Gavin Rossdale

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AKA:
Gavin McGregor Rossdale
Nationality:
British
Birthdate:
10/30/1967
Birthplace:
Kilburn, London, England
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biography
As the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the British grunge rock band, Bush, Gavin Rossdale has found a majority of his success in the United States. In fact, his band has been widely reviled by his fellow countryman for not being part of the Britpop scene—a criticism Rossdale has accepted because of his revulsion of Britpop music. Accused of being a Nirvana wanna-be cover boy, Rossdale brushed off such digs and wallowed in the massive success he and his band mates achieved overseas.

Rossdale was born in London and raised in Kilburn into a middle class home—his father was a general Continued

Credits
Balthazar
2005
(TV Show)
2002-2002
Himself
2002
Stanley Mortensen
milestones
Year
Milestone
1992 
Formed the band Bush with Nigel Pulsford, naming themselves after the Shepherd's Bush area of London
1994 
Released debut album Sixteen Stone; was a hit in the US because of the single "Everything Zen"
1996 
Released second album Razorblade Suitcase; nominated for a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance for the single "Swallowed"
1997 
Made an electronica-style album called Deconstructed, a collection of remixed songs
1999 
Bush's record label, Trauma Records, filed a $40 million lawsuit against the band for breach-of-contract
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