The discography ofButch Vig, an American musician and record producer, consists of a mix of albums,extended plays andsingles released bybands he was a performer in and records on which he produced,mixed,remixed,engineered or a combination of those roles.
After graduating from theUniversity of Wisconsin with adegree in film studies, Vig became a core member of cultMid-West band Spooner, and an offshoot group Fire Town, as well as co-founding recording studioSmart Studios inMadison, Wisconsin in the Eighties.[1] Vig is now best known internationally as the drummer of the Madison-basedalternative rock bandGarbage and the producer ofmulti-platinum selling albumsNevermind byNirvana andSiamese Dream byThe Smashing Pumpkins.[2]
Vig's production,Green Day's21st Century Breakdown, debuted at #1 on theBillboard 200 and atop the album charts of 23 further countries.[3]
| Year | Album | Artist | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Every Corner Dance (1982) | Spooner | Gary Klebe and Spooner |
| 1982 | Every Corner Dance (1982) | Spooner | Gary Klebe and Spooner |
| 1984 | Go Back to Chicago/The Undergrad Pickup Rag (1984) | A.L. Kammen and Bachelor Pad/Butch Vig, drums (uncredited) | |
| 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 |
| 2021 | No Gods No Masters (2021) | Garbage | Garbage; Shirley Manson Duke Erikson Steve Marker Vig |
Vig also wrote and recorded the theme tune for theGreen Bay Packers, "Go Pack Go!", under the band name The 6 Packers.[4]
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The following studio albums were produced, or co-produced by Vig, many at his own recording studio:
^A Co-produced by Butch Vig andSteve Marker.
^B Co-produced by Butch Vig and Corey Rusk.
^C Co-produced by Butch Vig andBilly Corgan.
^D Co-produced by Butch Vig andJerry 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) |
| 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) andIntergalactic 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.
| 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) andThe 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) andThe 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" andAbsolute Garbage (2007) |
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