“Only Happy When It Rains has a solo and lot of that is backward guitar. We had to figure out how to play it –and flipped the two-inch tape reels over. I struggle playing that every night!” Garbage’s Duke Erikson and Steve Marker don't like to look back

Steve Marker and Duke Erikson of Garbage.

When asked to describe the dueling guitar swells inherent in Garbage’s music, Steve Marker replies: “There isn’t any one answer to that question. It’s just trial and error.”

Marker’s bandmate Duke Erikson agrees. “We often try to avoid focusing on guitar as the main tool,” he explains. “Sometimes we play the guitar with a synthesizer at the same time, just to give it extra dimension.”