At the height of grunge's hold on US rock fans, Londoners Bush were quick to dig
out their flannel shirts, turn up their distortion pedals and thrash their way
to huge Stateside success. Formed in 1992 by Gavin Rossdale (vocals and guitar),
Nigel Pulsford (guitar), Robin Goodridge (drums), and Dave Parsons (bass), their
version of the Seattle sound produced the top 30 hits “Comedown” and “Glycerine”
and took their 1994 debut album Sixteen Stone to number 4 in the US. With
Britpop starting to explode, Bush went virtually unnoticed in their home country
until the pained euphoria of...