Garbage's Shirley Manson Claims Women Are Still 'Disempowered' In The Music Industry
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Friday, 11 May 2012 |
Written by Elliott Batte
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Shirley Manson, frontwoman of alternative rockers Garbage, has claimed that women are still being ‘disempowered’ in the music industry today – though she considers herself part of a generation of girls who managed to ‘bust through’ the gender barrier.
Manson is apparently upset at the financial differences between men and women in the music industry and, though she is happy that women have become a more prominent force in the music scene, she has a problem with the ‘lack of female opinion’.
Speaking to NME, Manson said: “I'm delighted to see women in any genre doing well, the biggest stars de jour are female pop stars. I love that, but for me personally I've always loved the girls who are in disagreement with mainstream.
“There's a lot of girls now who are disempowered, they're not being giving a lot of chances. They are worked really hard, they are wrung dry on tour, then given new songs, which are written by man to start the process all over again.
“But in economic terms it doesn’t work out like that. They’re street walking for the pimp daddy at home. This is what I have a problem with, the lack of female opinion out there.”
She continued on to talk about her own generation of musicians, saying: “Our generation felt like we had busted through a glass ceiling. All of a sudden we were on the radio, selling records but not having the play the submissive role of a woman. Now I feel like things have returned to the way they were before we started.”
Garbage release their latest record 'Not Your Kind Of People' on May 14th, their fifth studio album.
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