Formed nearly four years ago, the London-based Bush met through mutual friends. Lead singer Gavin Rossdale and Lead Guitarist Nigel Puslford met first and formed 'Future Primitive' with a few other musicians. Eventually bassist Dave Parsons and drummer Robin Goodridge joined and the four of them formed Bush. Since then, playing and hanging and playing and playing is what Gavin, Nigel, Dave and Robin do, and do so well. Their debut show was an outdoor car park converted into a fantasy birthday setting for a friend.
"In England, there are lots of meanings for Bush.... you smoke bush, and both
men and women have bushes--which is a very important point, it's not some
kind of sexist thing. And we live near Shepherd's Bush. Also, I just like the
'shhh' at the end of the word."
--Gavin Rossdale
"Once upon a time there was a lonely man...my friend, who called a phone
number advertising a '21 year Scandinavian beauty, new in town.' When she
arrived, she was forty years old and sixteen stone (about 224 pounds)...but
he managed to get through it."
--Gavin Rossdale
Razorblade Suitcase is a line in the song 'Synapse' and was well liked so they named their album after it.
Rupert and Julie are two of Gavin's friends who died in a freak boating accident in London.
Gavin - October 30th, 1967
Nigel - April 11th, 1965
Robin - September 10th, 1965
Dave - July 2nd, 1965
Gavin at least has one sister named Soraya who I believe is older than he is. He does not really have an asshole brother. Nigel has a sister who plays or used to play with Cyndi Lauper. I believe Robin has an older brother who got him into the drums and I am not sure about Dave.
All of the Bush guys have been in quite a few different bands but here are the main ones:
Gavin - Midnight, Future Primitive
Nigel - King Blank, Future Primitive
Robin - Beautiful People
Dave - Transvision Vamp
Can I Still Get Albums From These Bands??
Midnight released a UK single a long time ago but no album, so far, I don't know of one person who has found it since it is not in production anymore.
Beautiful People and Transvision Vamp both have albums out that you could probably find if you looked hard enough.
No. But the Bush fanclub does:
E-mail: bush-fc@dircon.co.uk
Nigel is the only member of Bush that has his own email address. He corresponds with a select few in the online bush community, but his address is not for the general public, so please don't ask.
Fanmail Addresses:
Bush
c/o Dave Dorrel
10 Chesterford Gardens, Flat C
LONDON NW3 7DE
Bush
c/o Trauma Records
15206 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Bush
c/o Interscope Records
10900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1230
Los Angeles, CA 90024
There is, however, a Bush Mailinglist you can subscribe to on the net. Just send an email to: majordomo@teleport.com With a message in the body saying 'subscribe bush-L'
If you are interested in backstage passes to Bush shows, we have some bad news. Passes are not just available to anyone. You either have to get them through a band member or radio contest. Asking other Bush fans or maintainers of Bush sites will not get you anywhere and will waste both of your time. Everyone is basically in the same boat on here.
Other Songs
Anarchy in the UK (cover: Sex Pistols)
Come Back Traci (cover: Sloppy Seconds)
Crazy Train (cover: Ozzy Ozbourne)
The Cross (cover: Prince)
Girl U Want (cover: Devo)
Hey Stupid (cover: Alice Cooper)
Janie Jones (cover: Clash, live)
Old/ Butane (new)
Suspicious Minds (cover: Elvis)
The One I Love (cover: REM)
Bush released an interactive CD-ROM to go along with 16 Stone called the Little Things Enhanced CD-ROM. It includes interviews with the band members, clips of live performances, the early videos plus lots of other fun stuff. You can also play some of the songs (Including Bud) on your audio CD player. You can get it still at some big music stores and its around $8-12.
Bush was featured in issue #6 of Launch CD-ROM. It includes interviews, live performances plus you can play a live version of 'Alien' on your audio CD player. You can find it in some computer stores or music stores for around $10. There are also LOTS of other non-Bush things on the CD-Rom.
There was a special edition Razorblade Suitcase CD-ROM that was released with Razorblade Suitcase but was only available to the first 50 people who got RB-SC at Best Buy or the Wherehouse on November 19th, 1996. You can't buy them anywhere anymore unless you find a Best Buy or Wherehouse that still has leftovers (doubtful). This CD-ROM includes interviews, looks behind the scene of making the album, music plus more.
Tour information can be found at these websites:
Little Things
Bush 'zine
Ticketmaster
