MAIN FACTS

HIGHEST RANKING SINGLE: "Glycerine" (1996)
HIGHEST RANKING LP: Sixteen Stone (1994)
GRAMMY AWARDS WON: 0
RIAA GOLD AND PLATINUM: Official Statistics

TIMELINE

1992

Bush begins to form, starting with Nigel & Gavin.

1994

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.

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