Initially I didn't like how the drums felt, until I ran into Dave Grohl at a party and it was like 'dude - you gotta play on it'. 'The toughest track to record was Bad Boyfriend. I didn't play drums much on it - I wanted to be in the control room where I had more input into the vibe.' 'Bleed Like Me is more like what we do live.

'Initially I didn't like how the drums felt, until I ran into Dave Grohl at a party.' Butch Vig Struggling to recreate his electronic wizardry on the live circuit, this 2005 Garbage effort found Vig stripping back the drum sound with the help of a very special guest. Sometimes he'd explode into rock, and sometimes he'd be playing little grace notes on the snare, often all in the same performance, so I had to make sure the mics were able to capture all that.' He has unbelievable dynamics, so I was able to use really good condenser mics on the snare and toms. 'It's one of the most ambitious-sounding records I've ever produced, and a lot of that is down to Jimmy's 'push-pull' feel. When he was sober, his performances were incredible.' I remember threatening that I was going to play the drum parts, although there was no way I could have played like him. Sometimes he didn't show, or he'd be too fucked-up to perform. Sometimes he didn't show, or he'd be too fucked-up to perform,' Butch Vig The 4,000,000 sales of the Pumpkins' finest hour were hard-earned, as Vig found himself contending with the narcotic excess and sporadic brilliance of SP's sticksman Jimmy Chamberlin.

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