10/07/2025
As Garbage's final headlining tour hits Texas, drummer Butch Vig looks back with Buddy Magazine's Ian Saint on how Deep Ellum is where they launched their first album's 1996 tour — and now their Dallas farewell is at The Bomb Factory.
Vig discusses Garbage’s vulnerable new album, Let All That We Imagine Be The Light. 🐙 Plus life and career milestones leading to then — from his parents' influences on him, to playing in Spooner (who completed their final show last July), to producing Nirvana's Nevermind, to the “leap of faith” Butch took by pausing production and putting out Garbage’s first album at age 40… on Herb Alpert’s label!
We also discuss Garbage's Happy Endings final headlining tour (with ticket links), Deep Ellum (both Garbage’s first show and Nirvana’s infamous 1991 Trees Dallas date), getting parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic, and some album production highlights — Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day, Freedy Johnston, and remixing Nine Inch Nails.
Catch the conversation in our below article.
Garbage drummer Butch Vig discusses farewell tour, new album, Deep Ellum history, and producing Nevermind for Nirvana, Siamese Dream for Smashing Pumpkins, 21st Century Breakdown for Green Day.
