Band
Holds writing credit on 111 of 123 tracks
Gavin Rossdale, on 111 of the band's 123 studio tracks. Chris Traynor has four credits and no other member has any.
Across all 123 tracks: how many Bush wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Share of all 123 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Percentage of all 123 tracks, across every album, where each member holds a credit - split by role.
| Member | Period | Lyrics | Music | Production | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Rossdale | 1992-present | 90% |
90% |
51% |
0% |
| Chris Traynor | 2002; 2010-present | 3% |
3% |
0% |
0% |
| Corey Britz | 2011-present | 0% |
0% |
10% |
0% |
| Nik Hughes | 2019-present | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Nigel Pulsford | 1992-2002 | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Dave Parsons | 1992-2002 | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Robin Goodridge | 1992-2002; 2010-2019 | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Bush's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
Where Bush sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
Ten studio albums. The band broke up in 2002 and reformed in 2010 with Gavin Rossdale as the only original member.
Trauma / Interscope
Trauma / Interscope
Trauma / Interscope
Atlantic
Zuma Rock / eOne
Zuma Rock
Zuma Rock
BMG
BMG
earMusic
No albums from this decade.
Bush123 tracks
36Erik Ron, 36 tracks
27Bob Rock, 27 tracks
CL24Clive Langer, 24 tracks
AW24Alan Winstanley, 24 tracks
14Tyler Bates, 14 tracks
13Steve Albini, 13 tracks
DS12Dave Sardy, 12 tracks
NR11Nick Raskulinecz, 11 tracks
JB11Jay Baumgardner, 11 tracks
Bubble size = tracks worked on together. CL Clive Langer · AW Alan Winstanley
Data Insight
Gavin Rossdale is credited on 111 of the band's 123 studio tracks and no other member has more than four. The twelve tracks he is not on are the 2025 album, whose credits are unpublished. On seven of the ten albums nobody but him appears anywhere in the writing column.
Quick Facts
Creative Fingerprint
One writer for thirty years, with a band that changed completely around him and never took a credit.
The Story
Bush formed in London in 1992 and were ignored at home while Sixteen Stone sold six times platinum in the United States. Gavin Rossdale has fronted and written every album since. The band broke up in 2002, came back in 2010 with a new lineup around him, and has ten studio albums in all.