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'Bush' was a post-grunge band from England, formed in 1992. Their debut album was the self-released ''Sixteen Stone'' in 1994 (see 1994 in music).
| Contents |
| Information |
| History |
| Success, ''Sixteen Stone'' |
| ''Razorblade Suitcase'' |
| ''The Science of Things'' |
| Members |
| Discography |
| Albums |
| Singles |
| Music videos |
| Equipment |
| In Pop Culture |
| External links |
| References |
Information
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.
Bush rose to fame in the mid-90s after the grunge explosion. Riding a string of hits from ''Sixteen Stone'' and the death of grunge's flagship band Nirvana, they quickly became superstars.
History
Success, ''Sixteen Stone''
The timing was right for Bush. Grunge music did not at the time have a band whose sales were as big as pop artists, also all the first wave grunge bands came out of America, leaving music fans East of the Atlantic only seeing their favorite bands when they released an album. When Bush came out with ''Sixteen Stone'', the UK had a grunge band to love, and soon America caught on with hit songs in the UK like "Machine Head," "Glycerine," "Everything Zen," and "Comedown," which caught the band attention in the States. Due to an appearance on ''Saturday Night Live'', and heavy MTV rotation ''Sixteen Stone'' eventually went 6X platinum.
In 1995 Bush did some serious touring. They released two more albums throughout the late 1990s to limited critical and commercial success.
''Razorblade Suitcase''
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,'' because the team they hired for artwork and the producer Steve Albini were involved in ''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 never became huge in America. In 1997, when ''Razorblade Suitcase'' did not generate any more smash hits, Bush released the remix album ''Deconstructed,'' which charted in the top 40.
''The Science of Things''
In 1999, Bush released the album ''The Science of Things.'' The album was Bush's first studio album to not reach the top 10 in America (it hit number 11). Its sales have been meager compared to its predeccessors--''Sixteen Stone'' outsold it 6:1 and ''Razorblade Suitcase'' outsold it 3:1--but it did have the hits "The Chemicals Between Us," which reached the top of the modern rock tracks chart for several weeks, and "Letting the Cables Sleep," which has seen some airplay since the album's release.
Members
★ Gavin Rossdale – vocals, guitar
★ 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.
Discography
Albums
| Date of release | Title | Label | US Billboard peak | US sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 6, 1994 | ''Sixteen Stone'' | Trauma Records | #4 | 6 million |
| November 19, 1996 | ''Razorblade Suitcase'' | Trauma Records | '#1' | 3 million |
| November 11, 1997 | ''Deconstructed'' | Trauma Records | #36 | 1 million |
| October 26, 1999 | ''The Science of Things'' | Trauma Records | #11 | 2 million |
| October 23, 2001 | ''Golden State'' | Atlantic Records | #22 | 380,000 |
| June 14, 2005 | '' | SPV Records | - | N/A |
| November 1, 2005 | ''Zen X Four'' | Kirtland Records | - | N/A |
Singles
Music videos
★ "Everything Zen"
★ "Little Things"
★ "Comedown"
★ "Glycerine"
★ "Machinehead"
★ "Swallowed"
★ "Greedy Fly"
★ "Mouth"
★ "Bonedriven"
★ "Cold Contagious"
★ "Personal Holloway"
★ "The Chemicals Between Us"
★ "War Machine"
★ "Letting The Cables Sleep"
★ "The People That We Love"
★ "Inflatable"
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.
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.
★ "The People That We Love" from the album ''Golden State'' was included in '' 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", also from the album ''Golden State'', was used in the 6th season ''ER'' episode 'Such sweet sorrow', marking the final appearances of George Clooney and Julianna Margulies.
★ "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.
★ "Glycerine" is featured on the compilation album ''Buzz Ballads'', a collection of mainly 90's songs fitting the category of Buzz.
External links
★ Kirtland Records' ''Zen X Four'' website and eCard
★ All Music Guide entry for Bush
★ Gavin Rossdale's new band Institute
References
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