Fantastic video! Bush is one of my favourite bands form the 90s. I'm surprised that as a Canadian, you didn't sneak in the trivia of Bush having to release their music in Canada as "Bush X" for the entirety of the 90s due to another band having the Bush name already. Amazing storytelling as always. Thank you for brightening up my feed with these music stories.
@@rnrtruestoriesnot doubting your research here, but as a teenager when this album was released, I could have swore Glycerine was their break out hit and absolutely DOMINATED the charts. Did you say it only hit #4?? 🤯 Sometimes it's crazy how we can remember things differently !
If you put the vocals aside, Little Things is basically a Smells Like Teen Spirit rewrite. And Glycerine definitely sounds like Nirvana in their mellower moments. Other songs? Eh, more debatable.
@@DelilaSloan If you put the vocals aside, Little Things is basically a Smells Like Teen Spirit rewrite. And Glycerine definitely sounds like Nirvana in their mellower moments. Other songs? Eh, more debatable.
I was a surfer and a huge Bush fan back then. First 2 albums are amazing ! Absolutely loved them. Travelled everywhere with those albums ! Travelled to the UK on a whim to see them live in the Shepherds Bush Empire on their '96 homecoming tour and got an access all areas pass as my brother just so happened to be the bar manager there.... I got my first stage dive and then spent the rest of the gig hanging out with his sister in the seats hanging right over the stage. Just the two of us. It was an absolutely insane experience and gig ... and when he stepped off the stage right into the little back bar, the doors swung open and Gavin stepped through and she introduced me to Gavin... with a solid bro shake ! Helluva moment !
Compare Bush with the stuff out now. How lucky were we. They were at the end of a great artistic expression. We also had EDM, Heavy Metal, Hip hop, Nu Metal and alternative.
Bush were the first band I saw live, when I was 15 years-old back in ‘99. They were amazing. I liked Nirvana as well. I don’t recall them ever sounding much like Nirvana
They were also my first live band (1997) and were my favorite band for the better part of two decades. Veruca Salt opened for Bush and both bands blew my 17-year old mind.
@@moeharri I saw them on that tour as well! I also saw them on the tour before when No Doubt were opening for them and then later on at Memphis in May, probably 2002. They were always great in my opinion.
I loved Bush as a teenager. Sixteen Stone was a really good album, and I like some of their later stuff as well. I think people are just jealous of the fact that Gavin looks like he was genetically engineered somewhere, lol. He wasn't a depressed loner, and that threatened everyone.
The reason that Bush got so much Flack in the UK was Gavin Rossdale trying again and again to be famous. He'd had other bands, changed musical style to try get it again and again. Music joirnalists knew him well from constantly being whatever the flavor of thd month was. Plus going to Westminster isn't just posh, its out last Prime Minister posh. Its prog rock band posh. Its third poshest school in the country posh.
To confirm, I'll give you Gavin's choice(s) in women. The fact that he thought he could be an actor to maintain relevance in the mid '00's, and him being _THIRTY_ when he finally hit big with Bush.
No, Nirvana was not the Pixies, Nirvana was influenced by the Pixies but didn't sound like the pixies. Bush was mostly a Nirvana wannabe and sounded similar, I think because his voice was similar. I think Rossdale even was involved with Courney Love. EDIT I wrote this before hearing that part of the video but I agree with the True Stories stuff.
Whenever you hear someone spout this " they were basically the Pixies" nonsense, you can be assured they have no idea what they're talking about. Influenced? Sure but beyond the quiet-loud-quiet structure they sound nothing alike. It always seems to be millennials or younger that regurgitate this bc they think they sound intelligent. Weren't around to see how the world literally changed overnight, yet they argue that's not true or any of the other events in the late 80s -early 90s we Gen-Xers live through are wrong. STFU
Haha awesome that is what you reference! Those jeans he is wearing is out of control everytime i see that movie. I love when he catches up with Gary in the woods, "Garwey"
im 42 i was in 8th grade when 16 stone came out, in the usa new jersey and this album was huge with everyone i remember getting it as a gift i loved that album and the follow up was really good too and they were definitely popular in the usa thats for sure.
Their last two albums have been pretty stellar. Glad to see they've still got it. It's weird - I didn't get into them in the 90s, probably due to radio overexposure, but while teaching myself bass chops the song Comedown was an undeniably fun exercise, along with Sugar by Editors and some Echo & the Bunnymen (which was likely the inspiration for the former two). Bush is really good with tones so even if the limited vocal range sounds samey the tracks themselves generally don't, in a Smiths kind of way.
Oasis (What's the Story ) Morning Glory was released in October 2, 1995 which gave Bush the time to grow their fan base before the Brit Pop explosion of 1996-97.
I know Bush is considered "Post Grunge", but I don't know if it's necessarily fitting. "Post Grunge" to me is bands like Creed, Nickelback, and Three Days Grace...Bush had a much more organic grunge sound and influences than those other bands.
@@msnewsenior idk. Maybe its just me, but Grunge is more of a sound and ethos rather than the original movement. I get it, Grunge started with the Big 4 Seattle bands, and the bands that came from Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog. But they all drew influence from The Pixies and Sonic Youth. The same bands that influenced Bush. I'd also argue that Bush's lyrical content was more in tune with Grunge than Post Grunge. Bush was alot more nihilistic and indifferent. Bands like Creed have much more optimistic lyrics.
Grunge isn't a real thing anyway. It's a marketing term. The word just means "dirt", so by the sheer definition of the word an awful lot of bands would be "grunge" just based on their guitar sound alone. Soundgarden didn't sound like Nirvana, Nirvana didn't sound like Pearl Jam. These groups had very little in common beyond coming from the same general region. "Post Grunge" is even more stupid because it implies that someone can't be genuinely influenced by that music and want to make their own in that style, and if they do, they're somehow a weaker, shittier imitation. Bush was as much of a "grunge" band as any of the others.
"post grunge" is a media creation the same way "grunge" was. It's hilarious how rock music is now just Before Nirvana and After Nirvana. My local rock station went "alternative" in 95 and played Bush, Better Than Ezra, Collective Soul, and Alanis Morisette on a constant loop. The bumper stickers were plaid.
"pure grunge" was used by Mark Arm in the early 80s to describe his bands music. It was used again in the late 80s by a Subpop producer to describe the sound of 3 new bands they had signed, one of which was Nirvana.
@travzimmerman1340 That's really cool. I always heard SubPop coined the term, but Mark saying it sounds more right. Was it for mudhoney or green river?
I will always give a lot of credit to Bush's Sixteen Stone album... it had all the right sounds of that post grunge you want, but I never got into their stuff as much afterwards... I never got the Nirvana comparisons other than they sounded like an american alternative band than a British band like BRitpop at the time...
I still think Sixteen Stone holds up quite well. It's a shame none of their other albums ever really hit that same mark. It's also kind of odd that there's this idea that someone has to come from a rough upbringing in order to make "genuine" music. A good song is a good song.
I'm not a fan of Bush but am a fan of Albini's work (as musician & producer). So, I was surprised to read interviews with Albini where he spoke quite positively of Bush and his experience working with them.
Saw them at Zephyr Fest '95. They were the highlight of the show along with the Phunk Junkeez. I was 14 and it was the first concert I was allowed to go to by myself. I mosh pitted, crowd surfed, and stage dived for the first and last times.
Theres a Scottish comedian called Limmy and he made a cracking video of why musicians in the 90s would play with their shoulders back. First thing that came to mind was wee posh Gavin and Billy Corgan 😂😂
Sixteen Stone was my favorite album when it came out. I was a freshman in high school. What really stood out to me was the range on the album. It had the hard rockers that sounded a bit like Nirvana, Poppier mainstream anthems like Everything Zen and Comedown, brooding ballad in Glycerine, and even a little punk influence on some of the other songs. Really diverse full album. Later on they did an EDM remix album that was really cool at the time. Subsequent albums I didn't enjoy as much as Sixteen Stone, but they were still solid and had some great tracks on them.
I saw Bush live when their first album came out. It was in Washington DC at RFK stadium and they rocked all 80,000 people that were there that day. I was probably 20 feet from the front of the stage. 2nd time was after their 2nd album and they were still great but it was a smaller venue.
A walk through memory lane... Bush was one of my favourite Post-Grundge bands back in the mid-90s. I saw them live a couple of times with their concert at the outdoor music festival "Lowlands" in the Netherlands in 1996 being the most memorable to me. Funny enough, I actually lived in W12 in SheBu (Shepherds Bush) for many years in London too. I still have two of their original first CDs from back then. Great band from my 30-something youth in the mid-90s. Good times... and good music!
I know Bush gets a ton of static for being Post-Grunge derivative, rip-offs of earlier, better bands, but I loved Sixteen Stone. One, the album title being a reference to a British/English unit of measurement for weight which none of my contemporary American peers knew what the hell that indicated, it gave the band that arcane, obscure vibe I liked. Also, I always believed Bush took American-style grunge and gave it a British sensibility which made it unique. I thought they were great.
See I really liked Bush...and I am usually a Boniface Indie snob especially then! But I heard ( in addition to Nirvana.....some similarities to the English ( power shoegaze) band Swervedrive ,especially on 16 stone and I was a HUGE Swerevdiver fan so I also found enough guitar squall and swirl to dig Bush also.
For real. Shortly after RS came out, I found out my live-in girlfriend was cheating on me and we broke up. I was devastated. It seemed like every song on RS spoke to my inner turmoil. Just a dark, moody, glorious album for a dark, moody time in my life.
Same. And the sound of that album is probably one of Steve Albini’s best engineering job. The “sound” of that album has lived with me ever since I first heard it.
16 stone is the second record I ever bought when I was a kid. The first one was green day dookie. I bought the cassettes and listened to them on my walkman. Anyone else do that? Oh and I also had the mortal Kombat movie soundtrack too which I loved.
Bush were a great band, one of my favourites when I was a teenager. I loved them long before I got to Nirvana. Edit: The Pixies are my favourite band of all time, so the fact they are favourites of Gavin makes sense.
I saw them back in the summer. Wasn’t the best show I’ve seen but it was definitely way better than I expected. The first two albums were pretty alright but it’s too bad they couldn’t keep things going steady.
I don't feel this way now, but back then I didn't think Bush reminded me of Nirvana. Rossdale reminded me of Eddie Vedder when I first heard Everything Zen
Bush is a great band. PERIOD. And they are still relevant, they can easily do a show in front of 10,000 or 12,000 fans in this day and age. All these sensationalism journalism is dumb and the constant need of comparison is idiotic: Nirvana vs Bush vs Pearl Jam vs AIC vs STP etc We need to stop making comparisons.
I just saw them live a few months ago, and they were amazing! Gavin still has an incredible stage presence. He came off the stage and went everywhere, even the cheap seats. I touched his arm. I can't get over it.
Gavin has a great voice. It's different than Eddie Vedder and Kurt Cobain. Of course, any 90s grunge band after Nirvana got criticized by snobs. Bands like Candlebox, Bush, STP, and Silverchair were way better and original than the actual ripoffs such as Hinder, Staind, Saving Abel, and Theory Of A Deadman.
This album was fire!#🔥 At a time after Alice in Chains “Dirt” and Smashing Pumpkins “Siamese Dream” were two of my favorite albums from the 90’s and gotta mention Stone Temple Pilots “Purple”(ALL STP albums) & the Toadies “Rubberneck” were some of the 90’s greatest albums along with so many more! This was a great decade for Rock!#❤️🎸🔥🤟🏻
I didnt mind Bush, their 16 stone album was great. Never thought they sounded like Nirvana imo, Bush had a heavier groove sound to me. Surprised The Simpsons piece wasnt mentioned - the Glycerine rip with Homer.
Everclear?? 22:01🙂how did Everclear get into this discussion on Bush and Nirvana and Dave Grohl? I’m not really a fan of Everclear but yes Bush and Nirvana as well as Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Weezer, Green Day and Oasis as well as The Foo Fighters rock the 1990’s Alternative rock music scene.
I never thought they sounded anything like Nirvana. I have no idea why that comparison was made. The only similarities I can see is that their lyrics tended towards the nonsensical and they weren't hair metal.
The keyboard warrioring go on in this particular section is really thought provoking. Such rudeness and disrespect right off the bat and for no reason.
The British didn't like The Outfield either. It's weird. They were recognized when they came to the states but wouldn't be recognized in Britain. Bust was really good.
I always assumed Bush were another b grade grunge band from the US, never knew they were a b grade grunge band from the UK lol They did have a cpl of decent tunes so good on them
Bush was (and is) one of *the worst* and most derivative, banal bands ever. Give four snot-nosed brats in a garage the musical instruments and in 1 hour they can make a band every bit as good as Bush.
Gotta be honest ive been a bush fan, as well as nirvana fan for a looooooong time. Ive never put those dots together before today. Also still havent, i dont get the comparison
What other topics do you want to see me cover?
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@rnrtruestories its tough because you've covered so many topics lol
Maybe go back to the beginning and jump through the decades. The 50’s, 60’s, through the 2025 all things rock n roll
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you cover it and I'll watch it, you stuff is always on point and interesting
Fantastic video! Bush is one of my favourite bands form the 90s. I'm surprised that as a Canadian, you didn't sneak in the trivia of Bush having to release their music in Canada as "Bush X" for the entirety of the 90s due to another band having the Bush name already. Amazing storytelling as always. Thank you for brightening up my feed with these music stories.
Thanks I wrote that part at the end of the script but took it out
Damn! I didn't know that was JUST in Canada! As a Canadian I thought that was everywhere 😂 crazy!
@@rnrtruestoriesnot doubting your research here, but as a teenager when this album was released, I could have swore Glycerine was their break out hit and absolutely DOMINATED the charts. Did you say it only hit #4?? 🤯
Sometimes it's crazy how we can remember things differently !
I never understood that. Bush sounded nothing like Nirvana.
David Grohl said they did.
@@cwrichardson3dave grouhl is a person with an opinion just like everyone else. I don't think Bush and nirvana sound anything alike.
They had quiet clean verses and loud distorted chorus’s thats all they needed
If you put the vocals aside, Little Things is basically a Smells Like Teen Spirit rewrite. And Glycerine definitely sounds like Nirvana in their mellower moments. Other songs? Eh, more debatable.
@@DelilaSloan If you put the vocals aside, Little Things is basically a Smells Like Teen Spirit rewrite. And Glycerine definitely sounds like Nirvana in their mellower moments. Other songs? Eh, more debatable.
I was a surfer and a huge Bush fan back then. First 2 albums are amazing ! Absolutely loved them. Travelled everywhere with those albums ! Travelled to the UK on a whim to see them live in the Shepherds Bush Empire on their '96 homecoming tour and got an access all areas pass as my brother just so happened to be the bar manager there.... I got my first stage dive and then spent the rest of the gig hanging out with his sister in the seats hanging right over the stage. Just the two of us. It was an absolutely insane experience and gig ... and when he stepped off the stage right into the little back bar, the doors swung open and Gavin stepped through and she introduced me to Gavin... with a solid bro shake ! Helluva moment !
Compare Bush with the stuff out now. How lucky were we. They were at the end of a great artistic expression. We also had EDM, Heavy Metal, Hip hop, Nu Metal and alternative.
Then Creed tryed for some afterlife & Nickleback brought guitar to the afterlife.
Even nickle back is far superior to modern music
We really need a PJ Harvey deep dive
50 ft Queenie!
Hell yeah we do!!
I liked the album and also the follow up. Raw sound and some good songs
Bush were the first band I saw live, when I was 15 years-old back in ‘99. They were amazing. I liked Nirvana as well. I don’t recall them ever sounding much like Nirvana
They were also my first live band (1997) and were my favorite band for the better part of two decades. Veruca Salt opened for Bush and both bands blew my 17-year old mind.
They were my first band I saw live a few months ago and they were awesome
@@moeharri
I saw them on that tour as well! I also saw them on the tour before when No Doubt were opening for them and then later on at Memphis in May, probably 2002. They were always great in my opinion.
I loved Bush as a teenager. Sixteen Stone was a really good album, and I like some of their later stuff as well. I think people are just jealous of the fact that Gavin looks like he was genetically engineered somewhere, lol. He wasn't a depressed loner, and that threatened everyone.
Spot on, I loved the album too.
I liked them. I bought their music. I liked their sound. Music is music. It's not all about image and what we want from them
On boom her
Sixteen Stone still ROCKS !! I got to see them with Garbage and Smashing Pumpkins at UNO arena. Great show but I never considered them Grunge...
March 29 1996 I seen them in Lafayette Louisiana. Goo Goo dolls and no doubt opened up for them.
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Saw them in Little Rock on that tour. Still have the T-shirt, cover of the Sixteen Stone album.
That lineup would’ve been my ultimate 90s DREAM concert. Still would be, tbh😂
Sixteen Stone is a masterpiece. I saw Bush live for that album and it was a life changing event.
Masterpiece? It's total garbage!! Horrible derivative lyrics, totally unoriginal poser crap.
a few good songs but not a masterpiece. nevermind is a masterpiece
True!
@@StrimblesThat's like your opinion, man. Razorblade Suitcase is a solid album too. What's your take on it?
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The reason that Bush got so much Flack in the UK was Gavin Rossdale trying again and again to be famous. He'd had other bands, changed musical style to try get it again and again. Music joirnalists knew him well from constantly being whatever the flavor of thd month was.
Plus going to Westminster isn't just posh, its out last Prime Minister posh. Its prog rock band posh. Its third poshest school in the country posh.
Thanks for shedding light on this. His quote about wanting to be famous is very revealing
To confirm, I'll give you Gavin's choice(s) in women. The fact that he thought he could be an actor to maintain relevance in the mid '00's, and him being _THIRTY_ when he finally hit big with Bush.
Didn't he marry Gwen Stefani? She's a winner
Everybody sounded like Nirvana after Nirvana, and even they were basically the Pixies. But yeah hiring Steve Albini is always good thing.
No, Nirvana was not the Pixies, Nirvana was influenced by the Pixies but didn't sound like the pixies. Bush was mostly a Nirvana wannabe and sounded similar, I think because his voice was similar. I think Rossdale even was involved with Courney Love. EDIT I wrote this before hearing that part of the video but I agree with the True Stories stuff.
"were basically the Pixies." Supernaturally intellectually lazy take.
Whenever you hear someone spout this " they were basically the Pixies" nonsense, you can be assured they have no idea what they're talking about. Influenced? Sure but beyond the quiet-loud-quiet structure they sound nothing alike.
It always seems to be millennials or younger that regurgitate this bc they think they sound intelligent. Weren't around to see how the world literally changed overnight, yet they argue that's not true or any of the other events in the late 80s -early 90s we Gen-Xers live through are wrong. STFU
@@nachashiesu-sophiaintellectually lazy take? Absolutely. Supernatural? Nothing that dumb is supernatural just stupid.
Naa
“Come Down” instantly brings to mind the courtship montage between Nicole (Reese Witherspoon) and David (Mark Wahlberg) in the movie *Fear*
Wasn't Machine head in that movie also?
Haha awesome that is what you reference!
Those jeans he is wearing is out of control everytime i see that movie.
I love when he catches up with Gary in the woods, "Garwey"
Is that the film where Marky Mark beats himself up?
@@mattjones1776 lol yep
im 42 i was in 8th grade when 16 stone came out, in the usa new jersey and this album was huge with everyone i remember getting it as a gift i loved that album and the follow up was really good too and they were definitely popular in the usa thats for sure.
Another _fantastic_ video from one if my favourite music channels. Love that yer a fellow Canuck too! ❤❤
Bush was one of the best quality bands from their genre and era.
Ate you 4 real.
One of my favorite bands from the 90's.
Their last two albums have been pretty stellar. Glad to see they've still got it. It's weird - I didn't get into them in the 90s, probably due to radio overexposure, but while teaching myself bass chops the song Comedown was an undeniably fun exercise, along with Sugar by Editors and some Echo & the Bunnymen (which was likely the inspiration for the former two). Bush is really good with tones so even if the limited vocal range sounds samey the tracks themselves generally don't, in a Smiths kind of way.
What a great time it was. Get some Silverchair on after this..
That first Bush album is 🔥 though.
That first Bush album is 💩 though.
@@Strimblesshut up poser
@@Strimbles You seem like a lot of fun.
@@mattjones1776 I am, because I don't listen to crappy music!!!
@@Strimbles Nah.
Oasis (What's the Story ) Morning Glory was released in October 2, 1995 which gave Bush the time to grow their fan base before the Brit Pop explosion of 1996-97.
I know Bush is considered "Post Grunge", but I don't know if it's necessarily fitting. "Post Grunge" to me is bands like Creed, Nickelback, and Three Days Grace...Bush had a much more organic grunge sound and influences than those other bands.
Bush wasn’t grunge, if they didn’t hail from the Pacific Northwest then they cant claim that title
True that.
They were tail end grunge.
@@msnewsenior idk. Maybe its just me, but Grunge is more of a sound and ethos rather than the original movement. I get it, Grunge started with the Big 4 Seattle bands, and the bands that came from Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog. But they all drew influence from The Pixies and Sonic Youth. The same bands that influenced Bush. I'd also argue that Bush's lyrical content was more in tune with Grunge than Post Grunge. Bush was alot more nihilistic and indifferent. Bands like Creed have much more optimistic lyrics.
Grunge isn't a real thing anyway. It's a marketing term. The word just means "dirt", so by the sheer definition of the word an awful lot of bands would be "grunge" just based on their guitar sound alone. Soundgarden didn't sound like Nirvana, Nirvana didn't sound like Pearl Jam. These groups had very little in common beyond coming from the same general region. "Post Grunge" is even more stupid because it implies that someone can't be genuinely influenced by that music and want to make their own in that style, and if they do, they're somehow a weaker, shittier imitation. Bush was as much of a "grunge" band as any of the others.
"post grunge" is a media creation the same way "grunge" was. It's hilarious how rock music is now just Before Nirvana and After Nirvana.
My local rock station went "alternative" in 95 and played Bush, Better Than Ezra, Collective Soul, and Alanis Morisette on a constant loop. The bumper stickers were plaid.
I think Kurt would find it funny, at least. But yeah, it's obviously dumb to anyone that was there. Good form, sir.
"pure grunge" was used by Mark Arm in the early 80s to describe his bands music.
It was used again in the late 80s by a Subpop producer to describe the sound of 3 new bands they had signed, one of which was Nirvana.
@travzimmerman1340 That's really cool. I always heard SubPop coined the term, but Mark saying it sounds more right. Was it for mudhoney or green river?
I heard their album got trimmed down for release in brazil......
They removed two sides and shortened all the songs in the middle.
I will always give a lot of credit to Bush's Sixteen Stone album... it had all the right sounds of that post grunge you want, but I never got into their stuff as much afterwards... I never got the Nirvana comparisons other than they sounded like an american alternative band than a British band like BRitpop at the time...
Razor blade suitcase is worth checking out.
I had gave up on them after the first album which was very good, but the latest 2 albums are surprisingly damn good though. Check em out.
I still think Sixteen Stone holds up quite well. It's a shame none of their other albums ever really hit that same mark. It's also kind of odd that there's this idea that someone has to come from a rough upbringing in order to make "genuine" music. A good song is a good song.
People saying Gavin is just a pretty boy overlook how good-looking Kurt was. I guess it helps album sales when the lead singer is gorgeous.
Rob Zombie agrees😂
I never did understand the comparison. Now Shaun Morgan from Seether,on the other hand,sounds a HELLUVA lot like Kurt Cobain.
Thank you for the post! ✌🏼😊
I'm not a fan of Bush but am a fan of Albini's work (as musician & producer). So, I was surprised to read interviews with Albini where he spoke quite positively of Bush and his experience working with them.
I originally wanted to hate this band, but after hearing Sixteen Stone I became an immediate fan.
Saw them at Zephyr Fest '95. They were the highlight of the show along with the Phunk Junkeez. I was 14 and it was the first concert I was allowed to go to by myself. I mosh pitted, crowd surfed, and stage dived for the first and last times.
Cant take away rossdales ear for melody. Thats talent.
Bush is a great band and put on an awesome show. This weekend will be my third time seeing them live and I can't wait
let us know how it is
I never had no idea they was even still a band
Bush was good I had a great time badflower opened for them they were OK ( I don't care much for modern rock)
I was a definite Bush sceptic when they first came out. But over time, tbey have grown on me a bit. I don't mind a few of their tunes (eg, Swallowed).
Theres a Scottish comedian called Limmy and he made a cracking video of why musicians in the 90s would play with their shoulders back. First thing that came to mind was wee posh Gavin and Billy Corgan 😂😂
Sixteen Stone was my favorite album when it came out. I was a freshman in high school. What really stood out to me was the range on the album. It had the hard rockers that sounded a bit like Nirvana, Poppier mainstream anthems like Everything Zen and Comedown, brooding ballad in Glycerine, and even a little punk influence on some of the other songs. Really diverse full album.
Later on they did an EDM remix album that was really cool at the time. Subsequent albums I didn't enjoy as much as Sixteen Stone, but they were still solid and had some great tracks on them.
Love the long deep dives man🔥
Didnt know much about bush until this video. was listening to them today. Awesome work dude.
I saw Bush live when their first album came out. It was in Washington DC at RFK stadium and they rocked all 80,000 people that were there that day. I was probably 20 feet from the front of the stage. 2nd time was after their 2nd album and they were still great but it was a smaller venue.
I saw the Grateful Dead & Pink Floyd in 93 or 94 at RFK. That place is huge so I wasn't a fan of the sound.
@hangingon
Nice, did you ever go to any of the HFStivals there?
A walk through memory lane... Bush was one of my favourite Post-Grundge bands back in the mid-90s. I saw them live a couple of times with their concert at the outdoor music festival "Lowlands" in the Netherlands in 1996 being the most memorable to me. Funny enough, I actually lived in W12 in SheBu (Shepherds Bush) for many years in London too. I still have two of their original first CDs from back then. Great band from my 30-something youth in the mid-90s. Good times... and good music!
I know Bush gets a ton of static for being Post-Grunge derivative, rip-offs of earlier, better bands, but I loved Sixteen Stone. One, the album title being a reference to a British/English unit of measurement for weight which none of my contemporary American peers knew what the hell that indicated, it gave the band that arcane, obscure vibe I liked. Also, I always believed Bush took American-style grunge and gave it a British sensibility which made it unique. I thought they were great.
What? If Gavin was into punk and listened to David Bowie, why would they look down upon it? David Bowie inspired a lot of the early Punk Rockers lmao
My god, young Rossdale as a pop act, that was a mindfuck alright. Dude was always handsome af. I'll give him that. lol
See I really liked Bush...and I am usually a Boniface Indie snob especially then! But I heard ( in addition to Nirvana.....some similarities to the English ( power shoegaze) band Swervedrive ,especially on 16 stone and I was a HUGE Swerevdiver fan so I also found enough guitar squall and swirl to dig Bush also.
Sixteen Stone is full of hits but my favorite Bush song is Greedy Fly on RS.
For real. Shortly after RS came out, I found out my live-in girlfriend was cheating on me and we broke up. I was devastated. It seemed like every song on RS spoke to my inner turmoil. Just a dark, moody, glorious album for a dark, moody time in my life.
@ Bush always made great use of using space and base to create an eerie vibe.
Same. And the sound of that album is probably one of Steve Albini’s best engineering job. The “sound” of that album has lived with me ever since I first heard it.
I never have been able to listen to Rossdales voice for too long, but my wife really was a fan.
I remember Zen being on the radio and the more you heard it the more you enjoyed it
I still listen to sixteen stone and razor blade suitcase to this day.
Gavin was also great in Constantine
I saw Bush this summer, they are still great!
I first heard Bush on a Need for Speed game on the PlayStation. It was The People that we Love.
After this video I'm gonna listen to Sixteen Stone. I still know just about every word
Glycerin was a beautiful song. Swallowed was a class track. Zero relation to nirvana, never saw how people compared the two.
Same song sounds and structure
16 stone is the second record I ever bought when I was a kid. The first one was green day dookie. I bought the cassettes and listened to them on my walkman. Anyone else do that? Oh and I also had the mortal Kombat movie soundtrack too which I loved.
wish we had half of bushs quality in today's music.
It wasn't waining in popularity. Kurt died. If he didn't, grunge would have dominated the whole decade
Bush were a great band, one of my favourites when I was a teenager. I loved them long before I got to Nirvana.
Edit: The Pixies are my favourite band of all time, so the fact they are favourites of Gavin makes sense.
That argument " they sound like...." Weird, weird.
I saw them back in the summer. Wasn’t the best show I’ve seen but it was definitely way better than I expected. The first two albums were pretty alright but it’s too bad they couldn’t keep things going steady.
Gavin was truly good looking !
He was a pretty little fella
He was also a phony. Corporate grunge.
@@youthfulcurmudgeon3627lol. It was all corporate.
@@youthfulcurmudgeon3627All bands want to sell records and they did it well. Good band
I had gave up on them after the first album which was very good, but the latest 2 albums are surprisingly damn good though. Check em out.
I don't feel this way now, but back then I didn't think Bush reminded me of Nirvana. Rossdale reminded me of Eddie Vedder when I first heard Everything Zen
Growing up like that and his looks it would have been harder to fail than succeed lol
Bush is a great band. PERIOD. And they are still relevant, they can easily do a show in front of 10,000 or 12,000 fans in this day and age. All these sensationalism journalism is dumb and the constant need of comparison is idiotic: Nirvana vs Bush vs Pearl Jam vs AIC vs STP etc We need to stop making comparisons.
Disagree. They’re terrible. Peace.
Nice bait
Loool, that's hilarious.
Great comment
I just saw them live a few months ago, and they were amazing! Gavin still has an incredible stage presence. He came off the stage and went everywhere, even the cheap seats. I touched his arm. I can't get over it.
I loved Sixteen Stone & Razorblade Suitcase
If Bush is Nirvana would No Doubt be Hole? So Gwen would be Courtney Love?
No that was Marylin 😂
Whenever i think of gavin i just think about boy George saying " he has a huge talent"
I love their first three albums and yes, I own them and I also hear the sound of Nirvana to me. They do sound a bit like Nirvana.
I saw Nirvana English and was like, well I mean I sure hope they are!
Gavin has a great voice. It's different than Eddie Vedder and Kurt Cobain. Of course, any 90s grunge band after Nirvana got criticized by snobs. Bands like Candlebox, Bush, STP, and Silverchair were way better and original than the actual ripoffs such as Hinder, Staind, Saving Abel, and Theory Of A Deadman.
Snobs? What the hell is gayvin
Bush ❤ Can you do a video on Feeder as well?
This album was fire!#🔥 At a time after Alice in Chains “Dirt” and Smashing Pumpkins “Siamese Dream” were two of my favorite albums from the 90’s and gotta mention Stone Temple Pilots “Purple”(ALL STP albums) & the Toadies “Rubberneck” were some of the 90’s greatest albums along with so many more! This was a great decade for Rock!#❤️🎸🔥🤟🏻
Nirvana and Pearl Jam made their own music. Artists accused of trying to sound like them also made their own music.
I thought the Gavin Rossdale and Boy George situation was going to be in this video 😂 that was a crazy situation.
I didnt mind Bush, their 16 stone album was great.
Never thought they sounded like Nirvana imo, Bush had a heavier groove sound to me.
Surprised The Simpsons piece wasnt mentioned - the Glycerine rip with Homer.
got 16 stone around Xmas 94, had a whole year jamming to those tunes, still an all time favorite. it's still magic to me
Post grunge? Never heard of that subgenre until now. Which hack music critic made that up? It was still all just called alternative. I was there, kid.
Nut Bush is an area within Memphis TN. BTW
Everclear?? 22:01🙂how did Everclear get into this discussion on Bush and Nirvana and Dave Grohl? I’m not really a fan of Everclear but yes Bush and Nirvana as well as Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Weezer, Green Day and Oasis as well as The Foo Fighters rock the 1990’s Alternative rock music scene.
Wilco?
One of my favourite bands
They really are an underrated band. I think there 3rd album the science of things was their best or my favorite.
Never mind album cover was also ripped off from argent an album called in deep from the early seventies
I never thought they sounded anything like Nirvana. I have no idea why that comparison was made. The only similarities I can see is that their lyrics tended towards the nonsensical and they weren't hair metal.
I have the Bonedriven CD single n it's the best for my ears... 😂👂 👍
The keyboard warrioring go on in this particular section is really thought provoking. Such rudeness and disrespect right off the bat and for no reason.
Great band
I love BUSH
The British didn't like The Outfield either. It's weird. They were recognized when they came to the states but wouldn't be recognized in Britain. Bust was really good.
I always assumed Bush were another b grade grunge band from the US, never knew they were a b grade grunge band from the UK lol
They did have a cpl of decent tunes so good on them
They sold millions of albums and had a bunch of great songs. Hardly B grade
Bush was (and is) one of *the worst* and most derivative, banal bands ever.
Give four snot-nosed brats in a garage the musical instruments and in 1 hour they can make a band every bit as good as Bush.
I like Bush
They sounded nothing like Nirvana. Bush was terrible.
They were great and Nirvana were utter crap
I love your videos, but pleeease use a pop shield.
critics hated nirvana too, until they saw how successful they got.
Was always a casual fan of Bush. Saw them live for the first time a few months ago. They were awesome! I'm a bigger fan now.
I felt the same way about Hinder their live show is amazing
Razorblade Suitcase is a great album, idc
Gotta be honest ive been a bush fan, as well as nirvana fan for a looooooong time. Ive never put those dots together before today. Also still havent, i dont get the comparison