The Real Reason Gavin Rossdale Isn't Heard From Anymore

May 2024 · 2 minute read

Before they initially broke up in 2002, Bush released two multi-platinum albums, one platinum record, and one gold record, selling more than 10 million albums in the U.S. Their debut album, Sixteen Stone, came out in late 1994, smack-dab in the midst of the great alternative rock surge of the early and mid-'90s. It was a crowded field, but a very cool time — bands like Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Hole, Green Day, and Nine Inch Nails were on the radio (an unthinkable circumstance just five years before) and selling millions of records. Bush's singles "Everything Zen," "Comedown," "Glycerine," and "Machinehead" caught the ears of the flannel crowd, and wound up impacting the charts; the album itself sold 6 million copies.

Bush followed Sixteen Stone in 1996 with Razorblade Suitcase, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and spawned four singles, including "Swallowed" and "Greedy Fly." The band toured extensively for a year to support the album, which sold 3 million copies. A remix album, Deconstructed, followed the next year and went gold. Bush's last hit album, The Science of Things, was released in 1999 and sold a million copies. When they disbanded in 2002, Bush was on a downward path in terms of record sales, but for a span of around five years, it was one of the most popular rock bands in the U.S. How did such a popular band go so wrong?

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