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Background information

<tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Anaheim, California, USA</td></tr><tr><td>Genre(s)</td><td colspan="2">Alternative rock, Ska punk, Pop, New Wave</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">1986 – present</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">Atlantic Records
Interscope Records
Trauma Records</td></tr><tr><th style="background: #b0c4de;" colspan="3">Members</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;" colspan="3">Gwen Stefani
Tony Kanal
Adrian Young
Tom Dumont</td></tr><tr><th style="background: #b0c4de;" colspan="3">Former members</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align: center;" colspan="3">John Spence--deceased.
Eric Stefani</td></tr>

No Doubt is an American third wave ska band formed in 1986. No Doubt is heavily influenced by New Wave music and reggae, teaming up with Jamaican artists such as Lady Saw, Bounty Killer, and Toots and the Maytals. No Doubt's multiple genre style is noted in the song "Move On" where they state "We meshed the styles of five alive and intertwined and fused it". Their hits "Hey Baby" and "Underneath It All" won Grammy Awards.

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[edit] History

[edit] Beginnings

No Doubt was formed by John Spence (lead vocals) in Anaheim, California with his friend Eric Stefani (keyboards) in November 1986. Eric's younger sister, Gwen Renée Stefani, joined the group that same year as co-vocalist. The trio played their first gig on New Year's Eve 1986/1987. The band from then on began to play small gigs around the Orange County area. Tony Kanal went to one of these early shows and soon joined the band as a bassist. Kanal is one of three Indian-American musicians that broke into mainstream success, the other two being Kim Thayil from Soundgarden and Anand Bhatt of Anand Clique. In 1987, lead vocalist Spence committed suicide, leaving Gwen Stefani as lead vocalist. Although the band was hit hard by Spence's death, they carried on and began to develop a live following, mainly in the band's home state of California. In 1988 and 1989, two new members were added to the band: Tom Dumont (guitar) and Adrian Young (drums). In 1991, the band received their first big break and were signed to the American record label Interscope Records. No Doubt's self-titled first album was released in 1992 and featured the single "Trapped in a Box." The album was not a success, and No Doubt's record label began to lose faith in the band. The recording for their second album, The Beacon Street Collection, was funded by the band, and, when released, the album renewed faith in the band from the record label and gained No Doubt some new fans. To simply get played on the radio, Gwen Stefani would call into local radio stations to request the band's music. In the fall of 1994, No Doubt would suffer yet another setback when Eric Stefani left the band because he did not like the direction the band was heading in and began to pursue an animation career on the cartoon TV series The Simpsons. The song "By The Way" is about Milena Muzquiz, who was the ex-girlfriend of Tom Dumont and is currently the lead singer of Los Super Elegantes.

[edit] Mainstream success

The cover of Tragic Kingdom, 1995

After Eric Stefani left, the band entered the recording studio again to work on their third album. The release of 1995's Tragic Kingdom and the New-Wave inspired single "Just a Girl" allowed the group to achieve mainstream commercial success. A second single, "Spiderwebs", was also successful, and their third single, "Don't Speak" (1996), which was written about the dissolution of Stefani's and bassist Tony Kanal's romantic relationship, was a number one hit for 16 weeks on the Billboard airplay chart. Tragic Kingdom has sold over 15 million copies worldwide and has been certified diamond in the United States. No Doubt were nominated for two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Rock Album (Tragic Kingdom) at the 1997 Grammy Awards. Later, they were nominated for two more Grammy awards for Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, both for "Don't Speak". [1]

After some time in-between albums No Doubt included their song "New" on the soundtrack to the movie Go in 1999. "New", inspired by Gwen's budding relationship with Bush lead singer Gavin Rossdale, was one of the first songs written after the release of Tragic Kingdom.

In 2000, the band released Return of Saturn, their highly anticipated follow-up to Tragic Kingdom. The album featured a darker tone and was more lyrically advanced than No Doubt's previous work. The main lyrical focus of the new record had shifted from Gwen Stefani's relationship with bassist Tony Kanal to her new relationship with Gavin Rossdale. Return of Saturn was critically loved, but was not as commercially successful as their previous album was and the lead single "Ex-Girlfriend" failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Also released as singles from the album were the tracks "Simple Kind of Life" and "Bathwater".

Shaking off the commercial failure of Return of Saturn, the band quickly began work on their next album. Highly influenced by Jamaican Dancehall music and recorded primarily in Jamaica, No Doubt's 2001 studio album, Rock Steady, produced two hit Grammy award winning singles, "Hey Baby", which featured Bounty Killer, and "Underneath It All", which featured the first lady of dancehall, Lady Saw. Both singles managed to reach the top five in on the Billboard Hot 100. The album also released "Hella Good" and "Running" as singles. Also, in 2001, the band performed on Kelis's sophomore CD titled Wanderland. The song "Perfect Day" features the band playing the entire song with Gwen providing backup vocals. In addition, pop-star Prince wrote and produced "Waiting Room" on Rock Steady. Stefani had previously provided vocals for a song on Prince's Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic album, "So Far, So Pleased".

2003 was a big year of releases for No Doubt. The album The Singles: 1992-2003, a compilation of all commercially released singles from the band, was released in November 2003. It included a cover of the song "It's My Life", which had originally been a hit for Talk Talk in the 1980s, and earned No Doubt a Grammy nomination for Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal. Additionally, a special 2-CD 2-DVD box set titled Boom Box was made available, which included the CDs The Singles: 1992-2003 and Everything in Time and the DVDs The Videos: 1992-2003 and Live in the Tragic Kingdom. Separately, Rock Steady Live, a DVD of the band performing in Long Beach from their Rock Steady tour was released in 2003 as well.

Lead singer Gwen Stefani began work on her side project in 2002, which eventually evolved into the full-fledged solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby., which was released November 23, 2004. Stefani launched her first solo arena tour in October of 2005, which coincided with the news of her pregnancy (with her baby boy, Kingston James McGregor Rossdale, born on May 26, 2006).

In early 2005, Tom Dumont released his own solo music project, Invincible Overlord, with friend and collaborator Ted Matson. Their music is downloadable for free on the Invincible Overlord web site, and they backed up Matt Costa on his 2005 tour. Adrian Young, the band's drummer, did the drums for many of the tracks on Unwritten Law's 2005 release, Here's to the Mourning. Adrian Young will also be playing on Rockstar: Supernova runner-up Dilana's upcoming album. On November 28th, 2006, Dilana released the first singles "Supersoul" and a cover of The Police classic "Roxanne" on iTunes, Napster and other digital download websites.

The band is currently working on a new album that is rumored for a a early 2008 release date, while lead singer Gwen Stefani's second solo album, The Sweet Escape is due to be released on December 5, 2006. With Stefani promoting her sophomore solo album, and a national tour in 2007, No Doubt plans to complete the new album after Stefani's tour is finished.

[edit] Awards

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[edit] Awards for Appearances

[edit] Nominations

Source: [2]

[edit] Members

[edit] Current

with ("Touring band")

[edit] Former

  • John Spence – co-lead vocals (1986–1987)
  • Eric Stefani – keyboard (1986–1995)
  • Jerry McMahon - guitar (1986 – 1988)
  • Chris Webb - drums (1986 – 1989)
  • Chris Leal - bass (1986 – 1987)
  • Alan Meade - trumpet or co-lead vocals (1986 – 1988)
  • Tony Meade - saxophone (1986 – 1988)
  • Paul Caseley - trombone (1987 – 1990)
  • Eric Carpenter - saxophone (1988 – 1994)
  • Don Hammerstedt - trumpet (1990 – 1992)
  • Alex Henderson - trombone (1991 – 1993)
  • Bicholas Ambra - keyboard (1987 – 1988)

[edit] Discography

No Doubt
The Beacon Street Collection
Tragic Kingdom
Return of Saturn
Rock Steady
The Singles 1992-2003
Everything In Time
Late 2007[citation needed]
For more details on this topic, see No Doubt discography.
Includes international chart peaks and worldwide sales figures.

[edit] Main albums

[edit] Compilations

[edit] Singles

Year Title Album U.S.
Hot 100 		U.S.
Adult Top 40 		U.S.
Modern Rock 		U.S.
Dance 		UK CAN AUS GER
1992 "Trapped in a Box" No Doubt – – – – – – –
1994 "Squeal"1 The Beacon Street Collection – – – – – – –
1994 "Doghouse"1 The Beacon Street Collection – – – – – – –
1995 "Just a Girl" Tragic Kingdom 23 – 10 – 3 4 3 24
1996 "Spiderwebs" Tragic Kingdom 18 (Airplay) 29 5 – 16 – 46 –
1996 "Don't Speak" Tragic Kingdom 1 (Airplay) 1 3 – 1 1 1 2
1996 "Excuse Me Mr." Tragic Kingdom – – 17 – – – – –
1997 "Happy Now?"2 Tragic Kingdom – – – – – – 132 –
1997 "Sunday Morning" Tragic Kingdom – – – – 50 68 21 –
1997 "Hey You"3 Tragic Kingdom – – – – – – – –
1999 "New" Return of Saturn – – 7 – 30 – 89 –
2000 "Ex-Girlfriend" Return of Saturn – – 2 – 23 3 9 34
2000 "Simple Kind of Life" Return of Saturn 38 18 14 – 69 13 94 –
2000 "Bathwater"2 Return of Saturn – – – – – – 79 73
2001/2002 "Hey Baby" (featuring Bounty Killer) Rock Steady 5 10 – – 2 4 7 8
2002 "Hella Good"4 Rock Steady 13 9 – 1 12 25 8 46
2002 "Underneath It All" (featuring Lady Saw) Rock Steady 3 2 – – 18 35 21 42
2003 "Running" Rock Steady 62 20 – – – – – 55
2003 "It's My Life" The Singles 1992-2003 10 3 32 16 20 18 7 9
2004 "It's My Life"/"Bathwater" (re-release) The Singles 1992-2003 – – – – 17 – – –
  1. Released only in US.
  2. Released only in Australia
  3. Released only in Holland and charted #52 on Holland single chart
  4. It was "Hella Good" (Roger Sánchez Remixes) that entered the Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart. Original version of the song entered the Hot 100 Chart.

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • 1995: Live in LA
  • 1997: Hits From Orange County -The Singles Collection

[edit] Video releases

[edit] Videography

[edit] In Popular Culture

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

No Doubt
Stephen Bradley - Tom Dumont - Tony Kanal - Gabrial McNair - Gwen Stefani - Adrian Young
Former members: John Spence - Eric Stefani
Discography
Studio albums: No Doubt - The Beacon Street Collection - Tragic Kingdom - Return of Saturn - Rock Steady
Compilations: The Singles 1992-2003 - Everything in Time - Boom Box
DVDs: Live in the Tragic Kingdom - Rock Steady Live - The Videos: 1992-2003
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