Sunday 31 May 2020

The First Time With... Series 21 - 4. Butch Vig

THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 21 - 4. BUTCH VIG (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th April 2020

Matt Everitt talks to musician, songwriter and record producer Butch Vig about the songs that have shaped his life. They discuss Butch's childhood growing up in Wisconsin, listening to Frank Sinatra and Herb Albert. Butch recalls buying his first records by Creedence Clearwater Revival and, thanks to him to Mum, first paying attention to melody and arrangement in song.

Later in the programme Butch reflects on working with The Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana as record producer and life as drummer/co-producer of Garbage.

Garbage - Stupid Girl
Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night
Herb Alpert - The Lonely Bull
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q
The Beatles - Helter Skelter
The Who - My Generation
The Clash - Spanish Bombs
Killdozer - New Pants And Shirt
Nirvana - Lithium (Demo)
Nirvana - In Bloom
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
The Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock
Garbage - When I Grow Up
5 Billion In Diamonds - Gravity Rules

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