Gavin Rossdale

This is Rossdale's first solo effort since the dissolution of both of his former bands, the massively popular Bush and the less successful Institute. Wanderlust finds Rossdale collaborating with Eurythmics guitarist Dave Stewart, and, while the songs are decidedly more sedate than the sturm und drang of his Bush days, each resonates with the tortured yearning, soaring chorus and gruff vocals that put "Comedown" on the charts in 1995. Rossdale may not have sought out the limelight so much in the early '00s, but Wanderlust suggests he has not lost his muse.

"Oh teardrop you know you make me so sad/This heartbeat could be my last," sings Gavin
Rossdale on his first solo album. The former Bush frontman may share a house with the
world's most manically upbeat pop singer, wife Gwen Stefani, but denominationally, he's
still grunge: a dour rock dude, scowling and growling as he bears down on another B minor
chord. With the help of Bob Rock (Metallica), Rossdale gives Wanderlust a slick s... More >