October 1999
(Oct. 1) Bush are scheduled to tape a show of Hard Rock Live on October 19th in New York City. Tickets are extremely limited...the only way to request them is by e-mailing Original_Program@warnerbros.com . If you are selected, you will receive a call from the people at VH1. The show will not air until sometime next spring.

(Oct. 4) Nigel is now the father of a baby girl,Olivia, born on October 2nd. Also, you can check out his chat transcript from September 23rd here.

(Oct. 4) VH1 will be broadcasting portions of NetAid on October 9 starting at 3 PM EST. Also, both MTV and VH1 will be webcasting the shows from 12-10 PM EST.So, make sure to watch!

(Oct. 7)Bush is in this month's Metal Hammer magazine, where Gavin mentions his interest in recording a solo album as a side project. However, he has no intentions of leaving the band.

(Oct. 7) 27th Letter, written by Jennifer Nine, will be released on November 18. The biographic book will trace Bush's history as a band and the success they've achieved in the past 5 years.

(Oct. 7) Bush is scheduled to perform at MTV New Year's Eve Party, airing December 31.

(Oct. 9) You can now download a second new song, "Spacetravel", from emusic.com for free. It's a great song, so check it out!

(Oct. 9) Bush is scheduled to participate in an online chat at www.twec.com on October 25th at 10 PM EST.

(Oct. 9) Bush turned in an excellent performance at today's NetAid charity concerts. The setlist was: Machinehead, Swallowed, The Chemicals Between Us, 40 Miles From The Sun, and Comedown. Portions of the performance were aired on VH1 and the entire set was shown at mtv.com, vh1.com, and netaid.org. If you missed it, TNT will air a special on Wednesday, October 13, which may include the performance, so check your local listings.

(Oct. 12) From MTV (10.12.99): With the release of their anticipated album "The Science Of Things" looming, the British alt-rockers in Bush are lining up a busy promotional schedule to trumpet the effort. The group's latest album hits stores on October 26, and before that the band will step in front of the cameras to drum up support. On October 19, the band will hit New York to tape a performance for "VH1's Hard Rock Live." The next day, the band will head over to Rockefeller Plaza and pay a visit to NBC's "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" where the group will roll out the album's first single, "The Chemicals Between Us." When "The Science Of Things" finally hits stores the following week (on October 26), the band will mark the release with an early morning visit to Howard Stern's syndicated radio show, swing by MTV's "Total Request Live" that afternoon, and finally cap the day by greeting fans at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square. The promo stops will give Stateside fans their only chance to see the band in the near future, as Bush will not mount a U.S. tour until next year.

(Oct. 15) From allstar: Only a small circle of people and Gavin Rossdale's Hungarian sheep dog (who barks on "Altered States") know what went down in the studio to cause such dissension between "producer" and band during the making of The Science Of Things (due Oct. 26). Contractually, Bush claims it had to credit Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley with production on its new album but the British rock band is vehemently denying the pair's involvement. "We didn't work with them on this record," said lead singer/songwriter and guitarist Gavin Rossdale, during a recent promo visit to Toronto. "They didn't do any production, really. I mean, Clive did a bit of arranging at the beginning. Alan has never been a producer. He's an engineer. But, for some reason, contractually, it says they produced." Langer and Winstanley both worked on Bush's breakthrough debut, Sixteen Stone, which sold 9 million copies worldwide. Steve Albini produced and engineered the 4.5 million-selling follow-up, Razorblade Suitcase. Rossdale, who fully demoed all 12 tracks on The Science Of Things, says the band handled all the production with the invaluable assistance of engineer Tom Elmhirst. "We've given him as much credit as we could, but because these guys [Langer and Winstanley] are playing hardball and legal letters, we couldn't give him the credit he deserved," said Rossdale. Rossdale wrote the album by himself at a friend's hunting lodge in Ireland, while bassist Dave Parsons wrote commercials with his brother in Paris, drummer Robin Goodridge did remixes for Moloko and guitarist Nigel Pulsford made a solo album.

(Oct. 19) From allstar: Bush's new album, The Science of Things, has not only opened up some new territory for the stadium dwelling Brits, but it has also seemingly put the past into the proper perspective. "Before there was a concerted effort to sound or to have similarities to the Pixies and to Polly Harvey and nods to the spirit of Nirvana and stuff," says Bush singer and guitarist Gavin Rossdale about critics' early complaints that the band's sound was too derivitive. "But I thought that was really always over exaggerated. There were many more bands with way closer ties [to other acts] like mad, madly. I think for instance when the Smashing Pumpkins came out they sounded a lot more like Jane's Addiction than we try to sound like --because we're always compared to -- Nirvana. Gish was like a blueprint of Jane's Addiction. Jane's Addiction didn't really have the God-like status that Nirvana had because obviously Kurt [Cobain] killed himself." The newly outspoken Rossdale continues with his rant about the injustices of comparisons in the two group's music: "It's kind of ironic. I remember reading stuff about Kurt saying that he felt he was in the most hated band in the world and then of course there was that terrible tragedy and he shot himself and you become defied beyond the realm. So if you have like the tiniest bit of spice from them you're in shit, especially if it sells! "But I never used to talk about them," continues Rossdale. "Now I've sort of moved on. The record definitely doesn't sound like anything to do with Nirvana. I was scared to talk about them for a while and yet they were such an important band. And it's stopped me listening to them. That was the worst part." A healthy and helpful attitude given the fact that Rossdale believes Bush are playing with ex-Nirvana striker Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters on New Year's Eve. Bush taped VH1's Hard Rock Live Tuesday (Oct. 19) night in New York.

(Oct. 20) From sonicnet: Cure, Bush Preview Albums In TV Tapings/ British bands do back-to-back shows for 'Hard Rock Live.' : The Cure sang keyboard-driven songs of darkness and despair with stone faces and Bush crashed manically through a set of guitar rock in back-to-back television tapings Tuesday night during which the two British bands previewed upcoming albums. The concerts were taped in front of audiences of about 200 each at Sony Studios on Manhattan's West Side for VH1's weekly series "Hard Rock Live." The cable channel's publicists said air dates for the Cure and Bush shows were not available. As the title of the series implies, each band rocked hard in the studio, which was dressed up to look like a concert hall. They also maintained a light rapport with their crowds. "They're changing the tape. Just like a real concert. According to Milli Vanilli," the Cure's bushy-haired, brooding singer, Robert Smith, joked during a break. He was referring to the '80s pop duo who were stripped of a Grammy Award after the disclosure that they didn't sing on their own album. Bush's dapper frontman, Gavin Rossdale, told fans about taping another television show in Germany a week earlier. "It was like a supermarket there," he said. "It had no f---ing atmosphere. So you guys rock compared to that." The Cure, who helped make Goth-rock a household word in the 1980s with their combination of dense pop melodies and electronic ambiance, performed first. They're scheduled to release Bloodflowers, their first studio album in three years, on Feb. 15. They played several of the new songs, which Smith said made up "hardly an album of pop hits." The songs, including "The Last Day of Summer," "Out of This World" and "Bloodflowers," were heavy on landscape, with keyboard effects and feedback driving them. They were expansive, melodic and dark. "You only get to stay here for so long," Smith sang during "Out of This World." "You always have to go back to real life." Levi Pervin, a 32-year-old fan from Manhattan, said the new material reminded him of songs from the Cure's 1989 Disintegration, many of which, like all of the new ones, used long musical introductions. Smith has described the new album as the final part of a trilogy that began with Pornography (1982) and continued on Disintegration (1989). "It's great they're doing stuff like that again," Pervin said. "It's atmospheric, very dreamy. I can close my eyes and really sink into it." While many in the crowd were VIPs, others were fans off the street. Tickets for the shows were free, and admission was on a first-come, first-served basis. Dressed in black shirts and pants, the members of the Cure smiled and appeared relaxed only between songs. As they played, they were focused and showed no emotion. They lightened up only as producers changed tape, at one point playing an impromptu version of their hit "Boys Don't Cry" (RealAudio excerpt). Bush, on the other hand, were animated as they pounded out hard-rocking guitar songs. Rossdale, his hair dyed bright red and wearing a tight blue sweater, jumped, spun, danced and implored fans to wave their hands and jump along with him. He and his bandmates blasted through Bush's catalog of radio hits, with soaring guitar riffs and swirls of guitar cacophony. The new songs they played, from their third studio album, The Science of Things, due Tuesday, included the electro-rocker "The Chemicals Between Us," the guitar-heavy "Warm Machine," and the ballad "40 Miles From the Sun." On record, "The Chemicals Between Us" is a pop song with drum programming. But live, with its stop-and-go guitar breaks, oddly clopping drums and keyboard punch, it sounded more like Rush's "2112" than a Bush song. Bush played their older songs more conventionally. Rossdale and lead guitarist Nigel Pulsford crashed their guitars in unison on the descending riff of "Greedy Fly" (RealAudio excerpt). "Comedown" began with a minute-long bass solo by Dave Parsons, during which Rossdale ran in place. Rossdale played a solo version of "Glycerine," which, stripped of the recorded version's string section, sounded loud and spooky. The Cure's fans were respectfully contained, but not Bush's fans. Women screamed between songs and during them, and continued even as producers changed an audio reel. Karen Dragotto, of Manhattan, said she's been a fan of Bush since they became popular in the U.S. five years ago "They came out of that whole alternative thing," she said. "But they just sounded different. They weren't like Candlebox." "Hard Rock Live" airs Saturday nights on VH1. An episode featuring rock bands Sugar Ray and Smash Mouth airs on Saturday. Other upcoming shows will feature the Cranberries, Bad Company and Meat Loaf, according to a VH1 spokesperson.
(Oct. 20) From launch.com:If radio station airplay is any indication, Bush's forthcoming album, The Science Of Things, should be a big hit. The first single from the album, due Oct. 26, "The Chemicals Between Us," was the first track to be added by every reporting radio station to the Radio & Records trade publication. In addition, the song now sits atop the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. LAUNCH recently asked singer Gavin Rossdale and bassist David Parsons if they would be disappointed if the new album didn't go platinum, for sales of 1 million copies. "It will sell more than a million," said Rossdale. "Our remix album sold that, so it will. But, of course, it would be a disappointment. It would be." "That specifically would be, but I know what you're saying if sales were different from other albums," Parsons added. "But I think there would be obviously a certain point where it would be disappointing below a number, but I think it's like a long-term...it's a career. It's different albums, different times, different songs, different situations." "Yes, we would cry," quipped Rossdale. Yesterday (Oct. 19), Bush played a mix of old and new songs for VH1's Hard Rock Live, which was taped at Sony Studios in New York.

(Oct. 25) From mtv.com: Their new album doesn't arrive until Tuesday, and the alt-rockers of Bush have already scored a number one hit and are mapping out their follow-up. The band's new album, "The Science Of Things," spawned a number one modern rock track with "The Chemicals Between Us," and now Bush hopes to keep the ball rolling with "Jesus Online." Frontman Gavin Rossdale and company will head to Los Angeles later this week to meet up with director Hype Williams to shoot a video for the track. On its way to becoming "Billboard" magazine's number one modern rock track, "The Chemicals Between Us" earned the distinction of being added by every alternative station that reports to the radio industry trade mag "R&R" in one week. For the video for that track, the band turned to director Stephane Sedanoui (Alanis Morissette, Bjork, Fiona Apple, R.E.M., Garbage, Red Hot Chili Peppers), and the result has found its way onto MTV's "Total Request Live" numerous times. As we reported earlier this month, Bush will try to up the buzz on the Tuesday release of "The Science Of Things" with appearances on Howard Stern's morning radio show as well as "TRL." If you rush out to buy "Science" on Tuesday, here's what you'll find:"Warm Machine", "Jesus Online" ,"The Chemicals Between Us" ,"English Fire" ,"Spacetravel" ,"40 Miles From The Sun" ,"Prizefighter" "The Disease of the Dancing Cats" ,"Altered States" ,"Dead Meat" ,"Letting The Cables Sleep" ,"Mindchanger".

(Oct. 25) Bush will be doing an online chat tonight. Check below for more info. Tomorrow, they'll be making an appearance on MTV's TRL, the Howard Stern show, and at the Virgin Megastore in Time's Square for an in-store signing.

(Oct. 26) The Science of Things was released today. To support the new album, Bush will be on MTV's 120 Minutes on November 14th.

(Oct. 26) Hype Williams will be directing the next Bush single, "Jesus Online". Look for it in late-November, early-December.

(Oct. 31) Bush have apparently taped an episode of VH1's Behind The Music, although the air date is still unknown. Other appearances the band will be making include a performance from San Diego, CA televised on HBO's Reverb sometime in December, a performance on Mad TV airing November 6th, and finally Gavin and Robin will be taking over the KROQ station in LA for an hour, playing their favorite songs, on November 2nd.



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