gavin rossdale appreciation thread

[bone machine]

Well, I appreciate his work with Bush, and I do agree that they were/are underrated and took a little more abuse than they deserved, at times.

Institute, well, they were fucking excellent live, enjoyable to meet (actually found Gavin to be the least enjoyable to talk to, to be honest) but overall, the record and the quality of the songwriting was mostly below the level of Bush.

The solo record, titled "Wanderlust", comes out June 3rd in the US.
I've heard it, and to be completely honest, while I really do like "Love Remains the Same" and a track from it called "Futureworld" (which is actually a kinda cool reggae song he co-wrote with Dave Stewart) I otherwise found it to be really weak and full of bland soft-rock. There are moments where you hear bits of melody and chord changes that have potential, but then it'll shift from a strong verse into a chorus that just sounds bad or out of step with the rest of the song.

There really ought to be a "Nigel Pulsford appreciation thread", as he was definitley the coolest and brought the most soul to the band. And his solo record is better than Gavin's, too.

[emily34695]

Originally Posted by historygravity

He is actually coming out with a nw album, but I forget the release date, because he bores the shit out of me.

You must spread some reputation around before giving it to historygravity again

[fiona]

I used to love Bush. They wrote really catchy songs.
I heard Love Remains the Same and I really hate it. I don't understand why he wants to go into such a boring adult contemporary direction. It doesn't suit his voice at all. If the rest of his solo record is like that, I'm not interested. I'm dissappointed to hear it's soft rock and not some of the more guitar heavy stuff Bush did.

[bort]

Originally Posted by Carter

OMG TEH HAIR<<<<<<<<<<<<,,,,,3

In 1997 there used to be this guy I saw on the bus all the time who was oh-so-blatantly trying to be the Gavster. He had hair like that. He dressed like Gavvy. He succeeded somewhat.

In Gav's honour:

[emily34695]

We had some dork at my high school who was also trying to be Gavin Rossdale, and he even was in a Bush cover band. They played at some school event, all the super alternative freshmen girls were squealing, etc.
The 1990s sucked!