Bush were just never as big in the UK as they were in the U.S.. In the ’90s they were absolutely massive in America, while they only really had one hit on their native shores, this song, Swallowed. It reached number seven back in 1996. But other than that they’ve generally been way, way bigger in The States – Swallowed topped the U.S. charts, for instance. Part of it was grunge falling out of favour, replaced in the charts by Britpop. And part of it was probably a bit of a backlash against a handsome frontman with a posh accent suddenly being the darling of Los Angeles. Bush were seen in some circles as being a bit inauthentic, bandwagon-jumpers cynically following money. After doing it for 25 years, though, it’s hard to level anything like that at them – you don’t put grun...
