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is an American

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band formed in

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, in 1993. The group's discography consists of eight

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s, three

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s, one

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, one

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, 41

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, four

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s, three

video album A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

s, and 44

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s (many of which are alternate versions to the same song). The line-up consists of Scottish vocalist

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and Americans

Duke Erikson Douglas Elwin "Duke" Erikson (born January 15, 1951) is an American musician, songwriter, screenwriter, film producer and record producer, best known as a co-founder and guitarist of the alternative rock band Garbage. Garbage has sold more than 1 ...

Steve Marker Steven W. Marker (born March 16, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the co–founder and guitarist of the alternative rock band Garbage. Previously an audio engineer for the band Fire Town with future ...

, and

Butch Vig Bryan David "Butch" Vig (born August 2, 1955) is an American musician, record producer, and songwriter who is the drummer and co-producer of the rock band Garbage. Producer of the diamond selling Nirvana album ''Nevermind'' (1991), Vig also pro ...

. They have amassed worldwide album sales of over 17 million units. Garbage released a string of increasingly successful singles in 1995 and 1996, including "

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", "

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", and " Stupid Girl". Their debut album, ''

'', charted in the top 20 in six countries and was certified

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in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Garbage spent two years working on their follow-up album, '' Version 2.0'', which charted in the top 20 in 12 countries and was certified platinum in four countries and the

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. The band recorded the theme song of the 1999

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film ''

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''. The band's third album, ''

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'' (2001), failed to match the commercial success achieved by its predecessors. Garbage quietly disbanded in late 2003, but regrouped to complete their fourth album '' Bleed Like Me'' in 2005, peaking at a career-high number four on the ''Billboard'' 200. The band cut short their

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in support of ''Bleed Like Me'' announcing an "indefinite hiatus". Garbage reconvened in 2007 and released a

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compilation '' Absolute Garbage''. The band's fifth studio album, ''

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'', was released on 14 May 2012 through the band's own label, Stunvolume. Garbage and

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recorded a cover of "

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" for

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2013. They released a video directed by

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. The band released their first live DVD, '' One Mile High... Live'', in May 2013.'' Strange Little Birds'', the band's sixth studio album, was released on June 10, 2016.On March 30, 2021, Garbage released the song " The Men Who Rule the World", the lead single from their seventh studio album, '' No Gods No Masters'', which was released on June 11, 2021. On September 7, 2022, Garbage announced their third greatest hits album ''

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'', released on October 28. The compilation features 35 newly remastered tracks celebrating three decades of career, including " Witness To Your Love",On November 29, the band released their first cover collection, '' Copy/Paste'', as a

Black Friday exclusive. The compilation album includes ten classic songs covered by Garbage over the course of almost thirty years. On February 27, 2025, the band announced their eighth studio album, '' Let All That We Imagine Be the Light'', which was released on May 30.

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Remix albums

Extended plays

Singles

Promotional singles

Other appearances

Studio tracks

Remixes

Garbage also remixed a number of their own singles, while drummer Butch Vig remixed a number of artists while Garbage were active.

Live tracks

Videography

Video albums

Music videos

Notes

References

External links

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