No Doubt
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Template:Infobox band No Doubt is an American alternative rock band whose music was initially influenced heavily by ska, punk and New Wave. Typically classed as pop, No Doubt's earlier work was quintessential ska but their latest album contains heavy elements of both pop and rock. No Doubt is heavily influenced by Jamaican culture and have teamed up with many Jamaican artists such as Lady Saw and Bounty Killer. 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". Many believe that No Doubt have "sold out" by losing their Ska roots but others state that it shows their diversity. Some believe that they are still Ska, as many of their newer songs contain Ska elements.
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History
Beginnings
No Doubt was formed by Eric Stefani (keyboards) in Anaheim, California with his friend John Spence (lead vocals) 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. In 1987 lead vocalist John Spence committed suicide, leaving Gwen Stefani as lead vocalist. Although the band was hit hard by Spence's death, they continued 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 renewed faith in the band from the record label and gained No Doubt some new fans. 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
Image:No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom.jpg 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 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. Then 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". They failed to win any of these awards. [1]
After some time in between albums No Doubt included their song "New" on the soundtrack to the movie Go in 1999. 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, lead singer from the band Bush. Return of Saturn was not as 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. Stephani 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 of 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, Everything in Time: B-Sides, Rarities, Remixes, and the DVDs The Videos: 1992-2003, and Live From 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. She originally stated that she would be releasing a follow up to Love. Angel. Music. Baby. in early 2006 that would mostly contain tracks that did not make the final cut for her first solo album. Gwen has since changed her mind and decided to take time off following her solo tour and not immediately release a follow-up album. This decision was quickly followed by the news of Gwen Stefani's pregnancy (with her baby due in June 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 will be backing up Matt Costa on his 2005 tour.
No Doubt are due to record in the studio, in May or June of 2006 which would give their next album a projected 2007 release date.
Members
Current
- Gwen Stefani – Vocals
- Tom Dumont – Guitar
- Tony Kanal – Bass
- Adrian Young – Drums
with ("Touring band")
- Stephen Bradley – Keyboard, Trumpet
- Gabrial McNair – Keyboard, Trombone
Former
- John Spence – co-lead vocals (1986–1987)
- Eric Stefani – keyboard (1986–1994)
- 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
Template:Seesubarticle Includes international chart peaks and worldwide sales figures.
Main albums
- 1992: No Doubt — #196 AUS
- 1995: The Beacon Street Collection — #220 AUS (1997 re-issue)
- 1995: Tragic Kingdom — #1 U.S., #3 U.K., #1 CAN, #3 AUS
- 2000: Return of Saturn — #2 U.S., #31 U.K., #2 CAN, #11 AU
- 2001: Rock Steady — #9 U.S., #43 U.K., #17 CAN, #15 AUS
Compilations
- 2003: The Singles 1992-2003 — #2 U.S., #5 U.K., #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 | U.S. Modern Rock | U.S. Dance | UK | CAN | AUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1996 | "Spiderwebs" | Tragic Kingdom | 18 (Airplay) | – | 5 | – | 16 | – | 46 |
| 1996 | "Don't Speak" | Tragic Kingdom | 1 (Airplay) | 7 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 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" | Go soundtrack | – | – | 7 | – | 30 | – | 89 |
| 2000 | "Ex-Girlfriend" | Return of Saturn | – | – | 2 | – | 23 | – | 9 |
| 2000 | "Simple Kind of Life" | Return of Saturn | 38 | – | 14 | – | 69 | 21 | 94 |
| 2000 | "Bathwater"2 | Return of Saturn | – | – | – | – | – | – | 79 |
| 2001/2002 | "Hey Baby" (featuring Bounty Killer) | Rock Steady | 5 | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 2002 | "Hella Good"4 | Rock Steady | 13 | – | – | 1 | 12 | 25 | 8 |
| 2002 | "Underneath It All" (featuring Lady Saw) | Rock Steady | 3 | 27 | – | – | 18 | 35 | 28 |
| 2003 | "Running" | Rock Steady | 63 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003 | "It's My Life" | The Singles 1992-2003 | 10 | 20 | 32 | – | 20 | 22 | 7 |
| 2004 | "It's My Life"/"Bathwater" (re-release) | The Singles 1992-2003 | – | – | – | 16 | 17 | – | – |
- Released only in US.
- Released only in Australia
- Released only in Holland and charted #52 on Holland single chart
- It was "Hella Good" (Roger Sanchez Remixes) that entered the Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart. Original version of the song entered the Hot 100 Chart.
Miscellaneous
DVDs
- 1997: Live in the Tragic Kingdom
- 2003: Rock Steady Live
- 2003: The Videos 1992-2003
- 2006:To Be Released: Tragic Kingdom DVD will be released June 13,2006 Acording to the official NO Doubt Website.
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.
See also
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
- List of bands from California
External links
- Official site
- No Doubt Australia and new Zealand site
- The No Doubt Universe
- No Doubt Web
- Greener Pastures
- Unofficial fanclub
- Unofficial forum
- Beacon Street Online
- No Doubt Rock Steady
- Stricken Love
- Template:Musicbrainz artist
- Colorful Dust
- Chick It Up
- Polish No Doubt Fansite
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