Latest Release
- SEP 13, 2024
- 7 Songs
- Sixteen Stone (Remastered) · 1994
- Sixteen Stone (Remastered) · 1994
- Sixteen Stone (Remastered) · 1994
- Sixteen Stone (Remastered) · 1994
- Sixteen Stone (Remastered) · 1994
- Razorblade Suitcase (Remastered) · 1996
- The Science of Things (Remastered) · 1999
- The Sea of Memories (Deluxe Edition) · 2011
- The Art of Survival · 2022
- Loaded: The Greatest Hits 1994-2023 · 2020
Essential Albums
- Spearheaded by the fuzzed-soaked guitars and skyscraping hooks of “Comedown,” “Machinehead," and “Glycerine,” Bush’s debut stood out among the grunge crossovers that flooded the airwaves in the mid-'90s. Overseen by the crack production duo of Alan Winstanley and Clive Langer (who also shaped huge albums by Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Elvis Costello, and They Might Be Giants), Sixteen Stone was London’s answer to Seattle’s underground boom. The gale-force thrash of guitarist Nigel Pulsford—which is particularly furious on deep cuts like “Little Things” and “Testosterone”—adds snarling intensity to singer Gavin Rossdale’s pensive wail.
Albums
Artist Playlists
- Alt-rock and grunge at their most inventive and infectious.
Live Albums
- 2005
More To Hear
- Jenn is joined by Gavin Rossdale of Bush.
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About Bush
Bush were one of the very first post-grunge bands, as well as one of the movement’s hardest to pin down. Their origin story is straightforward enough: when singer Gavin Rossdale and guitarist Nigel Pulsford founded Bush in 1992, they were a young London act inspired by the booming Seattle scene—Nirvana’s snarling disaffection in particular. American fans embraced the British exports without hesitation, helping to transform Bush’s hook-laden debut, 1994’s Sixteen Stone, into one of the decade’s biggest smashes, with hit singles—“Everything Zen,” “Comedown,” “Glycerine,” “Machinehead”—arriving in rapid-fire succession. But this is where the story gets complicated. Rather than go along with their post-grunge peers, who were soaking up more and more traditional hard-rock moves, Bush unleashed 1996’s Razorblade Suitcase, a surprisingly alienated and challenging album recorded by noise-rock studio ace Steve Albini (who had previously recorded Nirvana, PJ Harvey, and the Pixies). The group were intent on distinguishing themselves even further, first with the remix collection Deconstructed (remixes being an idea utterly foreign to American post-grunge bands at the time) and then with 1999’s The Science of Things, a record densely layered with electronic textures. With Rossdale looking to explore outside projects, as well as starting a family with then-wife Gwen Stefani, Bush slipped into hiatus for most of the 2000s. They returned (minus Pulsford) in 2011, firing off several more full-lengths, including 2020’s The Kingdom, a chunky and brooding slab of guitar-fried alt-rock that further solidifies Bush’s standing as one of the most popular bands of their generation.
- ORIGIN
- London, England
- FORMED
- 1992
- GENRE
- Rock