GARBAGE - MANSON CAME CLOSE TO QUITTING GARBAGE

GARBAGE singer SHIRLEY MANSON nearly quit the music industry after suffering a double blow - her voice ceased to work and she forgot how to write songs.

The sexy STUPID GIRL star spiralled into a state of despair when doctors informed her she would need an operation to fix her ravaged vocal chords, and her mood was worsened when writer's block set in as she started work on the band's latest album, BLEED LIKE ME - their first since 2001's BEAUTIFUL GARBAGE.

She says, "The very fact I'm still an insecure mess is probably the reason I'm still in a band. I literally had writer's block for a year-and-a-half on this record.

"I had vocal surgery too, so my voice wasn't working properly, I couldn't write and I was really distressed about my relationship with the band. It was a f**king nightmare. I did think about jacking it all in about a million times but what else am I going to do?"