Garbage Announces: THIS IS THE NOISE THAT KEEPS ME AWAKE—limited edition signed pre-order with exclusive 12″ vinyl.
International best-selling rock band Garbage’s gorgeous new coffee-table book chronicling the span of their twenty-two-year career, This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake, is available here as part of a limited edition preorder package, featuring an EXCLUSIVE 12″ record and a copy of the book (the first 1,000 orders will include books numbered and signed by all four members of the band). These items will be bound together in a collectible Kraft box that will ship on or before June 19, 2017—two weeks prior to the official publication date of the book.
Limited Edition Contents: The beautifully designed, 9.25″ x 11.5″, 208-page coffee-table book contains a selection of photographs from the band’s personal collection with original text, bound with an embossed, textured hardcover and finished with a dust jacket. The edges of the text pages, printed on luxurious matte art paper in six colors, are finished with a stunning pink spot color. The first 1,000 copies ordered will be numbered and signed by each member of the band. The exclusive record is available as part of this limited edition package ONLY, and is comprised of never-before-released live tracks—”Milk,” “You Look So Fine,” “Cup of Coffee,” “Bleed Like Me,” “Beloved Freak,” and “Even Though Our Love Is Doomed”—one from each of the Garbage’s six studio albums. It is pressed on transparent vinyl and inserted in a five-color record sleeve. The book and record are packaged together in a custom-made, collectible Kraft display box, imprinted with the book jacket imagery, perfect for displaying alongside your finest possessions.
Described by Pitchfork as “the alternative to everything,” GARBAGE pioneered their wildly inventive fusion of pop sweetness, heavy guitars and hip-hop and industrial textures more than two decades ago. Their 1994 debut album—recorded in Madison, Wisconsin by Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig—made them one of the most acclaimed, adventurous, and best-selling bands of the ’90s, and an international phenomenon: double platinum in the UK, US, and Australia, headlining festivals around the globe. Their six studio albums have collectively sold over fifteen million copies worldwide. In 2012, Garbage declared their independence by founding their own label, STUNVOLUME, allowing the band to chart their own course on their own terms. After a new album, Strange Little Birds, and an extensive tour in 2016, the band continues to define a future celebrating differences. This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake is their first book.
Garbage are known around the world for songs that mix pop sweetness with the dour thunder of industrial music and the rhythm punch of hip-hop. Now, for the first time, the four band members tell the story of that music in their own words. Packed with rare photos and personal snapshots, this book examines how Garbage make their music, and how they’ve kept it together (or not) for more than twenty years.
The beautifully designed, large-format coffee-table book is bound with an embossed cloth hardcover and finished with a dust jacket. The edges of the text pages, printed on luxurious matte art paper in six colors, are finished with a stunning pink spot color. This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake is a must-have (and perfect gift) for Garbage’s fans.
Excerpt (In the words of Butch Vig, drummer):
“It was 1995, we were finishing our debut album, and I was stressed. A lot of music business people had told me it was a mistake to give up full-time music production to start a band. So I ignored them all and took a leap of faith. The simplest reason was that I just wanted to be in a band with my friends. I’d been playing with Duke and Steve for several years, and now we had a new beginning with an X factor: a Scottish singer named Shirley. She seemed like a good fit for our little club of misfits. So we all took that leap.”
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