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No Doubt
| Gwen Stefani - Vocals |
Tony Kanal - Bass |
| Tom Dumont - Guitar |
Adrian Young - Drums |
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Adrian Young
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Tom Dumont
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Tony Kanal
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Gwen Stefani
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what the band is
like :
In
the world of music about suicide, murders and killings, the punky
sound of No Doubt gives an happy riff to the ears of listeners. Band vocalist
Gwen Stefani, bassist Tony Kanal, guitarist Tom Dumont and drummer Adrian Young
put an reply to the fact that music doesn’t have to be saddening to be worthy
of listening. The band members came together in the summer of 1986. They, like
all new musicians, played at house parties and basement parties until their name
got around. Their first official show was at Fender's in
Long Beach
, CA in March of 1987.
This band has put out 6 albums. Their first album released in ‘92,
self-titled. Second album put out in ‘95, The
Beacon Street
Collection.
Tragic
Kingdom
, released in
October,‘95. Return of Saturn released April, 2000, and Rock Steady put out
December, 2001. And now the new album of their hit singles from 1992-2003 called
The Singles.
How it started :
Gwen
and Eric Stefani's parents loved folk music such as Bob. Music ran through the
household all their lives. Eric became obsessed with an English ska band called
Madness. Eric soon started singing and playing piano to his Madness albums. He
started getting vocal ideas and trying to persuade his thirteen year old sister,
Gwen, to sing his ideas while he played. In spring ‘87 Gwen, Eric and a friend
John Spence made a band. No doubt was one of John's favorite sayings and seemed
like a positive and happy expression to name themselves after, so No Doubt
became the name that this Emmy winning band has taken on. After a month they had
a drummer and a horns section and became a 7-piece band. Tony Kanal soon became
Bassist.. In little time before their big concert was to be performed, John
Spence committed suicide when he was only 18. Later the band found the Tom
Dumont, who became their new guitarist
The
Band Members:
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| Born |
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| August 26,
1969 - Long Beach, California |
| Raised |
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| Orange
County, California |
| Family |
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| Sam and
Jean, Damian |
| Musical
influences |
|
| Deep
Purple's Ian Paice, The Police's Stewart Copeland, and Rush's Neil |
| First
record ever purchased |
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| Road to
Ruin by the Ramones |
| Instrument |
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| Drums |
| Hobby |
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| Golf |
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| Born |
|
 |
| January
11, 1968 - Los Angeles, California |
| Raised |
|
| Orange
County, California |
| Family |
|
| Fred and
Gina, John,
Ellen and Sharon |
| Musical
influences |
|
| Rush's
Alex Lifeson and Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore |
| Instrument |
|
| Guitar (Hamer) |
| Hobbies |
|
| Surfing,
home decorating, collecting old radios |
| Career
move |
|
| Quit metal
band to play with No Doubt |
| |
| Born |
|
 |
| August 27,
1970 - KingsBury, London - England |
| Raised |
|
| England/California |
| Family |
|
|
Gulab and Leena,
Neil
|
| Musical
influences |
|
Various
contemporary recordings
Prince, or the Artist Formerly Known as Prince |
| First
record ever purchased |
|
| Men at
Work album "Business As Usual" |
| Instrument |
|
| Bass |
| Fun
fact |
|
| Unlike the
other members of the band, Tony is still single |
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| Born |
|
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| October 3,
1969 - St. Jude's Hospital in Fullerton, California |
| Raised |
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| Orange
County, California |
| Family |
|
| Dennis and
Patti, Eric, Jill and Todd |
| Musical
influences |
|
two-tone
ska bands Madness and The Selecter
L.A. bands The Untouchables and Fishbone |
| First
records ever purchased |
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| Shawn
Cassidy, Men at Work, Super Tramp, Journey |
| Parents
listened to |
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| Bob Dylan,
Ravi Shankar, Jimi Hendrix, and the Doors |
| Attended
college at |
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| Cal State
Fullerton
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