Ah, The Breeders! Definitely a connection in sound, though Garbage's musical roots are in grunge and My Bloody Valntine.

I missed The Breeders when it was new. Maybe because it was a time I thought "alternative" stands for "wants to differ from the mainstream but doesn't have the foggiest idea what to do instead", based mainly on the attitude and music of some Budapest student acts; though I believe part of it is that my hearing developed since...

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}