Bush: Whatever Happened To The Band Behind 'Sixteen Stone' & Gavin Rossdale?

Bush: Whatever happened to the band Bush who most famously released the 1994 album 'Sixteen Stone' which included hits 'Comedown', 'Machinehead' and 'Glycerine' 0:00 - Gavin Rossdale's Early Life 3:00 - Bush's Early Years 5:15 - Sixteen Stone 9:20 - Media Backlash 12:36 - Razorblade Suitcase 16:50 - The Science of Things 17:48 - Golden State/Breakup 18:50 - Bush Reunion The Pixies video https://youtu.be/WfkmimIdyGE The Cranberries Video https://youtu.be/HeF7aYQinRY SIGN UP for 10 of the Craziest Stories in Rock N' Roll [Secret Playlist]: https://bit.ly/3vVPAEF Have a video request or a topic you'd like to see us cover? Fill out our google form! https://bit.ly/3stnXlN -----CONNECT ON SOCIAL----- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rocknrolltruestories Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RNRTrueStories Twitter: https://twitter.com/rocktruestories Blog: www.rockandrolltruestories.com #bush #gavinrossdale I cite my sources and they may differ than other people's accounts, so I don't guarantee the actual accuracy of my videos. While all of Rossdale’s perceived beauty, decoration, and privilege may have helped to sell records, it has only inflamed Bush’s credibility problem—the one Rossdale’s so eager to shed.= Spin While grunge music was on it’s way out by the mid 90’s a new sub-genre of rock called post-grunge sprouted up in it’s ashes and one of those early bands was British group Bush. Lambasted by critics as being derivative of bands from Seattle, his home country of England never embraced Bush early on. But those circumstances did little to hurt record sales as by the end of the 90’s the band sold nearly 10 million albums worldwide in just half a decade, headlined arenas and became one of the most successful group’s of the mid to late 90’s. Today let’s talk about the history of Bush. Compared to the grunge bands before them, Bush leader Gavin Rossdale had a pretty posh life. Growing up in the northwestern London he had a middle class upbringing being the son of a doctor who had politically connected patients some of which were part of the African National Congress. His mother meanwhile was a model. Rossdale would attend the prestigious prep school Westminister, attempt a career at soccer that was cut short due to an injury. His parents would divorce when he was just 11 and he would be raised by his father and aunt. By the age of 17 he left his westminster school and started his first band called midnight All the members of Bush, had older siblings who were teen-agers in the late ‘70s, when the punk explosion was at its peak. They would be exposed to groups like the clash and the Sex Pistols. Rossdale would tell the LA Times “Growing up in England, we were all punks in our own way,”“When I was 12, you know, I had this spiky bleached-blond hair. I was really into it.” Rossdale was a late arrival to pickup guitar not playing the instrument until he turned 19. He would tell Chicago Tribune “I left home at 17, was this wandering soul at 19, and decided to become a singer--a very purposeful decision to be the singer, because I wanted to be rich and famous. It was then I decided I wanted to be on a stage craving the attention of thousands of people.” Rossdale would support himself with odd jobs while playing in a variety of bands including a mid 80s pop act named Midnight with Sasha Puttnam who was the son of Chariots of fire movie produce David Puttman. Much to their surprise the band got signed and even put out a few singles and opened for big country and cyndi lauper, but that’s about as far as they got. Rossdale would tell Rolling Stone “We got signed way too young in the mid 80’s when everyone was throwing all this money around. We weren’t developed and we didn’t deliver. So as far as the A&R community in London was concerned. I was soiled.” Rossdale would soon leave Midnight and play in several other bands, but decided to change his life up telling Rolling Stone “my life was too safe in london. So i thought going to america would help my career. When i got there i came to the conclusion that there was nothing to my life: an irrelevant band, no one i was with personally. No family ties.” By 1991 he moved to California for half a year. Friends back home helped setup accommodations for him and he made money working on music videos as a production assistant. He would recall to Rolling Stone the highs and the lows of his new home. The high would be seeing Nirvana perform at the Roxy in LA, while the low point would be crashing at the place of an ex-girlfriend of five years. The same ex-girlfriend whose boyfriend Jake Scott would go on to direct Bush’s video for Comedown. The early days of Bush dated back to November of 1991 when Bryan Adams played Wembley Stadium. At that show Rossdale would meet a fellow musician, a guitarist named Nigel Pulsford. They soon bonded over their musical tastes with Rossdale telling Rolling Stone “When he mentioned the pixies i knew that was it.” Pulsford for his

Added 9 Aug 2026