ocr: Butch Vig was raised In Viroqua, Wisconsin, a small dairy farm town. The son of a doctor and a music teacher, he played piano at a very early age but claims Keith Moon changed his life. He met bass player Duke Erikson in college and they formed the band Spooner, which later evolved into Firetown, a group that had. a promising major label debut but broke up after a disappointing second album. Vig also opened Smart Studios with guitarist Steve Marker and started producing records for small punk/ hard-core bands like Killdozer, which led 1 to production work with more established bands like Sonic ...
