B i o g r a p h y (by Johnny Loftus)
Primarily known as the band that got Shirley Manson first noticed (and eventually recruited) by Garbage, Angelfish was a short-lived project created by former members of the Scottish group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie. Although Manson played a limited role in that band (consigned mostly to keyboards and backing vocal duties), she quickly assumed the role of lead singer and frontwoman of Angelfish. Meanwhile, guitarist (and former Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie singer) Martin Metcalf, bassist Fin Wilson, and drummer Derek Kelly took somewhat of a back seat to Manson's blooming persona. It wasn't long before her charisma soon became the group's centerpiece; Manson's image alone was featured on the cover of Angelfish's self-titled debut album, and she became the primary subject of the band's music videos. Although wide success escaped the quartet, their videos managed to receive some limited airplay on MTV's alternative program, 120 Minutes. It was on this very program that renowned producers Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, and Steve Marker happened to catch an airing of Angelfish's video for "Suffocate Me." Still needing someone to front the group they were forming, and intrigued by Manson's unmistakable presence, a phone call was soon placed to Manson. During a break on Angelfish's North American tour, Manson took a brief detour to Vig's studio in Madison, WI, to record some tracks with the trio. The success of this tentative partnership soon blossomed into what would become Garbage, and Angelfish was effectively dissolved.
Kimberly Trash it
Angelfish
Dogs In A Cage I feel your bones and you feel so sinful Feel your hands and you feel so simple Feel your legs and your hands and your hips and Feel your thighs and your back is twisting I feel your heart and your lips are burning Feel your skin and your eyes are closing Feel your mind as it struggles forward Feel you fall, feel you so awkward When they all lie Will you remember me When it all dies You will remember me I feel your bones and you feel so sinful Feel your hands and you feel so simple Feel your legs and your hands and your hips and Feel your thighs and your neck is twisting When they all lie Will you remember me When it all dies You will remember me I'm hungry, feed me I'm hungry, feed me I'm hungry, feed me I'm hungry, feed me Feed me Feed me Feed me Feed me Suffocate Me Suffocate me With kisses, baby Suffocate me With burning love Suffocate me Put your chains around me Suffocate me I'm a thirsty dog Suffocate me With conversation Suffocate me With unsaid words Suffocate me With indecision Suffocate me With who comes first I love you You're so religious I get a thrill When the curtain calls I feel like a roman candle Do your stuff while the empire falls Falls Suffocate me I love you I love you I love you I love you You know I do Suffocate me Suffocate me Suffocate me Suffocate me (kisses baby) Suffocate me (burning love) Suffocate me (kisses baby) Suffocate me (burning love) Suffocate me (kisses baby) Suffocate me (burning love) Suffocate me (kisses baby) Suffocate me (burning love) Suffocate me You Can Love Her You can't stop her walking in the rain But you might want to see her face someday And you can't keep her from her little world But you might want her someday for your girl Keep your head and stop it spinning round Keep your eyes wide open and you'll see her Alone at night you count the stars above Alone at night you're praying for her love You can love her You can love her You can love her You can love her You can't take her everywhere she goes ‘Cause the world's too complicated and you know that You can't help the things she's learned in school Like how she walks and who she knows 'cause it's too late And you can't stop the tears she's saved for years But you can hold her, you can make her understand Just last night you saw her as an angel Just last night she saw you as a man You can love her You can love her You can love her You can love her When I walked alone last night I thought a lot about this story I remember hearing you say "She's the one, yeah She's the only one for me" "For me, for me, for me..." King Of The World I wish I was king of the world I'd give you everything, diamonds and pearls Yeah, I'd give you all that I had Yeah, I'd give you all I had Yeah, when I'm king of the world Yeah, when I'm king of the world What I was still drags me down Those dreadful days and nights still haunt me now Less said about the way we were More the chance I could be your shelter Yeah, when I'm king of the world Yeah, when I'm king of the world Yeah, when I'm king of the world Yeah, there'll be no more pain No sorrow when I'm king of the world No sorrow when I'm king of the world No sorrow, no sorrow No sorrow, no sorrow No sorrow, no sorrow When I'm king of the world When I'm king of the world When I'm king of the world Sleep With Me When you walked in the room And you smiled that smile I was doomed It hit me so hard Some things are dead and buried Some things are dead and gone But you You stay with me Just carry on Sleep with me Some things are dead and buried Some things just carry on Like you I walked out on you I thought you were wrong But I changed my mind Now I feel so bad Some things are dead and buried Some things are dead and gone But you Stay with me You'll never leave Carry on How long How long Can you carry on Stay with me Sleep with me Dream of me Sleep with me Heartbreak To Hate You opened doors And reached for love They close again Did you get enough How long did we take From heartbreak to hate From heartbreak to hate You opened up expecting a fairy tale That's a bad idea I stumbled in a mumbling wreck With nothing clear Four sheets to the wind They were after my skin They were sniping for me I was dead unlucky How long did we take From heartbreak to hate From heartbreak to hate Heartbreak to hate Heartbreak to hate How long Before I make sense of this How long Before I forget your kiss How long did we take From heartbreak to hate From heartbreak to hate Operator The lines are dead Ringmaster The lions are fed Your Honor You know I was framed Surrounded in this stupid game But you wanted love You held on hard Couldn't give it up Now baby stands alone tonight Baby grasps for the love he might Rejected, dejected Let down on everything he expected How long did you take From heartbreak to hate From heartbreak to hate Heartbreak to hate How long from heartbreak to hate Heartbreak to hate Neither way And either way Either way And neither way Do we get away The Sun Won't Shine You were mine Pretty flowers in the gardens of town Change or the sun won't shine Change or the rain comes down You were mine But now it's the end of the in-between Gone are the days When the ammunition was clean Change or the sun won't shine Outside Stories of misdemeanours grow Seeing the blade in the rays Running for cover they go to late How they come and how they fall Baby cradle and all Baby cradle and all Close the door Though it seems like we only kissed hello It looks like it's time to go It looks like it's time to go In the light Somehow the craziness dissolves Change or the sun won't shine Change or we end it all Change or the sun won't shine Change or the sun won't Change or the sun won't shine Change or the sun won't Change or the sun won't shine Change or the sun won't Change or the sun won't shine Change or the sun won't Change or the sun won't shine Change or the sun won't Mummy Can't Drive Mummy can't drive There's too much inside Come with me darling She said, come with me darling Mummy can't drive Mummy can't drive Mummy can't drive She's been out all night She can't see the stars See the light See the street See the sky See anything Granny’s crying Grandpa's crying Granny’s crying Mummy can't drive (let me go, let me go) Mummy can't drive (let me go, let me go) Mummy can't drive She's been out all night No, no, no, no, no No, no, no, no She can't drive Hey, stamp the sunshine out Hey, stamp the sunshine out "Hey, little boy," the sun cries out Granny’s crying (come with me darling) Grandpa's crying (come with me darling) Granny’s crying (come with me darling) Grandpa's crying (come with me darling) Because mummy can't drive (let me go, let me go) Mummy can't drive (let me go, let me go) Mummy can't drive (let me go, let me go) Mummy can't drive (let me go, let me go) We've got to get out to survive (get out to survive) We've got to get out to survive (get out to survive) You know mummy can't drive (mummy can't drive) Mummy can't drive (mummy can't drive) She's got a pistol on the side (she's got a pistol on the side) You know mummy can't drive (you know mummy can't drive) Mummy can't drive Mummy can't drive Mummy can't drive Mummy can't drive Tomorrow Forever Tomorrow I go forever Tomorrow I go forever I can't fake it You can't make me stay I'm on my way Tomorrow I go forever Tomorrow I go forever I can't fake it You can't make me stay I'm on my way We can have this dance And then we go home And all your fading girlfriends Can wait for another dawn We can have this dance And then we go home And all your fading girlfriends Can wait for another dawn Tomorrow I go forever Tomorrow I go forever I can't fake it You can't make me stay I'm on my way We can have this dance And then we go home (and then we go home) And all your fading girlfriends Can wait for another dawn We can have this dance (we can have this dance) And then we go home (and then we go home) And all your fading girlfriends Can wait for another dawn And all your drooling lapdogs Can dig for another bone And all your fading girlfriends Can wait for another dawn The End Anyone Who's shaken dust Knows that it should fall back harmless It's over now Things have changed Everything is different And rearranged We never got the way that we should go Tears and heartache, nothing more I had to play the grownup in our game That wasn't fair, that was the worst thing And if I didn't say This is the end You would still be here now We wanted to be Out of our heads In all that we could do Daddy didn't buy you a diamond ring And mummy's still waiting for better things Baby's on his own now he's qualified Remember I was there on his down days You'll too good and you know that too If I can give, then I will do Mummy's gonna buy you a brand new life Mummy's gonna buy you a brand new life And if I didn't say This is the end You would still be here now We wanted to be Out of our heads In all that we could do Born leaders No, no, we are not Born leaders No, no, never grow up Born leaders, no My hands be still Should my eyes be bright And if I didn't say This is the end You would still be here now We wanted to be Out of our heads That's all that we could do And if I didn't say This is the end You would still be here now We wanted to be Out of our heads
Non Album Tracks
Kimberly ( Patti Smith ) The wall is high The black barn The babe in my arms In this swaddling clothes And under the sun And the sky will split And the planets will shift Balls of jade will drop And existence will stop Little sister, the sky is falling I don't mind, I don't mind Little sister, the fates are calling on you Here I stand again This electric whirlwind The sea rushes up my legs like a flame And I feel like some misplaced Joan of Arc And the cause is you looking up at me Oh baby I remember when you were born It was dawn and the storm settled in my belly And I rolled in the grass And they spit out the gas And they lit a match And the whole thing went flash And the sky split And the planets hit And balls of jade dropped And existence stopped Stop, stop, stop Little sister, the sky is falling I don't mind, I don't mind Little sister, the fates are calling on you Ah I was young and crazy So crazy I knew I could break through with you So with one hand I rocked you And with one heart I reached for you Ah I knew your youth was for the taking Fire on a mental plane The palm trees fall into the sea It doesn't matter much to me As long as you're safe there with me And I can gaze deep Into your starry eyes, baby Into your deep blue eyes, baby Deep, deep in your eyes, baby Into the deep of your eyes, baby Into your starry eyes, baby Trash It Bang bang trash it Superman Bang bang trash it You're in the frying pan We are so happy, happy to be here We are so happy, happy to be here Bang bang trash it That's all she said Bang bang trash it Get out of bed I won't have it Suicide The do bad beast is on for the ride Out of the frying pan and into the fire Out of the darkness into the light Bang bang trash it Till your face is gone Bang bang trash it Will you linger on She's getting out of it Bang bang bang bang Getting out of it Bang bang bang bang Getting out of it Bang bang bang bang Getting out of it Bang bang bang bang We are so happy, happy to be here We are so happy, happy to be here Bang bang trash it That's all she said Bang bang trash it Get out of bed Out of the frying pan and into the fire Out of the darkness, into the light Bang bang trash it Bang bang trash it Bang bang trash it, oh Bang bang trash it, oh Bang bang trash it Bang bang trash it