This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake

This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake
Hardcover edition
AuthorGarbage and Jason Cohen
Cover artistRyan Corey
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir
PublisherAkashic Books
Publication date
June 16, 2017 (limited edition)
July 4, 2017 (standard edition)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages208
ISBN978-1-61775-550-7

This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake is a 2017 autobiography by American alternative rock band Garbage with journalist and former Rolling Stone contributor Jason Cohen over a two-year period which coincided with the band's twentieth anniversary.[1] The title comes from the lyric of their 1998 single "Push It".[2]

The first edition, published by Akashic Books, is a large-format coffee table book is bound with an embossed cloth hardcover and finished with a dust jacket. The edges of the text pages, printed on matte art paper, are finished in pink.[3] The book includes original pieces from all four members of Garbage: Shirley Manson, Butch Vig, Duke Erikson and Steve Marker, and incorporates previously unpublished photographs and personal snapshots.

"We were starting to forget what we wanted to remember," Manson said of the impetus to put the book together. "Twenty-two years is a long time to keep track of the magic and the madness."[1] This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake is available to pre-order in several formats. The limited edition bundle includes a hardcover copy of the book, a custom collectable box and a 12-inch vinyl extended play featuring six previously unreleased live recordings - one each from the band's six albums.[1] The first 1,000 units were signed by the band.[4]

The release of This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake was augmented with a new single release, "No Horses", and the band co-headlining a tour with Blondie.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Blistein, John (2016-02-21). "Garbage Detail Autobiographical Coffee Table Book". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  2. ^ Gacca, Anna (2016-10-12). "Garbage Are Writing a Coffee Table Book". Spin. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  3. ^ "This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake – limited edition preorder w/exclusive 12" vinyl". 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  4. ^ "This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake". 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  5. ^ Baltin, Steve (2017-07-06). "Garbage Talk Tour With Blondie, Shirley Manson-Debbie Harry 'American Gods' Collaboration". Variety. Retrieved 2017-07-07.