Bush (band)
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| Bush | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | BushX |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genre(s) | Post-grunge Grunge Alternative rock |
| Years active | 1992–2002 |
| Label(s) | Kirtland, SPV, Atlantic, Trauma, Interscope |
| Website | www.bush-music.com |
| Former members | |
| Gavin Rossdale Nigel Pulsford Dave Parsons Robin Goodridge Chris Traynor Sacha Puttnam | |
Bush were an Post-Grunge band from England, formed in 1992. Their debut album was the self-released Sixteen Stone in 1994 (see 1994 in music). They have sold well over 10,000,000 records in the United States.
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.
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[edit] History
[edit] Success with Sixteen Stone: 1994-1995
Due to an appearance on Saturday Night Live and heavy MTV rotation, Sixteen Stone was certified Gold by the spring of 1995 and eventually went 6X Platinum in the United States.
[edit] Razorblade Suitcase: 1996-1998
In late 1996 Bush released the first single "Swallowed" from their second album entitled Razorblade Suitcase, The song spent seven weeks on top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album hit number 1 in America and placed high in many European countries. Razorblade Suitcase did not match the commercial success of Sixteen Stone by 2:1, and many people now and then compare(d) the album to Nirvana's 1993 album In Utero, due to Steve Albini recording it (who also recorded In Utero). Some felt that Bush would soon decline in sales due to Britpop bands like Oasis, and Blur replacing grunge bands' place for popularity in the UK; however, Britpop music never became very big in America. In 1997, when Razorblade Suitcase stopped generating any more big hits, Bush released the remix album Deconstructed, which charted in the top 40.
[edit] The Science of Things: 1999
Released October 26, 1999, spawned two major singles in the form of "The Chemicals Between Us" and "Letting the Cables Sleep". Both had strong staying power on the modern rock circuits but wasn't received well by the critics.
[edit] Golden State and break-up: 2001-2002
In 2001, the band released what would be their final album Golden State. This was the band's first and only album with Atlantic Records. Several singles, including "Headful of Ghosts", "Land of the Living", "Inflatable", and "The People That We Love", were released, but none of them had any success in either the United States or the United Kingdom. This album was the band's least successful, selling only 380,000 copies in the US.
Due to lack of support from Atlantic Records and declining sales, Bush disbanded in 2002. In 2005, the band released a greatest hits album called The Best of: 1994-1999, and a few months later, a live album called Zen X Four.
Gavin Rossdale later became the lead singer of Institute and is now a solo artist. Robin Goodridge is now the drummer for the UK rock band Elyss.
[edit] Members
- Gavin Rossdale – lead vocals, guitar
- Dave Parsons – bass (formerly in the second generation punk band The Partisans, as well as Transvision Vamp)
- Robin Goodridge – drums, percussion
- Sacha Putnam – keyboards
- Chris Traynor – lead guitar during Golden State tour
- Nigel Pulsford – lead guitar, string arrangements (left the band to spend more time with his family in 2002)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Date of release | Title | Label | US Billboard peak | US Sales | UK Chart Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 6, 1994 | Sixteen Stone | Trauma Records | #4 | 6 million | N/A |
| November 19, 1996 | Razorblade Suitcase | Trauma Records | #1 | 3 million | #4 |
| November 11, 1997 | Deconstructed | Trauma Records | #36 | 1 million | N/A |
| October 26, 1999 | The Science of Things | Trauma Records | #11 | 2 million | #28 |
| October 23, 2001 | Golden State | Atlantic Records | #22 | 380,000 | N/A |
| December 13, 2004 | The Best of: 1994-1999 | SPV Records | - | N/A | N/A |
| November 1, 2005 | Zen X Four | Kirtland Records | - | N/A | N/A |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Modern Rock | US Mainstream Rock | US US Hot 100 | UK Singles Chart | |||
| 1994 | "Everything Zen" | #2 | #5 | #99 | - | Sixteen Stone |
| 1995 | "Little Things" | #4 | #6 | #27 | - | Sixteen Stone |
| 1995 | "Comedown" | #1 (2 weeks) | #2(1 week) | #19 | #30 | Sixteen Stone |
| 1995 | "Glycerine" | #1 (2 weeks) | #4 | - | #27 | Sixteen Stone |
| 1996 | "Machinehead" | #4 | #4 | #48 | #41 | Sixteen Stone |
| 1996 | "Swallowed" | #1 (7 weeks) | #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) | #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"
- "Greedy Fly"
- "Mouth"
- "Bonedriven"
- "Cold Contagious"
- "Personal Holloway"
- "The Chemicals Between Us"
- "Warm Machine"
- "Letting The Cables Sleep"
- "The People That We Love"
- "Inflatable"
[edit] Equipment
Gavin Rossdale played a various vintage Fender Jazzmasters. He also noodled around with Fender strats with Seymour Duncan hot rails installed. He used the Strats more for live play and left his Jazzmasters for recording. The main pedal he used for most of his music was a Bionix Expandora. He used Fender Twin amps along with Mesa Boogie Blue Angels.
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] In Pop Culture
- "Adrenaline" was used in the 2002 action movie xXx starring Vin Diesel
- "Machinehead" and "Comedown", both from the album Sixteen Stone, were included in the 1996 movie Fear, starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg.
- "Solutions" from the album "Golden State" was included in the soundtrack for the movie "Swimfan".
- "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'.
- "Letting the Cables Sleep", from the album The Science of Things, was used in the 6th season ER episode 'Such Sweet Sorrow', marking the final appearances of George Clooney and Julianna Margulies. It was also used in the episode Astral Monkey from Charmed
- "Glycerine" was used in Cold Case, in the episode 'Rampage'.
- "Mouth" was used in the 1997 film An American Werewolf in Paris.
- The song "The People That We Love" was originally titled "Speed Kills" and was quickly changed before the "Golden State" record was released due to the sensitivity of the September 11th attacks on the US in the month prior.
[edit] External links
- Kirtland Records' Zen X Four website and eCard
- All Music Guide entry for Bush
- Gavin Rossdale's new band Institute
- MTV biography of Bush
| Bush |
|---|
| Gavin Rossdale - Nigel Pulsford - Dave Parsons - Robin Goodridge -Chris Traynor - Sacha Puttnam |
| Discography |
| Albums: Sixteen Stone - Razorblade Suitcase - Deconstructed - The Science of Things - Golden State - The Best of: 1994-1999 - Zen X Four |
| Singles: "Everything Zen" - "Little Things" - "Comedown" - "Glycerine" - "Machinehead" - "Swallowed" - "Greedy Fly" - "The Chemicals Between Us" |
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