BRYAN DAVID VIG WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1955 IN VIROQUA, A SMALL TOWN IN EASTERN WISCONSIN. HIS DAD A DOCTOR AND HIS MOM A MUSIC INSTRUCTOR AND HE WAS GIVEN THE NICKNAME BUTCH AS A KID DUE TO THE SEVERE CREW CUT HIS FATHER GAVE HIME! BUTCH VIG STUDIED PIANO FOR SIX YEARS AS A CHILD BUT SWAPPED OUT THE PIANO FOR A DRUM KIT AFTER SEEING THE WHO PERFORM ON THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS VARIETY TV SHOW…AFTER HIGH SCHOOL VIG MOVED TO MADISON AND ENROLLED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MADISON TO STUDY FILM DIRECTION…BUT THAT DIRECTION DEFINITELY SHIFTED! IN THE HISTORY OF MODERN ROCK MUSIC, BUTCH VIG IS A NOTABLE GENIUS! A MUSICIAN, PRODUCER, SONGWRITER, AND FOUNDING MEMBER & DRUMMER FOR THE ROCKERS GARBAGE. VIG IS BEST KNOWN FOR PRODUCING THE ICONIC NIRVANA ALBUM NEVERMIND AS WELL AS PRODUCING SOME OTHER RIGHTEOUS 90’S ALT ROCK BANDS INCLUDING SMASHING PUMPKINS, L7, AND SONIC YOUTH. HE HAS BEEN RANKED AS THE 9TH GREATEST PRODUCER OF ALL TIME! HAPPY 69TH BIRTHDAY TO A MIDWESTERN GEM…TO CELEBRATE WE ROCK OUT TO THE 1995 DEBUT SINGLE FROM VIG’S BAND GARBAGE…ONLY HAPPY WHEN IT RAINS, IT’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X IN THE FIVE O CLOCK FREAK OUT SPONSORED BY SIREN TATTOO STUDIOS!!!
