No Doubt

No Doubt is an American alternative rock group whose music was initially influenced heavily by ska, punk and New Wave.

Mainstream Success

After the exit of Eric Stefani, 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 21 weeks on the Billboard airplay chart.Tragic Kingdom has sold over 15 million copies worldwide and has been certified 8x platinum in the United States.

Related Topics:
Eric Stefani - 1995 - Tragic Kingdom - Just a Girl - Spiderwebs - Don't Speak - 1996 - Tony Kanal - United States

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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 followup to Tragic Kingdom. The album featured a darker tone and was more lyrically advanced than No Doubt's previous work. The album 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. The band has spoken unkindly of the album in more recent interviews for various reasons. Consequently, they have excluded many fan-favorite songs in post-2000 concerts such as "Home Now", "Comforting Lie", "Dark Blue" and "Artificial Sweetner".

Related Topics:
Soundtrack - Go - 1999 - 2000 - Return of Saturn - United States

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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 top reach the top five in on the Billboard Hot 100. The album also released "Hella Good" and the unsuccessful "Running" as singles.

Related Topics:
Return of Saturn - Jamaican - Jamaica - 2001 - Rock Steady - Grammy - Hey Baby - Bounty Killer - Underneath It All - Hella Good

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An album featuring all their singles was released in 2003. It included a cover of the song, "It's My Life" which had originally been a hit for Talk Talk in the 1980s. No Doubt also released a 2-CD 2-DVD box set titled Boombox. Rock Steady Live, a DVD of one of the band's Long Beach concerts, was also been released.

Related Topics:
2003 - Cover - It's My Life - Talk Talk - 1980s - Boombox - Rock Steady Live

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In 2002 lead singer Gwen Stefani began work on her side project which eventually evolved into the fullfledged solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby., which was released November 23, 2004. Stefani is set to tour North America starting in October 2005. Stefani has also said that she will be releasing a follow up to Love. Angel. Music. Baby., with a release date set for the end of 2005 or the beginning of 2006. It will mostly contain tracks already recorded for her first solo album that did not make the final cut.

Related Topics:
2002 - Gwen Stefani - Love. Angel. Music. Baby. - November 23 - 2004 - North America - October - 2005 - 2006

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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 website, and will be backing up Matt Costa on his 2005 tour.

Related Topics:
Tom Dumont - Invincible Overlord - Ted Matson - Matt Costa - 2005

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Gwen Stefani in 2005 confirmed that the band would re-enter the studio to record another album in January 2006.

Related Topics:
Gwen Stefani - 2005 - January 2006

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