Bush
Biography
Led by guitarist/vocalist Gavin Rossdale, Bush became the first post-Nirvana British band to hit it big in America. Of course, they became a hit by playing by the grunge rules -- they had loud guitars, guttural vocals, stop-start rhythms, and extreme dynamics. Formed in late 1992 by Rossdale, Bush landed an American record deal before they had a British label. Sixteen Stone, their debut album produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley (producers of early-'80s hits by Madness and Elvis Costello, among others), was released in late 1994 by Interscope Records. By the end of December, Bush's "Everything Zen" video had landed in MTV's Buzz Bin and the album began to take off; by spring of 1995, the record had gone gold, despite a stack of bad reviews. By that time, the band was successful enough in the U.S. to land a British record deal, although they weren't able to match their American success in the U.K.
Over the course of 1995, Sixteen Stone became a major hit in the U.S., with "Little Things" reaching number four on the modern rock charts in the spring; later that year "Comedown" and "Glycerine" both reached number one on the modern rock charts, as well as crossing over into the pop Top 40.
Selected Discography
Zen X Four
2005
Golden State
2001
The Science Of Things
1999
Deconstructed
1997
Razorblade Suitcase
1996
Sixteen Stone
1994
@ok try to explain: Seriously? You think Nirvana's drummer was the only reason the band had a fan base. I think the majority of the bands fans would agree that Kurt Cobains lyrics and vocals were the bands strongest point. The band as a whole was great. Compare nirvana's album sales to bush and you will see who has more fans.
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It's sad that Rossdale's follow-up project "Institute" wasn't nearly as good as Bush.
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woah...am i the only one who thinks this sounds eerily (did i spell that right?) similar to nirvana? creepy... i actually thought that this was some b-side nirvana thing i hadnt heard yet.
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GLYCERINE acustic.. wow they should have done this years ago.. what a great tune.. 2 thumbs WAY up great holiday fun....
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Ummmmm trying to sound like Nirvana??? I think post-Nirvana (meaning after) sums that up. U don't really sound like bands I think the word your look for is GENRE, and that genre was called grunge. So by that do u say that any grunge band sounds like Nirvana even if they were pre-Nirvana? I think not. Oh without the amazing drummer in Mr. Dave Ghrol I personally would not even listen to Nirvana. Courtney Love did Kurt a favor cause they would have no huge fan base if he was still alive. BUSH ROKS
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Bush is one of my favorites. So what if their music sounds like Nirvana's music! Nirvana is awesome, and so is Bush!!
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Nostalgia hath taken over my love for this band, regardless of how much they were just trying to sound exactly like Nirvana!!! I'd take Bush over ANY band that is currently touring in this s**tty year of 2009, and that's a f**kin FACT!
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you suck!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 1
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that is true stalker but '90's music owes its existence to '80's music and '80's music owes its existence to '70's music and so on you build off of what you know and slowly music evolves but mostly its the same thing just with a different touch to it!
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Come on...Razorbl a d e Suitcase and Sixteen Stone are grunge essentials.
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i'm with you stalker, 90s were ok. exciting new things were happening everywhere. what is on the radio now? crap like nickelback, seether, and buckcherry!
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The 90's sucked? C'mon, there were a ton of great movies music and books that came out in the 90's. This new millenium is worse- Talledega Nights was worse then Dumb and Dumber and I HATE Dumb and Dumber. A lot of the "bands" out today owe their existence and inspiration to 90's bands.
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Like Verbal said. Grunge was a revolution in music as well as a newly discovered genre. Bands like Nirvana hit it really hard and pushed to popularize the style (like it or not) and groups like Bush sprang directly out of that (or into it) and showed the 90's that rock still had something to offer the world. Music now sucks.
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I disagree with you kruse, the '90s were the next revolution in rock music, and it was great. I wasn't a huge fan of grunge, but other than that, thumbs up.
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I agree that bush is the s**t. but daphne come on, the 90s sucked. music, movies, books, everything.. the 90's were horrible.
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Bush is one of those bands that will never die I will always love there music.
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Gavin is smoking hot ♥
Saw him with Lifehouse at the fair last year and he still rocks. |
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jhudson530 hit the nail on the head. take a peak at what mister hudson wrote my friends.
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....and oh, saw them live 3 times in the 90's, they rocked every time. ....not a wigger for miles! I love it.
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These guys f**king rock man! no wigger bullshit here, that's for sure. Wiggers Suck!
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I feel in love with them when I saw the movie An American Warwolf in Paris. I have been hooked ever since
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Sixteen Stone is one of the best rock albums ever written in the last 20 years.
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Don't waste your money people, Sixteen Stone and Golden State are the only ones worth a damn enough to have in any collection.. . . b r i n g s you back to the good old days.
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I went to see Primus in '95 with Bush and No doubt. It was then that I realized that these guys are terrible live and Primus is amazing. I was out getting drunker during No Doubt, so no comment on them live, but I bet she was wearing plaid at the time...
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1994:Sixteen Stone, Gavin was a man's man. 1996: Razorblade suitcase showed us that lead singers are important to any hard rocking band and Mr. Rossdale still has a pair. 1997:Deconst r u c t e d , were you high Gavin? 1999: Ok, every band has a bad album. 2001: Golden State, effects of "Love" begin to filter into music. 2005: ZenX4 single is being played on "The Mountain, KOST FM and in dental offices; Gavin's gone gay.
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People, they have like 5 good songs. Why even waste words writing about them? They're an okay band, and Rossdale's new solo record blows. So who really cares?
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