Butch Vig production discography
The discography of Butch Vig, an American musician and record producer, consists of a mix of albums, extended plays and singles released by bands he was a performer in and records on which he produced, mixed, remixed, engineered or a combination of those roles.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in film studies, Vig became a core member of cult Mid-West band Spooner, and an offshoot group Fire Town, as well as co-founding recording studio Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin in the Eighties.[1] Vig is now best known internationally as the drummer of the Madison-based alternative rock band Garbage and the producer of multi-platinum selling albums Nevermind by Nirvana and Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins.[2]
Vig's production, Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and atop the album charts of 23 further countries.[3]
Performer
| Year | Album | Artist | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Every Corner Dance (1982) | Spooner | Gary Klebe and Spooner |
| 1985 | Wildest Dreams (1985) | Doug Erikson and Butch Vig | |
| 1987 | In the Heart of the Heart Country (1987) | Fire Town | Fire Town |
| 1988 | The Good Life (1989) | Michael Frondelli | |
| 1990 | The Fugitive Dance (1991) | Spooner | Doug Erikson and Butch Vig |
| 1994 | Garbage (1995) | Garbage | Garbage |
| 1997 | Version 2.0 (1998) | ||
| 2000 | Beautiful Garbage (2001) | ||
| 2004 | Bleed Like Me (2005) | Garbage (Mixed by Butch Vig) | |
| 2007 | Absolute Garbage (2007) | Garbage | |
| 2012 | Emperors of Wyoming (2012) | Emperors of Wyoming | Emperors of Wyoming |
| 2012 | Not Your Kind of People (2012) | Garbage | Garbage |
| 2016 | Strange Little Birds (2016) | ||
| 2017 | 5 Billion In Diamonds (2017) | 5 Billion In Diamonds | 5 Billion In Diamonds |
Vig also wrote and recorded the theme tune for the Green Bay Packers, "Go Pack Go!", under the band name The 6 Packers.[4]
Music production
Production
The following studio albums were produced, or co-produced by Vig, many at his own recording studio:
| Year | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Hollywood Autopsy (1983) | Hollywood Autopsy |
| Face the Music (1983) | Tar Babies | |
| Intellectuals are the Shoeshine Boys of the Ruling Elite[A] (1984) |
Killdozer | |
| 1985 | Snake Boy (1985) | Killdozer |
| 1st E.P. (1985) | Ivory Library | |
| Living in the Mirror (1986) | The Other Kids | |
| 1986 | Burl[B] (1986) | Killdozer |
| Happy Home[E] (1987) | The Other Kids | |
| 1987 | Little Baby Buntin' (1987) | Killdozer |
| Come Down to the Merry Go Round (1987) | Laughing Hyenas | |
| 1988 | Century Days (1988) | Die Kreuzen |
| 1989 | Suction (1989) | feedtime |
| Twelve Point Buck (1989) | Killdozer | |
| For Ladies Only (1989) | Killdozer | |
| You Can't Pray a Lie (1989) | Laughing Hyenas | |
| Gone Away 12 (1989) | Die Kreuzen | |
| 1990 | Life of Crime (1990) | Laughing Hyenas |
| Ground Into The Dirt (1990) | King Snake Roost | |
| 1991 | Nevermind (1991) | Nirvana |
| Cement (1991) | Die Kreuzen | |
| Gish[C] (1991) | The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| 8-Way Santa (1991) | Tad | |
| 1992 | Bricks are Heavy (1992) | L7 |
| Overwhelming Colorfast (1992) | Overwhelming Colorfast | |
| Dirty (1992) | Sonic Youth | |
| Pick Up Heaven (1992) | Drain | |
| 1993 | Siamese Dream[C] (1993) | The Smashing Pumpkins |
| 1994 | Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star (1994) | Sonic Youth |
| Let Your Dim Light Shine (1995) | Soul Asylum | |
| This Perfect World (1995) | Freedy Johnston | |
| 2003 | Sing the Sorrow[D] (2003) | AFI |
| 2006 | New Wave (2006) | Against Me! |
| 2007 | Chase This Light (2007) | Jimmy Eat World |
| All or Nothing (2008) | The Subways | |
| Heart Burns (2008) | Tom Gabel | |
| 2008 | 21st Century Breakdown (2009) | Green Day |
| 2009 | White Crosses (2010) | Against Me! |
| 2010 | Harmony (2010) | Never Shout Never |
| Wasting Light (2011) | Foo Fighters | |
| 2013 | Sound City: Real to Reel (2013) | Various |
| 2014 | Sonic Highways (2014) | Foo Fighters |
| 2019 | Widow’s Weeds (2019) | Silversun Pickups |
^ A Co-produced by Butch Vig and Steve Marker.
^ B Co-produced by Butch Vig and Corey Rusk.
^ C Co-produced by Butch Vig and Billy Corgan.
^ D Co-produced by Butch Vig and Jerry Finn.
^ E Co-produced by Butch Vig and Steve Watson.
The following individual tracks were produced by Vig for various projects:
| Year | Track | Artist | Appears on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Totalimmortal" | The Offspring | Me, Myself and Irene O.S.T. (2000) |
| "Bloodstains" | Ready to Rumble O.S.T. (2000) | ||
| 2002 | "Telling You Now" | Jessy Moss | Street Knuckles (2003) |
| "Pick a Card" | |||
| "I'll Manage" | |||
| 2003 | "Rabbits are Roadkill on Rt. 37" | AFI | Decemberunderground (2006) |
| 2009 | "Wheels" | Foo Fighters | Greatest Hits (2009) |
| "Word Forward" | |||
| 2010 | "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)" | Muse | The Twilight Saga – Eclipse: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010) |
Mixing
| Year | Album | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Bleed Like Me[A] (2005) | Garbage |
| Year | Track | Artist | Appears on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Jesus Says" | Ash | Nu-Clear Sounds (U.S. Version) (1999) and Intergalactic Sonic 7″s (2002) |
| "Wild Surf" | |||
| "Folk Song" | Nu-Clear Sounds (U.S Version) (1999) | ||
| 2007 | "Tell Me Where It Hurts"[A] | Garbage | Absolute Garbage (2007) |
| "Betcha"[A] | "Tell Me Where It Hurts" (2007) | ||
| "All the Good in this Life"[A] | Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace (2008) | ||
| 2008 | "Witness to Your Love"[A] | Give Listen Help: Volume 5 (2008) |
^ A Mixed credited to Vig, independent of Garbage.
Remixes
| Year | Track | Artist | Appears on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | "Throw This Away" | Nine Inch Nails | Fixed (1992) |
| "Last" (Butch Vig remix)" | Unreleased (available from remix.nin.com)[D] | ||
| "Shamrocks and Shenanigans (Butch Vig remix)" | House of Pain | House of Pain (1992) | |
| "It's You (Crash and Burn mix)" | EMF | "It's You" (1992) | |
| 1993 | "She Sells Sanctuary (Sundance)" | The Cult | Sanctuary MCMXCIII: Volume Two (1993) |
| "In Your Room (Zephyr mix)" | Depeche Mode | "In Your Room" (1994) and The Singles 86>98 (1998) | |
| 1997 | "Jack-Ass (Butch Vig mix)" | Beck | "Jack-Ass" (1997) |
| "Jack-Ass (Lowrider mix)" | |||
| "Staring at the Sun (Monster Truck mix)"[A] | U2 | "Staring at the Sun" (1997) | |
| "Staring at the Sun (Lab Rat mix)"[A] | |||
| "Dirty Day (Junk Day)" [B] | "Please" (1997) and The Best of 1990–2000 (2000) | ||
| "Dirty Day (Bitter Kiss)" [B] | "Please" (1997) | ||
| 1998 | "Freak on a Leash (Freakin' Bitch mix)" | Korn | "Freak on a Leash" (1999) |
| 1999 | "Make Me Bad (Sickness in Salvation mix)" | "Make Me Bad" (2000) | |
| "So Pure (Pure Ecstacy mix)" | Alanis Morissette | "So Pure" (1999) | |
| 2000 | "How About Some Hardcore (GrungeIsDead.com remix)" | Butch Vig & M.O.P. | Loud Rocks (2000) |
| 2001 | "Nookie (Androids vs. Las Putas Remix)" | Limp Bizkit | New Old Songs (2001) |
| 2007 | "Bad Boyfriend (Sting Like a Bee remix)"[C] | Garbage | "Tell Me Where It Hurts" and Absolute Garbage (2007) |
Notes:
- All remixes are credited to Butch Vig, except ^ A credited to Butch Vig and Danny Saber and ^ B credited to Butch Vig and Doug Erikson. ^ C remixed by Butch Vig, independent of Garbage.
- ^ D This remix has never been commercially released, however elements from the remix were incorporated into "Throw This Away". It was found in the early '90s on an FTP server as an 8-bit/22,050 Hz AIFF file, and then circulated on P2P until Trent Reznor hosted a WAV file of the remix online.
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References
- Welcome to Spooner Town. Record Collector. February 1, 1997.
- "Garbage: Behind The Music". Behind The Music. March 31, 2002.
- "MTV Games, Harmonix and Warner Bros. / Reprise Records Partner With Green Day to Bring Their Music Exclusively to Rock Band(R)". PR Newswire. Archived from the original on June 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- "Go Pack Go!". Archived from the original on September 30, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
External links
- Official Website Garbage
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