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HIGHEST RANKING SINGLE: " Glycerine" ( 1996)
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HIGHEST RANKING LP: Sixteen Stone (1994)
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GRAMMY AWARDS WON: 0

T*I*M*E*L*I*N*E

1992...

button.gif (123 bytes) Bush begins to form, starting with Nigel & Gavin. .

1994...

button.gif (123 bytes) Future Primitive releases their first single "Bomb". By the end of the year they are known as Bush.

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush released Sixteen Stone.

1995... # 59 Singles Artist of the Year (Arc Top 40)

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Sixteen Stone was certified gold. (500,000 albums sold)

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Sixteen Stone was certified platinum. (1,000,000 albums sold)

September
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush hit the ARC Top 40 with "Comedown" on the week of the 23rd entering in at # 35.
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 2 weeks with "Comedown"

December
button.gif (123 bytes) Sixteen Stone was certified 2x platinum. (2,000,000 albums sold)
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush hit the ARC Top 40 with "Glycerine" on the week of the 23rd entering in at # 39.
button.gif (123 bytes) 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).

button.gif (123 bytes) Kerrang! Magazine- Best International Live Act .

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Sixteen Stone was certified 3x platinum. (3,000,000 albums sold)

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush hit the ARC Top 40 with "Machinehead" on the week of the 27th entering in at # 38.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Sixteen Stone was certified 5x platinum. (5,000,000 albums sold)

September
button.gif (123 bytes) 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
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush released Razorblade Suitcase.
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 7 weeks with "Swallowed"
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush hit the ARC Top 40 with "Swallowed" on the week of the 30th entering in at # 38.

December
button.gif (123 bytes) 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).

button.gif (123 bytes) Much Music Awards- Best International Band .

button.gif (123 bytes) Nominated for: Billboard Music Awards- Best Modern Rock Artist .

button.gif (123 bytes) Nominated for: Much Music's People's Choice- Favourite International Group(up against: The Fugees, No Doubt, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls) .

January
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush were nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist (was beaten out by: Smashing Pumpkins) .
button.gif (123 bytes) Mtv Movie Awards- Best Song in a Movie("Machinehead")

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Razorblade Suitcase was certified 2x platinum. (2,000,000 albums sold)

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Sixteen Stone was certified 6x platinum. (6,000,000 albums sold)

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Razorblade Suitcase was certified 3x platinum. (3,000,000 albums sold)

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush released Deconstructed - a collection of remixes.

1998...

button.gif (123 bytes) BMI Pop Awards- Best Songwriter(Swallowed) & Best Song (Swallowed).

button.gif (123 bytes) Kerrang! Magazine- Best British Band.

button.gif (123 bytes) 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
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush won an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.(bush beat out: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sublime)

button.gif (123 bytes) Bush were nominated for an Mtv Movie Awards- Best Song from a Sountrack (Mouth).

February
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance ("Swallowed")(was beaten out by: Smashing Pumpkins - "The End Is The Beginning Is The End") .

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Deconstructed was certified gold. (500,000 albums sold)

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush performed at Woodstock '99.

1999... # 191 Singles Artist of the Year (ARC Top 40)

March
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush's record label, Trauma Records, filed a $40 million lawsuit against the band for breach-of-contract.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush could be heard on the benefit LP
No Boundaries: A Benefit For The Kosovar Refugees with "Come Down."

October
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush released The Science Of Things.
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 5 weeks with "The Chemicals Between Us"

November
button.gif (123 bytes) Bush hit the ARC Top 40 with "The Chemicals Between Us" on the week of the 13th entering in at # 37.

December
button.gif (123 bytes) The Science Of Things was certified gold. (500,000 albums)

2000...

button.gif (123 bytes) Nominated for: Kerrang! magazine- Best British Band .

April
button.gif (123 bytes) Rossdale passed out and collapsed after performing with the group in Michigan.

June
button.gif (123 bytes) The Science Of Things was certified platinum.(1,000,000 albums sold)

2001...

October
button.gif (123 bytes) 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
button.gif (123 bytes) Pulsford took a break from touring with Bush and was replaced with Chris Traynor (formerly of Helmet).

August
button.gif (123 bytes) Rossdale went solo on the track "Adrenaline" for the XXX soundtrack.

 

ALBUMS
Sixteen Stone
Released: December, 1994
US: 6x Platinum
Billboard (US) peak: # 4
Billboard (UK) peak: # 42
Billboard (Germany) peak: # 68
Razorblade Suitcase
Released: November, 1996
US: 3x Platinum
Billboard (US) peak: # 1 (for 2 weeks)
Billboard (UK) peak: # 4
Billboard (Germany) peak: # 37
Rolling Stone review: 2 stars from Rolling Stone
Deconstructed
Released: November, 1997
US: Gold
Billboard (US) peak: # 36
Billboard (UK) peak: # 36
Rolling Stone review: 3 stars from Rolling Stone
The Science Of Things
Released: October, 1999
US: Platinum
Billboard (US) peak: # 11
Billboard (Germany) peak: # 19 (21 weeks)
Rolling Stone review: 2 stars from Rolling Stone
Golden State
Released: October, 2001
Billboard (US) peak: # 22
Billboard (Germany) peak: # 10
Rolling Stone review: 2 stars from Rolling Stone
SINGLES CHART POSITIONS
0 Song Title
Album Title
Peak Weeks Year Chart
1 Everything Zen
Sixteen Stone
1 ** 1995 Billboard (US)
** Everything Zen
Sixteen Stone
42 ** 1995 Billboard (UK)
** Everything Zen
Sixteen Stone
2 ** 1995 US Modern Rock Singles
2 Little Things
Sixteen Stone
** ** 1995
3 Comedown
Sixteen Stone
18 8 1995 ARC Weekly Top 40
** Comedown
Sixteen Stone
30 ** 1995 Billboard (US)
4 Machinehead
Sixteen Stone
29 5 1996 ARC Weekly Top 40
** Machinehead
Sixteen Stone
43 ** 1996 Billboard (US)
** Machinehead
Sixteen Stone
48 ** 1996 Billboard (UK)
5 Glycerine
Sixteen Stone
15 11 1996 ARC Weekly Top 40
** Glycerine
Sixteen Stone
28 ** 1996 Billboard (US)
6 Swallowed
Razorblade Suitcase
34 2 1996 ARC Weekly Top 40
** Swallowed
Razorblade Suitcase
1 ** 1996 Billboard (US)
** Swallowed
Razorblade Suitcase
7 ** 1996 Billboard (UK)
7 Greedy Fly
Razorblade Suitcase
22 ** 1997 Billboard (UK)
8 Cold Contagious
Razorblade Suitcase
** ** 1997
9 Bonedriven
Razorblade Suitcase
49 ** 1997 Billboard (UK)
10 Personal Holloway
Razorblade Suitcase
** ** 1997
11 Mouth (Remix)
Deconstructed
** ** 1997
12 The Chemicals Between Us
The Science Of Things
37 1 1999 ARC Weekly Top 40
** The Chemicals Between Us
The Science Of Things
1 ** 1999 Billboard (US)
** The Chemicals Between Us
The Science Of Things
3 ** 1999 Mainstream Rock Tracks (US)
13 Letting The Cables Sleep
The Science Of Things
8 ** 2000 Billboard (US)
14 Warm Machine
The Science Of Things
** ** 2000
15 The People That We Love
Golden State
12 ** 2001 Billboard (US)
** The People That We Love
Golden State
92 ** 2001 Billboard (Germany)
16 Headful Of Ghosts
Golden State
** ** 2002
17 Inflatable
Golden State
** ** 2002
18 It's Only Rock n' Roll
Cover Song for Charity
19 ** 2000 Billboard (UK)
19 Adrenaline
'XXX' soundtrack
78 ** 2002 Media Control (Germany)
** Adrenaline
'XXX' soundtrack
20 ** 2002 Modern Rock (US)