Bush (band)

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Bush
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Bush (2011)
Bush (2011)
General information
Genre (s) Grunge , alternative rock
founding 1991, 2010
resolution 2005
Website www.bushofficial.com
Founding members
Gavin Rossdale
Nigel Pulsford (until 2002)
Robin Goodridge
Dave Parsons
Current occupation
singing
 Gavin Rossdale
guitar
 Chris Traynor (from 2002)
Drums
 Robin Goodridge
bass
 Corey Britz

Bush is a British rock band .

Career

Bush was created in London in 1991 and named itself after the place of its first appearance ( Shepherd's Bush ) . She celebrated her first release with a self-released LP called Sixteen Stone , which was released in the spring of 1994.

Stylistically, they are often classified as grunge because many critics heard similarities with the band Nirvana on their first album, Sixteen Stone . However, this has not been true since their third album, The Science of Things at the latest , as typical grunge elements are missing here, such as B. the straightforward song management. The band can best be classified as “general alternative rock ” (as opposed to classic rock ). In 2004 Rossdale announced a solo project. Together with the previous separation from guitarist Nigel Pulsford (who was replaced by Chris Traynor ( Helmet (band) ) during appearances , this heralded the temporary end of Bush. Rossdale's solo project, Institute , became his new band (at least he claims it's more than a project). The album Distort Yourself , produced by Page Hamilton (Helmet), has been available for purchase since 2005. In 2008, Gavin Rossdale released his first solo album Wanderlust . It reached number 64 in Germany as the highest chart position.

Gavin Rossdale officially announced on December 12, 2008 at the Clarendon Ballroom in Arlington, Virginia that Bush would make a comeback in 2009 . On June 21, 2010 it was announced that the band will finally reform and play their first concert in over eight years at the Epicenter Music Festival (September 25-26, 2010) in California. In summer 2011 they announced the founding of their own label called Zuma Rock Records . On September 13th a new album was released there called The Sea of ​​Memories . The two founding members Nigel Pulsford and Dave Parsons did not return to the band, which meant that only half of the original line-up was involved in the reunion.

Three years later, the band tried to finance a sixth album through a crowdfunding campaign . They also sold band devotional items such as instruments and handwritten lyrics. Bush first worked with Sony Music on the release of Man on the Run , which appeared on October 17, 2014 .

Discography

1994: Sixteen Stone

The debut album by the Londoners received increased attention thanks to heavy rotation of the singles Everything Zen and Little Things on US college rock channels such as KROQ and marks the early breakthrough in the US market, where Bush received more attention than in Europe by the end of her career. The breakthrough in Europe came mainly with the single Glycerine .

1996: Razorblade Suitcase

The album produced by Steve Albini was a stylistic turnaround. While there were still some good-mood hits on the previous album, there is an almost depressive mood here due to the more introverted songwriting, the slowed pace and the increased acoustic content. The most famous songs are the singles Swallowed and Greedy Fly . Highly acclaimed videos were published for both.

1997: Deconstructed

This is a remix record in which Goldie and Tricky were involved, among others .

1999: The Science of Things

The third regular album is characterized by an increased amount of electronic gadgets, but these never come to the fore. Among the guest musicians is Rossdale's future wife Gwen Stefani (at that time still known as the front woman of the band No Doubt ). With the singles The Chemicals Between Us , Letting The Cables Sleep and Warm Machine Bush reached a wide audience again.

2001: Golden State

Golden State turned out to be a commercial flop. Stylistically far less willing to experiment (despite Dave Sardy production), it also disappointed many long-time fans of the band. The album's biggest (and only) hit was originally supposed to be released under the title Speed ​​Kills . Due to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 , it was renamed The People That We Love . The album cover was also redesigned as it showed an airplane. The People That We Love is also part of the soundtrack of the racing game Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 .

2011: The Sea of ​​Memories

10 years after their last studio album and after their reunification, the fifth studio album by Bush was created with Bob Rock as producer. The album and the single The Sound of Winter were quite successful internationally, including number 18 in the USA, but commercially lagged behind their earlier successes. In their English homeland, they did not make it into the charts.

2014: Man on the Run

With Nick Raskulinecz a Grammy winner was won as producer, together with Jay Baumgardner, who had great success with Papa Roach , among others . The album relies heavily on electronic elements . Overall, the album received mostly negative reviews and was described as mostly "unimaginative" and the songs as "hard to tell apart". In Germany and the USA, Bush's sixth album had its worst positions so far, in many other countries they no longer made it into the charts.

Chart placements

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1994 Sixteen Stone DE68 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - UK42
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK 		US4th
Six-fold platinum
× 6
Six-fold platinum

(109 weeks)US
1996 Razorblade Suitcase DE37 (19 weeks)
DE 		AT13 (9 weeks)
AT 		- UK4th
gold
gold

(14 weeks)UK 		US1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(45 weeks)US
1999 The Science of Things DE19 (21 weeks)
DE 		AT18 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH99 (1 week)
CH 		UK28 (2 weeks)
UK 		US11
platinum
platinum

(30 weeks)US
2001 Golden State DE10 (8 weeks)
DE 		AT11 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH31 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK53 (1 week)
UK 		US22 (6 weeks)
US
2011 The Sea of ​​Memories DE29 (2 weeks)
DE 		AT43 (2 weeks)
AT 		CH48 (2 weeks)
CH 		- US18 (6 weeks)
US
2014 Man on the run DE69 (1 week)
DE 		- - - US33 (1 week)
US
2017 Black and White Rainbows DE85 (1 week)
DE 		- CH75 (1 week)
CH 		UK63 (1 week)
UK 		-
2020 The Kingdom DE35 (1 week)
DE 		AT49 (1 week)
AT 		CH27 (2 weeks)
CH 		- -

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1997 Deconstructed US36
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
  • 2005: The Best Of: 1994-1999

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1995 Everything Zen
Sixteen Stone 		- UK84 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
Comedown
Sixteen Stone 		- - US30 (20 weeks)
US
Glycerine
Sixteen Stone 		- - US28 (20 weeks)
US
1996 Machinehead
Sixteen Stone 		- UK48 (2 weeks)
UK 		US43 (20 weeks)
US
Swallowed
Razorblade Suitcase 		- UK7 (6 weeks)
UK 		-
1997 Greedy Fly
Razorblade Suitcase 		- UK22 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
Bonedriven
Razorblade Suitcase 		- UK49 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
1999 The Chemicals Between Us
The Science of Things 		- UK46 (2 weeks)
UK 		US67 (20 weeks)
US
2000 Warm Machine
The Science of Things 		- UK45 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
Letting the Cables Sleep
The Science of Things 		- UK51 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
2001 The People That We Love
Golden State 		DE92 (1 week)
DE 		UK81 (1 week)
UK 		-

More singles

  • 1995: Little Things
  • 1997: Cold Contagious
  • 1997: Personal Holloway
  • 1997: Mouth
  • 2001: Headful of Ghosts
  • 2002: Inflatable
  • 2010: Afterlife
  • 2011: The Sound of Winter
  • 2012: Baby Come Home
  • 2014: The Only Way Out
  • 2015: Man on the Run
  • 2015: Loneliness Is a Killer
  • 2016: People at War
  • 2017: Mad Love
  • 2017: Lost in You
  • 2017: The Beat of Your Heart
  • 2020: Flowers on a Grave

Music videos

  • Everything Zen
  • Little things
  • Comedown
  • Glycerine
  • Machinehead
  • Swallowed
  • Greedy Fly
  • Mouth
  • Bonedrives
  • Cold Contagious
  • Personal Holloway
  • The Chemicals Between Us
  • Warm machine
  • Letting the cables sleep
  • The People That We Love
  • Inflatable
  • The Sound of Winter
  • Baby come home
  • The afterlife

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  1. ↑ Bush found his own label Zuma Rock Records ( memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Verena Diersch, Musikmarkt, July 25, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musikmarkt.de
  2. ↑ Listen To Bush “The Sound Of Winter” From Their Upcoming Album “The Sea Of Memories” ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kroq.radio.com
  3. ↑ Crowdfunding: Anyone who pre-orders Bush's new album for $ 2,000 will receive a handwritten letter , Rolling Stone, August 19, 2014
  4. ↑ Bush - “Man on the Run” will be released on October 17th ( memento of the original from September 24th, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Sony Music release notice, October 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sonymusic.de
  5. ↑ Bush - Man on the Run , Laut.de review by Kai Butterweck, October 2014
  6. ↑ Bush - Man on the Run , CD review at Metal.de, November 3, 2014
  7. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  8. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US

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