Bush Facts

Facts may or may not be completely accurate.

What you knew or didn't know about Bush.

          - BUSH's former band name was Future Primitive

• - Robin's former band was called The Beautiful People
• - Robin and his old band put out an album called "If The 60's were 90's"
• - Gavin's old bands were Midnight and Head
• - Nigel's old band was King's Blank
•  - Dave's old band was Transvision Vamp
• - Dave learned how to play the bass when he was in school cos he wanted to be in a band
• - Robin's big brother gave him his first drum kit for his 12th birthday
• - Gavins birthday is October 30, 1967
• - Dave's birthday is July 2, 1964
• - Nigel's birthday is April 11, 1963
• - Robin's birthday is September 10, 1966
• - Winston's (Gavin's dog) birthday is March 4, 1989
• - Gavin's first word was "cookie"
• - Gavin didn't say it until he was 4; before that his sister did his talking for him
• - Gavin is 6'1"
• - Gavin got Winston from a guy who abused Winston
• - Gavin once tried to fit in with the tough gangs in London, but failed
• - Gavin had an Elvis shrine that almost burned down the house when he was a child
• - Robin was born in Gilford which is close to London
• - Robin got the scars on his neck from boiling water when he was a child
• - Gavin gets mad when Robin hits the wrong symbal
• - Gavin has only had 3 or 4 serious girlfriends, although girls have been crawling all over him since     grade school.
• - Nigel hates CDs so he only buys records
• - Robin was an electrical engeineer for 3 years
• - Nigel's wife, Judith, is a painter
• - Robin once worked at an all girl dance school and said it was the best job he ever had
• - Robin got in by getting drunk and going back stage and telling them that their drummer sucked
• - Nigel's favorite song is Ambulance Blues by Neil Young
• - Gavin's dad was a foot doctor
• - Nigel's sister plays keyboard for Cindi Lauper
• - Razorbalde Suitcase was gonna be called Sonny Ringo, after the real name of a fan
• - Gavin's favorite beer is Heiniken
• - Gavin and Nigel's fave drink is a hot toddie
• - Gavin's fave brand of pot is cheeba
• - Gavin's shoe size is 12
• - Gavin's middle name is McGregor
• - Robin's middle name is Ashton
• - Gavin grew up in North London's Kilburn District
• - Gavin has a lucky stiped sock
• - Dave, referred to as "quiet boy" with some people, is actually the most talkative of BUSH.
• - Gavin's sister, Soraya, turned Gavin punk
• - Gavin put glitter on his stomach, wore nail polish, and put egg whites in his hair to make is stiff
• - Gavin's sister was shown in the video for Glycerine
• - Robin has a girlfriend named Glynis. They have a baby girl name Ruby Rose who was born               10-15-96.
• - About 8 million people bought Sixteen Stone and 5 million bought RBSC
• - Rob Kahane offered BUSH their first record deal
• - It took three weeks for BUSH to record Sixteen Stone
• - On the Sixteen Stone tour, BUSH played 280 gigs, 38 in Europe and 22 in the U.K.
•  - Nigel shaves his head every other day.
• - Nigel wasn't there for alot of the taping of 16Stone cos his father, Ken Pulsford, was ill and later       died.
• - Gavin eats bananas before he goes onstage to sooth his throat.
• - While BUSH is on tour, Gavin's dad takes care of Winston.
• - BUSH's first gig was in an outdoor car park converted into a birthday party for a good friend.
• - During one of their earlier gigs, the bar the gig was in was held up.
• - Besides Sunny Ringo, other names that Razorblade Suitcase might have been called was Thirteen   Choruses, Spewing It Out (because Gavin spewed out his feelings in the songs), and Hello Kids.s.
• - Gavin dropped out of school, went to the states (California [for 7 months] and New York [for 3         months]), went back to London, and met Nigel
• - Gavin's mum didn't like the lights on and urtains were always drawn and wasn't very happy
• - According to US Mag, Gavin says "... I don't like [No Doubt] at all..."
• - Gavin got Winston a gold bone tag that says "help me, my owner is a rockstar!"
• - Suzi Demarch introduced Gavin and Nigel backstage at a Brian Adams concert at Wembrey Arena   in London on November 9, 1991.
• - The first song Gavin ever wrote was called "Silver Ladder".
• - Gavin used to call his aunt "auntie Maggie".
• - The video for "Comedown" was based on Gavin's favorite painter's artwork, Francis Bacon.
• - Nigel's sister, Jan, was his first guitar teacher.
• - The video for "Greedy Fly" cost $700,000+.
• - BUSH took cuts in their salary to make ticket prices cheaper.
• - BUSH is in the top ten tours of 1997.
• - They made $14.8 million in 61 shows!
• -Gavin used Pickboy .50 guitar picks
• - Nigel uses Fender picks.
• - In "Glycerine", the part "if I treated you bad..." till the end is dedicated to Nigel's father, Kenneth     Pulsford.
• - The videos for "Cold Contagious" and Fiona Apple's "Sleep to Dream" were filmed in the same -      hotel.
• - Gavin likes radio shows.
• - The room number for Gavin's room in the "Cold Contagious vid is 211.
• - Masison Square Garden, New York Performance, 14.4.97 is what flashes on the screen in C.C.
• - West palm beach, 3.17.97,6 pm is what flashes on the screen in the vid for "Cold Contagious".
• - Five red cups are sitting by the lamp in the scene where Gavin is jumping around the hotel room in    C.C.
• - "Take Care" is a message from Nigel on the spinning record in the video for Cold Contagious.
• - In the videos for Everything Zen, Gavin is playing a purple Fender with a red pick guard.
• - Dave is playing a tan Fender bass with a black pick guard in Little Things and Comedown.
• - Nigel's guitar on MTV's 120 minutes wass black with silver sparkles.
• - Gavin is playing a red Fender guitar in Comedown.
• - Gavin is also playing Fender in Glycerine.  It is tan with a black lining and a red pickguard.
• - At the Reading festival, Gavin was playing a green and white fender;  Nigel was playing a yellow     and brown Gibson; Dave was playing a black and white Fender; and Robin was playing aqua             sparkle DW drums.
• - Greedy Fly is the only BUSH video where the whole band isn't playing an instrument.
• - Robin was poking his drumstick to the camera in Comedown.
• - Matt Mahurin, director of Everything Zen and Little Things, made a special appearence in                 Everything Zen.
• - Gavin describes Nigel as a "volitar guitar player"/Gavin describes Dave as the "mellow bass             player" /Gavin says Robin is the "drummer from the Muppets" /Gavin describes himself as the         "singer who writes sad songs"
• - In Alleys and Moterways by the pool, Gavin throws a ball and it bounces off of Robin's head.
• - 16,000 people attended the Miami concert in 1997 which sold out in 43 minutes.
• - DW are the letters on the front of Robin's drums. It stands for Drum Workshop
• - Gavin was eating a banana backstage while getting ready to perform "Wild Horses" on Jay Leno,     July 5th.
• - Dave is the only one who didn't say "you will get yours" in the "Cold Contagious" video.
• - The order that the BUSH spoke at the MTV Movie Awards was Gavin, Dave, Robin, Nigel and          Robin was the one who took the award off the stage.
• - At the MTV Movie Awards, Gavin kissed Toni Braxton on the cheek.
• - There are two versions of the videos for Bonedriven and Machinehead
• - Gavin watched American Werewolf in Paris while vacationing in Jamaica.

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