Vocalist/guitarist Gavin Rossdale was born in London, England on October 30, 1967. Gavin grew up in Kilburn, a north west section of London. His father was a general physician and his mother a model. His parents divorced when he was 12 and Gavin mainly lived with his father after that point. Gavin did not speak as child until he was 4 years old. Prior to that time his sister Soraya did all of the talking for him. At the age of 8 he spent almost an entire year in and out of hospitals due to chronic ear problems, but had recovered by age 9.

In his late teens, Gavin started singing and put together a pop band called Midnight (originally called The Heroes). They played some gigs in the UK and even opened for a the popular English act Big Country. Midnight was on the rise and the band landed themselves a record deal. Unfortunately the group was not successful only releasing a few singles. They proved in be more popular in Spain. In 1987, Midnight split and Gavin along with close friend and bandmate Sacha Puttnam continued on in the band The Little Dukes. Once again it did not work out. Frustrated, Rossdale decided to tread a new route by teaching himself to play the guitar.

Gavin’s next band would yield the success that he was looking. In 1992, Bush had formed under the original name Future Primitive and from there the road to success was a short one. Just three years after first forming, the band gained massive popularity in the US. It would take an additional 2 years before they would gain notarity in their home country of England.

The road to fame may have been a short one, but the road out from under Nirvana’s shadow has been a long one. Rossdale’s early Bush career was a struggle to stay sane with the barrage of Nirvanawannabe comments and trying to keep hold of his long time girlfriend Jasmine Lewis. Gavin handled it in the best way he could, always being cool and collective and not succumbing to the harsh reality of things.

In 1996, Gavin met his now current wife Gwen Stefani while on tour together. Her band No Doubt had been the supporting act for Bush’s tour at that time. After a long term relationship they decided to get married at a total of 3 weddings in September 2002. Since then they have produced 3 children: Kingston, Zuma and Apollo.

Soon after the Golden State Tour wrapped up, Gavin released his first single as a solo artist, for the XXX soundtrack. Adrenaline was co-written with Glen Ballard. Gavin has also performed on stage with a number of artists including Camp Freddy, No Doubt, The Blue Man Group and Carlos Santana. Both the Blue Man Group and Carlos Santana recorded songs with Gavin, which appeared on their albums. In 2003, Gavin would also begin his acting career, getting signed on to his first movie Redlight Runners starring Dennis Hopper. This film, however, did not get the backing it need and would never be made. Additional films that Gavin successfully completed include: Little Black Book, Constantine, The Game of Their Lives, How to Rob a Bank and The Bling Ring. For a full list of Gavin’s acting credits and movie appearances please visit IMDB.com.

In 2005, Gavin would return his focus to music writing 14 new tracks. Not for Bush though, but rather a new band Institute. Co-produced by Gavin Rossdale and Page Hamilton (of Helmet). Ex-Bush fill-in Chris Traynor would also join. Their new album was released in September 2005 via Interscope Records and was titled Distort Yourself. Later in 2007, Gavin which switch to focusing on a solo career. He released his first unofficial single Can’t Stop The World which was immediately used as the theme song for the short lived tv series Drive, on Fox. The show was cancelled rather quickly. April 2008, Gavin released the song Love Remains The Same from his new album WANDERlust. The album’s summer release was looking bleak until Love Remains The Same starting getting picked up in many tv and movie promos, including Nights In Rodanthe.

Just before the final solo show for Gavin were completed, in June 2010, Gavin went onto KROQ radio to announce the Bush reunion. Even though only 50% of the original members would reunite the band announced they would be moving forward with a new album entitled Everything Always Now. The first new single Afterlife was played during the KROQ announcement for the band’s return. Unfortunately, the original October release for the album ended up being postponed. The fans were disappointed and had to wait almost a full year before an album would be released. September 2011, the album finally came out sporting a new title The Sea of Memories. The band toured on and off from 2010-2013 with their biggest shows taking place as the supporting act for Nickelback’s summer arena tour in 2012.

Bush have announced the release of their upcoming album Man on the Run with an anticipated first single iThe only way out due set for release September 9th.

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