No Doubt

No Doubt
Origin	California, USA
Years active	1986 – Present
Genres	Alternative rock, Ska punk, Pop
Labels	Interscope Records, Trauma Records
Members	Gwen Stefani Tony Kanal Adrian Young Tom Dumont
Past members	John Spence--deceased. Eric Stefani

History

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.

Mainstream success

Awards

Awards for Appearances

• 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" Eve featuring Gwen Stefani
• 2001 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards Visionary Video "South Side" by Moby featuring Gwen Stefani
• 2001 MTV Video Music Award for Best Male Video for "South Side" by Moby featuring Gwen Stefani
• 2001 MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video for "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" by Eve featuring Gwen Stefani

Nominations

• 2005 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal "It's My Life"
• 2004 MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography for "It's My Life"
• 2004 MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction for "It's My Life"
• 2004 MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction "It's My Life"
• 2004 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Music Group
• 2003 MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video for "Underneath it All"
• 2003 MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography "Underneath it All"
• 2003 Teen Choice Awards Choice Music Single "Underneath it All"
• 2003 Teen Choice Awards Music Rock Group
• 2003 Teen Choice Awards Choice Female Hottie Gwen Stefani
• 2003 Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album Rock Steady
• 2003 Grammys Group Video "Hey Baby" featuring Bounty Killer
• 2001 Teen Choice Awards Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Track "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" by Eve featuring Gwen Stefani
• 2001 MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop Video for "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" by Eve featuring Gwen Stefani
• 2001 MTV Video Music Award - Viewer's Choice for "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" by Eve featuring Gwen Stefani
• 2001 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album Return of Saturn
• 2000 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards Most Stylish Band No Doubt
• 1999 VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards Most Fashionable Female Artist Gwen Stefani
• 1998 Grammy Award for Song of the Year (Songwriter) -- Eric and Gwen Stefani "Don't Speak"
• 1998 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal "Don't Speak"
• 1997 MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year for "Don't Speak"
• 1997 American Music Awards Favorite Pop/New Rock Artist
• 1997 Grammy Award for Best New Artist No Doubt
• 1997 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album Tragic Kingdom
• 1996 Grammys New Group No Doubt

Source: [2]

Members

Current

• Gwen Stefani – Vocals
• Tom Dumont – Guitar, keyboards
• Tony Kanal – Bass
• Adrian Young – Drums

with ("Touring band")

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)

Discography

Main albums

• 1992: No Doubt — #196 AUS
• 1995: The Beacon Street Collection — #220 AUS (1997 re-issue)
• 1995: Tragic Kingdom — #1 U.S., #3 UK, #1 CAN, #3 AUS
• 2000: Return of Saturn — #2 U.S., #31 UK, #2 CAN, #11 AU
• 2001: Rock Steady — #9 U.S., #43 UK, #17 CAN, #15 AUS
• 2007: Doubt About It (Spring 2008)

Compilations

• 2003: The Singles 1992-2003 — #2 U.S., #5 UK, #13 CAN, #15 AUS
• 2003: Boom Box
• 2004: Everything in Time — #182 U.S.

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 – – – 2008 TBA TBA – – – – – – – –

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.

Miscellaneous

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

Video releases

• 1997: Live In The Tragic Kingdom
• 2003: Rock Steady Live
• 2003: The Videos: 1992-2003
• 2006: Live In The Tragic Kingdom (DVD reissue)

Videography

• 1992: Trapped In A Box (Directed by Mike Zykoff)
• 1995: Just A Girl (Directed by Mark Kohr)
• 1996: Spiderwebs (Directed by Marcus Nispel)
• 1996: Don't Speak (Directed by Sophie Muller)
• 1996: Excuse Me Mr. (Directed by Sophie Muller)
• 1996: Sunday Morning (Directed by Sophie Muller)
• 1997: Hey You! (Directed by Sophie Muller) (released only in Holland)
• 1997: Oi To The World (Directed by Sophie Muller)
• 1999: New (Directed by Jake Scott)
• 2000: Ex-Girlfriend (Directed by Hype Williams)
• 2000: Simple Kind Of Life (Directed by Sophie Muller)
• 2001: Bathwater (Directed by Sophie Muller)
• 2001: Hey Baby (Directed by Dave Meyers)
• 2002: Hella Good (Directed by Mark Romanek)
• 2002: Underneath It All (Directed by Sophie Muller / Logan)
• 2003: Running (Directed by Chris Hafner)
• 2003: It's My Life (Directed by David LaChapelle)
• 2004: Bathwater (Invincible Overlord Remix) (Directed by Sophie Muller)

Trivia

• Appeared on an episode of Dawson's Creek.
• Also appeared on the King of the Hill episode "Kidney Boy and Hamster Girl: A Love Story" in a fairly important role.
• They appeared on the Kelis album "Wanderland" on the song "Perfect Day"
• All babies from the band so far are all boys: Tom - Ace, Adrian - Mason, Gwen - Kingston.
• The band is mentioned by name in the song 'We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful' by Reel Big Fish on their 2005 album 'We're Not Happy Till You're Not Happy'.
• They are also mentioned on the songs 'Disco Club' and 'Like That' by the Black Eyed Peas on their album 'Monkey Business'.
• In 2001's FreQuency, a remix of Ex-Girlfriend was featured as a song in the first stage.
• Adrian appears wearing a Madness t-shirt in the video to 'Dont Speak', the band paying homage to their musical heroes.

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