"We felt like we were playing with our hands tied behind our backs. That will drive a person insane, and it did": Shirley Manson reveals how being pitched against No Doubt almost destroyed Garbage

Shirley Manson and Gwen Stefani.

Shirley Manson has revealed how a record label's decision to prioritise No Doubt over Garbage almost destroyed her band.

In a new interview with NME, promoting a reissue of Garbage's 2005 album Bleed Like Me, Manson reveals that a corporate takeover led to her band becoming labelmates with No Doubt on Interscope Records at the beginning of the millennium, which led to boardroom discussions on which act should be prioritised for 'investment'. The consequences of these discussions, says Manson, almost destroyed Garbage.