Did You Know...

No Doubt, founded in 1986 in Anaheim, California, took a slow rise to stardom, but their rise to the top was inevitable. The band's first album, the self titled No Doubt, only sold 30,000 copies, but gave them their start. They toured for a year, riding around in their own vans and promoting their own shows, even though they were signed to Interscope Records.

Their second album, Tragic Kingdom, was released in 1995 to the delight of No Doubt fans everywhere. The song ‘Don't Speak’ was written by Gwen Stefani after her seven year long relationship with band-member Tony Kanal ended. Other hit singles from the Tragic Kingdom album include ‘Just A Girl’, ‘Spiderwebs’, and ‘Excuse Me Mister’. No Doubt was ecstatic when they finally made it onto KROQ in Los Angeles in the winter of 1995, as it had been their goal all along to get on KROQ. The album reached platinum level in July of 1996, and the group was now seen on MTV, the David Letterman show, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

In May of 1997, the band made the cover of Rolling Stone, with band members Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, and Adrian Young all outfitted in stark-white surgical garbs. In October of 1997, Interscope re-released the Beacon Street Collection in order to garner more sales until the group put out its next record, Return of Saturn. The first single, ‘Ex-Girlfriend’, stayed near the top of the Billboard charts for 27 weeks! The second single, ‘Simple Kind of Life’, also was near the top of the Billboard charts for 20 weeks.