Gabriel “The Gun” Gonzalez, No Doubt’s authentic trumpet participant, died on Sept. 12 in a deadly bike accident in Hermosa Seaside, Ca, a household consultant confirmed to SPIN. He was 57.
Along with No Doubt, Gonzalez additionally performed in ska bands like Save Ferris, The Untouchables, The Skeletones, and Kingston A Go Go.
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Gonzalez spoke to SPIN in January about his late fellow No Doubt band member, John Spence. Through the interview, Gonzalez additionally talked about his time in No Doubt, sharing that earlier than the title they turned identified for, the Anaheim band was referred to as Apple Core. Apple Core included former No Doubt keyboardist Eric Stefani, Gwen Stefani, Gonzalez and different rotating members.
“We have been all into Insanity and Prince Buster and all of the Trojan shit, so Eric began banging out some upbeat ska shit and we have been simply goofing off writing music and we’re like, ‘let’s kind a bunch’ after which bing bang growth, that’s the way it occurred,” he mentioned of No Doubt’s origins.
Gonzalez is credited as a co-writer on No Doubt’s “Whole Hate ‘95” and “Paulina.” Gonzalez mentioned he helped compose lots of the band’s authentic early songs, though most haven’t been formally launched.
“All of us sort of knew that we have been creating one thing completely different, and being within the mod-ska scene within the early mid-’80s was a reasonably spectacular factor,” the Cuban American trumpeter instructed SPIN.
Born July 11, 1967, Gonzalez was a first-generation Cuban American. Raised in Anaheim, Ca. he performed trumpet within the band at Loara Excessive Faculty earlier than he joined forces with the Stefanis, who additionally attended the college. After enjoying on and off with No Doubt within the ‘80s, Gonzalez attended Berklee Faculty of Music in Boston.
He’s survived by his three kids.
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