Awards & Winners

Butch Vig

Date of Birth 02-August-1955
Place of Birth Viroqua
(Vernon County, Wisconsin)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Vig, Butch, Brian Vigorson, Bryan David Vig, Bryan David Vigorson, Garbage
Profession Record producer, Musician, Songwriter, Drummer, Film Score Composer, Remixer
Bryan David "Butch" Vig is an American musician and record producer, best known internationally as the drummer of the Madison, Wisconsin-based alternative rock band Garbage and the producer of diamond-selling album Nevermind by Nirvana. A native of Wisconsin, Vig had been based in Madison for much of his career, from studying at the University of Wisconsin, to performing in local bands Spooner and Fire Town, and then to setting up his own recording studio, Smart Studios, in the town. After becoming well known as a producer, he returned to performing with Garbage, who sold 17 million records over a ten-year period. Vig returned to producing full-time once Garbage was put on hiatus. Now a resident of the Silverlake district of Los Angeles, Vig is married to his second wife, Beth Halper, a former DreamWorks A & R executive; they have a daughter, Bo Violet. In 2012 Butch Vig ranked number nine in NME's Top 50 Greatest Producers Ever.

Awards by Butch Vig

Check all the awards nominated and won by Butch Vig.

2013


Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
Honored for : Sound City: Real to Reel

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Sound City: Real to Reel

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Album of the Year Wasting Light
Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical Wasting Light

2009


Grammy Award for Best Rock Album
Honored for : 21st Century Breakdown
(Producers, Artist, Engineers/Mixers)