Check out this interview from Details Magazine featuring Gavin Rossdale talking about Bush and a whole lot about other things (rumours, gossip, etc.) that the press just won’t let up on…
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Helmet’s Page Hamilton comments on his work with Institute back in 2005. It’s the first I’ve heard him really remark on the whole situation.
Jim (CWGmagazine): You worked with Gavin Rossdale on the Institute record. I dug it! It sounded like Helmet with Gavin singing. How did you get into producing?
Page: Gavin wrote some Helmet-like riffs, actually, Chris Traynor and Gavin wrote together. Chris has a Helmet influence from being a teenager when Helmet started. I didn’t push [the Institute record] into that direction. Gavin and Chris came to me with those songs. Gavin’s “ Come On Over” was like a lot like “ I Know” off of Betty. I told Gavin that! I said, “Umm… Yeah… Can we not start the song with the same riff as ‘I Know?’”
Gavin kind of laughed and said (Page doing a very bad faux English accent), ‘It was a homage to you, Page,’ and I said, “That’s cool.” It was a great experience. I didn’t want to produce. With rock bands, not including Gavin, sometimes their motives aren’t pure. They want to be stars, and that’s not interesting. Being a musician is. Being a star is boring- it’s the same shit.
Jimmy Iovine had called me and asked me to come in and do a Helmet record and produce other bands. I’m into doing an album, but I don’t want to produce rock idiots. He said that Interscope had 300 artists and that he would find someone for me to work with. A week later, he called me and said that Gavin Rossdale was interested in working with me. Turns out Gavin is a huge Jesus Lizard fan. We like a lot of the same bands, and we completely hit it off. Jimmy said at the end, “I told you that you’re a great producer.” I worked with other bands that are not well known- friends. I realize that producing can be a great process.
For the full interview go to CWGmagazine.com:
http://www.cwgmagazine.com/interviews/2010/07/helmets-page-hamilton/
“I spoke to Dave. I was surprised because I thought he’d do it. He thought about it for the weekend and then said he couldn’t. He didn’t want to commit and then back out — he didn’t know how long he could tour.”
Gavin Rossdale interview with Spin Magazine where he talks about the band reuniting, why all the members aren’t coming back, meaning behind the new album title, his upcoming collaboration with Santana, plus much more.
Read more of this interview:
http://www.spin.com/articles/qa-gavin-rossdale-reunite-bush?page=0%2C0
New article and short video interview with Gavin Rossdale on Mtv News.
“It feels really exciting and really like coming home,” Rossdale told MTV News in the studio where he was putting the finishing touches on the brand-new Bush album, their first since 2001’s Golden State. “Doing Institute and a solo record felt like leaving home, and while I enjoyed those things, the excitement is palpable, and I’m into it.”
Full article and video interview: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1644241/20100722/bush.jhtml
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.”
This article was posted online today via Stalking With The Stars! I’m glad Bush are being received well (for the most part, since there’s always going to be haters).
Bush is Back (With a New Single, That Is!)
You heard the rumors of a Bush reunion back in 2008 when Gavin Rossdale resurfaced with his first solo album, Wanderlust. And now, friends, they have finally proven true. Bush is back.
Today marks the release of the first Bush single in over eight years. The band’s brand new song is called “Afterlife.” It is absolutely gorgeous and hard-hitting as ever, and you can listen to it here.
The Bush reunion lineup includes two original members, frontman Gavin Rossdale and drummer Robin Goodridge. They are joined by guitarist Chris Traynor, who toured with Rossdale in support of WANDERlust, and bassist Corey Britz.
Bush plans to release their fifth studio album Everything Always Now in October, and, honestly, I don’t know if I can wait that long. I might burst.
I adore Gavin Rossdale to no end. Save for a brief period when I was 10 and thought I wasn’t allowed to listen to or like Bush because Kurt Cobain said so (and he was long gone at that point…what power), I have followed Rossdale’s career and just consumed his music for the last fifteen years. Any Rossdale is good Rossdale in my eyes: Bush, Institute, solo work. And now Bush lives again!
“Afterlife” is available to purchase from digital retailers. Excuse me while I go listen to it for the tenth consecutive time.
UPDATE 9:09am:
I haven’t stopped listening to “Afterlife” and I’ve gotten myself on a huge Bush kick, which includes listening to all of their albums, watching their videos, and reading all relevant Wikipedia pages. This has led me to discover that Gavin has been doing more than just reuniting Bush lately. He provides vocals for a song called “End of Me,” which is the latest single from Helsinki-based “symphonic metal” band (three cellists and a drummer) Apocalyptica. The track was just released on June 29 for digital download. Check out the fantastic video below:
View the full article here: http://www.stalkingwiththestars.com/2010/07/bush-is-back.html#links
In the midst of the mixed feeling I am seeing all over the web a positive review of the Bush sound emerges. From a July 3rd article posted on Beatweek Magazine’s website:
Bush song “Afterlife” sounds just like 2010-era Bush should sound like
The new Bush single “Afterlife” won’t hit iTunes for another ten days, but Gavin Rossdale and the gang have posted a streaming version of the song to their website – which you have to log into with your Facebook account to hear. But fans of the band may find doing so to be well worth it, as Afterlife is instantly recognizable as being a Bush, but like Rossdale’s 2008 solo project, sounds like it belongs in the current century. Afterlife is also instantly catchy enough that it’s almost certain to become a major radio hit, no small feat for a band that packed it in nearly a decade ago. Bush’s reunion, however, is no surprise – Rossdale told Beatweek back in 2008 that his solo project was originally intended to be a Bush reunion album. If you want to hear Afterlife right now on Bush’s official website, it’s right here.
‘I’d rather 20,000 people in an arena than two pages in the NME any day of the week.’ .. Nigel Pulsford.
I came across a more recent interview done with Nigel back in November 2009 via the BBC’s Wales Music. It’s short but interesting, most of all I’m glad someone out there still cares…