Garbage

. Grant is a longstanding member of the Gospel Music Association (GMA), who awards the Dove Awards annually and is maintainer of the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. A compilation of b-sides and non-album tracks by the band, which had been planned by them prior to even beautifulgarbage, is also reported to be in the works. This further outraged some fans, but the numbers were more than counterbalanced by those gained. Shirley has also said BLM will comprise more hard rock and be a return to Garbage's roots after the eclectic experiment of beautifulgarbage, an announcement that has resonated with most fans. Grant remarried the next year to Vince Gill. It originally had the working title Hands on a Hard Body, but Shirley Manson announced that the band had come up with a new title, Bleed Like Me, that better fits the band's improved dynamic following a period of tension and crisis in October 2003. Fans were not thrilled.

The offical track listing as follows: Bad Boyfriend, Run Baby Run, Right Between the Eyes, Why Do You Love Me, Bleed Like Me, It's All Over But The Crying, Boys Wanna Fight, Sex is Not The Enemy, Metal Heart, Why Don't You Come Over, and Happy Home. The two separated, then divorced. Garbage's next album, Bleed Like Me, will be released on April 11th 2005 (April 12th in North America). 1997's Behind the Eyes, however, struck a much darker note, and it soon became clear that Grant's longtime marriage to Gary Chapman was at an end. Garbage followed the album up with a successful tour of the US and Europe. House of Love continued in the same vein. Still, the album managed to reach #6 in the UK and #13 in the US, though it quickly slid down the charts. Heart in Motion is her best-selling album, having sold over 5 million copies.

Hence, no songs charted in the US, and the four singles released charted in the 20s in the UK. The track "Baby Baby" (written for Grant's new-born daughter, Millie), however, became a massive hit, and Grant was established as a name in the mainstream music world. While it represented the band's most eclectic and mature sound to date, it contained no standout commercial singles. Nevertheless, when Heart in Motion was released three years later, many fans were shocked and outraged that the album was so clearly one of contemporary pop music. After again retreating into the studio for several years, Garbage released beautifulgarbage in 2001. An uncharacteristical upbeat song, "Saved by Love", was was a minor hit, receiving airplay on radio stations featuring newly emerging Adult Contemporary format. In 1999, they performed the theme song to the James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough. This album, too, contained many songs that were not obviously "Christian".

Their second album Version 2.0 topped the charts in the UK and hit #13 in the US. 1988's Lead Me On, released after Grant had become a mother and undergone considerable strain in her marriage, is considered her most mature album, both lyrically and musically. "Push It" was released and became a summer hit in 1998, reaching #9 in the UK and #52 in the US. Amy Grant scored her first Billboard Number One hit with "The Next Time I Fall", a breezy duet with Chicago frontman Peter Cetera. Garbage spent two years working on their follow-up album, during which time Shirley Manson became well-known by the technologically savvy by being one of the first artists to maintain a blog. "Find a Way," from Unguarded, became the first Christian song to hit Billboard's Top 40 list. It went top 20 in the US and top 10 in the United Kingdom. 1985's Unguarded shocked some fans for its very mainstream sound (and Grant's leopard-print jacket, in four poses for four different covers).

They released their debut album, Garbage, later that year. Her goal was to become the first Christian singer-songwriter who was also successful as a contemporary pop singer, being successful in both genres. Garbage released a string of increasingly-successful singles over the year 1995, culminating in the massive hit "Stupid Girl". Hardly had Grant established herself as the rightful "Queen of Christian Pop", however, when she changed directions to widen her fan base (and hence her musical message). The fact that Garbage is composed of three music producers is made obvious by the high production quality, with many layers and a "wall of sound" production aesthetic. 1982's Age to Age was her first album to make critics sit up and take notice. Garbage utilizes samples, electronic loops, grungy guitars, and various other effects to produce haunting and melodic tracks, made distinctive by Scottish singer Shirley Manson's sultry vocals. As an English major at Vanderbilt University, Grant quietly made a few more albums, before abandoning her college career for one in music.

This made the band particularly popular with disaffected youths. Signed to a record company at the age of sixteen, Grant's first, self-titled album (largely self-composed) was a runaway success in terms of the Christian music market of the time. Garbage's angry, emotional lyrics contrasted with their catchy, pop alternative rock music. To date she has 5 gold and 6 platinum albums. Another anecdotal origin for their name, was that Butch Vig contributed a remix to Nine Inch Nails' album Fixed, which Trent Reznor labeled "garbage". She has won multiple Grammy and Dove awards and was elected to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2003. The band may have derived its name from their insertion of seemingly unusable noise in their songs. She was initially most successful in the "Christian pop" or CCM genre, and is notable for being one of the first CCM artists to have successfully crossed over into the mainstream pop music market.

Mackenzie and Angelfish), they asked her to join the band. Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American singer-songwriter whose music has strong Christian themes. After the group saw Shirley Manson on MTV (from her careers with Goodbye Mr. Greatest Hits 1986-2004 (2004). Vig, the producer of such influential albums as Nirvana's Nevermind and the Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream decided he wanted to play in a band and asked fellow producers Marker and Erikson to join him. 20th Century Masters-The Christmas Collection: The Best of Amy Grant (2003). Garbage is an international rock group formed in 1993 by Shirley Manson, Butch Vig, Steve Marker, and Duke Erikson. Simple Things (2003).

2002 "Shut Your Mouth" #20 UK. Her Greatest Inspirational Songs (2002). 2002 "Breaking Up the Girl" #27 UK. Legacy: Hymns and Faith (2002). 2002 "Cherry Lips" #22 UK. A Christmas To Remember (1999). 2001 "Androgyny" #24 UK. Behind the Eyes (1997).

1999 "The World is Not Enough" #11 UK. House of Love(1994). 1999 "You Look So Fine" #19 UK. Home For Christmas (1992). 1999 "When I Grow Up" #9 UK. Heart in Motion (1991). 1998 "Special" #15 UK, #52 US. Lead Me On (1988).

1998 "I Think I'm Paranoid" #9 UK. The Collection (1986). 1998 "Push It" #9 UK, #52 US. Unguarded (1985). Tricky) #10 UK. Straight Ahead (1984). 1996 "Milk" (feat. A Christmas Album (1983).

1996 "Stupid Girl" #4 UK, #24 US. Age to Age (1982). 1995 "Queer" #13 UK. In Concert, Vol. 2 (1981). 1995 "Only Happy When It Rains" #29 UK, #55 US. In Concert, Vol. 1 (1981). 1995 "Subhuman" #50 UK. Never Alone (1980).

1995 "Vow" #138 UK, #97 US. My Father's Eyes (1979). Amy Grant (1977).