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Butch Vig
Background information
Birth name	Bryan David Vig
Also known as	Butch Vig
Born	August 02, 1957 (age 49)
Origin	Viroqua, Wisconsin, USA
Genre(s)	rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, record producer, remixer
Instrument(s)	Drums
Years active	1983 - present
Associated acts	Garbage - Drummer Nirvana - Producer Firetown - Drummer Spooner - Drummer

Butch Vig (born Bryan David Vig, August 2, 1957 in Viroqua, Wisconsin) is both a rock musician and record producer.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Productions 3 Remixes 4 Movie soundtracks 5 See also 6 External links

Butch Vig first became famous in the music business in 1991 when he produced Nirvana's Nevermind and The Smashing Pumpkins' Gish and Siamese Dream. Before that he had produced lots of small punk rock bands such as Killdozer and The Other Kids.

His production work on Nevermind is widely credited as the reason that Nirvana broke through to the mainstream, going #1 on the charts (replacing Michael Jackson). Their previous album, Bleach was produced by Jack Endino and had a much dirtier sound, while Nevermind had many overdubs and studio tricks (part of this is credited to Andy Wallace. Kurt Cobain originally refused to double-track his vocals and guitars but Vig reportedly got him to comply by saying "John Lennon double-tracked!"). Cobain would later criticize Vig for the album's slickness, although claiming "Butch Vig...recorded the album perfectly," in a 1993 MTV interview.

Billy Corgan welcomed Vig's elaborate production on the The Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream. The track "Soma," for example, uses over 40 dubs. This album met with great commercial and critical reception, also breaking another indie band into the mainstream.^{[citation needed]}

Currently Butch Vig is the drummer of the popular rock group Garbage, who have released the albums Garbage (1995), Version 2.0 (1998), Beautifulgarbage (2001) and Bleed Like Me (2005) plus a James Bond theme song for The World Is Not Enough.

Together with Steve Marker (guitar player of Garbage) he also owns Smart Studios where artists such as Nirvana, The Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage and Sonic Youth have recorded.

Prior to Garbage, Butch Vig was in the bands Firetown and Spooner with Garbage guitarist Duke Erikson.

Butch is currently working with Jimmy Eat World on their sixth album due out in 2007 and with Against Me! on their next album. He is also doing soundtracks for two new movies.

Butch Vig has produced albums for the following artists:

• Nirvana
• The Smashing Pumpkins
• Garbage
• AFI
• Sonic Youth
• Killdozer
• Soul Asylum
• L7
• Chainsaw Kittens
• Crash Vegas
• Urge Overkill
• Die Kreuzen
• Helmet
• Tad
• Freedy Johnston
• Gumball
• Laughing Hyenas
• Jessy Moss
• The Other Kids
• The Fluid
• The Young Fresh Fellows
• This Was the Service
• Overwhelming Colorfast
• Fun With Atoms
• Against Me! (in production)
• Jimmy Eat World (in production)

Butch Vig has remixed songs for the following artists:

• Depeche Mode
• Garbage
• Nine Inch Nails
• KoЯn
• U2
• EMF
• House of Pain
• Beck
• The Cult
• Alanis Morissette
• Limp Bizkit
• Michael Penn
• M.O.P - (Grunge Is Dead & M.O.P. - "How About Some Hardcore")

Butch Vig has composed and produced soundtracks for the following movies:

• The Other Side (pre-production)
• TBA (pre-production)

• List of record producers
• List of drummers
• Garbage
• Nirvana
• The Smashing Pumpkins

• Butch Vig Productions
• All Music Guide entry for Butch Vig

Garbage
Butch Vig | Shirley Manson | Duke Erikson | Steve Marker
Discography
Albums and extended plays: Garbage | Version 2.0 | Beautiful Garbage | Bleed Like Me | Absolute Garbage
Singles: "Vow" | "Subhuman" | "Only Happy When It Rains" | "Queer" | "Stupid Girl" | "Milk" | "#1 Crush" | "Push It" | "I Think I'm Paranoid" | "Special" | "The Trick Is to Keep Breathing" | "When I Grow Up" | "You Look So Fine" | "The World Is Not Enough" | "Androgyny" | "Cherry Lips" | "Breaking Up the Girl" | "Shut Your Mouth" | "Why Do You Love Me" | "Bleed Like Me" | "Sex Is Not the Enemy" | "Run Baby Run"
Videography
Videos and DVDs: Garbage Video | Live at Eagles Ballroom 2002
Related articles
Alternative rock | Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie | Angelfish | The World Is Not Enough | Mushroom Records | Almo Sounds | Geffen Records