Nevermind. Also The drum was sampled from a Clash song.

Check out Skunk Anansie - I promise you won't be disappointed I Can Dream and Selling Jesus from their first album are so raw and powerful. Skin is one of the best female rock vocalists ever IMO

I've gone through half of my life with this bass groove in my head

off topic, Shirley Manson played a T1000 Terminator on the TV series "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles". She killed it. ;-)

Garbage is one of my all time favourite bands! If you want another of their songs with the same vibe check out "Queer" or if you want to hear them rock out "Only Happy When It Rains" or "Vow".

The groove at the beginning was actually directly lifted from 'Train In Vain' by The Clash.

The drum loop was actually based upon the intro to Train In Vain by The Clash :)

I LOVE this band. So glad you gents enjoyed this one. I used to rock this song like crazy back in the 90s. Shirley Manson was my #1 Crush.

I always learn something new about a song I've known my whole life that I never even thought about when I watch this channel.

When the distorted guitar kicked it, you both did duck face at exactly the same moment 😅 I really love Garbage, and the singer is from where I live. Their latest album, No Gods No Masters, is phenomenal!

Great reaction as always guys, and delighted to hear Scotland get a shout out! 😊 'I think I'm paranoid' is another great song by them that is a bit on the heavier side.

absolutely love the vibe of this song, it brings back memories, pure 90s vibes

The Story behind the band coming together: Butch Vig was/is a major producer and studio engineer. Around the time the birth of their band was in its burgeoning experimental phase but happening, he saw Shirley Manson in a music video on MTV and was immediately captivated saying, let’s get her. She needs to be in our band. The band she was in at the time, Angelfish was already on it’s way to implosion due to personal dramas and creative differences. They flew her in from Scotland and she came to audition but they did not click it all. You see, Shirley Manson is by nature a very shy and withdrawn person with performance anxieties. They weren’t ready to give up yet, so the band suggested they go out for drinks to break the ice and settle the nerves. It worked wonders and the second time around they made magic in the studio and Shirley became their official front woman. Initially being less comfortable with herself and her abilities, she let the rest of the band do most of the songwriting. Moments after their formation, the news that Kurt Cobain was found dead came and Butch, being a personal friend and one of his producers behind the album Nevermind, was crushed. Shirley as well as the other members were also greatly affected by his death. They made it through and continued to grow, with Shirley Manson getting more confident in her songwriting abilities and finding her true sense of personal identity. TWENTY SEVEN years later and they are still making music and releasing albums. I HIGHLY recommend their second album, Version 2.0. In my personal opinion that album is pretty much a masterpiece and arguably, their magnum opus. Definitely worth a listen.

Just saw Garbage live and Shirley and Co killed it!

PJ Harvey is as talented an artist as you will ever have on this channel. Period. Musically dominant. PJ: Long Snake Moan Dress A Perfect Day, Elise Teclo Rid of Me (live, especially) Also, if you dig this Garbage tune, a dark horse request, perhaps, is Curve (duo, fronted by Toni Halliday). She was a precursor to Shirley Manson. Straight forward. A blast in your face. Curve: Wish You Dead (personal favorite) Fait Accompli (will have more listens, it was a single)

I came here to say “ i’m only happy when it rains”, too!

cherry lips is a banger. so damn catchy i had it stuck in my head for like a year when i was a fledgling prepubescent peasant. you guys have probably heard it as well, it was everywhere back then

This is a good one. Vow is their best record in my opinion. It’s dark, the hook is catchy asf bringing that ‘90s nostalgia vibe

The piece that sounds like “Groove is in the Heart” by Dee-Lite in this song, is “Train in Vain” by The Clash. That’s the sample Garbage used.

How does George let you know that he knows way more music than you? He brings Tame Impala into the conversation. Keep it up. Educate the people.

What a surprise!!!! Garbage is a really good band!!! Milk Crush Really good songs.

I love their song milk. Super melancholic very somber but super cool sounding. Another great song from that album is fix me now, awesome groove

Great song and album! Vow, Push It, Only Happy When It Rains, When I Grow Up are also good songs.

Yeah, when I saw you were doing Garbage, I got ready for a good time. One of the best songs out of the '90s.

Check out Portishead or Elastica next!

She is not talking about herself. A great song off their second album is called Special.

Yup, this is intro Garbage, but oh yeah, keep going with them. Only Happy When It Rains is the big one off that first album, but if you want a full picture: #1 Crush, Push It, The World Is Not Enough, Run Baby Run, and You Look So Fine. Big one for y'all is gonna be The Trick Is To Keep Breathing, which is just the best groove track in their entire discography. (also if you're doing Hole again, Boys on the Radio or Petals is the move. You're welcome.)

AND ABSOLUTELY check out Metric. Emily Haines is my 2nd favorite female lead, and actually toured w Garbage this last year, along w Noel Gallagher from Oasis (90s)…❤

I have never heard these guys before but I love it👍

I'm sure someone else has already mentioned this but Butch Vig, the drummer for Garbage was the producer for Nirvana's album "Nevermind"

Great band. Shirley a Scottish goddess with that soul and sultriness and jaded ironic detachment, Butch and the other two guys already famous producers and you can hear the connections to other 90s music, like NIN and some other greats, though you wouldn't guess Butch's Nirvana connection from this. Definitely worth getting more into.

Whole album is solid

I remember my high school days when I listen to this. Still one of my favorites. 'Only happy when it rains' and 'Sugar' are also some good songs from Garbage.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs -- Heads Will Roll

Garbage is my favorite band of the '90s. It's such a shame so few people today know who they are. Great to see you guys getting into them here.

Just for the anecdote, the Garbage drummer, Butch Vig, was the producer of "Nevermind" from Nirvana and "Gish" from The Smashing Pumpkins...

Every song on this album is an island on its own. The archipelago created is one you'll want to stay on.

That Hole song you guys started at the end was Malibu…great song!

Godhead by Garbage 2022 … hands down will blow u away!

Garbage was playing at Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England on there tour called beautifulgarbage in 2002 i person was at front row was amazing to watch

No clue how I missed this band but I had a temporary Sirius XM membership on a new car and caught this song on the Alt Rock channel on the way to work. I pulled over, figured out who this was (I'd never heard of Garbage), wrote the name down and searched them when I got to work. I realized that I knew I'm Only Happy When It Rains but I was genuinely embarrassed that I wasn't familiar with them.......Oh, and after about 5 videos......yeah I fell in love with Shirley Manson like every other guy does.

A lot of good songs of theirs are mentioned, I would add ‘I think I’m Paranoid’. Shirley also sang a Bond movie theme song, ‘The World is not Enough’.

Fun Fact:Butch Vig is a music producer too. He produces the Foo Fighters albums

I've actually never heard this either but the drums sounds like "Train in Vain" by The Clash such a creative way to incorporate another band's stuff as your own

This was one of the best concerts that I've ever been to 😍

I haven’t heard this song in at least 15 years. My dad loved Garbage back in the day. Euro-grunge. Feels like spice Girls and NIN had a kid.

Love them!! One of their later songs I’d love to recommend that I don’t know gets the appreciation it deserves is “Bleed Like Me”.

Already knew Ryan and George had excellent taste from many prior reaction vids (both what they choose to praise and what they choose to criticize) but this really locked it up. Bravo guys. Great reaction.

Such a great song.

"Only happens when it rains" and "I think I'm paranoid" are super dope off this album. Probably their biggest hits. Those songs got so much airplay back in the day. "Push It" off of V2.0 is a good listen for a more electronic style of theirs. For what it's worth, Butch Vig the drummer was the producer for Nirvana.

@4:19 speaking of Gorillaz, Tame Impala featured on their new song New Gold a couple weeks ago. Definitely worth a listen/reaction

Shirley Manson was a unique person and love her sound. "I'm only happy when it rains" is a must...love that song 🕊️💗

This fab album got me through some dark times when I was very young. It still sounds fantastic. The groove of the whole album is worth a listen guys. Beautiful production values start to finish. It very much preempted the social media age beautifully thematically too like you suggest.👍👍👍 Great reaction guys! And Butch Vig is the bee's knees!!!👌

The opening of the song is a track from the Clash song Train in Vain

You should try Melissa Auf Der Maur "Followed the Waves" or "Skin Receiver"

I was all about this right here when it came out ❤

For your women who rock series, Have you guys listened to The Cardigans yet? Not “Love Fool”. She has my favorite voice ever. My favorite game is a cool song similar to this style from Garbage. But I guarantee George would love any song off the album “Long Gone Before Daylight”. A little softer style, but all great songs. super sexy.

Garbage's sound was loosely based on that of the underground band Curve, which combined the ethereal guitar noise of shoegaze with the pop appeal of Madonna

Great production from Butch Vig and friends. Saw them open for Smashing Pumpkins US tour and they rocked out. Opened for No Doubt tour in LA and loved it too.

There are so many great Garbage songs. Shirley is a rock goddess. There are so many just on their first album alone but their whole discography is fire IMO.

VOW by Garbage is FIRE!!!!!!!! A real Rocker!!!! The drummer Butch Vig is the Producer behind Nirvana album Nevermind!

I screamed when HOLE MALIBU STARTED PLAYING I was like waiiiiittt leave it onnn

The drummer is a producer who helped produce nirvana nevermind album

Fave band in my teens in the 90s!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Love this band, glad you guys covered them

Great tune, great band. Glad you guys enjoyed it. You might also check out As Heaven is Wide by Garbage. I don't know where you're going with the rest of this series, but I'll throw a few recommendations out there... in the same vein as Garbage, you might check out Seether by Veruca Salt. Their best song? Idk... maybe, but definitely where you want to start. Maybe Black on Black II by Heart, it's newer in their catalog, but a mighty fine song. For a more modern option, you might look at Faster by Within Temptation. Looking forward to hearing more of your take on women who rock.

One of important alternative bands in 90s.

Man, I am loving the 90' kick here, it's a nice ride.

Garbage is awesome. Tons of great songs.

I still love Garbage after all these years

#1 Crush is another good one by Garbage

Heaven is Wide is one of my favorites by Garbage. Great group. Just missed out on seeing them live with Tears for Fears recently. Still a little upset about missing that show.

Loved hearing this song again, loved your reactions.

I'm pretty much a hard rock/metal guy through and through, but man, I LOVE Garbage. Saw them live with Alanis Morissette back in '99 in Yakima, WA and they killed it live. Great band, and Shirley Manson has a fantastic voice! Glad you guys liked this!

Butch Vig is such a good producer & drummer 👏 Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Green Day are just some of the artists that he produced amazing albums for...along with Garbage

‘Vow’ or ‘#1 Crush’ (B-side of ‘Vow’ version, not the ‘Romeo + Juliet’ version) are incredible.

I saw them in 99 with Alanis Morrissette. When they did this song Shirley intro’d it with a Spice Girls chorus of “I’ll tell you what I want what I really really want” … And then the band went into this song. It’s dis on pre-social media attention whores… also, Shirley was one of the best front men I’ve ever seen in rock ‘n’ roll! Amazing show live! Not to mention the drummer, Butch… Produced Smashing Pumpkins first album Gish and Nirvanas…never mind

Y'all should visit The Cardigans. Don't be fooled. This band is the real deal. "Love Fool" was their biggest hit, but their whole body of work is outstanding.

The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind