Bush (band)
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| Bush | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Also known as | BushX and tiger4life | |
| Origin |  London, England |
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| Genre(s) | Grunge Post-grunge |
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| Years active | 1992–2002 | |
| Label(s) | Kirtland, SPV, Atlantic, Trauma, Interscope | |
| Website | http://www.bush-music.com/ | |
| Former members | ||
| Gavin Rossdale Nigel Pulsford Dave Parsons Robin Goodridge Chris Traynor Sacha Puttnam |
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Bush were a post-grunge band from England, formed in 1992. Their debut album was the self-released Sixteen Stone (1994).
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[edit] History
The name Bush came about because they used to live in Shepherd's Bush, London. In Canada, they were once known as BushX, because the 1970s band Bush, led by Domenic Troiano, owned the Canadian rights to the name. In April 1997, it was announced that Troiano had agreed to let them use the name Bush in Canada without the letter X, in exchange for donating $20,000 each to the Starlight Children's Foundation and the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund.
Frustrated by the disappointing sales of their fifth album, Golden State (2001), and the lack of support the band was receiving from Atlantic, the band decided to split up. Band members went to work on various other musical projects, most notably Gavin Rossdale, who formed a new band, Institute. In recent interviews, Rossdale said he hasn't ruled out the possibility of Bush getting back together, but says the band is "on ice" at the moment.
In 2005, Bush released The Best of: 1994-1999, a greatest hits compilation, and Zen X Four, a CD and DVD which features the band's music videos. Zen X Four was released on Kirtland Records and has its own website.
The band's back catalogue was acquired by Kirtland Records following a lucrative deal between the president of Kirtland (former Deep Blue Something bandmember) and the president of Trauma Records. The deal included the rights to Bush's entire discography, as well as the rights to No Doubt's Tragic Kingdom.
[edit] Members
- Gavin Rossdale – Vocals, guitar, lyrics
- Dave Parsons – Bass (former member of second generation punk band The Partisans, as well as Transvision Vamp)
- Robin Goodridge – Drums, percussion
- Sacha Putnam – Keyboards (left band)
- Chris Traynor – Lead guitar on Golden State Tour
- Nigel Pulsford – Lead guitar, string arrangements (left the band to spend more time with his family in 2002)
Rossdale is lead singer of Institute and Goodridge is drummer with UK rock band Elyss.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Album cover | Date of release | Title | Label | US Billboard peak | US sales |
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December 6, 1994 | Sixteen Stone | Trauma Records | #4 | 6 million |
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November 19, 1996 | Razorblade Suitcase | Trauma Records | #1 | 3 million |
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November 11, 1997 | Deconstructed | Trauma Records | #36 | 1 million |
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October 26, 1999 | The Science of Things | Trauma Records | #11 | 3 million |
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October 23, 2001 | Golden State | Atlantic Records | #22 | 380,000 |
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June 14, 2005 | The Best of: 1994-1999 | SPV Records | - | N/A |
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November 1, 2005 | Zen X Four | Kirtland Records | - | N/A |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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US Mainstream Rock |
UK Singles Chart |
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| 1994/1995 | "Everything Zen" | #2 | #5 | #99 | Sixteen Stone |
| 1995 | "Little Things" | #4 | #6 | #27 | Sixteen Stone |
| 1995 | "Comedown" | #1 (2 weeks) [1] | #2(1 week) | #19 | Sixteen Stone |
| 1995 | "Glycerine" | #1 (2 weeks) [2] | #4 | Sixteen Stone | |
| 1996 | "Machinehead" | #4 | #4 | #48 | Sixteen Stone |
| 1996 | "Swallowed" | #1 (7 weeks) [3] | #2(2 weeks) | #7 | Razorblade Suitcase |
| 1997 | "Greedy Fly" | #3 | #5 | #22 | Razorblade Suitcase |
| 1997 | "Bonedriven" | #49 | Razorblade Suitcase | ||
| 1997 | "Mouth (The Stingray Mix)" | #5 | #28 | - | Deconstructed |
| 1997 | "Cold Contagious" | #23 | #18 | Razorblade Suitcase | |
| 1999 | "The Chemicals Between Us" | #1 (5 weeks) [4] | #3 | #46 | The Science of Things |
| 2000 | "Warm Machine" | #38 | #16 | #45 | The Science of Things |
| 2000 | "Letting The Cables Sleep" | #4 | #26 | #51 | The Science of Things |
| 2001 | "Headful of Ghosts" | #38 | #34 | - | Golden State |
| 2001 | "Land of the Living" | - | - | - | Golden State |
| 2001 | "Inflatable" | - | - | - | Golden State |
| 2001 | "The People That We Love" | #11 | #10 | #81 | Golden State |
[edit] Music videos
- "Everything Zen"
- "Little Things"
- "Comedown"
- "Glycerine"
- "Machinehead"
- "Swallowed"
- "Mouth"
- "Greedy Fly"
- "Personal Halloway"
- "Cold Contagious"
- "The Chemicals Between Us"
- "Warm Machine"
- "Letting Cables Sleep"
[edit] Equipment
Gavin Rossdale played a 1962 Fender Jazzmaster while with Bush and an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Overdrive pedal. Rossdale was also known to play a wide variety of Fender Stratocasters.
Robin Goodridge (drummer) was endorsed by DW drum company while playing with Bush.
Dave Parsons played Fender basses, Ernie Ball Basses and strings and Ampeg bass amps.
Rossdale and Pulsford both played Mesa Boogie amps.
[edit] Trivia
- "Machinehead" and "Comedown", both from the album Sixteen Stone, were included in the 1996 movie Fear, starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg.
- "The People That We Love" from the album Golden State was included in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 soundtracks.
- Apocalyptica has covered "Letting The Cables Sleep". The N.O.W. remix of the track also appeared on Cafe del Mar Volume 7.
- "Out of This World" from the album Golden State was used in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in the episode 'Dead Things'.
- "Glycerine" was used in Cold Case, in the episode 'Rampage'.
