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Shirley Manson has been in bands since 1986, when, at 17,
she joined the Scottish indie group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie.
She then fronted Angelfish before meeting her Garbage
bandmates in 1994. But this will be her first SXSW. "I think
it's extraordinary that I've never, ever been," says Manson.
"Ever. The whole thing is quite exciting."
At SXSW, Manson and Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES will
engage in a Music Keynote conversation in association with
PRS Foundation's Keychange campaign, which is encour-
aging music festivals to book lineups with 50-50 gender
equality by 2022. Manson had previously signed on as a
Keychange ambassador.
"Being a woman whose vested interest is in promoting
a whole plethora of female voices in the music industry
— which is still very much a patriarchal system —
I jumped at the chance to put my name behind it,"
she says.
Garbage, which most recently released a collaborative
Record Store Day single with sometime tourmates John
Doe and Exene Cervenka, will soon be back in the studio
working on its seventh record, for a likely 2020 release.
Manson recently answered some questions in anticipation
of her SXSW appearance:
Shirley Manson:
25 Years of Garbage
and Fortitude
By Jason Cohen
