The group claims not to of had set out to form a band. But in 1993 I suppose their ideas changed. It was then they started to form the band to be called Garbage. They would go on to play songs thought to be impossible for a four piece band and interestingly enough, tour with The Smashing Pumpkins. All this was made possible by the arrival of Shirly Manson.
Manson before being a member of garbage sang for a European group called Angelfish. They had a hand full of albums published, the first appearing in 1994. Vig and company first saw Manson in a "Suffocate Me" music video on MTV's "120 Minutes". They found her number and gave her a call. On the other end Manson tolled her record company "That this guy Butch Vig guy called" they were stunned. Though she wished to stay with Angelfish, she flew in for some recordings. Things didn't work out well, they were all nervous. But she had the balls to return and soon became the final piece of Garbage.
Manson brought great talent to the band. She sang the songs with a feel that gave the songs an edge most members didn't think excisted. They were intense and they sounded good. With a trial and error type recording, Garbage pieced together the sounds that would end up on their album and be called music. The self-titled album was released in 1995.
