Bushx. Due to an intellectual property dispute with another British rock band under the same name, Bush was forced to release their albums in Canada under the name “Bushx“. Despite the Nirvana and Kurt Cobain comparisons, for better or for worse, Gavin Rossdale and company went 6x Platinum with their debut album. The English band was told there were no singles on the record. A short time later, they lost their distribution deal with Hollywood Records.
‘You have to remember that every single thing we did on that record was against the backdrop of abject failure and a complete zero success.’ – Gavin Rossdale.
Interscope Records eventually picked up the distribution rights and would dispatch five hit singles to rock radio, “Glycerine,” “Everything Zen,” “Machinehead,” “Little Things,” and “Come Down.” By the time Bush wrapped up touring Sixteen Stone, it went on to sell over 10 million copies in the U.S. alone and more than 20 million worldwide.
Fresh off of 29 Days in 1991 and the radio series that defined a generation, on March 8th, we honoured Soundgarden’s Superunknown. A month later on April 8th, we paid homage to The Offspring’s Smash. Weezer’s self-titled album aired in its entirety on May 11th. On June 7th, Stone Temple Pilot’s Purple played from front-to-back. When Green Day performed Dookie in its entirety during their Saviors Tour, The Triple X Album Series was your soundtrack on August 1st. On the heels of an Oasis reunion that was 15 years in the making, it was 30 years in the making for Definitely Maybe on August 29th. The Tragically Hip’s Gord Sinclair went track-by-track with Day for Night on September 24th. Nirvana relived MTV Unplugged in New York on November 1st. Pearl Jam visited Vitalogy from the vaults on November 22nd.
To conclude the Triple X Album Series of 2024, 52 minutes and 38 seconds. In its entirety. In their own words. Gavin, Nigel, Dave, Robin, You.
Bush. Sixteen Stone. December 6th. 7pm.
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