BRYAN DAVID VIG OR BUTCH VIG AS HE IS KNOWN, WAS BORN ON THIS DATE IN 1955 IN WISCONSIN NEAR MADISON AND SPENT MUCH OF HIS MUSICAL CAREER IN THE AREA, EVENTUALLY SETTING UP A RECORDING STUDIO, SMART STUDIOS IN MADISON IN THE 80’S. AS A MUSICIAN, BUTCH VIG SAT BEHIND THE DRUM KIT FOR NUMEROUS BANDS, INCLUDING THE MADISON BASED AND SHIRLEY MANSON FRONTED GARBAGE THAT HE CO FOUNDED IN 1993, BUT THAT WAS AFTER HE GAINED NOTORIETY AS A BAD ASS PRODUCER FOR RIVAL 90’S BANDS NIRVANA AND SMASHING PUMPKINS…VIG WENT ON TO PRODUCE FOR SONIC YOUTH, L7, SOUL ASYLUM, JIMMY EAT WORLD, GREEN DAY, AND THE FOO FIGHTERS…TO SAY THAT BUTCH VIG HELPED SHAPE MODERN ROCK IS A WILD UNDERSTATEMENT! HAPPY 69TH BIRTHDAY BUTCH VIG!