1. Bryan David "Butch" Vig was born on August 2,1955 and is an American musician, record producer, and songwriter who is the drummer and co-producer of the rock band Garbage.
24 Facts About Butch Vig
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Some notable production credits of Butch Vig's include L7's Bricks are Heavy and the Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream.
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Butch Vig set up his own recording studio in Madison, Smart Studios, with bandmate Steve Marker.
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Butch Vig returned to producing full-time when Garbage went on hiatus in 2005.
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Butch Vig was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin, son of DeVerne William Butch Vig and Betty Jeanette, nee Brewster.
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DeVerne Butch Vig was a hospital staff doctor who practiced medicine with his twin, David, and their elder brother, Edward, in Viroqua for nearly forty years; Betty Butch Vig was a music teacher and clinic administrator who played an active role in the community as a Sunday School teacher, Girl Scout leader, and director of the Country Club and Viroqua Bloodmobile Service.
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Butch Vig contributed several electronic music soundtrack pieces to low-budget films, including one song on Slumber Party Massacre, a Hollywood B-movie.
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Butch Vig joined a number of garage pop bands, including Eclipse, and in 1978 joined Spooner with Duke Erikson, Dave Benton, Jeff Walker and Joel Tappero.
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When Spooner lost momentum, Butch Vig formed a band called First Person with Marker and Phil Davis and a side project called Fire Town featuring Davis and Erikson.
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Fire Town split, and Butch Vig reformed Spooner for a final album before working as a producer became his full-time career.
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Butch Vig incorporated overdubs and vocal double tracking, whereas Nirvana's previous album, Bleach, had a more "lo-fi" sound.
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Kurt Cobain originally refused to double-track his vocals and guitars but Butch Vig reportedly got him to comply by saying "John Lennon double-tracked".
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Butch Vig produced two critically praised Sonic Youth albums, 1992's Dirty and 1994's Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star.
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Butch Vig worked with Jimmy Eat World on their sixth album, Chase This Light, released in October 2007.
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Butch Vig produced the eighth studio album by Green Day, 2009's 21st Century Breakdown, which won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.
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Recently, Butch Vig has been partnered in duties by his engineer and mixer Billy Bush, who worked on Garbage's albums and live tours.
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Butch Vig composed and produced the soundtrack for the film The Other Side.
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In 2009 Butch Vig recorded two new tracks for the long-awaited greatest hits release by the Foo Fighters, most notably the single "Wheels" and ultimately produced their April 2011 follow-up, Wasting Light.
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In 2010, Butch Vig produced Muse's single "Neutron Star Collision," which was featured on the Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack.
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In 2020, Butch Vig produced the soundtrack for the 2021 film Puppy Love, including tracks by Portugal.
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In 2006, Butch Vig returned to producing while Manson worked on a solo album.
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In 2011, Butch Vig formed an alt-country band called The Emperors of Wyoming with Phil Davis, Frank Anderson and Pete Anderson.
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In 2017, Butch Vig debuted his band 5 Billion in Diamonds.
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Butch Vig served as the record producer, or co-producer on the following records:.