Sick Riffs #22: Gavin Rossdale teaches you Bush's Everything Zen

[@edwardprete]

Gavin, thank you for the lesson. Don’t sell yourself short. You created some of the most memorable music of the early nineties which millions know by heart.

[@mikeronald3812]

Yeah man I'm 53 and still love listening to Bush songs. That's what led me to this video. Glycerine and Comedown are 2 of my all time fav songs in all of music!

[@Jasong9573]

Sixteen Stone is a brilliant album. Even though it was right in the Grunge period, it really stood out as more of a rock album. Little Things, Machinehead....amazing. All of it. Thanks Gavin. Oh and I would venture to say that John 5 likes it, too!

[@TheBriggs13]

bush come when grunge was dieing people were despret for grunge and lost but wasnt the real thing

[@abewilcox4560]

Terrible time in music. Post grunge was the worst time in the 90s. Nothing but a bunch of original grunge rip off bands.

[@WhyTheHorseface]

Damon Briggs their debut album sold 6 million copies in America alone, and they have sold over 20 million worldwide, so somebody must like them. When their album first came out, I remember Dave Grohl said on MTV he thought Bush was the best of the bands who were obviously influenced by Nirvana.

[@WhyTheHorseface]

Tronald Dump lol take foo fighters name out of there please. Name another band who has consistently released new music that charts and sells millions and allows the band to tour stadiums globally every album cycle for 25 years? Foo Fighters might be the greatest rock band ever on those metrics.

[@caiusmadison2996]

@@abewilcox4560 worse than nu metal? Yeah, I doubt that. This time in music gave us a LOT of good bands, and I count Bush among them. This album was impossibly popular literally everywhere on Earth at the time. It's one of the biggest selling albums of the decade, and the nineties outsold nearly everything before it.

[@i3oosted]

Saw Bush last year and Gavin was nothing but gracious about everything, I've never seen another major bands lead singer that humble before.

[@endezeichengrimm]

Holy SHit! THis is Gold!. He recorded the whole album on that guitar!?! wow!

[@DCMA247]

Joe Walsh too cause like he's a guitar legend from the Eagles and his solo project Life Is Good

[@ridehead8771]

To be fair though, Gavin still looks like in the 90's

[@BigBoss1982]

And this is gold.

[@markferguson3745]

Not really; he's aged well, - but he's aged like the rest of us.

[@Idolikethis]

That might be fan brain, he def looks like the dad he is now. Id agree with you during the movie Constantine era but nahh not like the 90s totally

[@Fullcollapse1]

​@@markferguson3745 Better than most ... once many hit mid 30s get fat, bald and graying.

[@Rattleheadx86]

Dude really aged gracefully

[@randystache78]

My daughter's first concert was Bush a couple years ago. They played everything and they sounded great!

[@felipeavlopes]

Awesome to see Gavin's old Jazzmaster back. I saw Bush live 4 times and after waiting like 17 years was fortunate to catch "Alien" as part of the set lineup. If you haven't seen these guys live you owe it to yourself to do it. Great live band, super friendly guys that always deliver. Thanks Gavin and thanks Guitar World for this

[@marcmcconnaughy1199]

I been to at least 8 of there shows and have always wanted to hear Alien live and they haven't played it once. That is my favorite Bush song and I wish they played it more live.

[@m.w.]

Saw you 10 years ago at London Airport on your way to the southside festival in the south of Germany. Everybody of your band was so kind and friendly. I will never forget this. Thank you for your music and your lesson......👍🎸

[@ZackSeifMusic]

These guys still have it live too. Saw them last year with Live.

[@thewedge8823]

they are completely different guys. not the same ones who did sixteen stone.

[@ryane6545]

The Wedge well that was a really long time ago, so not surprising they are different guys. I think everyone changes a lot in that amount of time.

[@patrickstar6247]

Saw them in 2016 with Chevelle and on their own in 2017 and sounded amazing both times.

[@matronthorn.official]

How was Live?

[@MrChinbaca]

Seen them live in 2016.. they killed it. So much energy.. they havent slowed down a bit.

[@jalarcon1061]

Nigel Pulsford, Robin Goodridge and Dave Parsons were the original Bush lineup along with Gavin. They all made Sixteen Stone sound like the Best grunge and rock álbum of its time. I Wont forget when in 1997 I was 15 and thought the whole World was spinning around Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden but me and my pals discovered a New reléased álbum, Razorblade Suitcase and were blown away by it, but our jaws dropped to the floor when we listened to songs like Little Things, Testosterone, Glycerine, etc. A genuine masterpiece. I Will admire these guys until my memory remains. Sorry for the long comment but these blokes were my heroes.

[@JoshuaB86]

Lol you just described my childhood. After hearing bush (Sixteen Stone & Razorblade Suitcase) I was addicted for years. Nothing else in that era grabbed me like those albums did.

[@iragravatt6717]

Me as well man. Left a bit of a rant on newer review of the kingdom , regarding all the dickhead critics from day one shitting on em. Sixteen stone is my favorite album ever, I graduated 2001 and razorblade is tremendous too, cant stand any of the other stuff til kingdom, if they keep shooting that direction, I have Hope's of a stone-blade equivalent. Think kingdom is the legitimate successor to razorblade. Give a fuck about the critics (fuck YOU, ALL of u unoriginal hacks). I love those howling guitars, so glad to hear that heaviness and melody...... back!

[@solstice1681]

@@iragravatt6717 exactly f critics, Grammys, MTV and all that bull.... I mean come on Justin Bieber and Al that crap, yuk!

[@iragravatt6717]

@@solstice1681 😁👍👍 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@benmarino1913]

Bush's 16 Stone was AWESOME. Bought it on cassette back in the mid 90's! Rocked it until the tape broke!

[@artisanjames182]

Wow.. saw Bush live in 97 during their Razorblade Suitcase tour at Great Woods in Boston! I remember they opened the show with A Tendency to Start Fires... another awesome riff too...

[@fartzerelli1385]

Dude looks exactly the same as he did during the 90's

[@reficul1984]

He looks way older. But he did not age bad

[@blairbeardsley4764]

Come on bro we all have aged he looks older as expected but could look way worse with all the tail and drugs being a rock star.

[@EricBishard]

Yeah, I wouldn't say the same, but definitely looking good in his older age.

[@hughjass8383]

@@reficul1984 Considering he's older than Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth, Dave Grohl and Jerry Cantrell yet he looks much younger than all of those guys

[@SteveEFoxx-vx9yh]

I met Gavin Rosedale back in 1999 at the X-103.9 Alternative Rock radio station in San Bernardino, CA, with my then girlfriend Kelly Doyle. He had an interview about their newest record "The Science Of Thing's". And he also shared some of his favorite Steve Albini Produced records, from "The Jesus Lizard" to "The Pixies". I had my guitar with me outside the station, and when done, Gavin, actually walked outside to the front of the station by the parking lot, posed for pictures with eager fans and even signed my acoustic guitar with a permanent marker and he also pluck some strings, I'll never forget it!!!

[@tanyabrown6969]

Straight boss!

[@mattwood5493]

That’s cool... it’s a shame because X103.9 was awesome station back then .... but now the whole I.E. went to shit and the station became another pop radio station

[@shawnchapin9684]

Thank you Gavin for teaching this song. You are one of my idols. I love singing your guys songs when I was going to karaoke. Thanks again man. Much love and much appreciated.

[@warchild4974]

America has Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice and Chains, so on, but I'm so happy that we have a great grunge band like Bush!

[@jacktilghman9797]

You got Oasis too.

[@warchild4974]

@@jacktilghman9797 Hahaha yeah true. But Oasis is Britpop not Grunge. Though I'd consider Oasis to almost be a form of Punk.

[@Caligulita]

I love how he keeps says simple. For most of us it’s not simple at all.

[@jacktilghman9797]

@@Caligulita what? The guitar part? It’s a pretty easy song but then again, I do play guitar so. I can see how to someone who doesn’t, everything looks a bit tricky.

[@gerhardrozboril5318]

Loving to get a Guitar lesson from one of my idols. Sitting at home, seeing his home, getting a lesson of a great song... thanks a lot to Gavin doing that....

[@roosterj2599]

This the first Bush tune I learned by ear. I saw the tab for it and I was 95% spot on. I loved this entire album. Still do. Thanks Gavin. Thank you for the music.

[@jwjones1979]

Me too. It's basically Polly and dumb. Simple riff, great song.

[@Quetange]

Thanks Gavin! Thanks for Bush, thanks for everything you and Nigel put out together! Love from Brazil. Everything Zen is a killer song and no one besides the pumpkins and pearl jam managed to write such heavy and beautiful music in a two guitar piece at that time.

[@Professorkenneth]

Bush still one of my favourite bands. I saw them live in late 90s 👍🏻 brilliant band

[@EDAR96]

In like 2013 in Boston you jumped down in the crowd and walked all the way back to me and my girlfriend during Little Things, as if we were talking. That was pretty rad man, thanks for the memory

[@souljubilant12]

When I was 13 my uncle had this one tape and we listened to it on our trip to Dallas. Good times.

[@El-ingobernable]

nice. I'm in Dallas and one of my uncles (RiP) got me into all the 80s & 90s stuff

[@royals1833]

Literally the entire album is one of the best Ive ever heard. Im 45 yrs old now and still listen to "Alien" once a week I bet. Learning to play guitar finally. Why im here!

[@Pokerface-tr1ds]

Sixteen Stone... how could I ever forget this one... Ahh.. miss the 90s..

[@Gusramosferreira]

Nice advice: " just be afraid to be anything else but yourself"

[@DMSProduktions]

USED to play this in my 90s cover band! (Back IN the 90s!)

[@travzimmerman1340]

I call BS!

[@kennethalexander1058]

Saw Bush in 2017 at Memphis in May and they came on right before Soundgarden and were awesome. Less than two weeks later Chris Cornell died in Detroit. That was the third time i saw Bush but the first time i saw Soundgarden and I'm glad i did! Glad to see Bush still rocking in 2020. Long live Rock🤘

[@tomtomthebear]

That jazzmaster though ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lancegould]

tomtomthebear 👍🏿 That TONE in general. British amps, a beast all their. Lol it’s probably a goddamn fender tweed. Idk what it is, the rhythm guitar on Bush’s albums always had that very distinct tone, that to this day, is distinctively Bush. I’m gonna say Rossdale in particular. He’s had few different lineups, and I can’t say that I’ve ever really took note of who was playing when, other than 16 stone and the tour to support it. And then the lead guitarist for the Wallflowers sort of looked like Nigel and then for some reason (I’m gonna say it was the drugs and alcohol abuse) everything became convoluted.

[@whateverwhatever5715]

Gavin is the first musician I ever met , it was my junior year of high school if I remember correctly ..it was right after their first album came out during their first American tour ..met him out back of Newport Music Hall in Columbus Ohio ..he was very friendly and they put on an awesome show ..still have my autographed stub from the show

[@Cordy712]

Cool, hope he goes through all his hits.

[@TheHrondon48]

I don't know.. He just ignores their 3rd & 4th album..

[@drew.reviews]

I hope not. I love both of those albums.

[@sandlapper9714]

Good grief he’s aged beautifully.

[@solstice1681]

He has!!!!! I was a teenager back when they became famous, I used to scream or bite my pillow when I saw him singing, I'm in my 40s now and I'm still screaming (occasionally 🤣) watching old and new videos, he's still so dreamy!!!!!

[@holysmoke8439]

He's not that old.

[@sixthview]

I said it 25 years ago and I will say it today... If I was gay, Gavin would be my cut off man!

[@adro3828]

He’s ageless

[@tylerdurden5122]

@@sixthview haha I’m not gay but if gavin came calling, I’d give it a shot!!!

[@Ariel-ik3pc]

That song everything zen hits me a certain way and I absolutely love it !! Had a specific shirt made for that song for concerts only lol. They inspire me so much in general their music is a 24/7 part of my life always!!!!

[@BlackJack-nx8rk]

Seriously, thank you Gavin. We are almost exactly the same age. Saw Bush early 90s in Cleveland OH and loved your band ever since.

[@AngryCaesar7]

I still listen to this album at least once or twice a week while riding my Harley thru Vegas and Red Rock. One of the best Rock albums of all time. Great feel, balsy release of energy, great lyrics with homage to Bowie. I just quit drinking in March during the pandemic, was near fucking death, and "Comedown" has special meaning now and I associate that with my recovery. Wish you would make more great music like the songs on this album.

[@VisciousTyphus]

Thanks very much for putting this out there. Your music is not John-5's ha ha! but it's music that works is that works for me (and like a million other people). So thanks heaps for putting the it out there. Music is eternal and therefore Bush's songs will be.

[@cellardoor4921]

I’ve touched that guitar...❤️😎 miss you guys

[@benedictjephcote6815]

Namechecks John 5 and then reveals that a guitar originally belonging to Joe Walsh was played through Sixteen Stone. That's a great run through of different guitar history to start a vid.

[@BuckSkull]

Col Gavin. I dig all your jams and what your material became for my generation. fan for life.

[@ramont5074]

I love Bush, I still listen to your albums almost every day

[@antet2]

That tidbit that his guitar once belonged to Joe Walsh is an awesome piece of trivia. Gavin is amazingly talented. Loved him in Constantine.

[@Agsded1973]

Thanks Gavin! Always loved that song!

[@mfkato]

Cold contagious has an absolutely gorgeous guitar sound... so raw. Very underated as a guitar album, Razorblade Suitcase sounds very original to me. One of my favorite albums!

[@BootsORiley]

Cold Contagious was always my favorite off that record

[@backwatersandbackroads]

There is something about that song. So dark and depressive. The guitar tone is amazing.

[@brucesimian3743]

That's some sweet ass tone. Love the purple color with the white p-90's and that it was your first guitar.

[@thenewmedic]

Not p90s. Jazzmaster pickups are like flattened and widened Strat pickups.

[@brucesimian3743]

@@thenewmedic Right on, thanks. I want one now!

[@thenewmedic]

@@brucesimian3743 They really do sound amazing. Never cared about them until a couple years ago when I noodled around on one at a local guitar shop. Fell in love immediately and finally got one about a year and a half ago. Best sounding guitar ever IMHO.

[@Shadowrunner340]

@@brucesimian3743 Don't feel bad if you don't play jazz on it. Nearly everyone, famous and otherwise, that owns a Jazzmaster doesn't either.

[@brucesimian3743]

@@Shadowrunner340 Jazz is a highly subjective word. Spinal Tap's free form jazz phase was ridiculed by critics but highly praised by Miles Davis, Dave Grusen and Ella Fitzerald. Who to believe???

[@hotyogaauburn]

I remember the first time the ever played the song on the radio... WBCN in Boston. I have listened to 16 stone a zillion times and still do. Thank you Gavin.

[@antonballard9431]

Excellent! Bless you and your family!!

[@thewedge8823]

their first single!! and their best IMO..... Sixteen Stone is a legendary album.

[@BrokeAtBestMusic]

Little Things for me. Never gets old!

[@1upfx281]

I started playing guitar when I was a teenager and I used used to jam along to this album all the time!

[@WarmothGuitarist]

I remember how heavy and hard rock this song sounded the first time I had heard it, and the video that accompanied it was well done.

[@philippgrunert8776]

I feel pushed Back in time. Thank you! Always enjoied early Bush material

[@damiandeans9265]

Can’t wait for you to come to Aus Gavin, for the under the southern stars festival, near my home town,

[@mackin26]

We used to cover a few Bush tunes in '96. This dude hasn't aged a jot. They were good and the mid/late 90's in the UK were a fkn blast.

[@sagm706]

Been learning loads of Bush songs with my local jam guru - always good to get it from the source!!! Love you!!!!!

[@nelsonechevarria7009]

Dude!!!You totally rock!!!I remember the first time I heard your song "Zen",I ran out and bought the CD.I was going through all sorts of bullshit and I heard your song "Zen",I listened to the words and it struck me that what you were singing in the song was exactly right,"Everything Zen Everything Zen I don't think so."Rock on now and forever my Brother,God bless you and your loved ones.

[@pkdude5334]

I just saw Bush live last week (August 2024) and they were amazing.

[@inthenose9033]

I remember when Sixteen stone came out. A friend lent me the tape and I played it in my car. The sound ripped through my brain and I just sat there, my mouth half open with the volume on high, through the songs..

[@f1sk8mm]

Thanks for the lesson. Great album. Amazing guitar

[@scramuel]

saw you guys in chicago last year, it was awesome, bush fan since 1996 keep on rockin , lookin forward to new music, and more concerts ( one day again )

[@LONESTAR33]

Awesome sound. Great Guitar. Great band, great song.

[@villevanttinen908]

Finally someone with his Own song.

[@gregdonald9506]

Been cranking Bush all week and rocking out

[@gennytrickett1580]

Oh wow!!! What a treat!!! Cool

[@tonycarpaccio9550]

Awesome, love Bush and Gavin.

[@krnwhitlow]

thanks for the lesson we love new album

[@Markohietalaofficial57]

🤘🏻🤘🏻🎤🎤💖

[@joecohn8896]

Thank you Gavin. I've always loved this song and I'm gonna give it a try. Stay safe!

[@patwilliams800]

Hey Gavin, so good seeing you! Will surprise Jessica with this (you all signed her scrap books at Bristol gig 3-years ago!) You were all so lovely, she'll never forget it 💜 Stay well 💜 from UK x

[@danimexcetera2194]

Hey man. Thanks so much for your recent videos. It's been great tuning and not being told to inject sanitizer or what mask to wear. Props, Gavin. Seen you twice live and been a fan since Bushx Stay safe!!!!! Please 😷☺️

[@williamjacques8734]

I've been literally trying to play this song properly for over 2 decades thank you for the lesson grew up on sixteen stone amazing album

[@jackschiele7646]

Big Bush fan! I am a new guitar player and your video was very helpful. Thank you!

[@freebee8221]

thats an awesome sound

[@cagrowin1962]

Thanks for letting me know that's the guitar that helped shape my early teenage years. Cool thing to mentally link up. Thanks Gavin.

[@joshdraken1]

"only John5 is John5" - that's pretty much what I think too when I write simple riffs.

[@FacelessFlesh666]

But Gavin Rosedale can be Neil Young playing Keep On Rockin In The Free World

[@chuckduchamp7560]

I'm more like.. "Only John Holmes is John Holmes"

[@samarnold1839]

30 years later, you still blow my mind. This song came out when I was 8 or 9? I remember seeing you on TV, trying to be just like you, even thru high-school. Here I am, nearly 40, still listening to Bush every fuckin day!

[@hz7654]

I found this late but great to see. Further confirmation that I need to finally get a classic Jazzmaster. That's a beautiful guitar.

[@samclemmons5373]

Hol up, the first guitar you bought used to belong to Joe Walsh?

[@TW_Chizm]

That’s what I was thinking lol

[@allstopblue5717]

Maybe it was purchased with the advance from his label signing? Like lot of rappers do these days. Get their signing bonus, go out buy cars and jewelry to look good in very first video. For rock bands they usually spend it on solid equipment.

[@tyshred9251]

I thought he said that.

[@LeeCurry1968]

Its like getting lessons from a guy just learning power chords back in the 90s.

[@TW_Chizm]

Earczar ,. I had that same thought lol

[@jeradswartz5609]

Gavin you are the reason why I got inspired to pick up the guitar! Still a huge Bush fan til this day. Still miss Nigel in the band though. Whatever happened to him anyways?

[@Lennonology]

In other words, just playin Rockin' in the Free World.

[@jaerivus]

Mind blown. Haha (Well, certainly true for the intro/in-between verses anyhow!)

[@lynettelaroche8868]

Love him!❤️Love Anything BUSH🤘🤘🤘

[@Markohietalaofficial57]

🤘🏻🤘🏻🎤🎤💖

[@aquaIungg]

If you fellow Bush fans want something you may not have seen yet.. check out their performance of The Rolling Stones' classic "Wild Horses" live on Leno in 1997

[@jimbojet626]

Just saw the video... I miss the OG band so much... that was such a long time ago... thanks!

[@aarondoodles3380]

Keep on rocking in the free world...just touched up with extra notes.

[@MrBleworchid]

Holy shit it is!

[@javimiami92]

First time I ever heard this song on the radio decades ago I thought this was just a Neil Young ripoff. And I still do.

[@fleadoggreen9062]

He’s cuter tho

[@kpw1100]

How does this not have more views??

[@bobbmars]

That was Awesome Gavin Love that Song even sounds great on my Takamine Acoustic......By the way Great Show at the Paramount on Long Island, NY New Years Eve 2 years ago...? We were up front....lol

[@FLdb-wj4wc]

Awesome guitar. amp sounds killer whatever it is. Great album. Great live band.

[@ncave7147]

Sick Tone and words of wisdom. Anyone can sit in their room and learn to play fast scales and what not but it's the creativity that matters more.

[@wiseguy9202]

@Nate Mauratt Yes creating chords is quite important. Traversing scales and becoming comfortable doing so quickly is extremely important.

[@ncave7147]

@Nate Mauratt Nothing personal but it's just the opposite. You don't learn to be creative. Paul McCartney, arguably one of the best Pop song writers ever couldn't tell you that there are no sharps or flats in the key of C.

[@noviceshredder9825]

Machine head is one of my 20 year + go to jam songs. Love playing bush songs

[@izidororaziel4918]

Glad to hear the drums again in your songs (Live in Tampa). And Kingdom, later this year, hope God

[@GMacYo]

Love it. More please. Thanks Gavin.

[@strawbrryfld1]

You have a masterful use of language in combination with musicality. I have been an admirer of your work from the early days. I think my favorite combination of poetry, music and Video has to be Comedown. The way you use the camera and movement to enhance the song is very inspired. (I too am a great admirer of Bob Dylan. I was born in 1965, how can you not be a fan of Bob ?!!! It’s the poetry....) 😜Thanks for the video !

[@stevegreyling6925]

Sixteen stone is eternal Gav, right up there -forever thanx!

[@jamescarlucci9867]

Awesome..definitely a big influence on my Playing..loved this. 16th stone was a great recording..

[@andygazi]

Thanks Gavin! This was awesome!

[@privatecitizenguy2640]

This album made no sense but was absolutely awesome back in 1995/96 I was 21. Holy Shit!

[@falcoperegrinus82]

Gavin: "I recorded all of Sixteen Stone on this guitar" Me out loud to myself: "Wow"🤩

[@lleeooo]

I literally gasped!

[@MarcoPolo-je5ej]

Did he say "this is my first guitar and it used to be owned by Joe Walsh"?????? I must have misheard what he said. That can't possibly be true.

[@dissident4383]

First guitar he bought

[@ericksonlee1688]

Razorblade , straight no chaser. Distant voices. Cold contagious ,

[@fleadoggreen9062]

Really cool thanks Always good to add another song to the arsenal

[@1godlessmonkey]

This man got me through high school. Thank you , sir!

[@AlmostReady504]

He has never changed. He looks like a 45 yr old man at 18 or 80

[@LRM12o8]

actually he's 55 yo

[@tanyabrown6969]

Thank you for this, Gavin. Keep going 💫

[@heavymetalnyge5656]

So awesome! Now reach me how to yodel! Machine hea...hea...hea..head!!

[@MarcNeilson]

OMG that was cool! I lost track of the cords just being mesmerized by the playing.