Future Primitive releases their first single “Bomb”. By the end of the year they are known as Bush.
December
Bush released Sixteen Stone
1995
#59 Singles Artist of the Year (Arc Top 40)
April
Sixteen Stone was certified gold. (500,000 albums sold)
July
Sixteen Stone was certified platinum. (1,000,000 albums sold)
September
Bush hit the ARC Top 40 with “Comedown” on the week of the 23rd entering in at # 35.
Bush topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 2 weeks with “Comedown”
December
Sixteen Stone was certified 2x platinum. (2,000,000 albums sold)
Bush hit the ARC Top 40 with “Glycerine” on the week of the 23rd entering in at # 39.
Bush topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 2 weeks with “Glycerine”
1996
#46 Singles Artist of the Year (ARC Top 40).
#90 Top 100 Songs of 1996 Glycerine (ARC Top 40).
Kerrang! Magazine- Best International Live Act
January
Sixteen Stone was certified 3x platinum. (3,000,000 albums sold)
April
Bush hit the ARC Top 40 with “Machinehead” on the week of the 27th entering in at # 38.
June
Sixteen Stone was certified 5x platinum. (5,000,000 albums sold)
September
Bush won a MTV Video Music Award for Viewer’s Choice (”Glycerine”) and was nominated for Best Alternative Video (”Glycerine”)(was beaten by:Smashing Pumpkins: “1979″) and Best Video from a Film ("Machinehead") (was beaten by:Coolio: “Gangsta’s Paradise”). Bush beat out the following for the Viewer’s Choice Award:
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: “Tha Crossroads”
Metallica: “Until It Sleeps”
Alanis Morissette: “Ironic”
Smashing Pumpkins: “Tonight, Tonight”
November
Bush released Razorblade Suitcase
Bush topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 7 weeks with “Swallowed”
Bush hit the ARC Top 40 with “Swallowed” on the week of the 30th entering in at # 38.
December
Razorblade Suitcase topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 2 weeks.
1997
#179 Singles Artist of the Year (ARC Top 40).
#179 Top 100 of 1997 (Bush) (ARC Top 40).
Much Music Awards- Best International Band
Nominated for: Billboard Music Awards- Best Modern Rock Artist
Nominated for: Much Music’s People’s Choice- Favourite International Group (up against: The Fugees, No Doubt, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls)
January
Bush were nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist (was beaten out by: Smashing Pumpkins).
Mtv Movie Awards- Best Song in a Movie (”Machinehead”)
February
Razorblade Suitcase was certified 2x platinum. (2,000,000 albums sold)
April
Sixteen Stone was certified 6x platinum. (6,000,000 albums sold)
July
Razorblade Suitcase was certified 3x platinum. (3,000,000 albums sold)
November
Bush released Deconstructed – a collection of remixes.
1998
BMI Pop Awards- Best Songwriter (Swallowed) & Best Song (Swallowed).
Kerrang! Magazine- Best British Band
Circus Magazine Awards:
Band Of the Year
Best Concert Tour- 2nd place
Best Male Vocalist- Gavin Rossdale
Best Guitarist- Nigel Pulsford
Best Bassist- Dave Parsons
Best Drummer- Robin Goodridge
Best Single- Mouth remix
Best Music Video- 3rd place- Greedy Fly
Best Album- Razorblade Suitcase
January
Bush won an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist. (bush beat out: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sublime)
Bush were nominated for an Mtv Movie Awards- Best Song from a Sountrack (Mouth).
February
Bush were nominated for a Grammy Award Best Hard Rock Performance ("Swallowed") (was beaten out by: Smashing Pumpkins – “The End Is The Beginning Is The End”)
March
Deconstructed was certified gold. (500,000 albums sold)
1999
#191 Singles Artist of the Year (ARC Top 40)
March
Bush’s record label, Trauma Records, filed a $40 million lawsuit against the band for breach-of-contract.
June
Bush could be heard on the benefit LP No Boundaries: A Benefit For The Kosovar Refugees with "Comedown."
July
Bush performed at Woodstock ‘99.
October
Bush releasedThe Science Of Things
Bush topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 5 weeks with “The Chemicals Between Us”
November
Bush hit the ARC Top 40 with “The Chemicals Between Us” on the week of the 13th entering in at # 37.
December
The Science Of Things was certified gold. (500,000 albums)
2000
Nominated for: Kerrang! magazine- Best British Band
April
Rossdale passed out and collapsed after performing with the group in Michigan.
June
The Science Of Things was certified platinum.(1,000,000 albums sold)
2001
October
Bush released Golden State. The track "The People That We Love" was originally titled "Speed Kills" but was renamed after the 9/11 attacks.
2002
May
Pulsford took a break from touring with Bush and was replaced with Chris Traynor (formerly of Helmet).
August
Rossdale went solo on the track "Adrenaline" for the XXX soundtrack.
ALBUMS
Sixteen Stone
Released: December 1994 USA: 6x Platinum Billboard (USA) peak: 4 Billboard (UK) peak: # 42 Billboard (Germany) peak: # 68
Razorblade Suitcase
Released: November, 1996 USA: 3x Platinum Billboard (USA) peak: # 1 (for 2 weeks) Billboard (UK) peak: # 4 Billboard (Germany) peak: # 37 Rolling Stone review:
Deconstructed
Released: November, 1997 USA: Gold Billboard (USA) peak: # 36 Billboard (UK) peak: #36 Rolling Stone review:
The Science of Things
Released: October, 1999 USA: Platinum Billboard (USA) peak: #11 Billboard (Germany) peak: #19 (21 weeks) Rolling Stone review:
Golden State
Released: October, 2001 USA: Platinum Billboard (USA) peak: #22 Billboard (Germany) peak: #10 Rolling Stone review:
