{"id":14712,"date":"2015-07-19T13:37:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T20:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=14712"},"modified":"2015-07-19T13:37:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T20:37:17","slug":"bush-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2015\/07\/bush-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BUSH"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Issue38-bush\"<\/h1>\n

BUSH\u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/h1>\n

With a new album, the grunge-rockers are on the road and on the run again<\/b><\/h3>\n

When it came to Bush\u2019s new album, Man on the Run<\/i>, founder and frontman Gavin Rossdale was in a quandary about what to call it. \u201cI always thought it\u2019s a cop-out to use a song title as an album title,\u201d says Rossdale. \u201cBut I wanted something universal, and that song stood out as something affecting most people\u2014not having enough time to satisfy every area of our lives. We\u2019re all running around feeling we can\u2019t get everything done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rossdale didn\u2019t want to create a dark concept record with a political or social message. \u201cThe mood is meant to be sort of quiet but uplifting,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen you look around at the state of the world, it\u2019s terrifying\u2014the carnage, the destruction of lives. It\u2019s hard not to acknowledge it, but I never wanted to make a political record. You can have a tune and identify it with stuff, and you can have a tune and get lost in it. But it\u2019s a weird idea to me to have a tune and a political message.\u201d<\/p>\n

The British rockers\u2019 multiplatinum debut Sixteen Stone<\/i> was released 20 years ago, but Bush took a near-decade break from 2002 until the band\u2019s 2011 album, The<\/i> Sea of Memories<\/i>. In those years, Rossdale released music without Bush\u2014in fact, The<\/i> Sea of Memories<\/i> originated as a solo project. \u201cThe<\/i> Sea of Memories<\/i> didn\u2019t begin as Bush, but it ended as Bush,\u201d says Rossdale. \u201cIt was like a love story. It was always a Bush record. It just took me a while to realize it. But that experience allowed me to fully attack this record as Bush and dive back in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rossdale loves the creative process, if not the result. \u201cIt\u2019s a compulsion,\u201d he says. \u201cI still love that alchemy. That first time I play back a demo and it makes sense is so incredible. But as soon as it\u2019s ready to share with everyone, it changes\u2014it becomes just OK. I\u2019m not going to make that terrible analogy about songs being your babies. I have babies and I have songs. They are not the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rossdale\u2014who\u2019s landed acting roles on the side in film and TV\u2014recently joined his wife of a dozen years, No Doubt\u2019s Gwen Stefani, on NBC\u2019s The Voice<\/i> as a guest coach. \u201cIt\u2019s fun,\u201d he says. \u201cYou get emotionally involved with these people. Gwen really loves it, and it\u2019s something we enjoy doing together.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Bush remains his focus as the band\u2019s world tour begins in early 2015. \u201cI love touring and the buzz you get every night. The two things I care about most are playing every show like it\u2019s your last, and changing people\u2019s mood from when they arrive to when they leave.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014Linda Laban<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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