Song:Glycerine
Album:Sixteen Stone
Today Gavin Rossdale is probably better known for his marriage to pop singer Gwen Stefani than anything he ever did with his band Bush. But Sixteen Stone was a big seller in 1994. They just weren't able to follow it up and Rossdale hasn't done much better as a solo artist. Bush reformed this year. Rossdale met guitarist Nigel Pulsford in a London club in 1992. Pulsford recorded two albums with the band King Blank. They brought in bassist Dave Parsons from Transvision Vamp and after auditioning drummers settled on Robin Goodrich. At first they were called Future Primitive but changed it to Bush as they lived in the Shepherds Bush section of London. In 1993, Bush signed with the Disney owned Hollywood Records. But the 1994 death of Disney executive Frank Wells turned things sour for Bush at Hollywood. Sixteen Stone was going to be shelved until Interscope Records bought the master and released it in 1994. That turned out to be a great decision as the album has sold six million copies. It was produced by Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley, best known for there work with Madness. Glycerine was one of several chart singles but it's the album that really took off. It's always tough to follow up a debut like that and though the 1996 CD Razorblade Suitcase went Platinum X3, it was still considered a disappointment. Bush moved to Atlantic Records for the 2001 CD Golden State but it was a failure and they split up. Rossdale started a new band Institute and eventually went solo in 2007. He reformed Bush and has a new CD scheduled for 2011 on Roadrunner Records. Nigel Pulsford has his own home studio and doesn't want to tour. The new guitarist Chris Traynor has been with Rossdale since 2002. Robin Goodrich is back with Bush but Dave Parsons passed and was replaced by Corey Britz. It remains to be seen if Gavin Rossdale and Bush can regain the form of Sixteen Stone. Here's the video for Glycerine by Bush.
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