vote for ND in the EMAs, Fuse No Doubt Takeover
No Doubt is nominated in the “best pop” category for the MTV European Music Awards! Click here to vote for them!
Fuse is airing a ”No Doubt Takeover” on 9/25 from 6am-4pm EST! Awesome!
OC Weekly posted an article about No Doubt and Sublime! :
“No Doubt is back with a retro-new wave album called Push and Shove after a 10-year-hiatus. This week’s cover story has the fab four from Anaheim talking about the challenges of making the album and more. According to Tazy Phillips, two bands — No Doubt and Sublime — bust the door open for ska in the early ’90s. As friends and colleagues, Brad Nowell and Gwen Stefani and co. paved the way for third-wave ska getting radio airplay and going mainstream. Here, Sublime’s original manager and producer Miguel Happoldt talks about how the two bands’ fates intertwined.
On No Doubt, then and now:On one end they were the coolest people we’d ever met in terms of humility. It’s cliche but they’re such cool people to this day. I could pick up the phone and call Tony right now. We’re so stoked for their success. They’re a great band, so they were going to do good, whether in the ska scene or not.
Sublime vs. No Doubt? There was no competition– there was no chance. They were always rehearsed, all the songs arranged, they looked good, you know what I mean? Sublime showed up in the van half-drunk and played whatever they wanted to. Sublime loved that about No Doubt and No Doubt loved that about Sublime. No Doubt was like Richie Cunningham and Sublime was like Fonzie. Brad admired the professionalism. He said, “One day we’re going to have to be like that.”
That Classic Sublime/No Doubt Moment: One time we were at Aspen and we showed up at a show really late. But we had an excuse–we just rolled our van! While we were telling them, “Just 35 minutes ago, we were upside down in our van,” we were drinking beer trying to calm our nerves. And they’re doing stretches, putting together tight set lists, Gwen’s doing her vocal exercises. And we just almost died and we’re just drinking beer. And two minutes later we went onstage to play.
On No Doubt opening for Sublime that once (If you missed it, read it online here): I kind of felt deflated that night when I had to pay them to open for us. It was like, if you guys can’t make it, how are we going to make it? But as Flea said, “You’re only a verse and a chorus away from greatness.” Even if Brad lived we probably never would’ve caught up to them, because they were first, you know? They were already huge when Sublime was a garage band.”
