Shirley Manson

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Music, Society & Culture

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Shirley Manson rose to '90s fame as the magnetic front woman of Garbage, but she was already a seasoned singer when guitarist Steve Marker spotted her in a music video for her previous band, Angelfish. She joined the Garbage in 1994. The band was made up of Steve Marker and producers Duke Erikson and Butch Vig—renowned for his work with Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins.

Nearly 30 years and over 17 million albums later, Garbage is preparing to release their eighth studio album, Let All That We Imagine Be The Light. Shirley’s voice remains as sharp and compelling as ever.

On today’s episode, Leah Rose sits down with Shirley Manson to discuss how an unexpected piece of advice from an acting coach during her time on the Fox sci-fi series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles continues to shape her creative process. Shirley also opens up about the challenges of communicating with her bandmates—and shares a hilarious story about meeting one of her musical heroes, Patti Smith—only to discover she had green curry smeared across her face.

You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite songs from Shirley Manson & Garbage HERE.

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0:00.0	Pushkin.
0:08.9	Hey, this is Justin Richmond from the Broken Record podcast.
0:12.1	Join me this June for a live taping of Broken Record at the Tribeca Festival, where I'll be
0:16.5	in conversation with Infinity Song, a New York-based soft rock band comprised of four siblings,
0:21.8	who will also be doing a couple of songs for us. You'll hear the artists in a career-spanning
0:26.3	conversation about their inspirations and dynamic styles. We'll be at the SVA Theater on June
0:32.0	12 at 8.30 p.m. To find tickets, visit Tribecafilm.com slash broken record, all lowercase. That's
0:39.1	Tribecafilm.com slash broken record. Hope to see you there. This is an IHeart podcast.
0:48.8	Shirley Manson, the iconic Scottish singer-songwriter, rose to eight-girl status in the 90s
0:53.9	as a fierce and magnetic
0:55.3	frontwoman of garbage. Though her tenure with the band now spans over three decades, Shirley
1:01.1	was already a season lead singer when she joined in 1996. She was invited to audition for
1:06.5	garbage after guitarist Steve Marker spotted her in a music video for her previous band Angelfish.
1:12.9	Today, Garbage is sold over 17 million albums worldwide, with all original members still going
1:18.2	strong. The band is now preparing to release their eighth studio album, Let All That We Imagine Be the
1:24.1	Light, and Shirley's unmistakable voice remains as sharp and compelling as ever.
1:29.4	On today's episode, Leah Rose sits down with Shirley Manson and discuss how an unexpected piece of
1:33.8	advice from an acting coach during her time on the Fox sci-fi series Terminator, The Sarah
1:38.7	Connor Chronicles, continues to shape her creative process. Shirley also opens up about the challenges of communicating with her bandmates
1:46.4	and shares a hilarious story about meeting one of her musical heroes, Patty Smith.
1:53.8	This is Broken Record, real musicians, real conversations.
1:59.0	This episode is brought to you by Defender. A vehicle engineered to meet challenges
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