Gavin Rossdale: Hard Rock live New York

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June, 3 2008 at Hard Rock Cafe
New York, New York

Celebrate the release of GAVIN ROSSDALE’S “WANDERLUST” album at Hard Rock Café’s around the country Hard Rock Café will be broadcasting “GAVIN ROSSDALE LIVE FROM THE HARD ROCK LIVE” at the Hard Rock Café locations listed on TUESDAY, JUNE 3rd at 8pm Atlanta, Baltimore, Biloxi, Boston, Cleveland, Destin, Foxwoods, Gatlinburg, Hollywood CA Universal Citywalk, Hollywood, FL, Key West, Las Vegas, Memphis, Miami, New Orleans, Niagara Falls, San Diego, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, NYC Gavin appearance and performance

iProng - Interview with Gavin Rossdale

iProng - Interview with Gavin Rossdale
It’s Thursday night and Gavin Rossdale and I are walking through the underground halls of the Hard Rock Live, eyeing the memorabilia on the walls as we go. Gavin points to a photo of the Pixies, refers to Black Francis as a deity, and asks if I’m into them. I sheepishly admit that I was a little too young to be into the Pixies back when they were still together and that checking out their music has remained on my to-do list for some fifteen years. I make a mental note to grab ahold of the first Pixies album I can find when I get home. I notice that Gavin’s trademark longish hair has been replaced by a fairly standard cut, and I ask him what happened to his hair. He takes a look at my shoulder-length hair and says “I gave it to you.”

Half an hour earlier, Gavin and I are sitting on adjacent couches in his dressing room, discussing everything from his upcoming album to what the accompanying launch of his solo career means for the prospects of his former band, Bush, which dominated the late-nineties grunge rock scene before dissolving six years ago. This isn’t the first time Gavin has ventured back into music-making since the breakup, but unlike his Institute project in 2005, his latest endeavor seems like it actually has a chance to succeed. When I tell him that I think his newly released ballad of a single, Love Remains The Same, doesn’t sound like it’s tied to the nineties in the way Bush’s ballads generally were, he smiles and replies “Thank the Lord.” - CONTINUED

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