Vow

Released: July 1995
Shot: Los Angeles (USA), May 1995
Director: Samuel Bayer
Producer: Bruce Coleman
Production: Mars Media

Trivia:
It was set in a gold sheet draped room while the band played to Shirley Manson's up-front presence and a bald man writhed on the floor under strobe-lights.


Vow

Queer

Released: 6 August 1995
Shot: Los Angeles (USA), August 1995
Director: Stéphane Sednaoui
Producer: Stephanie Malkin
Production: Propaganda Films

Trivia:
The B&W clip features Shirley and the boys luring a young man into an old house before attacking him and shaving off his hair.

Appointments:
MTV Video Music Awards 1996: Best Breakthrough Video (nominated)


Queer

Only Happy When It Rains

Released: February 1996
Shot: Madison, Wisconsin (USA), January 1996
Director: Samuel Bayer
Producer: Steve Friedriksz
Production: Mars Media

Trivia:
- "Only Happy When It Rains" video was shot alongside the promo clip for follow up single "Stupid Girl."
- The director found an inspiration from the video of "Close (To the Edit)" by Art of Noise and the opening sequence from the movie Se7en.


Only Happy When It Rains

Stupid Girl

Released: May 1996
Shot: Madison, Wisconsin (USA), January 1996
Director: Samuel Bayer
Producer: Steve Friedriksz
Production: Mars Media

Trivia:
- The promo video for "Stupid Girl" was shot in Smart Studios in just four hours on a tiny budget.
- The band's record label, Almo Sounds, believed "Only Happy When It Rains" would be the more successful hit and wouldn't fork out. Bayer later took the film and cut it up, put it in his bath, and applied deliberate scratches and marks, then pasted it back together for the final result.
- "Stupid Girl" was remixed by Todd Terry and it was released a new music video slightly different than the original video.

Appointments:
MTV Video Music Awards 1996: Best New Artist (nominated)


Original Version

Stupid Girl

Todd Terry Remix

Stupid Girl (Todd Terry Remix)

Sleep

Released: 1996

Trivia:
- "Sleep" music video appears as a bonus video on Garbage Video VHS.
- It features only Shirley Manson and has some kind of effects like "Stupid Girl."


Sleep

Milk

Released: November 1996
Shot: London (UK) August 1996
Director: Stéphane Sednaoui
Producer: Line Postmyr
Production: Propaganda Films

Trivia:
- The promo clip for "Milk" features mainly Shirley with other members floating in and out of the shadows amongst a light display of white strobes and green spotlights.
- There were three versions of the video: the LP version was a fluid single cut, the version edited for "Siren Mix" was montage film and "Wicked Mix" the same as "Siren Mix" but also with vocals provided by Tricky.


Original Version

Milk

Siren Mix

Milk (Siren Mix)

Wicked Mix

Milk (Wicked Mix)