CIRCUS-MAY ‘97:
Circus:Your sound is more American and rock-oriented than what most of the other British band play. Why?
Gavin: It is the music I like and the music I enjoy playing. Britpop never appealed to me. To be honest, I would rather wash cars for the rest of my life than play Britpop. Look at that whole artificial scene in the U.K., it is incestuous and anemic. There is nothing new there. OF course the Beatles, the Small Faces and the Kinks were great band but that was in the 60's. We are living in the 90's new. I hear the Beatles and their influence, and who are supposed to be the new Beatles. That is absolutely ridiculous! Revolver, The white Album and Sgt. Pepper are masterpieces. That is what I mean when I am talking about the Beatles. Show me one of those phony band who can halfway keep up with them. Blue Dots and Red Dots and Fuck Dots or whatever - I don't care. I rally don't care for Britpop. Any idiot can play Britpop. All you need is a talent for copying song from the 60's.
Circus: You have the reputation of being the new sex symbol of the 90's. Is it rather flattering or more annoying?
Gavin: To be honest, both. Of course it is very flattering, even if it makes me wonder sometimes, and I think it also helps the band a great deal. I still believer my cheekbones did it. After a few million records were sold they improved a great deal in the public eye. But I am no Tom Jones or one of the guys from Take That. I don't play on that image. The negative part of it is al the attention and that can be annoying. You should see some of the mail I receive. I certainly don't have a fetish for worn underwear.
HIT PARADER- ‘97
Bush's charismatic vocalist/guitarist Gavin Rossdale still can't help but smile every time an American rock journalist brings up the supposedly sexual connotation associated with his group's name. The English rocker just shakes his head in amusement and amazement each time one of us sex-craved Yanks tries to get Rossdale to admit that there's a blatantly sexist vein running throughout the Bush musical landscape. After all, heh...heh, you know, heh...heh, bush, heh...heh,. While such blithering idiocy makes anyone who bring up the issuer sound like a first cousin of Beavis & Butt-head, Rossdale has learned to take it all very much in stride. "Believe it or not, the idea that there was a strong sexual overtone to the name never even crossed my mind. At least it didn't cross my mind until someone brought it up, and then someone else chose to bring it up. The last thing I ever wanted to do was offend anyone. Please understand that. Bush happens to just be a short, simple name that's easy to remember, and anyway, we all live near Shepherd's Bush in London- or does that supposedly has a secret sexual meaning too?"
HIT PARADER ‘97
"Back home it was more of a ‘Oh, we guess you're okay after-all' attitude. I t was like they were doing us a favor to even acknowledge that we had make a good album. I think some of it had to do with the idea that America had embraced us, and the folks at home didn't want to seem as if they were jumping on our bandwagon after-the fact. It's a very British sort of attitude."-Robin Goodridge.
CIRCUS ‘97
"The reason we're still a band is because we're al in this together. This can be the best job in the would when you're playing to thousand of screaming fan who love you r songs. And it can be the worst job in the would when you're sick, and can't cancel. You just have to keep going. Having a sense of humor is very important."-Dave Parsons
GUITAR WORLD JAN ‘97
"Steve Albini was really just into absurd, obscene guitar sounds. Get a horrible sound and he love it."- Nigel Pulsford
