Gavin Rossdale
Gavin Rossdale
Gavin M. Rossdale, Gavin McGregor Rossdale
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.