No Doubt: Rock Steady - Live (2003)



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Genre: Rock | Label: Universal | Copy: Untouched | Release Date: 24 Nov 2003 | Runtime: 194 min. | 7,76 GB (DVD9)

With the return of the punks in the mid-'90s came a resurgence of their slightly more
commercial rivals, new wave bands. No Doubt found a niche as a new
wave/ska band, on the strength of vocalist Gwen Stefani's persona
alternately an embrace of little-girl-lost innocence and riot grrrl
feminism exemplified on the band's break-out single, "Just a Girl."
Formed in early 1987 as a ska band inspired by Madness, the lineup of No
Doubt initially comprised John Spence, Gwen Stefani, and her brother
Eric. While playing the party-band circuit around Anaheim, the trio
picked up bassist Tony Kanal, born in India but raised in Great Britain
and the U.S. Hardened by the suicide of Spence in December 1987, No
Doubt nevertheless continued; Gwen became the lone vocalist and the
group added guitarist Tom Dumont and drummer Adrian Young.
No Doubt's live act began to attract regional interest, and Interscope
Records signed them in 1991. The band's debut a year later, an odd
fusion of '80s pop and ska, sank without a trace in the wake of the
grunge movement. As a result, Interscope refused to support No Doubt's
tour or further recordings. The band responded by recording on their own
during 1993-1994; the result was the self-released Beacon Street
Collection, much rawer and more punk-inspired than the debut. Eric
Stefani left just after its release, later working as an animator for
The Simpsons.
By late 1994, Interscope allowed recordings to resume, and Tragic
Kingdom was released in October 1995. The album served as a document of
the breakup of Gwen Stefani and Kanal, whose relationship had lasted
seven years. Thanks to constant touring and the appearance of "Just a
Girl" and "Spiderwebs" on MTV's Buzz Bin, the album hit the Top Ten in
1996. Stefani, who has made no secret of her pop ambitions, became a
centerpiece of attention as an alternative to the crop of tough girls
prevalent on the charts. By the end of the year, Tragic Kingdom hit
number one on the album charts, almost a year after its first release;
the record's third single, the ballad "Don't Speak," was the band's
biggest hit to date.
No Doubt's much-anticipated follow-up, The Return of Saturn, was
released in the spring of 2000, and "Simple Kind of Life" and
"Ex-Girlfriend" were both critically successful at the mainstream and
college levels. A year later, Stefani also hooked up with rap chanteuse
Eve for the single "Let Me Blow Your Mind" (it went on to earn a Grammy
for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2002); however, Stefani also joined
her band for the release of their fifth album. The ska revival and new
wave sounds of Rock Steady were issued hot on the heels of debut single
"Hey Baby" in December 2001.
Rock Steady generated several major hits the heavy synths of "Hella
Good" and the seductive reggae of "Underneath It All" being the biggest
and the group continued touring the record over the next couple of
years, all leading to the release of the hits collection The Singles
1992-2003 in 2003. The following year the band took a hiatus of
undetermined length as Stefani launched a solo career with 2004's
Love.Angel.Music.Baby. This hiatus wound up lasting the better part of a
decade, during which Stefani stayed in the spotlight via two hit solo
albums (the second, The Sweet Escape, arriving in 2006), while the other
bandmembers pursued other projects, the most prominent being Tony
Kanal's collaborations with P!nk in 2008. No Doubt eased back into
action in 2009 with a reunion tour accompanied by the announcement of an
impending new album. That new record took a while to complete, but it
was finally finished in 2012, and released as Push and Shove that fall.
It was preceded by the single "Settle Down."

Tracklist:
01. Intro/Hella Good [5:41]
02. Sunday Morning [4:54]
03. Ex-Girlfriend [4:55]
04. Underneath it All [4:27]
05. Platinum Blonde Life [3:19]
06. Bathwater [3:59]
07. Don't Let Me Down [4:37]
08. Magic's in the Make-Up [5:13]
09. Running [3:37]
10. In My Head [3:37]
11. New [5:48]
12. Simple Kind of Life [5:35]
13. Just a Girl [7:18]
14. Hey Baby [5:33]
15. Rock Steady [5:50]
16. Spiderwebs [4:21]
17. Don't Speak [6:35]

Bonus Songs:
01. Total Hate
02. Excuse Me Mr.
03. Different People
04. Trapped in a Box

Extras:
- Band Interview
- Backstage
- Key to the City

Features:
- Direct Scene Access
- Interactive Menu







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