She had a cyst removed from her vocal chords during the Beautiful Garbage period.

Butch, Duke and Steve wore kilts to her wedding

Singer for the band Garbage

She is the author of the handwriting in Garbage's debut album.

She was in the theater group when she was in high school

She dropped out of high school at 16. Since then, she has been in bands such as Autumn 1904, Wild Indians, Goodbye Mr Mckenzie and Angelfish.

Is asthmatic.

Her husband is a sculptor.

She was the lead singer of Angelfish by the time she was discovered by Butch Vig and Steve Marker.

Went back to her long and red threads after having her hair cut and bleached in late 2001-early 2002

Ranked #47 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002)

Lead singer, lyricist, guitarist, and co-producer on Garbage's three albums - the 1995 debut release 'Garbage', 1998s follow up 'Version 2.0' and 2001s 'beautifulgarbage'. These albums have sold over 10 million copies to date.

Has two sisters

She had piano lessons as a child.

Her father was a biology teacher, her mother a singer.

She quit smoking after her husband's nephew died of cancer at age seven

Was a model for Calvin Klein

She had a radical look change in late 2001, cutting her long red hair and dying it blonde months later.

Her favorite singer is Frank Sinatra

In 2005, she revealed that she has the condition body dysmorphia, which may be the root of the depression which she has mentioned previously.

September 2005, her band 'Garbage' decide to take a hiatus.

She has an orange Fender Strocaster wich she named "Rita"

Enjoys boxing

Bono, Courtney Love, Gwen Stefani and Marilyn Manson are among her closest friends.

She gave so many troubles to her family when she was young that her mother lost her voice.

Her divorce from sculptor husband Eddie Farrell became final in 2005. They had been separated since 2003.