Gavin will be doing a live interview Tuesday morning (July 27th, 2010) on 102.1 The Edge with Vydra.
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Gavin Rossdale Calls Bush Reunion ‘Exciting,’ Says Family Rumors Can ‘Strike Home’
Gavin Rossdale feels like Bush has never ended, even though it’s been nine years since the release of the group’s last studio album, “Golden State.”
“I felt the other stuff was cool, but it was more default than by design,” Rossdale — who released an album with the group Institute in 2005 and a solo album, “Wanderlust,” in 2008 — tells Billboard.com. After touring in support of “Wanderlust,” Rossdale re-formed Bush for “Everything Always Now,” which he says will most likely be out in October.
“That whole time I was thinking, ‘Man, why is it not Bush? This is so crazy.’ I’m so pleased because I’ve got my voice back. To be in Bush, the band you’re basically born to be in, it’s like a suit of armor. It’s very exciting.”
The current incarnation of Bush features original drummer Robin Goodridge, guitarist Chris Traynor (who replaced Nigel Pulsford in 2002), and bassist Corey Britz in place of Dave Parsons. Rossdale says he reached out to Pulsford to be part of the group again, but the guitarist “doesn’t want to travel anymore. He’s doing his own thing.”
Bush recorded “Everything Always Now” with producer Bob Rock, who also worked with Rossdale on “Wanderlust.” The group laid down 19 tracks, with 12 making the final cut. The first single, “Afterlife,” is already out, while most of the other songs were written especially for the project. Only one — “Lost in You,” one of several Rossdale co-writes with Dave Stewart while making “Wanderlust” — has been around for awhile, while another, “Heroes Never Die,” was not originally intended for the set but was added at the insistence of mixing engineer Spike Stent.
Rossdale describes the new music as “heavy” in Bush tradition but says it’s not a repeat of 1994’s multi-platinum debut “Sixteen Stone” or any of the group’s other albums. “It’s tricky,” Rossdale explains, “because you want the band to evolve and you want to make songs that people really care about, but you also don’t want to repeat yourself. I was mindful of that. My musical vocabulary is better all the time — I get better at playing guitar, I think this is the best I’ve ever sung, so I want the record to reflect that.”
Apocalyptica Records Naked, Recruits Rossdale for ‘7th Symphony’
Rossdale — who also sings on the new Apocalyptica single “End of Me” and covered T. Rex’s “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” for the new Santana album, due out Sept. 21 — says Bush may issue an EP prior to the new album’s release, featuring “two tracks from the album and two or three other songs just to bridge the gap and…start to build it.” But the group plans to take its time before hitting the road; it’s currently booked to perform at the Epicenter Festival on Sept. 25 in Fontana, Calif., and Rossdale says there will be handful of other “special” shows, but no full tour until 2011.
“The idea is to do stuff in a way you’re not super-exposed,” he explains. “The idea is to let the album come out, let people reconnect, let’s appear at big festivals, let’s do some good press, let’s get the word out there and let the momentum take it a little bit. And then I think a proper, substantial tour starts next year.”
Rossdale adds that making “Everything Always Now” also provided a bit of an antidote for the latest rumors about he and his wife, No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani — primarily reports that she’s pregnant with their third child. “There’s rumors about anything and everyone the whole time,” he says. “You just roll with the stuff. Some things are more daft than others, and some things can strike home. You’ve just got to go about your business, that’s all.”
Hey Gavin fans,
If you haven’t already heard, BUSH is back with a new album Everything Always Now coming this Fall. Download the first single off the upcoming album, “Afterlife,” now at iTunes & Amazon. If you want to sign up for more BUSH updates, head over to www.bushofficial.com to get on their email list.
BUSH will perform “Afterlife” and preview additional music from the album during their much-buzzed-about performance at Epicenter on September 25th in Los Angeles. The two-day festival will see BUSH tearing through some of their biggest hits on a bill that also features the likes of Eminem, Kiss, Rise Against and many more.
In other news, Gavin Rossdale will appear on the upcoming Carlos Santana record, a star-studded affair that hits September 21st and features guest appearances by vocalists such as Chris Cornell, Scott Weiland and Chris Daughtry, among others. Gavin is also featured on “End Of Me,” the new single from Apocalyptica.
A big thank you to Gavin for mentioning my site during the video chat. Yes, I held onto the name, but more importantly I held on to the dream that Bush would come back. Watch the entire video here…. OSB gets mentioned after 19:19.
Last weekend I was at Disney’s Hollywood Studios for the Star Wars Weekend event. In the whole park I managed to find the one thing Bush related. Go figure. They have this store at the front of the park that sells celebrity autographs and memorabilia. All high dollar items. Amongst the selection there it was, a picture of Bush from Rolling Stone Magazine with a Gavin Rossdale autograph. It was priced at $200, which I think is outrageous to pay for anyone’s autograph. But that price was bottom end compared to most of the people in there. The really weird thing about the finding that is the majority of the musician autographs fell into one of two categories….. A: old time rock stars (rolling stones, beatles, michael jackson, etc.) all… from the 80’s or earlier… and B: the disney rock kids (zack efron, demi levato, etc.). There really was no in between. So, Gavin’s was a bit out of place.
Ran across and old blurb in Spin Magazine. The issue is online and features a small Gavin and Gwen story. I’m only posting this cause of the rather comical quote via Boy George.
http://books.google.com/books?id=EdRggHm3lkoC&printsec=frontcover&lr=&rview=1#v=onepage&q&f=false
Skip to Page 48.
Ben from Platform One Entertainment has filled me in on all the details for the upcoming Dare 2 Dream event in Chicago, IL.
The Dare 2 Dream benefit concert and silent auction featuring Gavin Rossdale, formerly of Bush, is headlining the event on November 5th at House of Blues Chicago with proceeds going to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society–the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services.
This is going to be a really great opportunity to bring awareness and support for the LLS! Tickets are now on sale via ticketmaster!
Dare 2 Dream is sponsoring a Meet and Greet promotion. They are giving fans a chance to attend the meet and greet with Gavin Rossdale prior to the show. For every $5 donation made, participants are entered to win tickets and a meet & greet passes for themselves and a guest!
One more thing–yes there’s more– they are hosting a contest on SonicBids to choose and indie band to be the opening act! So there is definitely much to get excited about!!
DETAILS:
Dare 2 Dream w/ Gavin Rossdale
Thursday, November 5th
5:00 PM
House of Blues
Chicago, IL
$35.00
For more information on the event:
http://www.platform-1.com/home.php
for more information on the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society:
You can now email Gavin Rossdale via his Myspace account… go ahead.. send him a message.. tell him how much you miss Bush!!! gavinrossdale@myspace.com
