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MEMBERS: Gavin Rossdale ~ Nigel Pulsford ~ Dave Parsons ~ Robin Goodridge
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BIRTHDAYS: Gavin Rossdale (October 30, 1967) ~ Nigel Pulsford (April 11, 1965) ~ Dave Parsons (July 2, 1965) ~ Robin Goodridge (September 10, 1966)
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BIGGEST SINGLE: "Glycerine" (1996)
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BIGGEST LP: Sixteen Stone (1994)
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GRAMMY AWARDS: 0

 
TIMELINE

Bush button.gif (123 bytes) Bush hail from London and are made up of Gavin Rossdale on vocals and guitar, Nigel Pulsford on guitar, Dave Parsons on bass, and Robin Goodridge on drums. Bush began finding success on alternative radio in the US with their debut LP in 1994. The band had previously spent a few years playing various small gigs in England and Rossdale had also been a member of a band named 'Midnight.' Bush crossed-over to the US airwaves after their track "Everything Zen" began getting airplay at a Los Angeles radio station.

1994...

December
Bush - Sixteen Stonebutton.gif (123 bytes) Bush released Sixteen Stone.

1995... # 59 Singles Artist of the Year

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Sixteen Stone was certified gold.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Sixteen Stone was certified platinum.

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush hit the Top 40 with "Comedown."
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 2 weeks with "
Comedown."

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Sixteen Stone was certified 2x platinum.
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush hit the Top 40 with "
Glycerine."
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 2 weeks with "
Glycerine."

1996... # 46 Singles Artist of the Year

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Sixteen Stone was certified 3x platinum.

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush hit the Top 40 with "Machinehead."

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Sixteen Stone was certified 5x platinum.

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush won a MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice ("Glycerine") and was nominated for Best Alternative Video ("Glycerine") and Best Video from a Film ("Machinehead").

November
Bush - Razorblade Suitcasebutton.gif (123 bytes) Bush released Razorblade Suitcase.
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 7 weeks with "
Swallowed."
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush hit the Top 40 with "
Swallowed."

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Razorblade Suitcase topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks.

1997... # 179 Singles Artist of the Year

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush were nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Razorblade Suitcase was certified 2x platinum.

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Sixteen Stone was certified 6x platinum.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Razorblade Suitcase was certified 3x platinum.

November
Bush - Deconstructedbutton.gif (123 bytes) Bush released Deconstructed - a collection of remixes.

1998...

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush won an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ("Swallowed").

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Deconstructed was certified gold.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush performed at Woodstock '99.

1999... # 191 Singles Artist of the Year

March
No Boundaries: A Benefit For The Kosovar Refugeesbutton.gif (123 bytes) Bush's record label, Trauma Records, filed a $40 million lawsuit against the band for breach-of-contract.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush could be heard on the benefit LP
No Boundaries: A Benefit For The Kosovar Refugees with "Come Down."

October
Bush - The Science Of Thingsbutton.gif (123 bytes) Bush released The Science Of Things.
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 5 weeks with "
The Chemicals Between Us."

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush hit the Top 40 with "The Chemicals Between Us."

December
button.gif (123 bytes) The Science Of Things was certified gold.

2000...

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Rossdale passed out and collapsed after performing with the group in Michigan.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) The Science Of Things was certified platinum.

2001...

October
Bush - Golden Statebutton.gif (123 bytes) Bush released Golden State. The track "The People That We Love" was originally titled "Speed Kills" but was renamed after the 9/11 attacks.

2002...

May
button.gif (123 bytes) Pulsford took a break from touring with Bush and was replaced with Chris Traynor (formerly of Helmet). The band soon announced Traynor would also be working with them on their next LP as Pulsford focused on his family and a solo LP.

August
Bush - Zen X Fourbutton.gif (123 bytes) Rossdale went solo on the track "Adrenaline" for the XXX soundtrack.

2005...

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Zen X Four was released. The CD/DVD set included unreleased live and acoustic material and a DVD of their videos.

2008...

button.gif (123 bytes) Rossdale will release the solo LP Wanderlust on June 3rd.



LPs
Bush - Sixteen Stone Sixteen Stone
Released: December, 1994
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 4
Tracks: "Everything Zen" - "Swim" - "Bomb" - "Little Things" - "Comedown" - "Body" - "Machinehead" - "Testosterone" - "Monkey" - "Glycerine" - "Alien" - "X-Girlfriend"
Bush - Razorblade Suitcase Razorblade Suitcase
Released: November, 1996
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 1 (for 2 weeks)
Rolling Stone review: 2 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "Personal Holloway" - "Greedy Fly" - "Swallowed" - "Insect Kin" - "Cold Contagious" - "Tendency To Start Fires" - "Mouth" - "Straight, No Chaser" - "History" - "Synapse" - "Communicator" - "Bonedriven" - "Distant Voices"
Bush - Deconstructed Deconstructed
Released: November, 1997
US: Gold
Billboard peak: # 36
Rolling Stone review: 3 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "Everything Zen" (The Lhasa Fever Mix) - "Mouth" (The Stingray Mix) - "Swallowed" (Goldie/Toasted Both Sides Please Mix) - "Synapse" (Philip Steir/My Ghost In The Bush Of Life Mix) - "History" (Dub Pistols Mix) - "Personal Holloway" (Fabio Paras/Soundclash Republic Mix) - "Bonedriven" (Mekon/Beat Me Cleaver Mix) - "Insect Kin" (Jack Dangers/Drum And Bees Mix) - "Comedown" (Lunatic Calm Mix) - "Everything Zen" (Derek DeLarge Mix) - "In A Lonely Place" (Tricky Mix)
Bush - The Science Of Things The Science Of Things
Released: October, 1999
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 11
Rolling Stone review: 2 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "Warm Machine" - "Jesus Online" - "The Chemicals Between Us" - "English Fire" - "Spacetravel" - "40 Miles From the Sun" - "Prizefigher" - "The Disease of the Dancing Cats" - "Altered States" - "Dead Meat" - "Letting the Cables Sleep" - "Mindchanger"
Bush - Golden State Golden State
Released: October, 2001
Billboard peak: # 22
Rolling Stone review: 2 stars from Rolling Stone
Tracks: "Solutions" - "Headful Of Ghosts" - "The People That We Love" - "Superman" - "Fugitive" - "Hurricane" - "Inflatable" - "Reasons" - "Land Of The Living" - "My Engine Is With You" - "Out Of This World" - "Float"
Bush - Zen X Four Zen X Four (CD/DVD)
Released: November, 2005
Tracks: "Comedown" (Acoustic) - "Glycerine" (Acoustic) - "Everything Zen" (Acoustic) - Live Tracks: "Machinehead" - "Everything Zen" - "Comedown" - "Bomb" - Glycerine" - "Little Things"
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