Young generation,,go to bookstores, Thriftstores,,buy CDs,,study the illustration, learn about music,,as a child of the 70s,,I flipped through my teen cousins albums,,my boy cousins were so patient with me,taught me about music,,they are in heaven now,,AS soon as turned 18,,I started going to Rock concerts,,im 58,im flying to California to see Eric Clapton,,at 2 arenas,,saw Clapton in Pittsburgh last year 2023,,I still play my CDs,Albums

Alien 00:00 Machine Head 06:39 Testosterone 10:50 Monkey 16:06 Body 21:00 Everything Zen 27:00 Bomb 33:18 Comedown 36:52 Broken TV 43:07 Little Things 50:10

Lead guitarist was a bad ass. We've never seen anything like him. Really interesting lead work.

I heard last minute that they were going to play CB that night and went down there on a lark. I live in Hell's Kitchen. It was tight in there. Stood at the bar with a beer right where the club opens up to the main room (couldnt get any closer to the stage) and had a transcendant experience. Everyone there was hearing them on the radio so they were just about to explode on the national scene. The power and energy in the room felt limitless. We all new it was a special show. There was a mixture of respect and awe in the crowd and the band sounded amazing for all the tech problems going on as often happens on a tight stage. The place heated up real toasty and got tighter as their set went on. Word must have spread real quick. By the end of the show it was sardine city. I'll never forget the power of his voice that night. Smoked some hash in the back hallway by the toilets w strangers after the band cleared out. Thats how good the vibe was that night. Passing the hash. Too bad the whole L.E.S. has completely changed. Mother's with strollers in Tomkins Square Park. Old punk rockers in their 60s on their last legs teetering in their engineer boots occassionally stumble through, but they are mere ghosts now. Almost no trace of the grit and danger of the area. The price of progress.

I can't believe this video exists!! This is so amazing! Thank you for sharing.

I'd like to thank you so so much for posting this.I don't know how you got the 8 mm but good for you. I really enjoyed it thank you thanks again for posting it These rare first shows nothing stadiums or theaters but bars. Every once in awhile somebody will post something that just was like the bands early days...the beginnings,just raw and so good to watch. it's like a treasure❤❤❤

From this to headlining Woodstock 99. Just 4 years later!

I remember that concert like it was yesterday. I went to CBGBs with high school friends to see Fossil and Bush. I even got a photo with Gavin!. Who knew Bush would become so huge!!!! Thanks for posting video! Great memories!

My childhood. Sixteen stone on cassette tape and then got razorblade suitcase on CD when that came out. Good times

Only reason this band caught so much shit fr critics? Jealousy(majority critics at time bitter Baby Boomers who knew early-mid 90s rock was so damn good.) Gavin's looks.

Sooooooo underrated! Top 3 band of 90's..... or maybe ever!

I wish rock was still like how it was in the 90s bc it was soo amazing😪 as an 18 yr old i rlly hate to say rock is dead

Bush, Goo Goo Dolls and No Doubt April of 96_Buffalo Aud My 1st concert that affected me... Thank You_Thank You

Crazy how Gavin’s voice sounds nothing like a fellow from the UK, this band was everything.

This is awesome! Opening with Alien is amazing

Jesus, what a great world to be in when "everything zens," refferd to as a new song.

Pure gold right here!!

Thank you for this. Such nostalgia. Life was goood

I just saw them live this past Friday in NYC and he was talking about this show. They still sound great like most 90s bands that still perform.

Awesome post. Gavin is painfully shy or nervous. EPIC show!

Man, got my first Bush show in March 1997, wish I had been old enough to catch them in 95.

I grew up in the Seattle area listening to southern rock in the 1970s - primarily Allman Bros, James Gang, Lynyrd Skynyrd, et al ... but in my later years (in mid 1990s) loved grunge or post-grunge - especially Bush - they were damn good!

just saw them live today, they’re still just as good

Man they were so good live!! Thx for uploading this so many memories came flooding back haha

Dude has a great voice...

Thank you so much for posting. Interesting to see in their infancy. Cool they kicked off w/ "Alien." ...didn't see that coming.

Wow, rare footage indeed. A little rough around the edges but that is okay. Saw them this summer, 22 years later. They are still amazing.

So thankful I got to live my teen years through this era. Fuck it was awesome and we had no clue how great it really was.

i drove from rockland county and by the time i arrived it was sold out we were walking back to the car when a dark suv pulled up like 4 storefronts down and the band just casually walked out me and only a few girls saw or even knew who he was i chased after him into cbgb cafe they stopped us at the backdoor which i guess connected to the venue after the band left i was just standing there and some dude with the band said "hey your the only dude and probably th realest fan, my buddy isnt coming so go to the door and say Danny Schuler" im like hmmm ok the same bouncer who told me to leave 5 times lol but ill try we walked right uo i said im on the list whats your name?? danny schuler lol he responded suprisingly by saying how many lol the rest is history

this is epic, due to it still being 1995. Bush first 2 albums? AMAZING

this is the Gavin that i love... i miss this song too

Holy Titz! I have this on VHS. Bought it back in HS at the local record store.. ah, the good ol days.

Gavin's wearing a Hole shirt! Awesome!

The song after Machine Head isn't Straight No-Chaser, It's Testosterone. This is so cool though, one of my favorite set lists.

Part of my childhood! I LOVE Bush!!! Gavin is handsome.

Hours and hours looking for bush set at cbgbs omfg this is epic

i bounced at their show in charlotte about a month later-- I had never heard of them and their hot tour manager said " these guys are as good as Nirvana or better" I said " Bullshit" and then Bush proceeded to absolutely CRUSH IT! it was amazing---- they made me a believer for sure--

First Ave Minneapolis, Gavin came up on the balcony area singing “come together” by the Beatles. Stopped right next to my and sang into the mic with him. Was a pretty cool night to say the least and will never forget.

3 days before Everything Zen was released..

Thank you for posting this. This is awesome and like so many others I'm amazed that it exists. Thanks again.

So many memories! My goodness, loved their songs! I felt them in my bones! Ty for posting this show up!

OMG..... this. PERFECTION. Thank you for posting THIS! I think I'll go find a hole and cry.

Wow the sound is fantastic thanks for upload

This is beyond epic!

Saw bush on der razorblade suitcase tour.. Veruca salt opened.... This show looks fun thnx 4 da video \„/

My favorite band! Sooo epic thank you!

I saw them on this tour June 1, 1995 in buffalo, new York. The nixons and wax opened for them. I was a freshman in high school. The setlist is exactly the same if I remember correctly. Great show.

I love the way Gavin plays guitar, cool swag

Cool video. Bush is awesome. I just took a trip down to NYC and the whole way there we played 16 stone for 6 hours.

Oh man, Gavin's so shy here. They literally had just started out.

wow ,wow and triple wow!

Amazing video thanks for sharing 💜 How can people not love music like bush, Nirvana, motherlovebone, Alice In Chains, soundgarden, stone temple pilots, hole, Alanis Morissette, smashing pumpkins, Pearl Jam, sonic youth, the pixies....megadeth, type o negative, pantera. Guns N’ Roses, velvet revolver & audioslave.. so much good there!!!

The gig that almost didn't happen. Many people don't know the closest this world's ever come to total annihilation was on the morning of Jan 25, 1995. Look it up, "Jan 25, 1995 Norwegian Rocket incident." (Boris Yeltsin saved all our lives, all due to a Vodka hangover. )

Sixteen Stone was released only a little over a month before this show and their first single yet to be released, I wonder how many people in the audience knew about them

Wow, I was 23 at this time . Grunge was life❤ I wish that lady wasnt blocking the camera

that leopard print strap is so iconic for gavin

This is freakin awesome!!!!!

omg thank you for this

Watching this again 2 years after I first saw it and I'm thinking holy shit! Imagine being in the crowd there the first time they play machine head in America, not knowing how absolutely massive that song is gonna be! *Screams*

I remember seeing a lot of the great 90s bands debut on Letterman....

Sweet. Gold find

BUSH AWESOME PERFORMANCE! ZEN!

CBGB’s - epic! Gavin sings with such deep emotion 😍🥰

Sixteen Stone and Rotting Pinata of Sponge - best fucking debuts 90’s 🤘🏻

One love.❤

Damn Gavin was already 30 here lol. he's old AF

Sixteen Stone great album,hello from Peru !!

Just got dun watching Bush 2022 concert ❤❤ So i know this is epic

Got my tickets in the mail today for Aprils show in Atlanta. Look on my playlist for the videos I made from last years show in Atlanta. I was in the front row as usual.

Oh shit. 10 seconds in and this gets a like. Alien is my favorite Bush song!

This is back in the junkie dayz.... now we are all old and they are still good.

Thanks for uploading. That was fuckin awesome!

Lmao "should I fly to Los Angeles? No."

the song after machine head is called testosterone not straight no chaser

this is really epic. alien is a great song

Damn he’s hot. Gwen was lucky

This was a pivotal moment in there career, & man was that first record something

thanx for sharing, awesome

Guys listen to Silverchair they’re great

Thank so much. This is awesome

Crazy I saw them at a stadium show in 1996 in DC.

What an interesting choice to start the show with Alien. Great song, but as the opening song?

wow decent quality for 1995. nice post

This is a treasure

How is the audio on this so good?

Love his Hole tee

amazing, and my baby Gavin is wearing a HOLE shirt!!!!....awesome upload

Glad this video exists dude

Nigel is the guitarist’s name .

flipping awesome!!! did they already have music videos on mtv at this time? I wonder if the people there knew who they were?

Very first show never disappointed always great and he never fucking ages dude.

Wish I had that t shirt! 😅

Wonder if these people knew they were listening to classics... or just what they thought in general

this is just amazing. but.. you know your getting old when they release a "remastered" CD on amazon.

I wish I got to see him sing live when his voice still sounded this awesome! I loved his voice, its not the same anymore.😐

very cool ..

Did you film this show or someone else. Good footage

Sick

Kinda funny how fast Gwen " Snatched Him Up", lol😅

27:27 ´´I forgot the letter...`` kkkkkkkkkkkk