In the immortal words of Lil''' Kim, "You can't keep a good bitch down."
Two years after the members of Garbage announced they would be going on an "indefinite hiatus" (the kiss of death for most bands), Spin is reporting that America's favorite sassy Scot, Shirley Manson, has stepped out on her own in an attempt to put a boot in the ass of the music industry (while not spilling a drop of her gin daisy, perfectly coordinated with those grenadine locks, but I digress). The album is as of yet unnamed, but the full track list has just been unveiled by the "vampire waiting for [her] moment."
"Don't Want Anyone Hurt"
"Don't Want to Pretend"
"Gone Upside"
"Hot Shit"
"Kid Ourselves"
"Lighten Up"
"Little Dough"
"No Regrets"
"Pissholes"
"Pure Genius"
"So Shines a Good Deed"
"Spooky"
"Stop"
"Sweet Old World"
"The Desert"
"To Be King"
To some of us, watching the fiery, red juggernaut of Garbage's career finally crash down was tragic, but we can't deny that the warning signs were there.
There were the countless posts from Shirley on the Garage website, where she opined about everything from the state of women in rock to self-mutilation to blizzards during the tense recording of Bleed Like Me. There was the live DVD hopelessly titled Absolute Garbage at a time when the Pumpkins were breaking up and Courtney Love went off to. . . study law. Gen-X was going for early retirement. It seemed, for a while, that Shirley Manson was the last surviving, authentic female rock star.
This album won'''t include Butch Vig and friends '' a source of trepidation for some -- but Manson will have plenty of help. The LP will include collaborations with Billy Corgan, Beck, and Jack White. Manson also credits Greg Kurstin as a songwriter who worked on "Hot Shit," "Sweet Old World," and "Little Dough."
In any case, it may be worth at least a listen.
Why?
Because Garbage don't make no trash.