Collections Interview
Name: James Lee
Forum Username: loitering
Location: UK
Age: 20
When and how did you get into Garbage?
Special was the song that got me into garbage. I remember taping it off the radio. Then asking my mum to get me version 2.0 for my 14 th birthday.
When did you start collecting?
I don't know if there was a certain date, but I guess half way through 1999
Do you or did you have any aims when you started out collecting?
To hear every track garbage has released. I'm sure there are still some remixes I've not heard.
How big is your collection?
Only counting tapes, CD's and vinyls, probably around 120 items. There is other stuff like posters and condoms and such like that I wouldn't class in that.
What is your favourite Garbage item in your collection?
Signed version 2.0 lithograph; only because I won it in a completion describing a pair of orange and pink trousers! Also it looks great all framed on my wall!
How much do you think you have spent on your collection?
Over £2000
What’s the most you have spent on a Garbage item?
In print, £120
What’s the most you would ever spend on a Garbage item and what is it?
I know I'm going to have to pay a lot for trash 01, I guess no more than £200, but not right now!
Does your Garbage collecting Obsession stretch to seeing the band live in concert?
Eg: Do you follow the band from Show to Show for a period during a tour?
I would follow them if I could afford it and had someone to go with. In actuality I've only seen them 4 times, 3 more in June though!
Will you ever sell your Garbage collection? If you were asked this same question in 5 years time what would your answer be?
Never! Never in 5 years or 50 years! I’ll be buried with it! In my crate of a coffin!