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Shirley Manson talks Matt through the key musical firsts of her life, including her earliest musical memories, influences, live experiences and the formation of her band Garbage.

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Wed 8 Mar 202302:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Garbage

    Queer

    • Mushroom.

  • Garbage

    When I Grow Up

    • Mushroom.

  • Shirley Bassey

    On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

    • The Greatest Hits Of The Musicals CD1.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 14.

  • Jacky

    White Horses

    • Spirit Of The '60s: 1968 Still Swinging.
    • Mercury Records Limited.
    • 5.

  • Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Happy House

    • Dark Side Of The 80's (Various).
    • Telstar.

  • The Pogues

    Fiesta

    • The Very Best Of The Pogues.
    • Warner Strategic Marketi.

  • Garbage

    Vow

    • Mushroom.

  • Garbage

    Only Happy When It Rains

    • Global Television.

  • Patti Smith Group

    Revenge

    • Wave.
    • Sony Music Entertainment Eurodisc Ltd.
    • 5.

  • Julie Andrews (Maria), Christopher Plummer (The Captain)

    Something Good

    • The Sound Of Music.
    • rca victor.
    • 12.

  • PJ Harvey

    Dry

    • Rid Of Me.
    • 11.

  • XTC

    Towers of London

    • Virgin.

  • Richard Ashcroft

    Break The Night With Colour

    • PARLOPHONE.

  • Garbage

    No Horses

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  • Sun 4 Mar 201813:00
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  • Fri 17 Jul 202001:00
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  • Wed 8 Mar 202302:00
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