Gavin Rossdale: 'It was time for Bush reunion'

Gavin Rossdale has said that he was ready to reunite with his Bush bandmates for a new album.

The group's frontman told AOL Music that he is happy to be releasing new LP Sea of Memories with the '90s rockers and was inspired to reconnect with the musicians after seeing wife Gwen Stefani rejoin No Doubt.

Rossdale explained: "That was obviously always present in my mind because I saw it every day and it was inspiring to see the reaction when they went back out on tour. It was just mostly to do with the fact of where I wanted to be.

"I had tried a number of times of the last five or six years to try and get the band back together and I steadfastly felt that if [former bandmate Nigel Pulsford] didn't want to do it I would wait until he would come around. And then when I realised he wasn't coming around, I figured it was like I cut off my nose to spite my face, and what was the point? So I was like, 'I'm gonna do it'."

Pulsford and former bassist Dave Parsons opted not to reunite with Bush and have been replaced by Chris Traynor and Corey Britz, a change which Rossdale insisted has only wrought positive results.

Rossdale said: "The new lineup feels amazing! The main thing that I'm so grateful for is how much I like them. That's the best place to make music from. I had come to a point - and I don't mean this in an arrogant way, I mean this in sort of a self-preservation survival sense - I worked hard to pull that name up, that brand that everyone knows. It seemed a bit dumb to just sort of fake it.

"Three times a day I would get people on the street [going], 'Where's the band, man?' Even after I sold 1.6 million downloads in singles or whatever, people were like, 'That's amazing. I love that song! When are you getting back together with the band?' and I agreed! I agreed with everyone."

Bush recently announced plans to play three intimate London gigs this November.

Watch the video to 'Glycerine' by Bush below: