Bush band biography sample

ByBrian Boone

After the first wave of grunge bands — Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden — changed the face of mainstream rock in the early '90s with its monster guitar riffs, punk attitude, and cryptic-meets-melancholy lyrics, along came a British Invasion.

Bush band biography sample

And leading the charge of alternative rock bands from England was Bush, a group that sounded right at home on the radio alongside the likes of Alice in Chains and Smashing Pumpkins, with its distortion-heavy, grumbly voiced songs like "Everything Zen," "Machinehead," and "Glycerine." 

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Bush was largely the vehicle for its founder, chief songwriter, and singer Gavin Rossdale.

The band sold millions of copies of its albums (and it didn't hurt that Rossdale possessed the good looks of a male model). Bush churned out big, bombastic alt hits well into the new millennia before giving way to newer, fresher pop-rock bands.

And with its first new album years on th