Shirley Manson is tagged as: rock, singer-songwriter, goddess, rock diva, grunge Shirley Ann Manson (born August 26, 1966) is a Scottish musician, the lead vocalist of the band Garbage.|Manson is also the former keyboardist and backup singer with Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, as well as the ex lead singer of Angelfish. She has also appeared in the second season of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles TV show, and sang the intro song, Samson and Delilah, on the first episode. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Manson is the second of three daughters. Her father is a geneticist and her mother is a former big band singer. At age seven, Shirley began learning the piano, later attending the City of Edinburgh Music School where she also joined the school’s theatre group. At school, she was regularly bullied, and inflicted self harm. Children teased her because of her red hair and large, popping eyes. She sometimes returned home after school, bloody and bruised from the bullying. The never-ending teasing and bullying led her into a deep depression, and she began to cut herself, among other things. Her first experience with music was with the bands Autumn 1904 and Wild Indians. When she was 16, Shirley joined Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie, where she sang backup vocals and played the keyboards. She remained in the band for a decade until they split in 1992. After the ... Read More About Shirley Manson Biography... Send Shirley Manson ringtones to your cell |
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