Rossdale and Nigel Pulsford met in 1992, and together they formed Bush soon after. In 2004, Rossdale put Bush on the shelf and formed rock group Institute. Institute's first CD, entitled Distort Yourself, was released on September 13, 2005. The first single is called "Bullet-Proof Skin."
Bush's first album, Sixteen Stone (1994), was a modest commercial success, but critics lambasted them as an inferior derivative of bands such as Nirvana and Pixies. This criticism followed them throughout their entire career as a band. In particular, Rossdale's throaty singing voice and random, stream of consciousness-style lyrics were dismissed as a pale imitation of Nirvana's lead singer, Kurt Cobain. Critics also derided his "heart-throb" status among teenage girls, often dismissing him as little more than a pinup with a guitar.
Bush's albums include Razorblade Suitcase (produced by Steve Albini, who also produced Nirvana's In Utero) and Golden State. Neither sold as well as their debut album. The band has officially been on hiatus since 2002.
On September 14, 2002, Rossdale married Gwen Stefani, who at the time was the lead vocalist of the pop band No Doubt. In 2004, it was revealed that he was the father of Pearl Lowe's 15-year-old daughter, the model Daisy Lowe.
He was featured on the Sony Pictures XXX soundtrack in 2002 with a song called "Adrenaline." The song was also the official theme song for WWE's Unforgiven pay-per-view event in September 2002.
In 2004, after Bush had been on hiatus for two years, Rossdale formed Institute. Their first album, Distort Yourself achieved moderate success and one song was used in the film Stealth. In 2005 Rossdale appeared in the film Constantine as the villain Balthazar.
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