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May 15: According to Kerrang! Bush are "back on course!": "BUSH will return to action this summer with an appearance at the Glastonburry festival on Friday June 25- and a warm up at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms on June 24. The band, who have maintained a low profile so far this year, will make the first public appearance at a charity football event on May 29, at the annual Soccer Six event at London's Stamford Bridge ground. (tickets are priced £12, visit www.ticketweb.co.uk or www.cup.uk.com for more info). Bush's third album "The Science Of Things" is now due for release in September, with the track "Jesus Online" as the likely first single. Rossdale admits that TSOT has been delayed by the band's legal tussle with their US label Trauma, who earlier this year threatened to sue Bush for $40 million. "We finished the record a couple of months ago", says the singer/guitarist, "and as it usually goes you have a little fight with your label. That's being resolved as we speak, so it's all fine - it didn't go to court, although we did get close to checking out the routes to the courthouse!" "We are all back in course. We're talking to directors about making a video for "Jesus Online". Thank God it's looking good now, because there were times when it wasn't. Up the workers!"

March 10: Sonicnet had another article on the Trauma case, including the following quotes: "We're alleging that they are under contract to Trauma and obligated to deliver an album to the label," said Trauma attorney Skip Heller... "And that they've completed the new album and are shopping it around to other record companies, which is a blatant breach of contract." The suit against the bandmembers...and their U.K. corporation, Vineland Limited, alleges that the band failed to deliver its third studio album despite repeated demands from Trauma and, additionally, failed to provide a recording budget for the album. Bush's U.S. spokesperson, Michael Pagnotta, said he had no comment about the suit. A British representative for Bush could not be reached at press time. Pagnotta said the band is "just about finished" with The Science of Things, the follow-up to its multiplatinum 1996 album, Razorblade Suitcase...Pagnotta said that since November, the group has recorded 16 songs for the new album with producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley. The new numbers include "Altered States" and "Ban The Bomb." Heller said he expected to take depositions from the members of Bush within the month, but would not speculate about the reasons for what he termed Bush's "non-delivery" of the album. "Their lawyer as much as admitted to us [that they are shopping the album to other labels]," Heller said. "It's common knowledge in the music industry." A late 1998 press release from Pagnotta stated that The Science of Things was expected to be released in spring 1999 and that the band would follow with a world concert tour.The suit states that the group failed to live up to a contractual requirement that it deliver the new album to Trauma within five months of the label's requesting it, and no later than 12 months after the delivery of Razorblade Suitcase.According to the suit, Trauma is seeking $40 million in damages to cover the costs of the undelivered album, the options on three future releases, and the damages suffered by the label in anticipation of its inability to market and release those albums...Heller described the relationship between Trauma and Bush as "very cordial," saying that the label was responsible for promoting Razorblade Suitcase and Sixteen Stone, both of which have sold over 4 million copies worldwide, according to the suit."Those albums were a huge success, and they're a good band," Heller said. "And Trauma is the one that put them on the map, which is why [the label is] totally mystified about this." The suit alleges that, following the tremendous success of its first two albums, the band "began to show the negative signs of sudden success when in or about early 1998, the band members began making what were to become repeated demands to rewrite the 1996 Recording Agreement for the primary purpose of drastically increasing the percentage of royalties payable by Trauma to the band." Read the whole article @ sonicnet.

March 9: some sites explained the album delay:

Allstar:"Trauma Sues Bush For $40 Million: If you've been wondering where Bush's third album, The Science of Things, is hiding, so has Trauma Records. The label filed a $40 million lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday (March 5) against the band and their loan-out company, Vineland Limited, for not yet delivering the album per the terms in their 1996 recording contract. The suit reads, in part, "Trauma is informed and believes, and on that basis alleges, that [Bush] are seeking to enter into an agreement with another record company for the production and distribution of their recordings and for the purpose of releasing their next album through such company." The suit also alleges Bush has failed to deliver a budget for the album, which is also in breach of the 1996 recording contract. Trauma is seeking, among other things, an injunction against any other label from distributing The Science of Things, an injunction for Bush to deliver the album to Trauma, and $40 million in various damages and attorney fees. The label is also seeking a declaration allowing the label to enforce the 1996 recording contract until 2003. "Bush is refusing to deliver the album," says Skip Miller of Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, LLP, attorney for Trauma. "We've read in the press and heard in the music community that the album has been completed," he says. "The album belongs to Trauma, they are all geared up to promote, market, and distribute it. This is a pretty cut- and-dry lawsuit -- we're right, they're wrong." Spokespeople for Bush had no comment on the matter. Like most bands, Bush wanted to renegotiate their contract after the success of their debut,1994's Sixteen Stone, and its follow-up, 1996's Razorblade Suitcase. But in the suit, Trauma alleges that Bush made "excessive and unwarranted financial demands" of the label. Additionally, one of the clauses in the 1996 Trauma/Bush recording contract stated that Bush was required to "deliver the follow-up to Razorblade Suitcase within five months after Trauma's request for such a record, and in no event no later than 12 months after the delivery of Razorblade Suitcase." The suit alleges Bush has not done so, initiating the suit for breach of contract, breach of implied convenant of good faith and fair dealing, claim and delivery, conversion, declaratory relief, and unjust enrichment/ constructive trust. Trauma acquired the rights to Bush after a 1993 joint venture between Kahane Entertainment (a venture of Rob Kahane,co-president of Trauma Records) and Hollywood Records was terminated in 1994 (Bush was known as Future Primitive at the time and the suit alleges that Hollywood Records considered the album that was to become Sixteen Stone "virtually worthless"). Trauma released Sixteen Stone, then signed the band to a deal for two additional records with an option for three more. At the time of Razorblade Suitcase's release, Trauma had entered into another joint venture with Interscope Records, which was terminated as a result of a lawsuit filed by Trauma in May 1997 (allstar, May 27, 1997). That case ended with Interscope keeping No Doubt, but Trauma maintaining the rights to Bush (allstar, August 29,1997). As a result of that lawsuit, The Science of Things was to be released on Trauma/Interscope with future Bush recordings surfacing on whatever label/ distribution combo Trauma secured (BMG, as of last year)."

Billboard: "Trauma Entertainment Inc. has filed a $40 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against the members of Bush for failure to deliver their next album. Billboard Bulletin reports that the suit, filed Friday in California Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles, alleges that Bush breached the terms of a 1996 recording agreement by not delivering its new album, which is complete and titled "The Science Of Things." In addition, the suit alleges that the band is shopping the album to another record company and may have already received advance payments and other compensations. The album was to be the last release under Trauma's old partnership with distributing label Interscope Records. Trauma has since signed a worldwide distribution deal with BMG that went into effect in June. Bush's most recent release, the remix album "Deconstructed," peaked at No. 36 on The Billboard 200 in Nov. 1997; its last set of all-new material, "Razorblade Suitcase," debuted at No.1 on the chart in Dec. 1996."

Launch: "When Trauma Records split from its distributing label Interscope in September 1997, Trauma could take solace in the fact that it would retain the rights to platinum-selling alternative rock act Bush, while No Doubt returned back to the Interscope fold. More than a year later, Trauma appears to have lost its faith in Bush, or vice versa, as the label filed a $40 million lawsuit against the band on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court.In the suit, Trauma says that it believes that Bush is looking for a new label home, although Trauma was planning to release the band's next album, The Science Of Things. As per a 1997 out-of-court settlement, Interscope was to distribute the new album through November 1999.After that date, the album and the band's entire catalog will move over to Trauma and its new distribution partner, BMG.With the lawsuit against Bush, Trauma is seeking an injunction that will prevent the band from signing with any other label. It is also seeking to have its 1996 contract with the band extended until 2003. While Bush's place in the post-grunge marketplace may be uncertain, the band has had an incredible history. Bush's 1994 debut, Sixteen Stone, has been certified for sales of 6 million copies, while the 1996 follow-up, Razorblade Suitcase, has been certified for sales of 3 million copies in the U.S. Even the 1997 remix album, Deconstructed, was a hit, reaching the Gold sales mark of 500,000 copies."

Sonicnet: "...We're alleging... that they've completed the new album and are shopping it around to other record companies,which is a blatant breach of contract," said Trauma lawyer Skip Heller. A spokesperson for Bush could not be reached for comment on the suit at press time. Heller, who said he expected to take depositions from the members of Bush within the month, would not speculate as to the reasons behind what he termed Bush's "non-delivery" of their third album. An American spokesperson for Bush said the group had finished mixing The Science of Things -- for which they recorded 16 songs with producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley -- in November."

March 3: following letter from Nigel was posted on the 'Collecting Dust' mailing list: "Dear all A letter to tell you that even my delays have delays on them at present- the Bush album is going really well - all top secret of course but it won't be long now. My album about which nothing is top secret is delayed due to 'technical troubles' - all the real reasons are of course secret and about as annoying as it gets. I just keep trying to sort things out so that you can all find out just how bad my voice is. Fingers crossed. On a brighter note I might be doing the benefit for Tibet gig at Carnegie Hall again this month with John Cale. I did it last year and it was one of the most amazing things I've ever been involved with. Take care Nigel xx"

Feb 10: Rolling Stone online quotes Bush's publicist Michael Pagnotta as saying the new album won't be out until "mid-to-late May, while [Bush's manager] Dorrell won't say for sure when it'll be out". Full story, along with some talk about Bush & Lollapalooza, at Rolling Stone.

Feb 3: According to Matt, who helps with the Bushnet-run '23seconds' mailing list: "the album is done....the band is NOT busy trying to finish it...altho they are rehearsing...the album has no OFFICIAL release date as of now-it should be coming out soon...in my last email from nigel he was still believing they would be touring in the U.S. in march...this is subject to change...altho the album is done labels often have hangups." No shit.

Jan 28: According to MM VJ Bill Welychka, the new album won't be out til April...

You can read an article from thick mag where Gavin talks about the new album here: thickmag.com. This is the zine Allstar quoted from back in April 17 (see below).

Jan 22: The latest news on Nigel's solo album from Collecting Dust is that there is no news. However, the label plans to start a list in Feb. to receive advance orders for it. You can also sub to their mailing list/discussion group ("where all the latest info is posted from Collecting Dust and the artists as it happens") thru onelist (archive also here).




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Dec 9: More song titles from the forthcoming album announced: 'Jesus Online', 'Warm Machine' and 'The Disease Of The Dancing Cats'. According to a UK article: "We've had fun f**king around with different ideas, but it still sounds like Bush," says frontman Gavin Rossdale. "There's a real breadth and variety on the record. We've got socially conscious songs, plus millenium lifestyle songs and my usual self-obsessed dissection of my own problems." The album title relates to the millenium and the advance of technology. "It has destroyed aspects of our life and culture," claims Rossdale. Full article on the latest news page.

This month's issue of Alternative Press Magazine ran a story on "TSofT" (Page 38). Read it here

In an old article (Oct 26/97) in The London Times, Gavin was talking about the songs on RBSC & said: "I try to be honest and open and vulnerable, because that's how I think people are, but I am also trying to claw my way out of doom-laden songs. I want the next album to be 10 short, fast numbers." Mmmh...we'll see...

Nov 18: Rumour alert: a radio station (K-ROCK) reported that a keyboard player has been added to Bush's line-up...then again, a local DJ also reported that the album would be called "Run with the Haunted" so, you know...It turns out, the phantom keyboardist was a friend of Gavin's called Jordan Stone, who was supposedly just hanging out with him...

Nov 17: K-ROCK online ran this: "Bush: Let's Talk About Science.The follow up to Bush's Razorblade Suitcase is titled The Science Of Things, and it's scheduled for release in the spring of 1999. The band has finished an 8-month rehearsal period, and are now working on close to 16 tracks for the forthcoming CD. Tracks on the album include "Ban The Bomb" and "Altered States," among others. Guitarist Nigel Pulsford told us about The Science Of Things: "There's a lot of different stuff on it. We can make anything sound like an old Bush song, obviously because that's what we've done before. It's just a case of trying not to do the obvious thing, but I'm hoping that people will be surprised by the album when it comes out." Bush is hoping to have the final mix of The Science Of Things done by the end of this year. No word on a single yet, but the band has recruited familiar producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley (Sixteen Stone) to tweak the knobs."

November 16: MTV news ran a story about the next album:"Spokespeople for Bush announced on Tuesday that the band will return to record racks in the spring of 1999 with its third album, titled "The Science of Things." Gavin Rossdale and company are currently in a London studio mixing the 15 or 16 tracks that they plan to release on "Science," which include titles like "Ban The Bomb" and "Altered States." Bush plans to have the album's final mix completed near the new year." You can read the whole article here: MTV news. As an as aside, there's a reference to 'The Science of Things' in Ayn Rand's "Anthem" (original album title "Run with the Hunted" was from a Bukowski work; see below). So what? iono.

October 22: Here's some info from Bushnet's Matt: "they are still recording the new, yet untitled album (only about a week more to go) then they will mix it and it should be out by the next couple months,....nigel's solo album has not been released yet even tho it is done because of the legal conflicts he has (releasing an album not on trauma- while signed to trauma) and so that should be out when the legal matters are settled- but ONLY on the net- so keep watching jan's site for info...and bush will tour the u.s. this spring...he told me in march more than likely..."

August 17: According to a blurb in UK mag 'Kerrang!' Nigel has announced 4 of the 16 song titles that Gavin has written: Dead Meat, Prize Fighter, Space Travel & Disease of the Dancing Cats. "We want to slightly texture this album and introduce some different elements. We'll mess around with it and really take our time", says Nigel. He also says that the album will be out February or March preceeded by a single that is not announced. Bush will be recording for 3 weeks in the country and another 5 in London. (Thanks to Neeka for passing on the info.)

From Kerrang! c/o Screaming Daisies zine: "Bush Trying To Avoid The Obvious" Bush has returned to the team that brought them success in the first place. Sixteen Stone producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley will be on hand to produce the next Bush record. Guitarist Nigel Pulsford says that the band wants to go in a different direction for the new album, which is already written. We asked Pulsford what he could tell us about the new album. "I mean, there are song titles, but I think they're still top secret. There's a lot of different stuff on there, but it's a case of how we record it. We can make anything sound like an old Bush song, obviously, cause that's what we've done before. It's just a case of trying not to do the obvious things."

The Sept 'Spin' has a small article on the new album. According to Gavin it will be "geared toward space travel...but don't worry, it will be a smooth ride...We plan to use sonic loops and lots of computer techniques...But I'm not trying to be Rakim. We're not throwing away our baby." Working with Clive Langer (see below), they hope to have the 13 song cd done by September but it won't be released until early '99 because "it's such a f*-off year." Apparently there'll be no love songs about Gwen Stefani "but she did inspire one of my foolish protest songs". Poly Styrene, of circa '77 British punk band X-Ray Spex, sings vocals on one track, as well as several musicians over 50, to get the "been-through-it vibe...My goal is to create an atmosphere and a world that is very personal, and I'd use a lemon tree if it helped me get it across." Source: Spin Magazine/Sept 98 issue.

27 July: Well, it seems to be confirmed: 16 Stone producers Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley will work on the new album. It'll be Bush's last one released thru Interscope; after this, Trauma's new affiliate, BMG, will be the distributor. Source:Allstar

Rumeurs du jour: The new album will be called "Run With The Hunted" (after the book of poetry of the same name by Charles Bukowski?) and Gavin's teaming with Puff Daddy on a song called "Be Careful" for the soundtrack of "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer", out around Thanksgiving (nb: this has since fallen through).

July 1/98: Straight out of an email note from Nigel: "my album's been delayed - still waiting for a few things to be sorted out so it may be a couple of months until it appears - sorry about that. When it does come out it will be through 'collectingdust.com'. I'm hoping to be able to sort all the problems out by September 1. We start recording the next Bush album August 10 but that won't be out until next year." Info c/o Mouth Digest; to subscribe to this weekly zine, email them. Also worth a look: Screaming Daisies zine; BubbleZine's weekly digest; Machineheads newsletter; Best Minds & Fatal Charm discussion lists; the "official", mediated discussion list 23 seconds; and for your mutli-media Bush needs, sub to Gravy Brains.

June 30/98: According to one report, 16 Stone knob twiddlers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley are being considered for production duties on the new album...Source:Muzic.com

Warning - boring business crap: looks like Bush may have a new record distributor since things have soured with Interscope. Disney, under the leadership of its music division's new head honcho, Bob Cavallo, wants to do business with Rob Kahane/Trauma Records again. Four years ago, under then music boss Bob Pfeiffer, it had backed out of a joint-venture deal with Trauma (it also nixed a deal with Cavallo-managed-soon-to-be-mega-star Alanis Morrisette; how ironic). (More on Hollywood/Disney Records' big mistake in this site's Bush bio section-under 'info'.) Source: SPIN/May/98

In Rolling Stone magazine's Industry section comes news of an indie label called Restless Records teaming up w/ film company New Regency Productions in a deal to purchase Trauma Records. Source: Rolling Stone/May/98

April 29: Latest reports say Gavin has come up with 19 songs for the new album. Bush will head into a London rehearsal space for a couple of months, starting in May, to begin working on the tracks and deciding which ones to use. They hope to start recording in July; producer tba. About the new material, a spokesperson was quoted: "lyrically it's deeper and the sound is broader". We'll have to wait until 1999 to find out, since that's the (new) anticipated release date. News source:JamTV

Gavin talks about the new album in the April 25 issue of British mag Kerrang! : read it here

Nigel's coming out with a solo album, "Self Portrait In Three Colors", which he worked on while in Nashville this spring. He plays acoustic guitar & produced it. Collaborating, amongst others, is Alex Ukraine, who Nigel met when they both played with John Cale at the Tibetan benefit. The CD will be released July 1 & sold online. Further info:Mme LaPulse Web Site; Little Things
A 15 track cassette by Nigel also exists called Guitars From Mars ; info/track listing/samples are available on the Mme LaPulse page. Produced by MLP Media Music, it can be licensed for commercial use only thru First Com. Info c/o Neeka-thanks!

April 17: When asked by Allstar what the new album would sound like, gavin had this to say : "Obviously like Bush! You know, I think we kind of defined our sound in the past, and it would be hard to break away from it. Also, we like the sound we're playing, and why should we change it? We talked about it, obviously, especially because we were under, uh, attack from the media. But as I said, we like our music, and why should we alienate our audience by changing our sound when there's obviously no reason for that? You know our sound just sounds like Bush... er, God, that sounds stupid, but almost every band has a sound that's characteristic of them. I'm just trying to explain that there will always be a sound that's typical for Bush, but that doesn't mean we're static. Even if we have a certain style, the songs still show a lot of diversity and we want to keep it that way. From the way it looks now it's going to be more in the direction of Sixteen Stone." Source: Allstar.You can read the complete version of this interview at thickmag.com
Nyah, nyah-told you so! (way back in Sept for those that read the Little Things zine).

The long-anticipated Clash tribute album, which was to come out last summer on Arc21 Records, will be released on Epic in either August or Christmas '98 (depending on whether The Clash release a live album in Sept). Bush were, at one point, going to contribute a cover of Janie Jones, though that track is now being rendered by MxPx. No Doubt, however, will be re-doing 'Hateful'. Life can be cruel. News Source: Wall of Sound

March 11: According to Michael Pagnotta, Bush's publicist: "Gavin has written nine tracks and demo'd them for the rest of the band last week in New York." Pagnotta couldn't say what the new material sounds like, but did say it would differ from RBSC. "For Razorblade Suitcase, Bush worked with Steve Albini and recorded the entire album in two and a half weeks...they plan to go into the studio soon, most likely in the U.K., and will hopefully have an album out 6-9 months from now...the only difference with this [recording] process is they're not physically together on the road, touring and working out new songs during a sound check." Though gavin's writing all the songs, production of the album will be a collaborative effort. News source: JamTV.

There's a *possibility* (looking slimmer as time goes on) of a VINYL limited edition set at some point in '98. Yep, I know what Robin said in the recent Bushnet chat but this came from an equally reliable source.

'Swallowed' is on MM's 'Big Shiny Tunes 2' compilation, currently topping Canadian charts (Jan/98). It's also on HMV's "10 Years of Great Hits" cd, out November 11.



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