• Singer for the band Garbage
• Is asthmatic.
• Her father was a biology teacher, her mother a singer.
• Has two sisters
• She dropped out of high school at 16. Since then, she has been in bands such as Autumn 1904, Wild Indians, Goodbye Mr Mckenzie and Angelfish.
• She was the lead singer of Angelfish by the time she was discovered by Butch Vig and Steve Marker.
• She is the author of the handwriting in Garbage's debut album.
• Her husband is a sculptor.
• Lead singer, lyricist, guitarist, and co-producer on Garbage's three albums - the 1995 debut release 'Garbage', 1998s follow up 'Version 2.0' and 2001s 'beautifulgarbage'. These albums have sold over 10 million copies to date.
• Currently writing and recording a fourth album with Garbage in Madison, Wisconsin, due out Spring 2004
• She had a radical look change in late 2001, cutting her long red hair and dying it blonde months later.
• She quit smoking after her husband's nephew died of cancer at age seven
• Her favorite singer is Frank Sinatra
• She has an orange Fender Strocaster wich she named "Rita"
• She had piano lessons as a child.
• Butch, Duke and Steve wore kilts to her wedding
• She was in the theater group when she was in high school
• Was a model for Calvin Klein
• Ranked #47 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002)
• Bono, Courtney Love, Gwen Stefani and Marilyn Manson are among her closest friends.
• She had a cyst removed from her vocal chords during the Beautiful Garbage period.
• Went back to her long and red threads after having her hair cut and bleached in late 2001-early 2002
• Enjoys boxing
• She gave so many troubles to her family when she was young that her mother lost her voice.
• Her divorce from sculptor husband Eddie Farrell became final in 2005. They had been separated since 2003.
• In 2005, she revealed that she has the condition body dysmorphia, which may be the root of the depression which she has mentioned previously.

Shirley Anne Manson is a Scottish musician and model for Calvin Klein. She is lead vocalist for the group Garbage. She is a former member of the bands Angelfish and Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie.

She dropped out of school when she was 16 and was part of many bands before Garbage and part of her high school theatre group. She also had piano lessons at age 7. Her favourite singer is Frank Sinatra. She owns an orange Fender Stratocaster which she named Rita. She has asthma. She has been married since September 7, 1996, to sculptor Eddie Farrel. Her Father is a biology teacher and Mother is a singer.