Editing Gavin Rossdale (section)

==Early life==
Rossdale was born 30 October 1965<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/710704/it-s-gavin-rossdale-s-50th-birthday-here-s-proof-that-he-hasn-t-aged-since-the-1990s-plus-more-stars-who-ve-stopped-time|title=It's Gavin Rossdale's 50th Birthday: Here's Proof That He Hasn't Aged Since the 1990s, Plus More Stars Who've Stopped Time|date=30 October 2015|website=E! Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gavin-rossdale-mn0000190745|title=Gavin Rossdale |website=AllMusic|access-date=24 April 2025}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/people/gavin-rossdale/|title=Gavin Rossdale – Musician, Singer, Actor|date=19 March 2025|website=TV Insider}}</ref> or 30 October 1967<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA2002-IA418&dq=gavin+rossdale+1967&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrmK747NOMAxXxMNAFHdMbMJoQ6AF6BAgKEAM|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=27 May 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|via=Google Books}}</ref> in London, England.<ref name="auto"/> He is the son of Douglas Rossdale<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/grandpa-rossdale-says-gavin-sounds-great/|title=Grandpa Rossdale Says Gavin Sounds Great|website=People.com |last=Perry |first=Simon |date=22 August 2008}}</ref> and Barbara Stephan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/gavin-rossdale-mom-barbara-dead-after-long-torturous-fight-8783989|title=Gavin Rossdale's Mom Barbara Dies After 'Long Torturous Fight': 'The World Feels Lonelier'|website=People.com|last=DeSantis|first=Rachel|date=31 January 2025}}</ref> His mother was born in Scotland, whereas his father was of [[History of the Jews in Russia|Russian Jewish]] descent. His father's family's surname had been changed to Rossdale from Rosenthal.<ref>{{cite web |author=Interview: Gavin Rossdale Tweet Share |title=Interview: Gavin Rossdale |url=http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/backbeat/archives/146910.asp?from=blog_last3 |publisher=Blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com |date=23 August 2008 |access-date=17 October 2011 |archive-date=24 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224194405/http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/backbeat/archives/146910.asp?from=blog_last3 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horror.com/php/article-703-1.html |title=Interview with Constantine actor, Gavin Rossdale |publisher=Horror.com |access-date=17 October 2011}}</ref> Rossdale was unable to speak until the age of four.<ref name="MTV99">{{cite news |last=Tortorici |first=Frank |title=Bush's Gavin Rossdale |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/519419/bushs-gavin-rossdale/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917004617/http://www.mtv.com/news/519419/bushs-gavin-rossdale/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 September 2020 |access-date=15 September 2020 |publisher=MTV |date=29 October 1999}}</ref> 

Rossdale's parents divorced when he was 11 years old.<ref name="SPIN96">{{cite news |title=Pretty on the Inside |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X1aghtVf0GEC&pg=PA64 |access-date=15 September 2020 |work=Spin |date=December 1996}}</ref> At around this time, Rossdale became interested in the then-current 1970s British [[punk rock]] phenomenon through his elder sister, Lorraine; Rossdale said in 1999: "everything I learned was from trying to hang out with [Lorraine's] friends. I was 12 when [punk] happened. At the top of our road was this record shop and I was always going in and getting one single at a time. That's why I've got [[X-Ray Spex]] and the [[Buzzcocks]], practically the first edition of everything."<ref name="twentyseven" /> The [[Sex Pistols]] were also an influence on Rossdale at the time, with Rossdale telling ''[[American Songwriter]]'' in 2021 that they "changed his life" and that he "fell in love" with them "when I was 11 or 12 years old", having seen them "swearing at [[Bill Grundy]] on the TV."<ref name="batlin">{{cite news |last1=Batlin |first1=Steve |title=Gavin Rossdale Talks Political Writing, Patti Smith, Sex Pistols and More on 'People Have the Power' Podcast |url=https://americansongwriter.com/gavin-rossdale-talks-political-writing-patti-smith-sex-pistols-and-more-on-people-have-the-power-podcast/ |access-date=6 September 2024 |work=American Songwriter |date=5 January 2021}}</ref>

Beginning in 1979, Rossdale was educated at the independent [[Westminster School]]. Rossdale disliked his time at the school, as he was the target of [[bullying]].<ref>Nine, Jennifer, ''Like the English Sun: The Official Story of Bush''. Virgin, 1999, p. 15</ref>