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  Garbage - Butch Vig
Butch is one of the most influential and talented musicians of the 90's.
Butch and Steve Marker are co-owners of Smart Studios which is located in Madison, Wisconsin.
Butch along with Steve were part of a dark and edgy band which was called First Person.
www.garbage-online.com /butch-vig.html   (322 words)

  
  Butch Vig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bryan "Butch" Vig (born August 2, 1957 in Viroqua, Wisconsin) is both a rock musician and record producer.
Currently Butch Vig is the drummer of the popular group Garbage, who have released the albums Garbage (1995), Version 2.0 (1998), Beautifulgarbage (2001) and Bleed Like Me (2005) plus a James Bond theme song for The World Is Not Enough.
Butch Vig is known to use Digidesign Pro Tools audio hardware and software with Apple Macintosh computers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Butch_Vig   (283 words)

  
 GARBAGE - The Butch Vig interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Butch Vig's life has taken a 180 degree swing and tired as he is he can still smile about it.
Vig confesses he lost five kilos in the first half of the year; something that has as much to do with bad organisation as the sheer pressure and disruption of normal habits that comes with endless touring.
Butch Vig, nice guy; producer of Nirvana's epochal "Nevermind", the Smashing Pumpkins definitive "Siamese Dream"; the hottest producer on the planet who founded arguably 1995/'96's hottest group: the measure of their success still shakes Vig.
www.thei.aust.com /isite/butch.html   (1489 words)

  
 Butch Vig: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Butch Vig [+] was the premier producer of the alternative rock boom of the early 1990s, helming records for bands including Nirvana [+], Smashing Pumpkins [+] and Sonic Youth [+], before finding success as a performer with the group Garbage [+].
Recorded at Vig's Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, Killdozer's 1989 LP For Ladies Only [+] attracted the producer considerable attention throughout the indie rock community, and soon a fledgling grunge trio from Seattle named Nirvana [+] travelled to Smart to record the demos for their upcoming major-label debut.
Vig's production also graced the finished album, released in 1991 as Nevermind [+]; as the single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" rocketed up the charts, labels scrambled to find other like-minded bands, and in large part the record's sound defined contemporary rock music throughout the first half of the decade.
www.music.com /person/butch_vig/1   (466 words)

  
 Garbage (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The band members are Butch Vig, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson and Shirley Manson.
Vig, the producer of such influential albums as Nirvana's Nevermind and the Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream, decided he wanted to play in a band again.
Another anecdotal origin for their name was that Butch Vig contributed a remix to Nine Inch Nails' album Fixed, which Trent Reznor labeled "garbage".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Garbage_(band)   (1343 words)

  
 PlanetPapers - Recording Studio Technology and the Producer
Butch Vig had a tendency to record everything dry, steering away from the use of effects when recording.
Vig would record the guitars in a very different way, with a great emphasis on the use of distortion.
Like many other producers, Vig used studio technology as an add-on to the instruments, and this affected the ways in which the songs were written and laid down.
www.planetpapers.com /Assets/3460.php   (1500 words)

  
 Butch Vig Productions - Quotes
Butch over the years has pretty much become a member of the family.
But, the great thing about Butch is he isn't a manipulator.
If you tell him, "This is where I'm going," then he'll take it in that direction, but in the Butch way.
www.garbage.suite.dk /quotes-other.html   (283 words)

  
 Isthmus: Madison Music Project: The rock star as producer
In Vig’s case, it was a nasty bout of hepatitis he contracted while Garbage was touring 2001's Beautifulgarbage and opening up a string of shows for U2.
In Vig’s case, the worst symptom was a syndrome called hyperacusis, a morbid sensitivity to sound -- absolutely the worst kind of physical ailment a musician could have.
Butch Vig really has survived them all, and as his eyes flash behind the yellow-toned lenses of his wrap-around glasses, you can tell his journey in the world of recorded sound is far from over.
www.thedailypage.com /artists/article.php?intmusicnewsid=454   (1513 words)

  
 Interviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Butch Vig: Well, we just finished recording the new James Bond single, the new theme, "The World is Not Enough." It's the first time we've recorded in three or four different studios around the world.
Butch Vig: I still think the most important thing a producer can do is draw out whatever a bands' vision is and whatever their strengths are.
Butch Vig: Working with the Pumpkins on Siamese Dream, and stuff, I would put out about 4 or 5 microphones and we would spend hours and sometimes days, trying to get absolutely the best perfect sound we were looking for.
www.guitarcenter.com /interview/garbage/1999.cfm   (4119 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Garbage Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Garbage is an international rock group formed in 1993 by Shirley Manson, Butch Vig, Steve Marker, and Duke E...
Garbage is an international rock group formed in 1993 by Shirley Manson, Butch Vig, Steve Marker, and Duke Erikson.
Vig, the producer of such influential albums as Nirvana's Nevermind and the Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream decided he wanted to play in a band and asked fellow producers Marker and Erikson to join him.
www.ipedia.com /garbage.html   (439 words)

  
 Garbage - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
Garbage was the brainchild of producers Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, and Steve Marker.
Vig and Smart broke into the big time in 1991, after he produced Nirvana's Nevermind.
Nevermind elevated Butch Vig to the status of a superstar producer and for the next two years, he produced numerous American alternative superstars, including Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, and L7.
store.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,534216,00.html   (639 words)

  
 BUTCH VIG
At the beginning of his career, Butch was a drummer for Spooner and Firetown.
Butch has produced lots and lots of big selling albums like: Nirvana's Nevermind; Smashing Pumpkins' Gish, Lull and Siamese Dream, Sonic Youth's Dirty and Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star; and L7's Bricks are Heavy just to name a few.
Butch is the co-founder of Smart Studios, along with Steve Marker.
drummerfreak.freeservers.com /butch.html   (94 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : Pro Tools Nation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Butch Vig is the drummer for Garbage and has produced blockbuster rock albums including Nirvana's Nevermind and the Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream.
Vig decides the rhythm needs a little extra kick, so he pulls up a computer file filled with ready-to-wear drum loops.
Vig adds a bass line, and I contribute some cowbell and hand claps for a percussion breakdown halfway through the song.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5935689/pro_tools_nation   (1392 words)

  
 Butch Vig MP3 Downloads - Butch Vig Music Downloads - Butch Vig Music Videos
Butch Vig was the premier producer of the alternative rock boom of the early 1990s, helming records for bands including Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Sonic Youth, before finding success as a performer with the group Garbage.
Recorded at Vig's Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, Killdozer's 1989 LP For Ladies Only attracted the producer considerable attention throughout the indie rock community, and soon a fledgling grunge trio from Seattle named Nirvana travelled to Smart to record the demos for their upcoming major-label debut.
Vig's production also graced the finished album, released in 1991 as Nevermind; as the single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" rocketed up the charts, labels scrambled to find other like-minded bands, and in large part the record's sound defined contemporary rock music throughout the first half of the decade.
www.mp3.com /artist/butch-vig/summary   (636 words)

  
 Auguri.net - Butch Vig
Butch Vig (vero nome Bryan Vigorson) è nato il 2 agosto, 1957 a Viroqua (Wisconsin) è un batterista e produttore statunitense.
Dopo decenni passati producendo, nei sui celebri Smart Studios, piccole band locali prevalentemente punk rock, Butch Vig raggiunge la notorietà nel 1991 con Nevermind, che porta al successo planetario i Nirvana e Gish degli Smashing Pumpkins; in seguito produrrà anche Siamese Dream degli stessi Smashing Pumpkins.
Il progetto successivo di Vig riguardò gli Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan (leader del gruppo) apprezzò molto l'elaborata produzione di Vig su Siamese Dream, il cui successo trascinò verso la fama molte band indie.
www.auguri.net /vip/b/butch_vig   (255 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Vig is a native of Viroqua, WI, who learned to play piano as a child and drums as a teenager.
Vig left Spooner shortly afterwards, but he kept in touch with the band.
This studio was dubbed Smart Studios and Vig recorded numerous local punk and alternative bands at the warehouse.
www.shorefire.com /artists/amsterjam/bio_garbage.html   (579 words)

  
 Garbage2.com/Vig interview
The band chose to work with Butch Vig, the producer of several landmark albums and who is also the drummer of Garbage.
Dexter and I decided to ambush Butch while he was in the studio and finishing up the latest Offspring recordings.
Butch Vig- It's sort of ah....let's see..We'd (Garbage) played a bunch of festivals with The Offspring in the past.
www.garbage2.com /vigoff.htm   (1873 words)

  
 Live Nirvana | May-June, 1991 - Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA, US | Live Nirvana Sessions History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Vig's previous work on the Smart sessions had made an impression on the band, "Butch was easy to work with," explained NIRVANA bassist, Krist Novoselic, on Nevermind: It's An Interview.
Vig recalls: "I remember the first day we were cutting ['Lithium'], Kurt got really pissed off because it was taking too much time." Acknowledging Cobain's lack of patience, Vig decided to keep the tape rolling as the band launched into a jam.
Though Vig had originally been hired to both produce and mix the record, the sessions had fallen behind schedule, and the band's management and label were keen to draft in a new engineer.
www.livenirvana.com /sessions/studio/may-june-1991.php   (5685 words)

  
 GARBAGE - The Butch Vig interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Butch Vig, cool producer of Nirvana and the Pumpkins.
From that first show to a packed club of 300 in Minneapolis when they discovered they had a lot of learning to do, to the last shows on the Australian tour, particularly the Sydney show which Vig comments was the best they'd played since their sets on the summer European festival circuit.
Butch Vig smiles, "I think we're getting a lot better but, man, I tell you some of the things I've gone through.
www.thei.aust.com /isite/butch2.html   (1213 words)

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