Editing Gavin Rossdale (section)

===Before Bush===
During the 1980s,<ref name="Boone" /> Rossdale formed a [[Pop music|pop]] band called Midnight with Sacha Puttnam.<ref name="Boone">{{cite news |last=Boone |first=Brian |title=Bush: the Untold Truth |url=https://www.grunge.com/196513/the-untold-truth-of-bush/ |access-date=4 August 2020 |work=Grunge |date=24 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="AM" /> Despite touring as far afield as Ireland and enjoying support slots for artists including [[Big Country]] and [[Cyndi Lauper]],<ref name="twentyseven">{{cite book |last=Nine |first=Jennifer |title=Bush: Twenty-seventh Letter: the Official History |date=1999 |publisher=Virgin |isbn=9780753501894 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdL0GIkAkycC |access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref> his band saw little success after releasing two singles.<ref name="Boone" /><ref name="AM">{{cite web |last=Leahey |first=Andrew |title=Gavin Rossdale - Biography & History |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gavin-rossdale-mn0000190745/biography |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref>

Rossdale later became a member of the group The Little Dukes.<ref name="twentyseven" /> According to Alex Tate, the Little Dukes' music was contrary to Rossdale's musical preferences at the time.<ref name="twentyseven" /> After travelling to Los Angeles and New York City with the hope of being signed to a record label,<ref name="twentyseven" /> and crossing paths with a future Bush manager,<ref name="twentyseven" /> the band broke up in autumn 1991.<ref name="twentyseven" />