Bush and Gavin Rossdale's love of grunge

goldrush

Olivavu wrote:

I lost a lot of respect for him over this. Not because of the bi-sexual activity, but because he felt the need to lie about it all. Keeping a daughter hidden from his wife is not cool either.

You lost respect for him because he only admitted to something private after being hounded by the press about it for 15 years? What right did Boy George have to reveal it in the first place?


I really like most of Bush's albums, including the newest one "Sea Of Memories". It's only really "Golden State" that I was disappointed in. It's always a fine line between being influenced by other bands and being accused of ripping off their sound. There will always be people who accuse them of being a wannabe grunge band and I'm pretty sure they knew what they were up against when they started out. I never really thought of Bush as a grunge band (mainly because I hate the word!), I think they're a pretty good British rock band with some really good tunes (Little Things, Machinehead, The Chemicals Between Us and many more) and a singer with a great voice

pjfaninindiana

I lost a lot of respect for him over this. Not because of the bi-sexual activity, but because he felt the need to lie about it all. Keeping a daughter hidden from his wife is not cool either.[/quote]


But he didn't know the daughter was his right? Also about the bi sexual thing, what if he wasn't comfortable making that known to the world at the time? Maybe he didn't feel it was anything that was anybody else's business. Which it is not.

Callaway

Oh! Now I get it, he's gay. Now I feel stupid because I just always thought he was cheesy. I thought the way he moved and acted was so cheesy but ok I get it now. He was just being himself and I took it that the guy was one of those dudes who was trying to be mr. macho sexy man for the ladies and coming off looking like the exact opposite. I still don't think he has an ounce of talent but more power to him for making a living and being semi successfull at it. I won't knock him anymore. Carry on.

STAYSEA

Bush is kewl.
Gavin is so Nice!
Why would GWEn stay with him? If he sucked?
She could have had BRADLEY
There has to be something he has..
Gwen is too punk rock to be with a lame dude.
I went to the tour they met at..
man, you could see them staring at each other..
That is some LOVE.
Gwen could have any guy.. seriously..
She just wants his babies..
I see nothing wrong here

Olivavu

Comedown and Machinehead are their best songs.

CTD10

I was a big fan of Bush back when they first came out. Loved Sixteen Stone and Razorblade Suitcase, then after a couple years just lost interest. Never even bought any of their other albums.

I remember when they were called Bush x up here in Canada.

Callaway

STAYSEA wrote:

Gwen is too punk rock to be with a lame dude.
I went to the tour they met at..
man, you could see them staring at each other..
That is some LOVE.
Gwen could have any guy.. seriously..

I find her very very unattractive. I'd rather be with an animal.



I can't seem to find the "punk rock" in this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBrzrMw2k8M

JimFletcherPearlJam

I'm a damn big Bush fan. Of course, Pearl Jam is number one for sure. However, after that, it's Stone Temple Pilots followed by Bush in my world. Then there's a gap with Soundgarden and Alice in Chains rounding out my top-five bands. 

hrd2imgn

Great ROCK band, not grunge.  Sixteen Stone is a damn good record.

To each their own

JimFletcherPearlJam

I'll tell you what -- I love four of their first five albums. More specifically, Sixteen Stone, Razorblade Suitcase, The Science of Things, and Sea of Memories. Their fourth album, Golden State was likely rushed. It seems like they should've put another six months of work into that one before releasing it. Rossdale is quite a performer too. 

vito

Alien is still one of my favorite songs!

JT167846

I reckon Razorblade Suitcase showed their influences pretty clearly. Albini producing, sounds like the drums were taken straight off In Utero and those lurching distorted guitars were taken off Superunknown. Love those sounds though and they have some bangers. Greedy Fly is awesome and Letting The Cables Sleep is genius. Not my favourite band but don't mind them and didn't get the hate back then.

JimFletcherPearlJam

Did anyone see the free internet concert by Bush this evening? Damn I really like their album new album! Bought three copies on Amazon. It's their best album since 1996. 

JimFletcherPearlJam

By the way, the Bush album I'm referring to is The Kingdom, which was released yesterday, July 17, 2020. 

facepollution

Two songs in to the new record, pretty solid so far....

Of The Aggie

The Kingdom is pretty solid.  The Science of Things is very underrated.  I like it almost as much as Sixteen Stone.

JimFletcherPearlJam

Yeah, the Bush albums I highly enjoy are Sixteen Stone, Razorblade Suitcase, Science of Things, Sea of Memories, and The Kingdom. Their other three studio albums don't quite measure up in my opinion. They're my third favorite band after Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots. 

ConorKavanagh

Really enjoyed the new record this weekend. I probably listened to it somewhere around 6 times I'd say. I'll let it rest for a few days now before coming back for more. Sadly they never came to Ireland, that I know of.

hrd2imgn

Bush got shit on because  Gavin was a good looking dude.   He got labeled a pretty boy and never lived it down.  They are boring good live, sounded great, no frills, at least in 1996 ha ha.  They had No Doubt open leading to the Gwen thing, but damn her abs were hypnotic

William Wallace

Really like the new album (The Kingdom).