Filed under: News Activision, the makers of the game Band Hero, have launched a countersuit against No Doubt , after the band sued them for the way players can manipulate their avatars to play hits by other artists. The suit came over Band Hero's Character Manipulation Feature, where players can get an artist to sing or play songs from an entirely different band. According to Rolling Stone, No Doubt's manager said the band were "mortified" to discover the No Doubt avatars -- singer Gwen Stefani pictured -- could [...]
Ricordate l'ormai famoso "incidente" accorso qualche mese fa col videogioco Guitar Hero 5 , in cui era possibile utilizzare l'avatar di Kurt Cobain all'infuori dei brani dei Nirvana? Stando ad una notizia pubblicata di recente dall'agenzia di stampa Reuters , i No Doubt avrebbero intentato una causa legale contro la multinazionale Activision Blizzard per lo stesso, identico motivo che a suo tempo fece imbestialire Bon Jovi, Courtney Love e Dave Grohl . La causa, presentata alla Corte di Los Angeles il giorno dopo la commercializzazione del videogame, denuncia alcune irregolarità commesse [...]
No Doubt has filed suit against the video-game company Activision over the use of its band member's avatars in the just-released Guitar Hero variant Band Hero , thanks to the ability for players to put Gwen Stefani through the paces of the hooker-glorifying "Honky Tonk Women." Also, bassist Tony Kamal can be cross-dressed into singing "Just A Girl." This usage of Stefani's and Kamal's likenesses, the suit claims, "transformed No Doubt band members into a virtual karaoke circus act." Uh, hang on a second, I thought the utterly superfluous Talk Talk cover accomplished that task [...]
First it was the misuse of the Kurt Cobain avatar in the latest edition of Guitar Hero. Now Gwen Stefani and her fellow members of No Doubt are suing the gaming company behind the incredibly popular video game, Activision, for the same reason, claiming that the company's latest iteration of Band Hero has illegally "transformed No Doubt band members into a virtual karaoke circus act" by allowing the avatars to perform 60 songs not from the band's catalogue and not approved by them for use in the game. “While No [...]
This past weekend on October 3, Gwen Stefani turned the big 4-0, yet to me she is still the young ska girl and lead singer of No Doubt. Not only is she one of my personal favorite musicians, she is an example of an artist that stays true to who she is. I saw No Doubt’s reunion tour over the summer and it was one of the most exciting and fabulously fun concerts I have ever been to. Unlike most musicians today who like to shy away from playing the songs that made them famous, No [...]
Before there was Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta aka Lady Gaga there was Gwen Stefani . Like the rest of the world, I grew up watching Gwen kick ass breaking down barriers for the women of our MTV generation. She took high risks in fashion and music and simultaneously became a cultural icon. Gwen has developed her signature "brand" to cover fragrances, high-end fashion, and of course music both with No Doubt and as a solo artist. In this post we wish the ultimate front woman Gwen Stefani [...]
Filed under: The Hit List First comes love, then comes marriage. Then comes sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. Sometimes a romance between band members can come crashing in a dreary haze of booze and broken hearts. This is the story of the bands that stick it out because the bonds of music are stronger than any love affair -- though the royalty checks can't hurt, either. Fleetwood Mac [...]
From October 23-24, Neil Young will return Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountan View, California for his 23rd annual Bridge School Benefit . And as always, he'll once again be bringing quite the cast of heavy hitters with him. No Doubt, Jimmy Buffett, Coldplay's Chris Martin, and Sheryl Crow are among the acts confirmed to take part in the two-day event. So are Adam Sandler, Gavin Rossale, and Wolfmother, as well as a number of indie favorites, including Fleet Foxes and the newly formed super group known as Monsters of Folk. And of course, Neil Young will take a [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News In 1995, No Doubt first set foot in Hawaii as the opening act for ska genre-mates 311 in a small, now non-existent Honolulu club. Fourteen years later, the band returned for a headlining visit on Tuesday night, playing to a sold-out crowd of about 9,000 fans at the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena. But for fans who gathered for No Doubt's 2009 reunion -- some with barely enough age to have seen No Doubt's first Hawaii show -- the [...]
Andrew Trouble is playing at the Avalon next Saturday (8.1.09) @ 7:00pm. He played at the Hollywood bowl recently with Santo(i)[a]gold. This time he's back with N*E*R*D. These are the first two tracks off his self-titled album "Trouble Andrew" which you can get here. Bang Bang rocks Santigolds voice in a whole new trip which I just can't get enough of. If you like music that isn't for losers this shit might be up your alley. Chasing money and making guns go bang bang. The fucking breakfast of champions if you ask me. [...]
No Doubt played the Vancouver scene last night, July 18th, and blew the roof off GM Place. My ears were fed delicious hits from the California native band from opening the show with "Spiderwebs" to ending it with "Sunday Morning", which happen to be my 2 favorite songs. The energy was contagious and everyone was standing up, jumping, and singing along the entire 90 minute show (it was one big
(this isn't really a personal blog and I don't really post anything about my personal life on here, but this is too amazing to not share) ...that this is me onstage at the No Doubt concert in Edmonton on July 16th. Yes, that's me doing pushups (that suck) with Gwen, hugging her, and kissing her cheek. It was so surreal! My dreams have come to life. *RARE* No Doubt - Total Hate (Live @ Tinley Park, 1996) [...]
i have a specific memory of purchasing nelly furtados debut album "whoa, nelly" many moons ago. i just got the bonneville (rip bonneville....i miss you) and for the first time ever i had a cd player in my car. a real life cd player. not a tape deck contraption discman that only played when you held it at a 23.43 degree angle only when you were going 34 miles per hour on the third sunday of the month during the year of the rat in the year 29301 on the aztec calendar. no, a [...]
A long awaited reunion and performance, never to be forgotten.
I was thinking about this a lot the other night, and I think its time to being the great debate of the Best Pop Song of the 00s over to PMA. Before everyone starts mouthing off some obscure Scandinavian pop songs, here are a few rules. 1. The song had to have achieved notoriety from 2000-present. 2. It pains me to say this, but the song has to have been a nationwide (or worldwide) hit. The bigger, the better, in most cases. Why? Because pop music is supposed to be universal. [...]
The No Doubt singer recently admitted that she is worried about her three year-old son Kingston and the fact that he may become a freak. Gwen Stefani said: "It's one thing when you have an infant, but when you have this two-or three-year-old going, 'Mommy, what's the deal?' It's harder. Kingston's whole thing is, 'I need, I need.' He is insane right now. We're just hoping for the best and that he's not going to turn out to be a freak, but we'll see." Oh, no worries, the insanity is only temporary… I’m sure it will pass after a few [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive Being a frontwoman for a rock band can be both a blessing and a curse, according to Maja Ivarsson of Swedish rockers the Sounds . "It's hard sometimes," she tells Spinner. "You need to be twice as good to be appreciated. But I get a lot more attention from being a girl in a band." One of the worst parts, Ivarsson says, is a violating experience shared by many female concertgoers. "I get sick of when I go into the crowd and people think [...]
R & B singer Chrisette Michele tackles No Doubt's power ballad "Don't Speak" in the above clip, and accompanied by only a piano, she does quite a bangup job on what she claims is one of her favorite songs ever. (I wonder if the Long Island native had a preset on her stereo locked in to WDRE back in the day?) Two minor complaints: one, maybe she should have avoided the key change in the bridge; and two, using the backdrops behind her to sync the original video to her singing is kinda silly, and it only serves [...]
State Farm is sponsoring a flyaway meet and greet with No Doubt ! You and three friends could be whisked away to a No Doubt concert in Las Vegas! You and your friends could get the ultra-VIP celebrity treatment in August, complete with a meet and greet with the band. Enter to win at SFMusicTour.com ! Four winners will be selected and each winner and 3 of their friends will receive VIP treatment [...]
With No Doubt gearing up for a triumphant return to just-one-of-the-guys Gwen Stenfani, another duel of renditions rears its ugly head. Two bands enter, one band leaves. Thunderdome! Talk Talk... The original. Packed to the hilts with '80s synth, this bad boy tows the era's party line of emotion a la John Cusak raising a boombox over his head. This version downs shots of Jack Daniels, does a late night swoop by the ex's crib, [...]
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