Garbage's Shirley Manson has said in a recent interview that at the time of its release, she and the band thought that their 2001 album Beautiful Garbage would mark the end of their careers.
The follow-up to 1998's Version 2.0 was seen as a relative flop at the time, suffering from a lack of label-backed promotion while its lead single "Androgyny" failed to reach the chart positions of their previous singles.
In an interview with Classic Rock magazine, Manson describes the internal fallout that followed the album's release, saying: "I honestly thought that was the end of my career and that we were never going to recover. It took a long time for us as a band to regain our equilibrium and our confidence and our joy."
Of course, Manson and co. recovered just fine, having released a string of celebrated albums in the two decades since, including this year's No Gods No Masters.
Still, Manson says that positive reactions to their records sometimes shock them: "We are always quite surprised when we get a positive reaction. It's not something we really expect or are accustomed to."
Beautiful Garbage was reissued earlier this year to celebrate its 20th anniversary. At the time of the reissue, Manson said: "We wanted to celebrate the release of our third album in the same manner as we have celebrated the 20th anniversaries of our previous two records, as we cherish this third child of ours just as much as its predecessors."
Revisit "Androgyny" below.
The follow-up to 1998's Version 2.0 was seen as a relative flop at the time, suffering from a lack of label-backed promotion while its lead single "Androgyny" failed to reach the chart positions of their previous singles.
In an interview with Classic Rock magazine, Manson describes the internal fallout that followed the album's release, saying: "I honestly thought that was the end of my career and that we were never going to recover. It took a long time for us as a band to regain our equilibrium and our confidence and our joy."
Of course, Manson and co. recovered just fine, having released a string of celebrated albums in the two decades since, including this year's No Gods No Masters.
Still, Manson says that positive reactions to their records sometimes shock them: "We are always quite surprised when we get a positive reaction. It's not something we really expect or are accustomed to."
Beautiful Garbage was reissued earlier this year to celebrate its 20th anniversary. At the time of the reissue, Manson said: "We wanted to celebrate the release of our third album in the same manner as we have celebrated the 20th anniversaries of our previous two records, as we cherish this third child of ours just as much as its predecessors."
Revisit "Androgyny" below.