Gavin Rossdale 2008

Kingston’s New Wheels

2008-12-31T11:36:00.000-08:00

2008-12-26T11:38:00.000-08:00

Enjoying some family time in the afterglow of Christmas, Gwen Stefani and her husband Gavin Rossdale were spotted taking their sons Zuma and Kingston to an after-Christmas shindig yesterday (December 26).

The “Hella Good” songstress and her “Little Things” rocker hubby looked a bit worn out by the holiday festivities as they toted their two little ones past the paparazzi.

Speaking of kids, Gavin recently cleared up a rumor regarding his eldest’s moniker, telling press, “The stuff you read on Wikipedia especially is such rubbish. They have some stranger as my mother and the family names are all wrong. I’d like to complain to Mr. Wikipedia. How do you do that? Kingston is named for Kingston, Jamaica, not Kingston Ferry. So it’s really not that traditional. At least I don’t think there are a lot of kids named for Kingston, Jamaica.”

And it seems little Kingston is already showing signs of his musical genes. “He likes anything with a good beat. He’s big into drums. He likes my record. He likes Gwen’s record. He plays some Pharrell and Snoop. Anything that’s good for head-bobbing. He’s a good head-bobber.”

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2008-12-26T11:37:00.000-08:00

Enjoying a post-holiday lunch out, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale were spotted along with their son Zuma at Wolfgang Puck’s Spago restaurant in Beverly Hills, California yesterday (December 29).

The “I’m Just a Girl” singer and her “Glycerine” rocker hubby looked to be having a marvelous time as they toted their son and a doggy bag of leftovers out to their Range Rover, smiling all the way.
And though Gwen and Gavin’s other son Kingston was absent from yesterday’s lunch outing, it sounds like he had quite a pre-Christmas romp at a local roller skating rink just days earlier.

According to an eyewitness at Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale, “It looked like it was Kingston’s first time roller skating, and the little guy looked so cute. Kingston tried to skate between Gwen and Gavin, but even though they were holding his hands, Kingston’s legs kept skating in different directions so it was impossible for him to stand up.”

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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale took their two boys, Kingston and Zuma to St.Charles Borromeo Catholic church on Christmas eve

2008-12-24T11:39:00.000-08:00

Gwen Stefani and husband Gavin Rossdale took their two boys, Kingston and Zuma to St. Charles Borromeo Catholic church on Christmas Eve

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale took their sons Kingston and Zuma out for some Christmas shopping

2008-12-18T11:41:00.000-08:00

The holiday season is all about family togetherness, and yesterday Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale took their sons Kingston and Zuma out for some Christmas shopping.
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Gwen Stefani meets up with husband Gavin Rossdale for lunch

2008-12-17T11:42:00.000-08:00

Gwen Stefani spent a rainy day today out with her sons Kingston, 2 1/2, and Zuma, 3 months, in Beverly Hills. Gwen took the boys for some quick shopping at Kitson and Ralph Lauren, and then they all met up with dad Gavin Rossdale for some lunch!

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale: Lakers Date

2008-12-16T11:51:00.000-08:00

It’s nothing new to see celebrities at an LA Lakers game, and last night Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale joined the crowd cheering on the home team at the Staples Center.

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Gavin Rossdale performs during a Rock-N-Racquets concert benefiting The Addy Roddick Foundation

2008-12-13T11:42:00.000-08:00

Singer Gavin Rossdale performs during a Rock-N-Racquets concert benefiting The Addy Roddick Foundation Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, at the Colonial Life Area in Columbia, S.C. The foundation helps neglected, abused, at-risk and seriously ill children.

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Gavin Rossdale Love Remains The Same (live, Knoxville,TN)

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Gavin Rossdale-Kissmas Bash review

2008-12-09T11:44:00.000-08:00

Gavin Rossdale surprised this writer with a gorgeous set of songs from his recent self-titled solo debut, and a host of gems from his time fronting the ’90s British rock outfit Bush. The stripped-down environment served Rossdale’s songs quite well. Performing with just his own acoustic guitar, voice and a fellow acoustic player who offered stellar harmonic bits to the proceedings, Rossdale stole the show handily.

This was mostly due to the warmth and intimacy of his singing, which was the best I’ve ever heard from the guy in the more than 10 years I’ve been seeing him live. The new songs, which were not remarkable in their recorded form — considerable over-production made them glossy and soulless — were quite moving in this subtle acoustic presentation.

The Bush songs Rossdale chose to perform greatly benefited from this arrangement as well, probably because they were written as simple, melodically appealing songs with a folk bent in the first place. So “Glycerine” was simply beautiful, and “Come Down” perhaps even more so.

Rossdale also offered a nice take on the Fleetwood Mac chestnut “Landslide,” his coguitarist ably handling the intricate finger-picking figures, while Rossdale poured his heart out. Surprisingly, considering how incongruous Rossdale’s music was in the general mix of the evening’s cheese-pop, the crowd was all over the guy, greeting every song in the too-brief set with enthusiasm.

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Gavin Rossdale Kissmas Bash 2008

2008-12-09T11:43:00.000-08:00

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Gwen Stefani and son Kingston watch Gavin Rossdale compete in Celebrity Skifest

2008-12-07T11:45:00.000-08:00

Singer Gwen Stefani and son Kingston watch Gavin Rossdale compete in Juma Entertainment's 17th Annual Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest presented by Paul Mitchell and benefitting Robert F. Kennedy's Waterkeeper Alliance at the Empire Canyon Lodge on December 7, 2008 in Deer Valley, Utah.

Gavin Rossdale picks up son Kingston while competing in Juma Entertainment's 17th Annual Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest

(L-R) Singer Gavin Rossdale, actor Hamish Linklater, Bob Horowitz, President, Juma Entertainment, Executive Producer of the Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest and Robert F. Kennedy compete in Juma Entertainment's 17th Annual Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest

Singer Gavin Rossdale (L) and actor Ian Ziering compete in Juma Entertainment's 17th Annual Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest

Gavin Rossdale performs at Juma Entertainment's "Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest" Day 2

2008-12-06T11:49:00.000-08:00

Gavin Rossdale performs at Juma Entertainment's 17th Annual Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest presented by Paul Mitchell and benefitting Robert F. Kennedy's Waterkeeper Alliance at the Empire Canyon Lodge on December 6, 2008 in Deer Valley, Utah.

Singers Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale attend Juma Entertainment's 17th Annual Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest presented by Paul Mitchell

2008-12-06T11:47:00.000-08:00

Mary Richardson, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Bob Horowitz, President Juma Entertainment and executive producer , singer Gwen stefani and singer Gavin Rossdale holding Kingston

Gavin Rossdale,Gwen Stefani and son Kingston play in the snow at Juma Entertainment's 17th Annual Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest

2008-12-06T11:46:00.000-08:00

Gavin Rossdale,Gwen Stefani and son Kingston play in the snow at Juma Entertainment's 17th Annual Deer Valley Celebrity Skifest presented by Paul Mitchell and benefitting Robert F. Kennedy's Waterkeeper Alliance at the Empire Canyon Lodge on December 6, 2008 in Deer Valley, Utah.

Gavin Rossdale ,Gwen Stefani and family arrive at LAX Airport to catch a departing flight

2008-12-05T11:50:00.000-08:00

The Stefani-Rossdales Shop

2008-11-30T06:57:00.000-08:00

The most adorable family in the world Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani were out with their children in Los Angeles this weekend with him in Levis I love that they are such normal parents and seeing Gavin wrestle with the stroller is great. No Doubt recently announced they are going out on tour and Gavin is apparently going back out on tour soon also, he recently performed in Los Angeles at The Esquire House

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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale enjoy a laid back Thanksgiving Day trip to Coldwater Canyon Park

2008-11-27T06:58:00.000-08:00

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The Rossdales do Christmas shopping

2008-11-25T06:58:00.000-08:00

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Gavin Rossdale-family time

2008-11-23T06:59:00.000-08:00

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Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani seen leaving the Sarah Silverman concert at the Nokia Theater.

2008-11-21T07:02:00.000-08:00

(Looks like Gavin has the hump with the paps)
Date: 21st November 2008
Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani seen leaving the Sarah Silverman concert at the Nokia Theater.

2008-11-21T07:01:00.000-08:00

By Nicole Powers
Nov 21, 2008

For a man capable of making so much noise, Gavin Rossdale is very soft-spoken, his somewhat guarded reticence being understandable given all that he's been through.

The singer, songwriter and musician is currently enjoying his first Billboard Top 40 hit since the heady days when he fronted the post-grunge band Bush. For a while in the mid-nineties their singles ("Comedown" and "Glycerine") ruled the airwaves, and the band toured virtually non-stop -- with a quaint little Orange County band called No Doubt supporting them.

After the Bush's demise in 2002, Rossdale struggled to keep his identity in a strange La La Land amidst the turmoil of a lost band, a new marriage (to No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani), and the tabloid attention that came with it. Rossdale's 2004 release under the Institute moniker failed to make its mark. It was, "for all intents and purposes, a solo record, it was just a bad marketing decision to call it something else," says Rossdale, who picked himself up and came back with what he regards as his second solo album, Wanderlust, in June of this year.

The lead song, "Love Remains The Same," entered the Billboard Hot 100 at # 76, rising to #27 in October 2008. It remains on the chart for the twenty-fourth week at the time of writing. Rossdale describes the Bukowski-influenced track as a "drinking song -- my drowning of the sorrows song." And it would seem it has done just that, as its success allows him to sate his desire for the road with a full-scale tour scheduled for Spring 2009.

We caught up with Rossdale at his manager's offices in Westwood, CA, and chatted about the album, the song, and the feelings of isolation that inspired the rousing ode to friends, love and libations. But first, in the spirit of friendship, it seemed only polite that we formally thank him for counting SuicideGirls amongst his MySpace Top Friends.

Gavin Rossdale: I love SuicideGirls forever. Who doesn't? What's not to love?
Nicole Powers: So is that actually your MySpace? Do you keep it up, or is it someone else?
GR:
I do it. I'm slightly obsessed about it. When I'm doing stuff in the day I always take time out. I keep up. There's a couple of pages now that I haven't answered, but generally I'm on it.
NP:
So we're very flattered to be in your Top Friends then.
GR:
Oh right, yes, you are!
NP:
It's a very socially tricky thing, who's in your Top Friends and who isn't.
GR:
It's a political statement. It's amazing, I see that over a million and a half people have watched my video on there. So there's a lot of traffic going through there. And I get some people who write to me and complain, like my guitar player who was like, "Why am I not in you Top Friends?" I mean he should be in my top friends, he's one of my best friends.
NP:
It's worse than missing someone's name out during an award acceptance speech. At least now it's not restricted to just a Top 8. It's weird, I noticed one Christmas and New Year, not last year but the year before, that all the Brits were bored around the holidays and joined Facebook en masse. Everyone I knew.
GR:
Yeah, I use Facebook, but I only really do it with people I know, whereas the MySpace is twenty thousand close friends who I'm not sure I know so well, but it's fun being friends with everyone. "Thanks for being my friend. Thanks for writing a comment." It's easy to do nice things for people.
NP:
You've got a song called "Drive" on the new album. In the press notes you talk about the fact that it's about you being a Brit in L.A. and feeling alone.
GR:
Alien, yeah. I've become reconciled, I really love living here. I don't have any problem with it, but at first I was a bit, you know, I didn't really know anyone, I was just here for love, and work, in that order -- because I could have worked somewhere else.

I think a lot about Soho in London, my old stomping ground, and going out in London. It's weird because I have a different life here. I moved here and my life is just different, it's a different style, you know. You kind of go to people's houses more here rather than actually really going out a lot.
NP:
Well you can't go to bars, because you can't drink and drive, and you can't get cabs home very easily. It you're driving, a night out is two drinks and that's it.
GR:
Designated driver -- or pregnant wife -- sometimes they're both the same person. [laughs]
NP:
So you need to have another kid.
GR:
No, no, no, I'm fine for now, thanks.
NP:
You called the new album Wanderlust, and obviously, you spent a lot of your adult life on tour. Do you miss that? Do you have wanderlust right now?
GR:
Yeah, I really miss it. Some people are born to be on tour and take it on, some people get done in by being on tour, and some people get done in by being on tour but love it. I think I'm the latter, you know. It's like it's a form of combat, with your body, with your mind, socially, you're ability to function with the same people in the same bubble. Do they drive you nuts? Do you drive them nuts? How you miss your friends and your family.

It's really tough. That's the reason why Bush isn't working right now, because one of the guys just doesn't want it anymore -- doesn't want the travel, doesn't want the fight. It reminded me of when I first started working on films. I was realizing that, God, it's such fucking hard work that even the crap ones deserve your respect. You've still got to slog it out and turn up for work everyday, and believe in what you do.

So being on tour, I love it, and totally miss it. I'll be going on tour soon. Now I've got a new complication because I'm so crazy about my son. I can take him for some of it but clearly not all of it, and that's a bit of a heartbreaker. When I was in Bush, it was all about leaving my dog. That was always the payback. I always used to think, "OK, you've got this unbelievable life, so everything has its cost." There's no free lunches right? That was the price. It was traumatic leaving my dog. It used to destroy me. I'd be silent, depressed, down for a couple of days and then I'd be, "Well, you're a musician, and things are looking up compared to where they were, and so you've got to deal with it and that's the price." So I'm sort of sensing that that's coming again.

It's a bit sad. I've been away on different trips, and I ring home and speak to him. He's just old enough now to speak to on the phone, and he says, "Daddy, get off the airplane." But yeah, I am looking forward to going and playing. I love playing. It's so fun to sing, it's such an ancient job. It's a minstrel. You wander in and you play -- it's just brilliant! The crowds...I mean basically, to be in a band, especially probably singers, you know, such needy people. This need for expression, and large gestures, and connection. 'Cause you're out on the stage, and even the most extreme form of performer, Johnny Lydon, being Richard III in the Sex Pistols, he wanted to hate everyone but at the same time he wanted to do it in front of everyone. It's the affirmation thing -- that you're worthy or something twisted like that.
NP:
And being in a band, there's the constant camaraderie.
GR:
Or not.
NP:
You can hate these people, but you love them too -- it's like you often hurt the people that are closest to you.
GR:
It is pretty testing to live at such close quarters with people, but I feel quite lucky. I mean some people you hear talk in bands about how, "Why would anybody be in a band when you could have the freedom?" If you can to be successful enough, you could have the freedom of not having to defer to someone else's opinions, no democracy, you know. But for me in Bush, you know, I really loved being with those guys, it felt very connected. We went through so much together, we didn't really wear it out. And if ever we wore it out between each other, it's pretty mutual and you'd just make it back up. I think if you start out as friends there's a pretty good chance you'll stay friends. So I feel pretty good about that.
NP:
Do you still talk to the guys?
GR:
Yeah, I mean I reached out to them. Two of the emails got sent back because I had the wrong emails in my Blackberry. But I heard from the drummer, Robin [Goodridge], he's on tour with someone and he's like... You know, I can't really work them out. They're English, you know, weird and a bit twisted -- you know, a lot of subterfuge. I mean they're not ringing me up. They probably know what's going on with my record but they wouldn't be ringing up saying, "That's' great!" Whereas the American friends I have are the kind of people that do that, but English people don't do stuff like that. It's way too nostalgic.
NP:
English people tend to resent success rather than be supportive of it.
GR:
Yeah, so, I haven't been hearing from them. The more the record does well the less I'm likely to hear from them. [laughs] But that's OK, I understand.
NP:
With this record, in a way you've been able to create the best of both worlds, of being a band and being a solo artist. You recorded it almost as a band, in five days with five band members, hired guns like Josh Freeze. It's a choice situation, but you still have the control of a solo artist.
GR:
I have and I love that. I've only ever made records actually playing as a band.
NP:
In the notes for "Love Remains The Same," you reference Bukowski as an influence. Did you ever get to meet him?
GR:
I didn't ever meet him, no. I would have loved to have met him, but never got the chance. When I first began to live in L.A. I'd be kind of [excited], you know, to see the areas he'd write about, and imagine the places he was.
NP:
What were your favorite pieces of Bukowski's writing?
GR:
My favorite book is one hundred percent You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense that was the one that really nailed it for me. And Play The Piano [Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument] Until the Fingers Begin To Bleed [a Bit]. There's obviously Post Office and Factotum, the novels, they were fun and irreverent, and like him as I got to know him through interviews and footage and stuff like that. But I mainly liked the poetry. I liked the brevity, and how succinct he was, and how he could put a whole world into a page.

It just has a way with it, which is weird, because I also liked [Allen] Ginsberg and Ted Hughes. Ted Hughes is a bit more flowery, like a proper poet, lyrical. "Lovesong" is probably my favorite poem of all time...Ginsberg is completely different, because he is super flowery, super stream of consciousness. I just thought if I had these disparate inspirations it would go to make a more interesting view. If you only had lyrical poets as a backdrop to stuff, like all the Beats, you were into all of them, it would be one-sided. Bukowski to me was so far removed from the Beats, he was much more alcohol and street and flop house and struggle and that side of life.
NP:
Some of your Bush material, "Comedown" and "The Chemicals Between Us," referenced chemicals. Are they part of your life now?
GR:
No, no, no, no. Just the fun follies of a life well lived.
NP:
While you're having the fun and follies of life, when you're busy leading the life, you don't think about the fact that you might have kids, and they're going to read about that life. How will you explain that to them?
GR:
Oh, evasive. Evasive, really evasive, really slippery. Just like poker-faced and slippery.
NP:
That's your guide to parenting, poker-faced and slippery.
GR:
I guess, on that subject. Because anyone I've ever known would have a very shaky leg to stand on if they're trying to sort of pontificate to their children. People I've seen in various states of entertainment. So it's a very tricky point. In fact that's the biggest thing that you've touched on. It's very perceptive, because it's like, it's the one area, it used to be that when you do interviews that would be the one area you didn't give a shit about. You'd let it rip because you want to be just as wild as Jim Morrison, and just as wild as the band next door. You know, if Liam's mad for it, everyone's mad for it, you know, all that stuff. And now it's like, "Whoa! Err? Hmm!" I got asked that the other day and got super slippery about it. Super slippy. Born Slippy. Now there's a great band.
NP:
Parents have the stock phase, "Do as I say, not as I do." What do you think was the issue your parents were slippy about?
GR:
My parents were evasive in a different kind of way -- busy -- and so that never really came to pass. The generations were so distinctly different. My version of fun and their version of fun, I think, were so separate. I don't think there was ever a case of like finding my dad's stash, or something like that. That never really happened, more the other way around, you know.
NP:
You have a song called "Happiness." What's happiness for you?
GR:
Happiness. [thinks] Happiness, well, it takes many forms. I mean I take that line of Spalding Grey, the great Spalding Grey. He talks about perfect moments. I don't know whether you've seen Swimming to Cambodia, he's an amazing actor. He's no longer with us but you should see Swimming to Cambodia. It's all about perfect moments. Life is just a series of perfect moments perforated by the fucking drag of the rest of it.

So happiness can be anything from, you know, I experienced happiness this morning when I was on a step at 8 a.m. helping my son crayon on the pavement, and eating toast and drinking coffee. I was really happy. Then I was also really happy last night. I was at a dinner for twenty-two people, drinking in a private room, eating amazing food, laughing and just having a really great time. And when I'm on stage, or when I finish a show; I played three nights ago. I played this party in Santa Monica, and it was so intense because there were acrobats, there were trapeze artists, there were flame-throwers, and all these stalls. I did this acoustic show, and the audience was like this close to me, all the way up. It was a party, it was packed, and I sang a bunch of songs, and it was just magic. I just thought it was one of the most funnest nights. And so I find happiness everywhere.
NP:
You seem to have done really well staying focused on the important things: your family and your creativity. And you have been surrounded by a lot of tabloid shit. You got shit with Bush because you were either too much or too little like Nirvana, just by virtue of the fact you hit around the time everyone was obsessed with searching for the next big grunge thing, and obviously the elephant in the room is your marriage to Gwen, and there's that whole tabloid monster, but you seem to have done really well at just keeping your head down and staying focused. How have you done that?
GR:
Because I realized that everything is so fleeting, and there's not enough time for the great things, let alone the crappy things. And clearly they'll be times when those outside elements begin to crush you, and the claustrophobia sets in, the shrinking wall of a Terry Gilliam film. As soon as you feel that way I just know the only way out is through, you know. So suddenly, if I realize it's really getting me down, I consider that that's all winning, and I'm losing. I'm just too English or Scottish –– I'm half English and half Scottish –– I can't stay down. I get hit down, and then I just get up. I just have to find a way through you know because what else is there to do? What other way is there?

And then the other one is to appreciate what you have. For every positive of course there's a balancing thing that is not as good and is taxing, but I just think that you can't expect to always have it your way. My life is so extreme, that when it's amazing it's shocking, and then when it's painful it's equally as shocking, so I just try to keep away from the pain.
NP:
So have there been times when it's been too much?
GR:
Yeah, but there is no such thing as too much. The only thing which is too much is death. So it's never too much. You may think it's too much. I always think, let the calendar flip and in a few days with a few nights' sleep...We're durable, we're all durable.

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Conversation with Gavin Rossdale on Kids Music

2008-11-17T07:05:00.000-08:00

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Gavin Rossdale: Kingston's "Got a Better Wardrobe Than I Have!"

2008-11-17T07:04:00.000-08:00

He's only 2, but Gavin Rossdale says his son Kingston is already showing early signs of being an entertainer.

"He's got a better wardrobe than I have! I can definitely see a performer in him," Rossdale told Usmagazine.com at Saturday's 10th Annual Home for the Holidays event in Hollywood.

But Rossdale added that it's "such a worry -- it's such a weird world. I mean, he's been photographed nonstop since he began.

"He had the first nine days off of his life - after that, it's been full- [throttle]," he said. "It's pretty intense. Who knows what's going to happen?"

Meanwhile, things with 2-month-old Zuma are "going great," said Rossdale, who recently celebrated his six-year wedding anniversary with Gwen Stefani.

"He's really easy, and it's smooth sailing right now," he told Us. "It's good times.

But I want to bottle them – to take them away with me, so I can sip this elixir of the fun."

Most of the time, "we travel together," Rossdale told Us, but when he's away for work, he relies on "phone calls. It's rough leaving them all."

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Bettie Magazine Interview: Gavin Rossdale

2008-11-17T07:03:00.000-08:00

Back when Bush was a band, and not a lame duck President, Gavin Rossdale was Commander-in-Chief of British grunge.

It's been 14 years since Gavin Rossdale released a Bush record, moaning "There's no sex in your violence," — our flannel covered teenage hearts leaping at the sight of his tousled hair and English inflection. Our resin-clogged minds never thinking too hard about those lyrics.

This summer, Rossdale released Wanderlust, a solo record that is more chilled out than anything we remember from his Bush or Institute days. But even though he's a family man now with two kids by his wife/superstar/Harajuku queen Gwen Stefani, he's still worth a second glance. Or a third. We can’t stop staring.

Because you were Bush’s lead singer, your solo record still sounds sort of like those albums. Just…mellower.
Bush is really defined by angsty, soaring songs with heavy guitar and sex-obsessed basslines. So I had to keep the sex-obsessed basslines. After being in Bush and then doing the Institute thing, I just thought don’t detune and don’t rely on guitar so much. I had to find a different voice. For two months I thought there was going to be a Bush record so I wrote “You’re With Us or You’re Against Us” because I thought, I’ve got to get that band feel. [But] I’m always going to sound like I’m in Bush because that’s my voice.

That’s true, though your first single, “Love Remains the Same” is much more mellow than what we remember from Bush.
It’s been weird because I’m not even half the people know who’s singing it or that singer used to be in Bush. It’s such a weird world. It’s so fragmented. Like, at my house today, there was a guy having a meeting there and he goes, oh my god, my 14 year old daughter and all of her friends love your song. I was like, wow, that’s cool. How do they like the record? And he’s like, oh…I don’t know. It’s such a weird idea. If I were a kid, and I happened to like someone and I knew for a fact that there were twelve other songs by the same person I might give it a shot. I bought singles when I was like 12. If you like something, you get the record. And, even when they like that song, they [fire alarm goes off] That’s us!

By the time we return from walking down five flights of stairs, touring a law office, and waiting for a substantial amount of time in an elevator lobby, Rossdale has a burning question for Bettie when it comes to us staring at dudes.

What do women want?

All sorts of things…but we tend to pass on the oiled-up guys.
Men don’t always need that of women. Showing a Brazilian wax isn’t a prerequisite for a beautiful shot.

Tell that to the people working in porno! Now, over the past few years, you’ve stayed in the paparazzi spotlight but weren’t in the limelight. It’s that part of why you wanted to make this record?
Absolutely. It was such a bizarre few years to be a musician. I never stopped working, it’s just about when you’re allowed to bring records out. If they don’t drop you, they delay your record. Not for any other reason than all the powers that be are like, well, hang on, if we wait another month, maybe you’ll come up with something better. Keep writing. It’s maddening. You’re in creative jail.

Then why not just go indie?
You can be signed to Joe Schmo records and bring out records once a month, but it’s hard enough to have an effect when you’re coming out on a major label. Most records generally fail now.

What does that do to your psyche as a musician?
It’s a really bad time to be starting a new venture, which Gavin Rossdale is. I’m just some commercially uncommercial. To be doing a rock band in England at the time I did it was when Brit pop was really happening. It was the worst idea I could have had. I didn’t know I’d even get to America, let alone build a career here. So, I’ve always done things the wrong way and I enjoy that sort of blind faith that goes into believing that the good will out.

You’ve said “Love Remains the Same” has a certain Bukowski-ness to it. How so?
I don’t think it’s remotely as good as that, but the Bukowski side of it is commiseration in drink. But, it’s far more lyrical and not nailed to the concrete sidewalk than Bukowski. I’ve got other stuff that I think is more in line with him. I love the way he writes.

Which books are your favorites?
You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense, Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame, Play the Piano Drunk So That Your Fingers Begin to Bleed a Little [sic], Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window, stuff like that. I’ve got all the videos of his live performances I could find, I’ve got some interviews with him, I’ve read transcripts.

Did you ever get to meet him?
No. Why would he want to meet me? He’d be like, “Fuck that guy!” [laughs] He’d much prefer meeting my wife I think! [laughs] So would a lot of people.

Was that hard – until you released this record — that some people weren’t thinking of your music and thinking of you as Mr. —
Thank god there are now pictures of me singing – pictures of me doing my job! That’s my greatest thing about this record. I mean, you make a decision in life of what you chase, and for some people who are quite careerist, that could destroy them. If you looked at it on paper, you’d be like, that’s shit. [laughs] that’s not good. But that would be a ridiculous way to live your life. It’s just been a storm. No one could have predicted what happened to her, and I’m not going to leave her because that happened. [laughs] You know what I mean? It’s something to deal with. It’s a lot to deal with in some regards, but it’s not a lot to deal with in your house. Just outside. It’s now being corrected. Now, I’m the one who’s working and doing all the shows. It’s a good lesson. To have knee jerk reacted about that, even though it had been over a period of years, would have been such a waste. To give up something real for something imaginary. Also, no one ever seemed to pick up on this, but what I thought was interesting was the fact that: why should every woman who is brilliant be denied a private life that is fulfilling? There was a sense that that must kill him and if [a woman is] going to be that, you have to be alone and she doesn’t deserve to have that. I think equal is good. It’s progressive.

We love your feminist spirit.
There was all this sort of backhanded, twistedness. It used to be everyone’s a critic. Now everyone’s a published critic. We were in a restaurant in London and this guy was sitting opposite of us. His wife was really excited to see us there and he was really indifferent about it. I asked Gwen a question and that became the subject of his blog, sort of misquoting her. I remembered thinking, you were so disinterested when your wife was so excited, and suddenly, that’s your blog. I wish I had fucking thrown my food at him. I regret not doing that. Do you like noodles? On your head?

That would be a very Johnny Rotten of you. He’s one of the people you admire — why?
For his maverick sense. He was just so brilliant and such a great performer, referencing Richard III for his physicality on stage. And for his desire. While the Sex Pistols were imploding, he just starts PiL. And has two bands that are really important. He’s so fucking stylish and funny and has a great vulnerability to him as well, which is why he’s sort of touchy. You see all that stuff about him walking off all the time. I just fucking love that. He, to me, embodies punk. And when I was growing up, punk was massive to me. That was right as my life was beginning when I was thinking about culture and I began with the Sex Pistols. It’s always been embedded in me and I’ve always been a bit annoyed with myself that I tend to write with a romantic sense of with a sense of lust and longing and suffering and sometimes I want to be like fuck yeah and write other stuff. But he did that, so what are you going to do?

Be a sex symbol. Do you mind that you’re still considered one? After all, you did do that shower scene in the video for “Love Remains the Same.”
I did do the shower scene. Well, I like to keep clean. It’s kind of funny but it’s a complete compliment.

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Gavin Rossdale poses for photographs after taping the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption's "10th Annual A Home for the Holidays in Los Angeles.

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Gavin Rossdale and 2-year-old son Kingston

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Life's a beach for Gavin Rossdale and 2-year-old son Kingston as they enjoy the ocean view during a family vacation in Mexico on Tuesday.
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Q&A: Gavin Rossdale on Being a Target for Plus-Sized Underwear, the Chances of a Bush Reunion and the Lameness of Shopping at Bed Bath & Beyond

2008-11-11T07:07:00.000-08:00

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This summer, Gavin Rossdale cracked the Top 40 for the first time since 1995—when he fronted the British grunge band Bush—with the ballad “Love Remains the Same,” from his first solo album, Wanderlust. It’s also been a good year for Rossdale personally: He and wife Gwen Stefani of No Doubt had their second son, Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale, in August. Blender.com recently caught up with Rossdale to discuss his big solo hit, his Hollywood career and what he’s heard of the new No Doubt album.

Since “Love Remains the Same” appeared in the Nights in Rodanthe trailer have you found more middle-aged housewives showing up at your gigs?

Getting some plus-sized underwear thrown at me, is that what you mean? I think it’s more than just that trailer. Before Nights in Rodanthe, the song was on Hot AC [adult contemporary]. That definitely creates a whole different thing: “Wow, I haven’t seen some of these people here before.” The song’s been out since June, and it doesn’t show any sign of slowing up. It became one of the songs of the summer. That’s an interesting feeling, because I’d sort of gotten used to being slightly more obscure.

So you were competing with the Leona Lewises and the Rihannas for song of the summer?

That would be a quick race. I’m sure they’d win it, so I wouldn’t try to compete with them. Maybe I’d win a running race against them, though.

I bet you could outrun them. So on this album you worked with Bob Rock, who has produced Metallica. Were you easier to work with than Metallica?

I worked longer hours, that’s for sure. And no therapy sessions. But every morning when I’d come in, Bob would be like, “How are you doing?” And I’d say, “I’m doing fine.” And he’d say, “No, really, how are you doing? Are you OK?” “Yes, I’m fine, Bob, leave me alone.” After two years of therapy with Metallica, he couldn’t help it.

You’ve been in some movies over the years, including Constantine and last year’s How To Rob a Bank. Why do you always end up playing the bad guy?

Probably because that’s how I’m seen. Probably because I’ve got the British accent. I usually get killed as well, so I’m usually dead and bad, or bad and then dead. So yeah, I’ve got to try and break out against the typecasting. But it’s pretty good fun. Problem is, whenever I do films, all the gaffers and the electricians are like, “Hey, where’s the record, man? What are you doing?” And I feel like a geek—I’m in a suit or something with a blown-off face.

What kind of scripts do you get now?

Not bad things. But the problem is, the better the scripts, the less chance of me getting it. There’s always 10 really fantastic A-list actors. I did read for the De Niro film, The Good Shepherd, with Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie. I did like six auditions for the part that Billy Crudup ended up playing. I was reading when they had Leo [DiCaprio] playing the lead, and then they switched to Matt Damon. If the lead actor changes, it clearly changes the entire casting. So I blame it on the casting [switch]—that’s what I like to think. I was disappointed. I just wanted to work with De Niro because he’s so brilliant.

When I Googled your name earlier, one of the first things to come up was pictures of you and Gwen and your son Kingston going to Bed Bath & Beyond. What’s the greatest length you’ve gone to avoid the paparazzi?

It’s impossible. It’s taking the mystique away—it’s really fucked it up. I do not want to see the Beatles coming out of Subway, you know what I mean? What a cack thing. “What’s he up to?” “Oh, he’s shopping at Bed Bath & Beyond.” It’s so lame. But it’s part of the fucking landscape.

So what’s it like being 50 percent of one of the most beautiful couples in the world?

I have no idea, I’ll ask one of those couples the next time I see them.

But you and Gwen are always rated as a highly attractive couple.

I think that this whole tabloid thing is so harsh on music. Even when I was getting killed in the music press, I preferred that to the tabloid world. These are such depressed times, of course I understand why those magazines exist. But I miss that mystery, don’t you? Bed Bath & Beyond, however you slice it, isn’t that cool.

No Doubt are supposed to put out an album next year. Have you heard any of the new material?

Just the odd ska beat. But I don’t know what it’s going to be like.

What are the chances of Bush reforming?

Quite high. Wanderlust was going to be a Bush record for about two or three months. And then the guitar player, Nigel [Pulsford], who originally was the one who didn’t want to tour anymore, suddenly didn’t want to leave his family. I understand. I think he felt that he missed his daughter growing up the first few years. It would have been a great year for Bush; it would have been a really good return. No one stole anyone’s motorbike or wife, so it’s always possible.

Gavin Rossdale Talks Wanderlust, Jesus Lizard and Dark, Dingy Dive Bars

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November 10, 2008 6:00 AM
Though it pains me to admit this, I honestly can't remember the first thing Gavin Rossdale said to me. It's not that I wasn't listening, but that I couldn't hear a damn thing. It was one of those days in Los Angeles where you miss every green light, you lose your cell phone under the car seat and your lunch consisted of black coffee and cigarettes. In my case, I had just arrived in Westwood to interview Rossdale and barely stepped off the elevator on the 20th floor of Azoff Music when I was ambushed by this deafening siren for what appeared to be a four-alarm fire drill.

Rossdale and I, along with countless Azoff employees, were ushered down the emergency stairwell, into a hallway and -- when the coast was clear -- crammed back into the elevator and allowed to return to our upstairs meeting room. The former Bush frontman is currently promoting his solo debut, Wanderlust, and funny enough, one of the tracks is called "This Place is on Fire." Coincidence? Probably. Regardless, the fire drill was the ultimate ice breaker and once the sirens stopped, the conversation flowed.

L.A. Weekly: So when was your last fire drill, man? I don't think I've been in one since grade school.

Gavin Rossdale: Yeah, a while ago. I really can't remember the last one. I think it was at a hotel.

Did you set the fire?

No, no. But I know who did [laughs].

I heard you’re friends with David Yow (Qui, formerly the Jesus Lizard and Scratch Acid).

M-hmm. It began with me being bold enough to ask the Jesus Lizard to come out on tour with Bush. That was one of the best things about being in Bush was my ability to take out on tour who I wanted. Some people would say, “Get bands that are worth something to the ticket,” and Jesus Lizard obviously was worth a lot to the ticket. Certainly there were many bands I took that weren't big bands, but to me they were such great bands that they mattered. Taking the Jesus Lizard on tour was fantastic. We became good friends with David.

He's a force, isn't he? [Laughs]

I saw him the other night. I saw Qui play at Spaceland. It's great; he is a force to be reckoned with. He is a bright light in my sky.

Tell me about any music you and he have worked on, or some of the experimental pieces you’ve dabbled in that don’t fit the mold of what people might expect from you?

David is a really gifted, tastemaking musician. He's got his whole angle so he creates weird opuses and I squeeze on them and see what we can come up with. I like being involved with him artistically. He's a great illustrator. In my studio I have a blowup treatment of the photograph he took, it's about 12 feet wide, this massive piece on canvas. I always thought he was one of my favorite lyricists ever. And I'm totally enjoying Qui. I'm looking forward to their second record.

He’s great and I think he fits into that outlaw frontman role within the rock world. Some of the other writers you've spoken about before -- Tom Waits, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Bukowski -- they’re outlaws in their own way. Where does your attraction lie in these outsider characters?

Yeah. It's weird in this bizarre tabloid world to say it, but I've always felt the kinship with the outlaws and with the real mavericks [laughs]. It appeals to me. What I've done in my life is very much against the grain of what was around me and what was available to me. I really did break my own mold. No matter what anyone thinks of me, I have lived an artistic life and I've sustained it. There's a natural sense of life as suffering. I think everybody suffers and there's this thread through [artists] that I like which is, not only do I think that they're good, but they write about ways to deal with all the shit. I don't mean in any sense that I feel unique, I just think that it's much more interesting to embrace and illuminate the darkness in your life and that's the way through it. It doesn't mean that I'm manic depressive and I'm definitely not a Scientologist but...

Good thing we cleared that up, because that's totally what I thought coming in here.

[Laughs] Yeah, I hate to shock you about that. I'm not a goth or something like that. I'm not lost. I'm not in a heavy metal band where I think Satan is real, you know? [Laughs]

Right, your feet are on the ground.

My feet are on the ground, even when I'm on the 20th floor. I connected with Bukowski because he could pinpoint that pathos and suffering in the shortest forms almost like haiku. There was no wasted space. Bukowski is like bare knuckles dragging on the street... this human condition without any artifice. I couldn’t believe that someone could cut to the quick like him and be that succinct.

How does what we're talking about factor into your new record?

With Wanderlust I actually tried to pull back from these literary techniques that go into stream of conscious and make it much more direct. Like, take a breather. [Laughs] Can you survive without putting distortion everywhere? Of course you can. I felt it was quite cinematic because when you don't have guitars things become so much clearer. They muddy stuff up. I like guitar bands forever but it’s quite nice sometimes to not rely on that. A friend of mine who's a modern dancer said, “You don't have to be loud to have force.” I always thought that was a really brilliant thing.

On a local note, now that you live here, what are some parts of L.A.'s underbelly that you've discovered and fallen in love with?

Well... what have I fallen in love with. There's an intense rip-tide in Los Angeles. When I first came here all I could see was a concrete jungle. I was kind of shocked by it. I love Koreatown, Chinatown... Koreatown probably more so because I used to live in Los Feliz. I love Downtown and Olvera Street. Now I moved uptown, bringing down the neighborhood, so that's kind of weird. The underbelly I found is the people here. We're spoiled because of the fantastic bands that come through; you can see any great music any night. I like the dark bars. Growing up in England, there are pubs on every corner. Dark and dingy, you feel like it’s the Depression-era or something. I like that you're in deep conspiracy with those in there, like only you guys know how fun it is to have a cold beer in the day. I used to love the Drawing Room, Ye Old Rustic Inn. The rip-tide effect, you can be walking along the shore in Los Angeles and not know what's going on beneath you and it can pull you right out. But that's the nature of the city. That's the beast.

Wanderlust is available now through Interscope Geffen A&M Records. For more information check out Rossdale’s official site and My Space . Expect a tour early 2009.

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Gavin Rossdale: Zuma is 'Very Buddha-like'

2008-11-08T07:10:00.000-08:00

By Scott Huver

Gavin Rossdale's son Zuma is only 2 months old, but he's already exhibiting a Zen-like personality that inspires his father.

"He's super mellow, and at the moment very Buddha-like," Rossdale told PEOPLE at BAFTA/LA's Brittania Awards, where he performed Thursday night.

Still, Rossdale says Zuma has been a little bit fussier for mom Gwen Stefani than his older brother Kingston, 2, who was an even more blissed-out baby. "Apparently Zuma's more trouble, but I thought that he was perfect all the way."

Being a dad to the Buddha-esque babies has also had a spiritual effect on the former Bush frontman. "What I've found from having children is that they just want to make you be better," said Rossdale. "Beforehand, without children, I think that I was probably more reckless and thinking a bit less about the consequences, and now I want to make sure I'm good for them when they check me out."

Rossdale's enjoying a career comeback with his first official solo album Wanderlust and the hit single "Love Remains the Same."

Still, that success comes at a price. Being away from his kids leaves him "feeling a bit bad. Like, I left my son. He was on holiday and I left the older one to come here. So I feel bad leaving them."

"I haven't really written any songs about [my sons]," he says. But Rossdale is happy that fans are responding to his softer sound. "It's just meant a lot, really, because of your faith. You keep making records and people hear them. I love singing and making music and so I'm into the success."

Performing at the Brit-centric BAFTA/LA event returned the London-born singer to his roots, something he maintains at home. "At my house?" he says. "Yes, for sure. English roasts. Good tea. What else do I bring? Irony. A lot of irony. A very dry, caustic humor. You might not get it, but just as you think you haven't got it, it turns around and whips you."

The one purely American thing he can't do without? Grinning, he says, "My wife."

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Gavin Rossdale arrives at the 17th Annual BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel

2008-11-06T07:11:00.000-08:00

Gavin Rossdale arrives at the 17th Annual BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel on November 6, 2008 in Century City, California.

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Gavin Rossdale & Son Love Lunch Dates Together

2008-11-03T07:13:00.000-08:00

Lunch with Kingston Rossdale is one of his musician dad's favorite weekly gigs.

"I have so much fun taking Kingston out for lunch; it is something I look forward to on a regular basis," Gavin Rossdale tells PEOPLE about his 2-year-old son with wife Gwen Stefani. "He really loves noodles. I think that has become his favorite food. We try to find new places to order them."

Rossdale, 40, says that he takes Kingston out alone so mom can take care of their 3-month-old son, Zuma.

"Gwen is amazing with Zuma and does most everything while I just hang out," he admits. "Even though we share responsibilities with the kids, Gwen definitely does more than I do."

Rossdale, an accomplished tennis player, spoke with PEOPLE Saturday night during the 19th annual Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic in Delray Beach, Fla., where he and tennis star Justin Gimelstob beat Jim Courier and Jon Lovitz in the first day's match.

So why don't Gwen and the kids come watch Daddy play tennis with other stars like 12-time Olympic medalist Dara Torres, and comedians Billy Crystal and Chevy Chase?

"Gwen never comes because she doesn't do what I do," says Rossdale, all decked out in a handsome black tux. "She doesn't play tennis or get ready for events quickly!"

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Gavin Rossdale participates in the Chris Evert and Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Day 2 event at Delray Beach Tennis Center

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Gavin Rossdale attends the Chris Evert and Raymond James Cocktail Reception at Boca Raton Resort and Club

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Chevy Chase (L) Gavin Rossdale (R) attend the Chris Evert and Raymond James Cocktail Reception at Boca Raton Resort and Club on November 1, 2008 in Boca Raton, Florida.
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Gavin Rossdale watches tennis at the Chris Evert and Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis event

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Greg Norman (R) and Gavin Rossdale (L)watch Chris Evert from courtside

Chris Evert / Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic

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The 19th annual edition of the Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic will be staged October 31 through November 2, 2008 at the Delray Beach Tennis Center and the Boca Raton Resort and Club in South Florida.

Since its inception in 1999, stars from the tennis and entertainment worlds have come to South Florida to raise funds for programs to fight drug abuse and assist neglected and abused children in Florida. To date, the Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity has raised more than $16.8 million.

Tennis Classic
Two days of tennis action will be played November 1 and 2 at the Delray Beach Tennis Center. The tennis competition is scheduled for 11 a.m. on both Saturday, Nov. 1, and Sunday, Nov. 2, at the Delray Beach Tennis Center. The 2008 field will be announced in the coming months.

Individual series tickets are $70 and individual single day seats are $20 and $40. Box seats range from $90 to $900. Sponsorships are available at all levels. For more information on the 2008 Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic, call 561-394-2400.

In past years the event has featured tennis legends and standouts Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Anna Kournikova, Jim Courier, Jana Novotna, Lindsay Davenport, Luke Jensen and Murphy Jensen; former President George H. W. Bush; actors Matthew Perry, Scott Foley, Chevy Chase, Jon Lovitz and Maeve Quinlan; musician Gavin Rossdale; golfing great Greg Norman; newsman Stone Phillips and other greats from the worlds of tennis and entertainment.

Chris Evert Pro-Celebrity Gala
The annual Chris Evert Pro-Celebrity Gala, presented by Esurance, will feature an evening of music, silent and live auctions and dinner and dancing at the renowned Boca Raton Resort and Club. Individual tickets and patron packages for the Gala, ranging from $750 to $35,000, are currently available through Chris Evert Charities.

Past featured entertainers have included Gloria Estefan, Kenny Loggins, Gladys Knight and Sheena Easton Tickets for the 2008 Chris Evert/Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis Classic, held in association with the Chris Evert Childrenâ€™s Hospital at Broward General, are currently available through Chris Evert Charities at 561-394-2400.

The Unlikeliest Comeback: Gavin Rossdale Returns to Rock Radio

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This is a more keyboard oriented album, with a lot of ballads, and yet it's produced by Bob Rock.
On one of the first mixes that Bob was doing I could hear the Bush guitars. I was like, "I know you're Bob Rock, but I?m kind of looking for Bob Dub, and we've got to pull these guitars back." I want to be Robbie Robertson. I want to be Peter Gabriel. I want to be in a band that people know and then we come out with a record that's kind of surprising.

So was there any conflict in the studio?
He was on board from the get-go. I think people maybe do records with him and think it's got to be really hard, and it's got to be all in the same key. I think it allowed him to go in a different direction. He kept worrying that he wasn't doing enough, and I kept telling him, "Bob, it's not the quantity, it's the quality."

I noticed that in reviews people seem to be complaining that this record doesn't sound like Bush, and yet the accepted view of Bush was that you were terrible.
I don't get it. If I had made an album that sounded like Bush, it would have been dismissed. And now I'm reading reviews from people who killed me five years ago who are saying that Bush was a really great band. It's like, "Why can't he do the thing I didn't like?" It reminds me of the joke in Annie Hall, about the two old women in the Catskill mountains, and one turns to the other and says, "The food's terrible," and the other one says, "Yes, and such small portions." So you've just got to keep going. Back in the Bush days when I was getting slaughtered, I asked David Bowie how to deal with it, and he said, "Outlive your critics." Now it's just water off a duck's back.

Lyrically, Wanderlust seems a little more personal than your past work.
In Bush, as a lyricist I was obsessed with Karl Hyde of Underworld and David Yow of the Jesus Lizard. They were stylists as much as they were singers, and their vocals were more about sound than they were about words. Now I'm more interested in Patti Smith and Mark E. Smith and Tom Waits, though I don't think the Waits thing is for me. I think I'd sound like an idiot singing about east of St. Louis. But I tried to stay away from the idea of this solo album being "the real me" or anything.

There are a lot of collaborators on this record, including Linda Perry and Dave Stewart. Are these people you've always wanted to work with?
It was emphasized to me that I had to collaborate and that I couldn't do it on my own, because that's just the way you make records now. I'd make jokes like, "Is the guy who wrote 'Glycerine' available?" It was traumatic even to think about, because I've never understood collaborative songwriting. But Dave Stewart was a guy who worked with Gwen and I really liked him. I love what he did with Tom Petty's "Don't Come Around Here No More." It ended up being really easy and quick. And there's never any awkward moments because he's usually on the phone with Deepak Chopra and Mick Jagger, so he's only really half there.

How did Katy Perry get on the album?
We needed a girl and Dave brought her in. She's feisty, that one. Not shy at all. I've known her for well over two hours.

Shirley Manson guests on the record. Do you guys go way back?
I only met her from Garbage. You know, I'll tell you a weird story: Did you ever know that when I was beginning Bush, I was considered for the job as singer of Garbage before Shirley joined?

Did you actually audition?
No. Butch Vig got a copy of the Bush demo tape. I heard he was interested and thought he was interested in producing my record, but it turned out he just liked my voice. And they found Shirley before I was ever really considered, so I was a distant second. Or probably more like 12th. And now it's sort of come full circle, because she sings on my record.

Back in the post-grunge era in the '90s, nobody — not Scott Weiland, not the dudes from Candlebox — was more maligned than Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale. Labeled as a wannabe from the start, his band still made four albums and sold millions of records on the back of huge singles like "Machinehead" and "Swallowed." When Bush broke up, Rossdale formed a Helmet-channeling band called Institute and was known more as Gwen Stefani's husband than as a musician. Now, he's back with is first official solo album called Wanderlust and a hit single in the keyboard-driven ballad "Love Remains the Same." "People are already sending me letters saying my new music is gay," Rossdale says. "Apparently the only way to be hetero is to play a guitar."

What happened to Institute?
That was my first solo record, but beause it had such a band feel, I thought it'd be cooler to give the group a name. And then the irony of it is that it would have be much better choice — it's either Bush or Gavin Rossdale, because it's just too much to start a new fucking thing. Marketing disaster. So that's my Tin Machine period.

What's different about Wanderlust than Institute or Bush?
I think every record is an antidote to the previous record. I mean, if you're smart, you keep them all the same, and you have a big career. I'm always a bit too stupid. I'm trying to change things and be progressive but in fact I was just destroying what I'd done before. People should learn from my lesson.

Do you have any regrets?
Obviously there's a thousand regrets and different ways I could have done things, but that's life. In spite of whatever might have been leveled at me, there's always been a really good healthy thing with people and the audiences. I mostly wished the business moved quicker. I made this record and had to wait months before it came out. I always idolized bands that would make a record a year.

Have you considered going the Nine Inch Nails or Radiohead route where you make a record and then release it to the Internet two weeks later?
I think that's an amazing way about it. But I fucked up and got it wrong. I went from a huge band to a brand new band that no one knew to now starting all over again. I'm a marketing nightmare. If you've been Nine Inch Nails for years, you can do that, but when you're four months into your new career, it's a bit trickier.
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Gavin Rossdale participates in the Chris Evert and Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Tennis event at Delray Beach Tennis Center

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Chris Evert, Gavin Rossdale, Maeve Quinlan and Jon Lovitz (L-R)

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MTV.com Exclusive: Gavin Rossdale

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Say Hello to Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale!

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Gwen and baby Zuma posted on No Doubt official site

We wanted to share with you the first photo of Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale. Gwen, Gavin, Kingston and Zuma are all doing well and enjoying being a party of four.

Photo taken by Gwen's dad. Dennis Stefani

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The Stefani-Rossdales Party

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Showing off their Halloween spirit, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale dressed up as ‘Bacon And Eggs’ at a pre-Halloween party in West Hollywood on Saturday night (October 25).
After enjoying the evening’s festivities, a tired Gwen was spotted emerging from the party spot still clad in her ‘Egg’ costume while Gavin took his ‘Bacon’ costume off, covering up baby Zuma on the way out to the car.
And though he didn’t get his wish on this particular evening, Gavin can still hold out hope that his lovely wife will dress in “a seductive blood-covered nurse outfit” before the Halloween festivities are over.

“She is really good at that dressing up stuff. I’m English so we’re too uptight to be good at that stuff,” Rossdale told press. “I’d like us to dress as a doctor and nurse but covered in blood. That’s great. So anything to do with blood would probably be good.”

As for the couple’s two-year-old son Kingston’s outfit, Rossdale tells: “Kingston has like three outfits. He’s got a rhino, a tiger and I think an elephant, so he’s got to choose between them. We keep rotating them. He’s got style like his mom.”

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Gwen Stefani and husband Gavin Rossdale attended a Halloween party at Gwen’s father’s house last night. Gwen went dressed as an egg, and Kingston, 2, dressed up as an animal with whiskers painted on his face. Gavin carried son Zuma, 2 months, out of the house with Gavin’s bacon costume helping to keep the baby covered up.

Kingston has sure gotten into the Halloween spirit this year - heading to the pumpkin patch, once dressed as an elephant, and playing dressed up as a skunk!
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Gavin Rossdale: Kingston Getting Used to Being a Big Brother

2008-10-26T11:38:00.000-07:00

By Nicholas White

Kingston Rossdale is still adjusting to life as a big brother.

"It's like, here is this guy, and he's not leaving. [Kingston] is getting used to that," dad Gavin Rossdale tells PEOPLE about 2-month-old son Zuma with wife Gwen Stefani. "Obviously, there are moments that he's bugged out that someone is in his spot with his mom."

Rossdale, 40, joked, "His mom is great, so I agree with that. I just can't complain about it. I think it's just natural. That's what happens."

Of having a second child, Rossdale also kidded, "One is one, and two is 10. That's all I know." But seriously. "It's going really well. It's not so bad. We've got it down now, you know."

Rossdale spoke with PEOPLE at a VH-1 Save the Music Foundation benefit at Esquire magazine's Hollywood Hills House, where he performed a 25-minute acoustic set of songs. Wife Stefani, 39, did not attend.

A Save the Music representative, Rossdale is easing Kingston, 2, into the family musical tradition. "He's got good rhythm. So, I'm happy about that it. I don't push him beyond that. I let him enjoy it," said the rocker. "He listens to lots of music, he really enjoys it. He likes a good beat."

And in other family news, the boys are ready to go with their Halloween costumes: "One's an elephant, and one's a shark," said Rossdale. "Zuma's the shark."
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Gavin Rossdale arrives at VH1 Save The Music Foundation and Esquire Magazine Benefit

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Musician Gavin Rossdale arrives at VH1 Save The Music Foundation and Esquire Magazine Benefit held at Esquire House on October 25, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

Gavin Rossdale performs at VH1 Save The Music Foundation and Esquire Magazine Benefit held at Esquire House

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Musician Gavin Rossdale performs at VH1 Save The Music Foundation and Esquire Magazine Benefit held at Esquire House on October 25, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

Gavin Rossdale Interview in Nylon Magazine

2008-10-22T11:44:00.000-07:00

THE INSIDER: GAVIN ROSSDALE
The rocker talks about his music... and gives us love advice.

Even if he weren't married to Gwen Stefani, we'd still be fascinated by Gavin Rossdale. The former pro soccer player picked up a bass guitar in his friend's basement over 20 years ago, and became part of Bush, one of the defining bands of the grunge generation. Now on a solo streak, the UK native sat down with NYLON to rise like Strawberry Fields. Okay, not really, but we had to use a Glycerine lyric somewhere...

We’re having an office debate about music vs. lyrics. Do you think if the music is amazing, the words can be random? Well, being someone who’s devoted my entire life to words, I have to say I think that’s complete BS. I mean, sometimes I write down the words first and then I build the melody around what they say. The only time it’s really true that the words don’t matter is when it’s a totally shit song!

Didn’t you start out by playing bass? Yeah, that’s right, a long time ago.

Are bass players underrated? Oh completely. The bass player is like the dark horse of music. What most people don’t understand is that in your band, the drummer is the engine. But the bass is what makes the engine go. It’s quite a deep instrument, both literally and figuratively, but you really need the bass guitar to make everything come together. And you’ll find bass players are like that in terms of their personality, they’re really low key people who take a lot of pride in holding everyone together.

Is it harder to be in a band than to do it Solo, like you’re doing it now? It’s much harder, but it’s strange… I go through waves when I talk to other people about my life, like the way I’m talking to you now, where I miss my band so much, I miss Bush and everything we did. But I love being in the studio, I love working with the music and making time in the studio, and when you’re doing a solo album, the reality is that there are far fewer interruptions. I mean, when [Bush] used to record, we would always have people showing up and distracting us, or giving us an opinion that we hadn’t thought about or maybe didn’t even want, and it took a lot longer to get back down to the music.

You used to play professional soccer. Did that help your music at all? Well there’s something very similar about the energy, isn’t it? I mean, in both music and sports, the future and the past don’t quite matter, what’s important is the exact moment… Now I play tennis. I’m not great at it, but I love it, because the only thing that matters is hitting the ball back to the other person. Even when I lose, I still feel very accomplished at the end of it. It’s Tai Chi with a racket.

That’s very Zen. Buddhism is really just common sense, isn’t it?

Okay, you seem pretty together. Will you give me some love advice? Yeah, definitely. What’s going on?

I like someone and he likes me, but we keep picking each other apart because we’re scared of commitment. See, that part worries me. Why would you pick each other apart if you’re scared? Being scared is good!

Not when you both freak out! Well, I think the key to any successful relationship is to pay attention. I try to do that, I always make sure to pay attention and to feed energy into the relationship, looking for new things to appreciate with someone. That’s kind of why I named my song Love Remains the Same, because if you look back and you’re like, this person was a creep, you can’t actually feel bad about it, because at the time, your love was there. And if you just keep in mind that love is about what’s happening right now, not what did happen in the past or what might happen in the future, I think that’s really the key. Also, you can’t be so critical of someone that they get scared to be themselves, right? Like, if they read Perez Hilton and you don’t, you can still love them.

Yes, you can. But don’t be scared. Or if you are, be excited about it. If you’re scared, the person must really mean something to you. Be happy!

I’m happy! I’m happy! So is it cool being a rock star? Yeah, that’s weird, huh? But I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t.
--FARAN KRENTCIL
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Gavin Rossdale leaving ABC Studios after appearing on ‘Live with Regis and Kelly’ New York City »

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JustJared.com interview Gavin Rossdale: Kingston’s A Bully!

2008-10-22T11:42:00.000-07:00

Former Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale took home “Rock Rebirth of the Year” at US Weekly’s Hot Hollywood Party at New York City’s Skylight on Tuesday.

The 42-year-old husband of Gwen Stefeni talked to JustJared.com about his upcoming tour, what Gwen and Kingston have in store for Halloween and starting up a foundation to start giving back. Read on!

GR: Great site, Jared. Great site! Congratulations. And great shoes!

JJ: Thank you! You and your wife wear great shoes all the time. Congratulations on your Rock award! So how does it feel to win Rock Rebirth of the Year?

GR: As soon as I find out what it means, I will ecstatic. (laughs) You know me, it’s great. A win’s a win, so it’s good to be recognized. I don’t know, you bring out records and most of the time no one knows you bring them out.

JJ: Are you currently still touring?

GR: Yeah, I’m about to go start I think in December. I start…a lot next year. This year’s all promo and how the way it all works, there’s so much you have to do to set it up. There’s more on the record I still want to share.

JJ: Halloween is coming up. Do you and Gwen have any Halloween plans yet?

GR: Yeah, her brother is having a party, so we’re going to that. I’m playing that night and then we’re gonna go off and I don’t know. She’s really good at that stuff. I’m English so we’re too uptight to be good at that stuff. I’d like dress as doctor and nurse but covered in blood. That’s great. So anything to do with blood would probably be good.

JJ: Are Kingston and Zuma going to be be dressing up?

GR: Yea, Kingston has like three outfits. He’s got a rhino, a tiger and I think an elephant, so he’s got to choose between them. We keep rotating them. He’s got style like his Mom.

J: Have Kingston and Zuma started fighting yet?

GR: It’s mainly a one-sided fight right now because Zuma’s pretty defenseless. But he’s not a small baby, so I think that Kingston’s got a couple years left and then he’s gonna get in trouble.

JJ: Do you and Gwen plan to start your own foundation to give back?

GR: Yeah, that would be good, wouldn’t it? We have talked about that. It’s kind of a leap of faith to have your own foundation because you gotta be super successful unless it’s a really small foundation. I did this event last week called The Lily Claire Foundation and I played the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. I played like a few songs there and it’s such a good feeling when you do something like that that isn’t about you so. I’ll tell Gwen that you suggested it.

JJ: Thank you much. It was great meeting you!

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Gavin Rossdale attends US Weekly's Hot Hollywood Issue Celebration at Skylight on October 21, 2008 in New York City.

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Gwen Stefani & Gavin Rossdale Shop With their son Kingston

2008-10-19T11:46:00.001-07:00

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale spend today running errands with son Kingston, 2. They stopped for a bite to eat at the Chin Chin restaurant in Beverly Hills, and they did some shopping at Bed Bath & Beyond, where Kingston played near the doors while his parents shopped. This time around, it was Gavin wearing the “Z” necklace for son Zuma, 2 months.

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Gavin & Kingston Rossdale Head Back To The Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-19T11:46:00.000-07:00

Gavin Rossdale took his 2-year-old son Kingston back to the Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch today, sans mom Gwen Stefani. Kingston was dressed as an elephant, and Gavin is still wearing the “Z” necklace for little Zuma!
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The Rossdale’s Meet The Brosnan’s

2008-10-18T11:48:00.000-07:00

It was a sunny day in Mailbu and the A-listers definitely enjoyed it. The Rossdale-Stefani’s met up with Pierce Brosnan and his wife for a day of boarding and good old fashioned family fun. Little Kingston looks absolutely adorable in his rash guard and swim trunks. It feels like he was still a baby like five minutes ago! Speaking of babies, little Zuma made an appearance as well. They kept him covered up in his carrier but we all know he was there! By the way I’m loving Gwen’s beach look. It’s one of the rare times I’ve seen her without her signature red lips, but I have to hand it to her, no matter what she’s doing she always manages to look good. The orange ombre maxi dress is perfect to throw on over a swim suit or at least cover up any baby bumps that haven’t completely gone away. And did you notice Pierce’s body? For an older guy he definitely keeps up with the youngins! Of course we can’t forget about our handsome Gavin. He looks surprisingly hot in his wet suit… yummy! I think its time we all take a trip to the beach before it gets too cold, see you there!
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Gwen Stefani and rocker husband Gavin Rossdale make a friendly visit to actor Pierce Brosnan and his Keely Shaye Smith’s beach house in Malibu, Calif., on Thursday on afternoon.

Gwen, 39, and Gavin, 42, took along their sons Kingston, 2, and Zuma, 2 months. Pierce, 55, wore his support for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

It was recently revealed that Gwen will be making little dolls inspired by her Harajuku Girls that pop open to reveal a solid perfume. The set of five contains a Love, an Angel, a Music, and a Baby, all plastic, all fantastic, and all affordable.

Gwen told Nylon, “My Harajuku Lovers collections were inspired by my visit to the Harajuku district….Everyone there was so creative and expressive and I wanted to re-create that world in my Harajuku Lovers collections… There are so many fun pieces to wear to have that super cool Harajuku style.”

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Gavin Rossdale and his little King

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Gwen Stefani held hands with Gavin Rossdale and a friend as they went to an art gallery and then lunch at The Buffalo Club in Santa Monica

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Gwen Stefani held hands with Gavin Rossdale and a friend as they went to an art gallery and then lunch at The Buffalo Club in Santa Monica yesterday. The singer looks amazing after giving birth less than two months ago and she's apparently been getting into fighting shape, literally, by boxing at her house. Gwen's always been a strong woman so no surprise she's making sure she can hold her own in a house full of boys.MORE AT popsugar.com

Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani attend the 2008 Spirit Of Life Award Dinner

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Gavin Rossdale and Stevie Nicks (City of Hope Gala 10.15.08)

Gavin Rossdale, Gwen Stefani, Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Chairman and CEO of Interscope/Geffen/A&M Records Jimmy Iovine attend the 2008 Spirit Of Life Award Dinner on October 15, 2008 in Santa Monica, California.

Gwen and Gavin Rossdale and their son Kingston shopped at a toy store in Los Angeles

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Gavin Rossdale playing Tennis again!!

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Gwen and Gavin: Pumpkin Patch Parents

2008-10-12T11:52:00.000-07:00

Always the festive family, Gwen Stefani was spotted out with Gavin Rossdale to take their son Kingston to Mr Bone’s pumpkin patch in West Hollywood on Sunday (October 12).Leaving baby Zuma back home, the happy family made their way around the site’s grounds - picking out the perfect pumpkin to take back home.And it appears as if the pumpkin patch is the place to be for celebrity parents, as a handful of stars have been spotted wandering about with their loved ones.On Saturday, “Spiderman” star Tobey Maguire escorted his wife Jennifer Meyer and their daughter Ruby Sweetheart around the Halloween spot. Meanwhile, TV stars Marcia Cross and Tori Spelling also made the pumpkin patch trip with their husbands and children.MORE AT celebrity-gossip.netGossip Girls

Gavin and Kingston Rossdale out and about

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Gavin Rossdale stoped by all access studio to talk with Chris Leary about his new music CD and his family life with wife Gwen Stefani and kids.

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Gwen, Gavin & Kingston Hit The Park

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Two-year old Kingston Rossdale is total preciousness!
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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale spent a busy afternoon with their eldest son Kingston in Los Angeles today.The celebrity clan enjoyed time at a park where Kingston was obviously having a blast. The adorable celebritot expended tons of energy running around the play area, and got a hand from his dad as he scooted around on a tricycle.The family also stopped by a market to pick up some groceries and a balloon for little Kingston after dining at a Beverly Hills eatery for lunch.If he wasn’t waving at photographers or posing with his newly acquired balloon, the rambunctious 2-year-old was goofing off under mom and dad’s legs as they took a rest at the park.Needless to say, Kingston certainly stole the show from his rocker parents!

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Leaving baby Zuma at home, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale took their 2-year-old son Kingston to the park today. Kingston seemed to have a blast, climbing a mini rock wall and riding his tricycle - and then, at the end of the trip, wriggling around behind mom and dad’s legs! He certainly seemed to grow up all of a sudden, didn’t he?There’s also a video at X17.
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Gavin Rossdale attends The Lili Claire Foundation 11th Annual Benefit Dinner and Gala at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

2008-10-04T11:56:00.000-07:00

Lead singer Gavin Rossdale attends The Lili Claire Foundation 11th Annual Benefit Dinner and Gala at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on October 4, 2008 in Santa Monica, California.

Gavin Rossdale & Tim Myers - Red Carpet Lili Claire

Kingston Is Growing Up!

2008-10-03T11:57:00.000-07:00

Kingston McGregor Rossdale is looking so grown up! The adorable 2-year-old was seen with his father, Gavin Rossdale, in front of Madeos in West Hollywood.

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Brotherly Love Has Been Restored, Gavin Rossdale Reveals

2008-10-02T12:00:00.000-07:00

After a brief "transitional period" 2-year-old Kingston James McGregor is warming up to big brotherhood quite nicely, says proud dad Gavin Rossdale. "He's gotten used to it now," the 42-year-old rocker revealed during a Wednesday appearance on The Bonnie Hunt Show. "But the first couple of weeks...we had to keep an eye on him." Of course, Kingston's change of heart could be attributed to the "very sweet" demeanor of his new little brother, 6-week-old Zuma Nesta Rock. Gavin said that his second son with wife Gwen Stefani "is really mellow" and "doesn't make much noise."

"Half the time, you're like...'Oh right! There's a baby over there.' [Zuma] is easygoing, just like his mom."

With Gwen and Gavin -- whose debut solo album Wanderlust is in stores now -- as parents, Kingston "for sure" appears to be inheriting their love of music. He received a drum kit for his second birthday, loves to sing along with dad when he's recording in the studio, and his obsession with The Jungle Book remains in full effect. In fact, Gavin says that he and Gwen often use the marching song from the book to "bring [Kingston] back in line." "He likes it about 17 times every morning," Gavin said with a laugh. "I don't need to ever hear it again in my life. I used to love it but now I can't stand it." Kingston has even been treated to a few of Gavin's concerts, watching from the wings -- where he recently put on a show of his own.

"He was dancing around at the side of the stage, and really getting into it. He has a natural rhythm. The audience, at the end of a song, would get excited, and he would take a bow. It's insane. I don't know where he gets that from!"

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Kingston Watches Dad Perform

2008-10-02T11:58:00.000-07:00

After spending the day shopping with mom Gwen Stefani in Beverly Hills, Kingston Rossdale - accompanied by his nanny - watched dad Gavin perform on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Gavin was playing a mini concert on the backlot in LA.

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Gavin Rossdale and singer Gwen Stefani attend the launch party for "Domino: The Book of Decorating" at Kelly Wearstler's home

2008-10-01T12:00:00.000-07:00

Musician Gavin Rossdale and singer Gwen Stefani attend the launch party for "Domino: The Book of Decorating" at Kelly Wearstler's home on October 1, 2008 Beverly Hills California.

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale and son Kingston leave a Beverly Glen Center Deli restaurant after an early dinner.

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Upcoming Shows

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1 Oct 2008 12:00
The Bonnie Hunt Show airs on NBC Culver City, California
1 Oct 2008 23:45
Jimmy Kimmel Live airs on ABC Los Angeles, California

Upcoming Shows

2008-09-29T07:39:00.000-07:00

1 Oct 2008 12:00
The Bonnie Hunt Show airs on NBC Culver City, California
1 Oct 2008 23:45
Jimmy Kimmel Live airs on ABC Los Angeles, California

Jimmy Kimmel Live GAVIN ROSSDALE Outdoor Mini-Concert

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Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani play it cool in their sunglasses while out and about Monday in Los Angeles

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Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani play it cool in their sunglasses while out and about Monday in Los Angeles. The new parents – who recently celebrated their six-year wedding anniversary – reportedly went furniture shopping and out for Korean food.
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With their expanding family, it seems that Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale are in the market for some new furniture. And yesterday they took their son Kingston along on a furniture shopping spree.

The “Don’t Speak” babe and her “Little Things” rocker hubby looked to be enjoying their time at the Modern Living store on Robertson Boulevard, with Kingston playing a game of hide and seek with his nanny.
After a long day of shopping, Gwen and Gavin sent their son home and enjoyed a romantic dinner for two out at Woo Rae Oak Korean restaurant in Beverly Hills.

And Stefani looked beautiful in a black and silver silk scoopneck dress while her hubby rocked a t-shirt and jeans.

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Stars align for Bryan Brothers' All-Star Tennis Smash

2008-09-26T07:54:00.000-07:00

After winning the U.S. Open and bringing home bronze medals from Beijing, Bob and Mike Bryan are set to host the first-ever event for their new charity, The Bryan Brothers Foundation.

The Bryan Brothers' All-Star Tennis Smash will take place Saturday at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks.

The event will feature tennis stars and celebrities, including Andre Agassi, Gavin Rossdale, Lindsay Davenport, James Blake, Sam Querrey, John Isner, Thomas Blake, Justin Gimelstob, Corina Morariu, Jon Lovitz, Amaury Nolasco, Brandi Carlile and Mardy Fish.

The All-Star Tennis Smash will benefit local and national charities including City Impact, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids in Ventura County.

For more information, visit www.bryanbrosfoundation.org.

Gavin Rossdale attends The launch of Rock Fabulous by Christian Audigier Featuring A Live Performance by Dave Stewart

2008-09-24T07:55:00.000-07:00

Musician Gavin Rossdale attends The launch of Rock Fabulous by Christian Audigier Featuring A Live Performance by Dave Stewart at the Roxy on September 24, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

Gavin Rossdale: Kingston's a Little Bit Jealous of Zuma!

2008-09-23T07:55:00.000-07:00

Gavin Rossdale says his newborn son Zuma is "fantastic. Really good."

And growing up - fast.

"He's counting backwards from 10, which is pretty impressive," Rossdale joked to Usmagazine.com Sunday at Jane Goodall's sixth annual Roots & Shoots Day of Peace.

Rossdale added that his two-year-old son Kingston is still getting used to being an older brother.

"Kingston thinks he's all right and is getting used to him," he said.

Any jealousy?

"I think at first there was probably a little concern that [Zuma] might be staying over!" said Rossdale.

Check out Us Weekly's babies of the year!

Meanwhile, wife Gwen Stefani "is feeling on top of the world," he said. "We went to a wedding yesterday for my manager's daughter. It was a lot of fun."

See what Gwen Stefani looked like pregnant.

On Friday, Rossdale blogged that life "is good, been having real good time adjusting."

"Every day is some sort of adjustment to the day before," he added. "It's been pretty busy on the home front, of course. There's been visits and people and precious time."

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Gavin Rossdale Rocks 'Rodanthe'

2008-09-22T07:56:00.000-07:00

ET has rocker/new dad Gavin Rossdale's new video, "Love Remains the Same," from the 'Nights in Rodanthe' motion picture soundtrack -- featuring scenes from the movie. Get your first look here!

In 'Nights in Rodanthe,' Richard Gere and Diane Lane put their chemistry to the test a third time in 'Rodanthe' (first co-starring in 'The Cotton Club' in 1984 and then 18 years later in 'Unfaithful'), the story of a married mother (Lane) who travels to a tiny North Carolina coastal town to escape her personal demons. Tending to a friend's inn for the weekend, she finds herself weathering a major storm with an enticing doctor (Gere) -- and igniting a romance that could change their lives forever.

'Nights in Rodanthe' hits theaters on September 26.

Gavin Rossdale performs at Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots Day of Peace at Griffith Park on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California

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Pierce Brosnan and Gavin Rossdale attend Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots Day of Peace at Griffith Park on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California

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Gavin Rossdale's Happy Family

2008-09-20T07:59:00.000-07:00

Leaving newborn baby Zuma safe and sound at home, Gwen Stefanii and hubby Gavin Rossdale had a lovely afternoon playing in Coldwater Park with their son Kingston on Friday (September 19).

According to a onlooker, “Gwen looked so happy, she just couldn’t stop hugging and kissing her little Kingston” - with the 2-year-old running around the park before the family hopped in their black Range Rover and drove away.

As for baby Zuma, Gavin recently took a moment to fill-in fans on his blog, writing, “(Zuma) is good, been having real good time adjusting.”

“Every day is some sort of adjustment to the day before,” he continues. “It’s been pretty busy on the home front, of course. There’s been visits and people and precious time.”

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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale attended a friend's nuptial ceremony in Los Angeles, September 20th.

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Gavin Rossdale post on his myspace

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Friday, September 19, 2008

big sun screams

hello
it's wayyy early here and i can't look out the window as the sun is flexing her big stuff,so i can only look left.left side of the brain.
creative.
all is good,been having real good time adjusting.
every day is some sort of adjustment to the day before.
it's been pretty busy on the home front of course :-)))))))
there's been visits and people and precious time.
also
been doing radio stuff for the song and
plenty of singing,some guitar but not many movies-which is a shame.
must get to the cinema.....

i can see snail tracks on the windows now,the sun has calmed a little,made it's point and is settling for the day of light.here we go again-
what's in store?
well work wise,i'll be getting ready for an acoustic performance this sunday at the jane goodall's peace day at griffith park.check her out if you do not know much about her.she's an inspiring woman,anyhow i got asked to perform a few songs there on sunday afternoon.so me and chris will be playing around 2pm i think and we have no idea what to expect but that's cool.
it starts at 11am-and finishes at 4pm

then next week we go to full band rehearsals for the pomona show and the tvs.

the record is doing crazy at radio.and vh-1.
thx for al your support.

still want the record as a whole to get out there more!
it's a singles obsessed world but we love entire records!
so if you get a chance don't be shy.

one film i will be going to see is nights in rodanthe.it looks really good and of course i am happy about love remains the same being in there.richard gere and diane lane-now that's a class act.

the presidential race dominates the news and the wars continue.
is it peaceful round your house?

entourage is back and better than ever,and the best song i ever wrote is yet to be written,so here we go into the bright light

better go-someone needs me

g

Gwen And Gavin At Doctor's House In Studio City

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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale in Studio City, September 18th.

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Gavin Rossdale and Kingston Grab a Bite

2008-09-17T08:02:00.000-07:00

He's getting tall! Kingston James McGregor, 2, grabs a snack with dad Gavin Rossdale on Sunday as the two made a trip to the Studio City Farmer's Market. Mom Gwen Stefani stayed at home with new little brother Zuma, 4 weeks.
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Gavin and Kingston Rossdale pick up a Smoothie

2008-09-16T08:03:00.000-07:00

Kingston Is A Smoothie Boy

Gwen and babyZuma stayed home, while dad - Gavin Rossdale and big brother Kingston picked up some Starbucks in Tallahassee, Monday afternoon

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Kingston Stays Cool Sipping His Smoothie
Gavin Rossdale treated Kingston to a smoothie from Starbucks out and about looking badass in his backwards hat yesterday. It was a big weekend of celebrity kid birthday parties for Kingston and a wedding anniversary for Gavin and Gwen, but Monday was all about the hot dad spending time with his oldest son. While we've yet to see baby Zuma, Kingston remains one of our favorites with his style and attitude.

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Gwen & Gavin Celebrate Their 6th Anniversary

2008-09-14T08:04:00.000-07:00

New parents to baby Zuma, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale stepped out to celebrate their sixth wedding anniversary on Sunday night at Osteria Mozza Italian restaurant. The power-couple exited the restaurant holding hands. Gwen was sporting a necklace with the initials of her sons’ first names, Z and K. Gwen looks great, as usual!

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Happy Anniversary, Gwen Stefani!

Gwen Stefani and rocker husband Gavin Rossdale hold hands while celebrating their sixth wedding
anniversary together at Osteria Mozza Italian restaurant in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Gwen proudly wore her love for her sons, Kingston, 2, and Zuma, 3 weeks, around her neck. The 38-year-old No Doubt frontwoman wore a Jennifer Meyer necklace with two pendants, each with the first letter of her sons’ first names, Z and K. (Nicole Richie also supports Tobey Maguire’s jewelry designer wife, wearing an “H” pendant/necklace for her daughter Harlow.)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, Gwen and Gavin;
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Gavin to appear on “The Bonnie Hunt Show”

2008-09-13T08:06:00.000-07:00

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Gavin Rossdale is a Hot Dad in West Hollywood

2008-09-13T08:05:00.000-07:00

Gavin Rossdale might be a double-dad, but he,s certainly not going to be whipping out the matching denim any time soon. Thank goodness for that, because he was looking amazing leaving Fred Segal in West Hollywood. check out Splash for more and a short video clip on flynet

Gavin Rossdale grabs lunch with a friend at Porta Via resturant in Beverly Hills

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Gavin Rossdale and his son Kingston spending their Sunday morning at the Farmers Market in the Valley.

2008-09-07T08:08:00.000-07:00

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Gavin Rossdale and Kingston attend Romeo Beckham's had his 6th birthday party at Universal Studios in LA

2008-09-04T08:09:00.000-07:00

Heidi Klum and Gavin Rossdale join their respective kids for Romeo Beckham's birthday party at Universal City Walk.
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September 4th, 2008. Victoria Beckham, Gavin Rossdale, and Heidi Klum and their children were at Universal Studios Thursday. They were there to celebrate Romeo Beckham's birthday, which was on the 1st. They made all the rounds, carrying balloons the whole way, even!

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Singer Gavin Rossdale grabs the groceries in Beverly Hills, CA. Wife Gwen Stefani just gave birth to his second son Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale last week

2008-09-01T08:10:00.000-07:00

Gavin & Kingston Go Green In Malibu

2008-08-31T09:42:00.000-07:00

Gavin Rossdale, his mom and stepfather took Kingston, 2, to the beach in Malibu yesterday. Kingston was delighted to play with his dad and grandfather - tossing a ball around in the water. Mom - Gwen Stefani gave birth to the couple’s second child Zuma Nesta Rock just 10 days ago and enjoyed some rest time at home.

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Gavin Rossdale Goes Green

Gavin Rossdale gets in some father-son bonding time with Kingston, 2, at Carbon Beach in Malibu, Calif., on Sunday afternoon. The pair was seen walking along the beach with talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi.

Gavin, 42, wore a “Go Green” t-shirt and even wore green board shorts to prove it! His wife, No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani, gave birth to their second son Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale 1 and 1/2 weeks ago. Can’t wait to see the cutie pie!

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THE FAB FOURSOME

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Zuma Isn’t Keeping Gavin Rossdale Up

2008-08-30T09:43:00.000-07:00

X17 caught up with Gavin Rossdale out in Taluca Lake, California on August 28 for a lunch date with his parents, and on the way home, a photographer managed to sneak in a quick conversation - about whether new baby Zuma is keeping Gavin up at night!

“No way!” Gavin replied. “Sleeping like a baby.”

Gavin took his parents to see the Santa Monica mountains up close, and when asked directly about his new son, who was born nine days ago, Gavin laughed and said,

“You know I’m not going to tell you anything!”

Yesterday, Gavin and his stepfather took Gavin’s other son, 2-year-old Kingston, out to the park.

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Big Brother Kingston Visits The Park

2008-08-29T09:44:00.000-07:00

Gavin Rossdale, little “big” brother Kingston, 2, his nanny and Gavin’s stepfather gave Gwen and baby Zuma Nesta Rock some time to rest while they stopped by a park in Hollywood yesterday.

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Why Gwen and Gavin named their son Zuma

2008-08-22T09:45:00.000-07:00

Expert: Why Gwen Named Her Son Zuma
Friday August 22, 2008

By naming their newborn son Zuma Nesta Rock, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale "have proven decisively that they're masters in choosing names that are both highly unusual and carry a lot of personal meaning," baby name expert Pamela Redmond Satran, co-author of The Baby Name Bible, tells Usmagazine.com.

"They've continued their own place-naming tradition by naming their son after Zuma Beach in Malibu," Satran explains, citing a profile of Rossdale which said he had an epiphany that began his career.

"He was standing on Zuma Beach in the early morning after working all night as a production assistant on a music video and was quoted as saying he realized he was wasting his time," Satran says. "He drove up the coast, slept in his car, and started making the moves that would launch his career."

Zuma is also the name of a 1975 album by Neil Young and Crazy Horse.

Nesta, meanwhile, was Bob Marley's first name before an immigration official switched it with his middle name, Robert.

"This name obviously links to big brother Kingston's and is another nod to Jamaica and reggae," says Satran.

Bob Marley's son Ziggy used Nesta as a middle name for his son, as did his other son Rohan, who has a son named John Nesta Marley with singer Lauryn Hill.

The name Rock "needs no explanation," given that the baby's parents are rock stars, Satran says, and the fact that we're "long overdue for a Rock Hudson-inspired revival."

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Weighing 8 1/2 lbs., Zuma was born at 12:46 p.m. in L.A. Thursday.

Look back at photos of Gwen Stefani's bump.

"Everyone is just so very happy," Rossdale's father Douglas told Us Friday morning. "It's fantastic news, and I'm just so happy."

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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale Welcome Baby Zuma

2008-08-21T09:48:00.000-07:00

Continuing to grow their loving family, Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale welcomed their second child, a baby boy, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Thursday (August 21).

Breaking press reports tell that “Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale was born at 12:46 p.m. and weighed 8 1/2 lbs.” He joins the musical couple’s 2-year-old son, Kingston.
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Gavin Rossdale, Proud Poppa!

2008-08-21T09:47:00.000-07:00

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Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale

2008-08-21T09:46:00.000-07:00

Kingston, Gwen and Gavin Rossdale welcomed the newest member of their family- Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale - at 12:46 PST on August 21, 2008. The couple's second son, Zuma was born weighing 8.5 lbs. Mother, baby and family are all happy and healthy.

Gavin Rossdale post on his myspace

2008-08-14T09:50:00.000-07:00

Thursday, August 14, 2008

back in lalala
Current mood: crunk

hello.
back home from the shows.i have been writing bits and pieces on my gavinrossdale.com site but yes i have been neglectful here.

so-apologies.
we have been having a huge time out there at all the shows.so many great nights
and faces,familiar and new.
and the vibe.wowza.the kind of energy that gives sense to my world of music.
thx.

i have a great band,they have been consistently committed and played their brains out at each show.
i have gotten so many emails about the touring schedule-
you know i want to come play wherever you are.and i will.
the plan,so you know,is to the let record to blossom and
shine a light into your world-then we will tour.

it is not personal.well actually it's all personal but the point being that i am working my way towards you all the time.

i'm glad you have gotten the chance to hear-jungle in the circus-here
it is a cool track that i did with the excellent chris traynor.
it was so hard trying to choose the songs for the record and then the whole idea of extra/bonus tracks for some and not others drives me crazy(it was a bonus track in europe).in 2008.but it is how it is done at this point.
which is why i requested that it be put on the player.
really glad people are digging it.

since i've been back from the great seattle,i have been enjoying the olympics.i only mention it as there is a swim relay on in the background.
australian girls winning the relay.
screaming with delight,as you would if you won a gold medal.
now the crazy strong gymnasts.
insane.

anyhow
i just finished a day in the studio working on a cool version of love remains the same.

you will get to hear it-and it was a good day.enough said about that for now.but you'll see.

so,my little note draws to a close,i wonder what is next for me tonight.
i have to power the studio down,letting the cables sleep.
everyone needs a little rest.

it is mad hot here,which for an english person,is still a shocker.
a world on holiday.

which reminds me it's been a while since i packed a bag to go away for
a holiday.no complaints but it's about time.
not perfect time for a holiday right now but worth thinking about.
gawping at travel magazines with impossibly beautiful hotels around the world.
now that is doable-right now.

can i find a late night magazine shop?
maybe in london or nyc,but not here in la.
on franklin maybe?

better start searching around the house.

who knows-could be something somewhere.

be lucky

g

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Gwen Stefani: Check In, Check Out, Check Up!

2008-08-14T09:49:00.000-07:00

Pregnant and proud Gwen Stefani brings along arm candy husband Gavin Rossdale for a routine checkup at a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday afternoon.

Gwen, 38, and Gavin, 42, expect their second child later this month. The fashion-forward couple already have a 2-year-old son Kingston.

Also, a brand new Gavin webisode is online today! Check out behind-the-scenes footage of the British musician and his brand new band rehearsing together and preparing for a showcase. Watch the video at the media section of Gavinrossdale.com

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Gavin Rossdale attends the Samsung AT&T Summer Krush Concert Series at the Showbox SoDo , 2008 in Seattle, Washington.

2008-08-07T09:52:00.000-07:00

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Gavin Rossdale performs at the Samsung AT&T Summer Krush Concert Series with Gavin Rossdale at the Showbox SoDo on August 7, 2008 in Seattle, Washingt

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