Bush (Canadian band)

Bush was a Canadian rock band in the early 1970s, which evolved from the respected club act Mandala. The latter had a minor Canadian hit with the song "Love-Itis". Bush consisted of ex-Mandala bandmates Domenic Troiano, Roy Kenner, Hugh Sullivan and Pentti Glan, plus Prakash John. The group released a single eponymous album in 1970. [Hugh Sullivan is not in the band picture on the record; his association with Bush was primarily in live performances. See [http://www.geocities.com/domenic_troiano/mandala.html Domenic Troiano and Mandala] ] The band recorded on the RCA label in Canada and Dunhill in the U.S and toured with label mates Steppenwolf and Three Dog Night. Three Dog Night released one of their songs, "I Can Hear You Calling" as the b-side of their hugely successful single "Joy To The World". The song, co-written by Troiano, Kenner, Glan and Sullivan, also appeared on Three Dog Night's Naturally album. Bush was short-lived as a band, but had some influence among musicians for their jazz-influenced rock.

Bush became newsworthy again in 1995, as the result of an intellectual property dispute with the British alternative band Bush. As Troiano still owned the rights to that name, the British band were forced to release their albums in Canada as "Bush X". [cite news | url=http://www.exclaim.ca/musicschool/needtoknow.aspx?csid1=76 | accessdate=2008-05-05 | title=Need to Know: How To Understand Naming Issues | first=Pierre | last=Hamilton | publisher="Exclaim!" |date=December 2005]

In late April 1997, Troiano and Gavin Rossdale reached an agreement under which Rossdale's band was permitted to use the name Bush without the letter X, in exchange for donating $20,000 each to the Starlight Foundation and the Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund.

All of the band members continued in music after the breakup of Bush. Kenner and Troiano joined The James Gang, following the departure of Joe Walsh. They performed together on the albums Passin' Thru and Straight Shooter, after which Troiano left to join The Guess Who. Kenner stayed with The James Gang, then with lead guitarist Tommy Bolin, for two further albums, Bang and Miami. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:ajfexqw5ldke~T1 Profile of Roy Kenner] by Jeremy Frey; www.allmusic.com.] John and Glan became highly respected session players, who also toured with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed. Troiano later developed a successful solo career, which also included Kenner at various times. John later fronted a Toronto-based rhythm and blues band, The Lincolns, which continues to play today. In 2005 at the age of 59, Domenic Troiano passed away, after losing his fight with prostate cancer.

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* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003479 "The Canadian Encyclopedia": Domenic Troiano]
* [http://www.canadianbands.ca/Bush.html CanConRox: Bush]