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Bryan "Butch" Vig (born August 2 , 1957 in Viroqua , Wisconsin ) is both a Rock musician and Record Producer . Butch Vig first became famous in the music business in 1991 when he produced Nirvana 's '' Nevermind '' and Smashing Pumpkins ' '' Gish ''. Before that he had produced lots of small punk rock bands such as Killdozer and The Other Kids. His production work on '' Nevermind '' is widely credited as the reason that Nirvana broke through to the mainstream, going #1 on the charts (replacing Michael Jackson). Their previous album, '' Bleach '' was produced by Jack Endino and had a much dirtier sound, while ''Nevermind'' had many overdubs and studio tricks (part of this is credited to Andy Wallace . Kurt Cobain originally refused to do these overdubs but Vig reportedly got him to comply by saying "John Lennon did overdubs!"). Cobain would later criticize Vig for the album's slickness however his next project would serve to compliment his skills. Billy Corgan instead welcomed Vig's elaborate production on the Smashing Pumpkin's Siamese Dreams , specifically layering, the track Soma on the album for example uses over 40 dubs. This album met with great commercial and critical reception, also breaking another indie band into the mainstream. Currently Butch Vig is the Drummer 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 ''. Together with , Smashing Pumpkins , Garbage and Sonic Youth have recorded. Prior to Garbage Butch Vig was in the bands Firetown and Spooner with Garbage Guitarist Duke Erikson. 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. PRODUCTIONS Butch Vig has produced albums for the following artists:
REMIXES Butch Vig has remixed songs for the following artists:
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