Gavin McGregor Rossdale (born 30 October 1965) is a British musician most famous for being the lead singer and guitarist of the former rock band, Bush, and later the lead singer and guitarist of Institute, which broke up in 2006 after only one album. He is married to Gwen Stefani. They have one son, Kingston (2006), and are expecting their second child in 2008. Rossdale is also the biological father of model Daisy Lowe.
Biography
Rossdale was born in Kilburn, London, to parents Lucy Stephan (b. Scotland) and Douglas Rossdale (a doctor of Russian Jewish descent whose surname was originally Rosentar). His parents divorced when he was eleven years old, and he was raised primarily by his father and aunt. His mother remarried and moved to Tampa, Florida. Rossdale has a younger sister, Soraya, and an older one, Lorraine.Rossdale modelled briefly, producing some fashion shots with good friend and former lover, Marilyn (singer). He learned to play bass guitar after hanging out with his sister Lorraine's boyfriend, who was in a band called The Nobodyz, but he switched to rhythm guitar. At 17, he left the Westminster School, played semi-professional football until side-lined by an injury, and formed a band called Midnight (formerly Little Dukes), which produced a couple of singles and many publicity photos. In 1991, Gavin moved to Los Angeles for 6 months, lived where he could, and took whatever part-time jobs were available, including production assistant on video shoots. He spent some time in NYC before returning to England where he hooked up with future manager Dave Dorrell (MARRS), whom he had met in LA. In 1992, Gavin formed Future Primitive, whose original line-up (under the name The Diceheads) included screenwriter Sacha Gervasi, who left to pursue a film-making career. The band changed its name to Bush in the summer of 1994 and released the promo Sixteen Stone.
Bush
- Main article : Bush
Bush's albums include Razorblade Suitcase (recorded by Steve Albini), Deconstructed, The Science of Things, and Golden State, none of which matched the sales success of the debut album, Sixteen Stone.
After Bush
In 2004, after Bush had been on hiatus for two years, Rossdale formed Institute. Their first album, Distort Yourself, released September 13, 2005 achieved moderate success and the single "Bullet-proof skin" was used in the motion picture Stealth.Rossdale made a song titled "Adrenaline" for the soundtrack of the movie xXx, which is featured during the end credits. The song was also the official theme song for WWE's Unforgiven pay-per-view event in September 2002.
He also guest appeared for Blue Man Group's "The Current" and is featured in its video. The song was used in the ending credits of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.
In 2005, Rossdale appeared in the motion picture Constantine (2005) playing the villain Balthazar. Rossdale has also appeared in the films Zoolander (2001), The Mayor of Sunset Strip (2003), Little Black Book (2004), and The Game of Their Lives (2005). He also co-starred in the heist film How to Rob a Bank alongside Nick Stahl and Erika Christensen. Rossdale can next be seen in the crime/drama/horror film "Frost Flowers", due out in 2009.
In 2007, Rossdale announced o his website that he was working on new music for a solo album. He wrote that he was very happy with the sound of the album, citing he went back to his roots with Bush. Rossdale's single, "Can't Stop the World," is the introduction theme to Fox's programme, Drive.
In 2007, he covered John Lennon's "Mind Games" for the album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur. Later that year, Gavin finished recording his first solo record entitled Wanderlust. It will be released June 3rd 2008. Gwen Stefani, Rossdale's wife, sings on the track "Drive. He also made a guest appearance on the DT8 Project album Perfect World, taking lead vocals and co-writing the track Falling.
On April 1st 2008 the first single from WANDERlust, "Love Remains The Same", was released through digital retailers.
In 2008, Rossdale appeared on "Ellen" May 23rd and performed "Love Remains The Same". He also performed on the June 6th episode of Late Night with David Letterman.
The official music video for "Love Remains The Same" is now released on AOL and can also be found on Youtube as well as Rossdale's official Myspace page.
On AOL's music page Gavin Rossdale has 6 videos from AOL Sessions. He performed 4 new songs and the Bush songs "Comedown" and "Letting The Cables Sleep"
Yahoo Music has a Pepsi Smash Yahoo Cover Art special and Gavin Rossdale performed a cover of Crowded House's "Dont Dream Its Over" and also his own hit single "Love Remains The Same". The Videos are on the Yahoo! music page.
Personal life
Rossdale has homes in Primrose Hill, London and California, and is a regular on the celebrity tennis circuit in the latter.
In 2004, a paternity test revealed that he was the father of Pearl Lowe's daughter, Daisy Lowe (b. 1989), and not Lowe's ex-husband as previously thought. Rossdale and Lowe had a brief relationship and Rossdale had been the godfather of Daisy. Following the relevation, Rossdale cut all ties with the Lowes.
On September 14, 2002 Rossdale married Gwen Stefani, American pop-rock singer and lead singer of the ska punk band No Doubt. During an August 8, 2005 appearance on the radio show Loveline, Rossdale said that he and Gwen preferred to keep their relationship entirely out of the media. He also said that he grew up in a chaotic home, and stated that having a stable environment for his family was important to him. On May 26, 2006, they had a son, Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Kingston weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces (3.4 kilograms). In January 2008, Gavin's father confirmed that Gwen is pregnant with the couple's second child.
Discography
Bush
- Sixteen Stone (1994) 6x Platinum
- Razorblade Suitcase (1996) 3x Platinum
- Deconstructed (1997) Gold
- The Science of Things (1999) Platinum
- Golden State (2001)
Institute
- Distort Yourself (2005) #81 US
Solo
- WANDERlust (2008) #33 US
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.S. Pop | U.S. Main | U.S. Mod | UK | |||||||||||
| 2002 | "Adrenaline" | — | — | 24 | 20 | — | xXx soundtrack | ||||||||
| 2008 | "Love Remains the Same" | 76 | 60 | — | 33 | — | Wanderlust | ||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or have yet to chart. | |||||||||||||||
References
External links
- Official Site
- Official MySpace
- Gavin Rossdale at the Internet Movie Database
- Gavin Rossdale at LyricWiki
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