The album centered mostly around the break-up between Tony and Gwen. Thanks to singles like "Just a Girl", "Don't Speak", "Spiderwebs" and "Sunday Morning", the album would go on to be certified diamond and sell over 16 million copies worldwide. The band followed up that album in 2000 with Return to Saturn. Although the album was critically acclaimed, and enjoyed some commercially successful, singles like "Ex-Girlfriend" and "Simple Kind of Life" failed to reach the top 100 charts. The Following year, the band released Rock Steady which scored two hit Grammy-winning singles, "Hey Baby" and "Underneath It All", followed later on by "Running". After they released the album The Singles 1992-2003 and touring with Blink 182, the band announced that they would be taking a hiatus. During this break, Gwen Stefani started a solo career which produced two albums. In May of this year, the band started writing song for a new album, but with Gwen recently giving birth to her second child, the process has been slow but steady. The band plans to begin touring in 2009 while finishing up the album. So far the only confirmed date is May 3rd when they will be headlining the Bamboozle 2009 festival in New Jersey. I'm pretty sure I won't make it out to Jersey, but I can't wait to see them in concert again. That being said, this week's artist is No Doubt with their video Sunday Morning, enjoy.Sunday, December 7, 2008
Artist of the Week: No Doubt
Here's the deal, over the summer I wrote about how I was stoke to hear that this week's artist was gonna have a couple of songs on Rock Band. Only to find out that this wasn't to be. But then in the fall, it was announced on the Rock Band website that No Doubt would have a full album of DLC sometime in the near future. Well my friends, that time has come and this week we'll be able to download 13 full tracks. I'm assuming that most of you know something about this week's artist, but for those of you who don't, here's a little crash course. The band was formed in 1986 with John Spence, Eric & Gwen Stefani. After doing small shows in the Orange County area, bassist Tony Kanal joined the band and soon secretly started dating Gwen. In late 1987, the band was devastated when Spence committed suicide, so they were temporally disbanded. They got back together a couple of months later and Gwen eventually took over vocals. In 1988, Tom Dumont (Guitar) joined the band, follow by Adrian Young (Drums) in 1989. The following year, thanks to it's local popularity, the band signed a multi-album deal with Interscope Records. In 1992 they released they're self-titled debut album which only sold around 30,000 copies. While working on the next album, not happy with the way the studio was running things, Eric Stefani decided to leave the band. Shortly after, Tony would end his seven-year relationship with Gwen. In 1995, the band released the album The Beacon Street Collection, on their own label, which mostly include outtakes from other recordings. That same year the band released one of the highest selling albums in history with Tragic Kingdom. The album centered mostly around the break-up between Tony and Gwen. Thanks to singles like "Just a Girl", "Don't Speak", "Spiderwebs" and "Sunday Morning", the album would go on to be certified diamond and sell over 16 million copies worldwide. The band followed up that album in 2000 with Return to Saturn. Although the album was critically acclaimed, and enjoyed some commercially successful, singles like "Ex-Girlfriend" and "Simple Kind of Life" failed to reach the top 100 charts. The Following year, the band released Rock Steady which scored two hit Grammy-winning singles, "Hey Baby" and "Underneath It All", followed later on by "Running". After they released the album The Singles 1992-2003 and touring with Blink 182, the band announced that they would be taking a hiatus. During this break, Gwen Stefani started a solo career which produced two albums. In May of this year, the band started writing song for a new album, but with Gwen recently giving birth to her second child, the process has been slow but steady. The band plans to begin touring in 2009 while finishing up the album. So far the only confirmed date is May 3rd when they will be headlining the Bamboozle 2009 festival in New Jersey. I'm pretty sure I won't make it out to Jersey, but I can't wait to see them in concert again. That being said, this week's artist is No Doubt with their video Sunday Morning, enjoy.
The album centered mostly around the break-up between Tony and Gwen. Thanks to singles like "Just a Girl", "Don't Speak", "Spiderwebs" and "Sunday Morning", the album would go on to be certified diamond and sell over 16 million copies worldwide. The band followed up that album in 2000 with Return to Saturn. Although the album was critically acclaimed, and enjoyed some commercially successful, singles like "Ex-Girlfriend" and "Simple Kind of Life" failed to reach the top 100 charts. The Following year, the band released Rock Steady which scored two hit Grammy-winning singles, "Hey Baby" and "Underneath It All", followed later on by "Running". After they released the album The Singles 1992-2003 and touring with Blink 182, the band announced that they would be taking a hiatus. During this break, Gwen Stefani started a solo career which produced two albums. In May of this year, the band started writing song for a new album, but with Gwen recently giving birth to her second child, the process has been slow but steady. The band plans to begin touring in 2009 while finishing up the album. So far the only confirmed date is May 3rd when they will be headlining the Bamboozle 2009 festival in New Jersey. I'm pretty sure I won't make it out to Jersey, but I can't wait to see them in concert again. That being said, this week's artist is No Doubt with their video Sunday Morning, enjoy.
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