Gwen Stefani was born on October 3, 1969, in Orange County, California. She was born to Dennis and Patti Gwen. Music was definitely in Gwen and she desired to be an artist one day. But her career took a start with the help of her brother Eric who started a band named "No Doubt" with one of his friend. He invited his sister to join the band too and be the co-vocalist with Spence. Soon Tony Kanal too joined the group and band started gaining popularity.
Soon Gwen's position in the band got promoted to the lead vocalist because the lead singer "Spence" commited suicide. After completing her high school she followed her studies at Cal State Fullerton College. She continued her studies along with the working in band. She also got into an affair with a member in the group Tony Kanal. In 1989, two new members joined the No Doubt team, guitarist Tom Dumont and drummer Adrian Young. In the year 1990 Flea, the bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded a demo for the band.
The band soon released a self titled debut album but it did not get the desired commercial success. The group went back into the studio with their own money, and recorded a collection of "extra" songs they had written. Their sophomore effort, The Beacon Street Collection, was released in 1995, and not only struck a cord with their devout fans, but also re-sparked Interscope's confidence in the band. No Doubt was back in business and returned to the recording studio with the support of their record company. The fruit of their effort was the hugely successful Tragic Kingdom, only this one was sans Eric Stefani, who left to become an animator on The Simpsons.
1995's Tragic Kingdom broke through the charts with its debut single, "Just A Girl". The album went on to spawn hits such as "Spiderwebs" and the super smash hit, "Don't Speak". This song was sung by Gwen in the memory of her relationship with Tony Kanal. The album went on to become a Billboard Number One, and garnered two Grammy nominations for the group.
No Doubt's most recent release, Return of Saturn, hit the music scene in 2000, and spawned the hits "Ex-Girlfriend" and "Simple Kind of Life".
On a personal note though Gwen got linked with the lead singer of Bush Gavin Rossdale for five years she paired up with Moby to give her voice to his single, "South Side". Gwen is still on the roads of success and has got a long way to travel. |
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