Gavin Rossdale: Interview UsMagazine.com

Gavin Rossdale is consistently one of the funniest and most open guys in rock. And here’s the proof: I recently sat down with the Bush frontman, 45, to talk about reuniting with the ’90s band after 10 years (their latest disc, Sea Of Memories, is out now), plus his uber-cool wife Gwen Stefani, 41, and their equally with-it tots Kingston, 5, and Zuma, 3.

US: What’s it like being back with Bush?

GR: It’s just fantastic. I’m finally back in the ring with both hands untied, and I’m back with the frosting on my cake. The cool of my beer is back.

US: What led to the decision to reunite?

GR: I’ve been waiting so patiently for this perfect reunion and I tried to do a solo record and it didn’t work… I felt like I’d waited long enough, sort of the grace period for the reunion had expired. I just decided to just go for it and I thought that if I really wanted to have as much fun as possible making music I should do it under Bush rather than anything else.

US: How did you guys decide what direction to go in with the sound?

GR: I had to make it so that you could play that record to somebody who’d never heard Bush before, and they could legitimately fall in love with a band. That was the intent. It is also mindful of how we got there and how it was and what people expect from Bush… You should do one foot in the history of Bush and one foot forward, and that way we remain current and vital to ourselves.

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