One of my favorite bands of the 90’s was Garbage. They were odd, yet cool. The Rocked, but were more poppy. They were all over the radio and sold a TON of albums (when people bought those things).
Even James Hetfield has covered “Only Happy When It Rains”….and when the leader of the Might Met does that, you are a badass, in your own right.
While the music Shirley Manson sang and wrote with/for Garbage is amazing, what she did to one of her exes is EPIC…I would venture to say, one of the most Metal things that has ever happened off-stage.
In case you were wondering, the most Metal thing that ever happened ON-STAGE belongs to Donita Sparks from L7
Now for one the most metal things to happen OFF-STAGE:
Shirley Manson isn’t much different than many of us who found out their significant other was cheating. You would want revenge, right? Most of us wouldn’t do it, but there are some that do passive-aggressive shit like phone calls at odd times, dumping that person’s belongings in the yard, etc.
Not Shirley. No, she was proactive and VERY unique. I would even say so special that I don’t think any of us would have thought about, much less done it. She shit in her cheating boyfriend’s cereal. This is epic and she explains it from an interview in the Guardian:
“I took a crap on a cheating boyfriend’s breakfast cereal. I’m not ashamed; I’m rather proud of it. A dear friend did similar when she discovered her girlfriend was cheating and said: “While I was doing it, I thought of you.” I recommend it as an act of revenge. It leaves you feeling empowered and gleeful.”
HELL, she even endorsed doing it…file that one in the back of your head under “arsenal of revenge ideas”.
What is amazing is, IMHO, the most Metal moments have come from women. Us guys, we have gotten pretty lame, Arguing and fighting, which is stupid. If that person doesn’t want you, it isn’t worth fighting the person your (soon to be) ex was cheating with. It isn’t their fault that your ex didn’t want to be with , it is your ex’s fault. And because of that, you now know you can take a shit in their breakfast cereal and call it even.