Everything new in the music business at the time would take time to develop. White Zombie was no exception. Case in point, I remember it took months and months of touring to get the interest from the music public at large. Geffen Records released" “LA Sexorcisto” in 1992 and the band toured behind it for over 24 months. The label stuck with them and radio finally came around. I had met the band a couple of times, however on this occasion they were set to headline the Warfield theater SF. I was back stage when one of the doormen stopped in and said that there was someone at the Backstage door looking for Sean Yseult. She said to everyone WTF. It turns out it was an old friend who had a gift for her. She said send them in, the bouncer got it mixed up and thought she meant to send the gift in, and make her friend go through the front doors. She was mad, however the gift arrived in a wooden slip case box. Sean took a moment and slipped the box top open and to everyone’s surprise was a perfectly preserved, acid dipped and cleaned Blue Jay. She was transfixed, saying that she will add this to her collection. She was asking us if we knew how awesome a gift this was, and that Birds have something like 300 bones. The acid cleaned bones is a taxidermist procedure that you really have to see to believe. Indeed an amazing gift.

I got to know Shirley while working with Radio Active Records on her Angelfish album. We had some success with the track “Suffocate me”. The Album was produced by Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads. The band came into San Francisco during a tour for their self titled debut Album. I took Shirley round to a few record stores for an impromptu greet and meet and luncheon with some managers. The following year Shirley ditched Angelfish and would front the band Garbage; which was a Butch Vig incarnation. The first Garbage album was done mostly in the studio with Butch playing all the instruments. The Band Garbage recorded a hit with “Stupid Girl” and were a darling at early commercial alternative radio. They decided to hit the road and brought along bassist Danny Shulman from some early Run DMC sessions. The band scheduled mostly Radio Winter Festivals and a handful of club dates. In San Francisco Shirley contacted me and made sure I was going to be at Slims for an intimate club date. She said “Bring all those people I met last time, so they can see my new band” To say the least the band nailed it! Shirley hung around and signed autographs for anyone who wanted one (she was a trooper) Both Butch and Shirley told me later that night Backstage, that they were not sure how the music was going to translate since they were using samples and Midi controllers. After much discussion we convinced them that they sounded amazing and not to worry. Shirley’s stage presence alone was intoxicating. The next day they performed for Live 105’s almost Christmas, and KOME ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas to much larger crowds but unfortunately only a 5 or 6 song set!