Butch Vig

Bryan "Butch" Vig (born August 2, 1957) is both a rock musician and record producer.

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August 2 - 1957 - Rock - Record producer

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Butch Vig first became famous in the music business in 1991 when he produced Nirvana's Nevermind and Smashing Pumpkins' Gish.

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Nirvana - Nevermind - Smashing Pumpkins - Gish

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Before that he had produced lots of small punk rock bands such as Killdozer and The Other Kids.

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Currently Butch Vig is a member of the popular 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

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Garbage - Garbage - Version 2.0 - Beautifulgarbage - Bleed Like Me - James Bond - The World Is Not Enough

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

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Steve Marker - Nirvana - Smashing Pumpkins - Sonic Youth

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Butch Vig is known to use Digidesign Pro Tools audio hardware and software with Apple Macintosh computers. He has used these products to produce the majority of Garbage songs and is a Pro Tools fan.

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Digidesign - Pro Tools - Apple Macintosh

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