I’m delighted to see women in any genre doing well, the biggest stars de jour are female pop stars. I love that, but for me personally I’ve always loved the girls who are in disagreement with the mainstream.
Shirley Manson Quotes
Shirley Manson in the stunning frontwoman to British band, Garbage. She spoke to NME following their comeback gig at London’s Troxy last week.
She described how in the 90s, “Our generation felt like we had busted through a glass ceiling. All of a sudden we were on the radio, selling records but not having to play the submissive role of a woman. Now I feel like things have returned to the way they were before we started.”
“There’s a lot of girls now who are disempowered, they’re not being giving a lot of chances. They are worked really hard, they are wrung dry on tour, then given new songs, which are written by man to start the process all over again.
“But in economic terms it doesn’t work out like that. They’re street walking for the pimp daddy at home. This is what I have a problem with, the lack of female opinion out there.”
Having come back to the UK to begin their tour in July, Shirley Manson has been LA based for the past few years. She has been concentrating on an acting career that included TV show, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and various guest roles.
Despite being known as a Scottish performer, Shirley Manson’s band has major links with the States. Their new album is the only one not to have been recorded in Wisconsin where they formed in 1994.
The album Not Your Kind of People is released today. Enjoy one of Garbage’s classic tracks, ‘Stupid Girl’:
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