Tom Dumont

Matt Costa Pulls Some Strings to Make His Music Soar

Influenced by Mozart and Ennio Morricone, the indie folkster goes orchestra big for his latest album

Top 10 Skateboarders That Became Musicians

Skateboarding and music mingle nicely, from the soundtracks of skate videos to the shredders themselves hitting notes. For some skaters, it's hard to say what comes first, the music or the maple. It's not uncommon while learning about a band to find that a member or two has skateboarding in their pa ... More >>

Wandering Around the Noisy World of NAMM

NAMM Show Anaheim Convention Center January 24, 2013 If you hear a loud buzzing sound echoing from Anaheim, it would be the thousands of exhibitors and merchants checking out the latest musical gear at the National Association of Music Merchants or NAMM in short. Closed to the public, It isn't unc ... More >>

No Doubt - Gibson Amphitheatre - 12/6/12

No Doubt Gibson Amphitheatre 12/6/12 One of my early concert claims to fame is seeing No Doubt in a warehouse in Orange back in 1994. Fast forward eighteen years and No Doubt is capping a seven night sold-out run at the Gibson Amphitheatre with roughly 40,000 people snapping up tickets. Their his ... More >>

No Doubt's "Looking Hot" Video Gets Pulled For Looking Racist

Well, this is embarrassing. Of all the things No Doubt have been skewered for in the public eye over the years, we never thought racial stereotyping would be one of them. Over the weekend, the Huffington Post and E! Online reported that Orange County's biggest band caught some serious flack over the ... More >>

How Unknown Ontario Band Noise of Rumors Got Their Opening Slot for No Doubt at the Gibson

How does an unknown band from the Inland Empire get to open for No Doubt on one of the band's biggest shows in Southern California? It can't be as simple as Noise of Rumors makes it out to be, can it? In a YouTube video, the one-year-old band detailed all the steps they took to get noticed by Anahei ... More >>

Top 25 Greatest Orange County Bands of All Time: The Complete List

Go ahead, call us a bunch of culture-less, lily-white suburbanites with a partiality to flip-flops and right-wing politics. Those kind of labels never cease to amuse us. Because one thing that instantly dooms most of the tired cliches ascribed to OC is the music--the one-of-a-kind frustration, aggre ... More >>

Top 25 Greatest Orange County Bands of All Time: 5-1

5. Thrice Most teenagers who strapped on a guitar during the beginning of the second Bush administration could can easily call out Thrice as an inspiration for the angry, distorted racket they created in their parent's garage. Knowing what concrete influence their music had on scores of current l ... More >>

The Guy Who Got No Doubt Discovered Needs Your Help With His New Book

Tazy Phyllipz has literally made a career out of helping unknown bands grow their audiences. If you don't believe me, just ask No Doubt, Sublime and Maroon 5 - three groups who received airplay on Phyllipz's radio program The Ska Parade long before corporate America knew what a hollaback girl was. ... More >>

No Doubt In Their Own Words

An oral history of OC's greatest band and their newest album, 'Push and Shove'

No Doubt Talk About Being Rockstar Parents

See Also:*No Doubt is 20 Years Old Today*No Doubt Unleashes Video For Settle Down..With Trucks Galore!*No Doubt Bassist Tony Kanal is a FatherTen years after  Gwen Stefani, Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont and Adrian Young ushered in the 21st century with the release of the electro-bopped, dancehall-infu ... More >>

No Doubt Unleashes New Video for "Settle Down"...With Trucks Galore!

See Also:*No Doubt Tapped for iHeart Radio Festival, Releases Sneak Peek at New Video for "Settle Down" *No Doubt Announces New Album Title, Release Date and Single Info *No Doubt Is Taking Their Beef With Activision's Band Hero In Front Of a JuryLast week, we mentioned that in addition to the ... More >>

No Doubt's No Doubt is 20 Years Old Today

​Speaking of two-decade anniversaries, the album that started it all, No Doubt's eponymous debut, dropped on March 17, 1992. No Doubt recorded No Doubt independently, and by 1990, the band was signed by Interscope. The label insisted they rerecord the album, which had no radio singles, and it so ... More >>

Van Halen at the Forum Last Night

​Van HalenFebruary 8, 2012The ForumSome secret shows tend to be bigger than others. I've been fortunate to catch a few in my concert going years but last nights friends and family dress rehearsal show with Van Halen is definitely top five. Things started off great when it turned out the Forum wasn ... More >>

Checking in on No Doubt: Our Favorite Twit Pics From Our Ska Amigos

​Okay, okay, so we stole that "ska amigo" term from Tazy Phyllipz, but we do like to think of No Doubt as our ska amigos. That's when we're not stalking their Twitter feed for news on their new album. As far as we know, they're busy busy busy in the studio recording it, as you can see for yourself ... More >>

Aparato Singer: Border Patrol Profiled Me

[Mental Notes] Also, No Doubt's famous 'Beacon Street' house for sale

[UPDATE: Sold to Someone Who Has No Idea Who No Doubt Is!] No Doubt's 'Beacon Street' Anaheim Home for Sale

​UPDATE, 12:14 P.M., JAN. 18: According to comments left by real-estate agent Chuck Ohlwine of First Team Real Estate, the home has been sold. The Beacon Street house is now in escrow and was sold for "not less than asking price." It was also an all-cash offer.    Ohlwine tells us the ho ... More >>

No Doubt Has 10 Songs Written, Still Recording; Video of Kennedy Center Honors Performance Available

​You know you've definitely really, really made it when practically every tweet you put out there constitutes as news: No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont tweeted today that the band has 10 brand-new songs completed for their forthcoming, unnamed album. But, wait, you thought they've been recording sinc ... More >>

The Vandals At The House of Blues Last Night

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyClick here to see the slideshow!The VandalsDecember 18th, 2010House of Blues AnaheimOnly a band as beloved and stellar as The Vandals can throw an annual Christmas formal in support of their 1996 album Oi to the World!. The pouring rain didn't keep the punks away; the House o ... More >>

No Doubt NOT Playing Secret Anaheim Show Next Week

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyNo Doubt at the Verizon Wireless, July 2009​Calm the hell down, everyone--No Doubt will not be playing a secret hometown show next Tuesday. It all started with a simple rumor tweeted by ultimate No Doubt fansite, Beacon Street, along with this post including an e-mail circ ... More >>

No Doubt Inspires LA Philharmonic and YOLA Expo Center Youth Orchestra

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​Q: Why is there a photo of Gwen Stefani performing with No Doubt up there? A: Because four high school students who are part of the LA Philharmonic's Composer Fellowship Program will compose a four-movement piece inspired by songs by No Doubt. Q: Will the piece be performe ... More >>

Where Are They Now? The Vandals' Side Project Xtra Large

The day's biggest concern was a raid.​Everybody in Orange County knows the members of the Vandals are as punk as they come. But who would have guessed they were also neo-grunge post-metal alterna-rockers? For  a little more than a year in the early '90s, two of them were. Drummer Josh Freese ... More >>

Don't Start a Riot

Fourteen years after Bradley Nowell's tragic death, Sublime (With Rome) are back and headed for a town near you

Grace Slick and Michelle Mangione Release BP Oil Disaster Fundraiser

Jim Ladd (KLOS radio), Grace Slick and Michelle Mangione at the Grammy Museum​Rock-and-roll icon Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)  and OC singer-songwriter Michelle Mangione wrote a song called "The Edge of Madness" to raise money for aid to Louisiana.  The song ... More >>

No Doubt Say The New Album Is Delish

www.nodoubt.comHow No Doubt spent the beginning of their long weekend: recording in the studio. ​On Friday, Gwen Stefani sent out an update on the new album that the band is currently recording. They also posted the photo above on their Twitter account. Gwen says, " Hey Guys...thinking a lot abo ... More >>

Natural Reborn Killingtons

The Long Beach noise-rockers try to stitch together the loose ends of their messy breakup

Gwen Stefani Revisits '80s for New No Doubt Record

Andrew YoussefNo Doubt at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, August 1, 2009News regarding No Doubt's first studio album since 2001's Rock Steady continues to trickle in. Tom Dumont, guitarist for Orange County's most beloved band, recently tweeted: "Tony [Kanal] and Gwen [Stefani] are rocking t ... More >>

Today in Music News: No Doubt Recording New Album, Eminem to Perform with Lil Wayne at Grammys, Liam Gallagher Solo Album

"Tony [Kanal] and Gwen [Stefani] are rocking the synth. Our little studio is warm and candlelit, above the glowing city," Tweets No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont.Eminem, Lil Wayne, Drake and Blink-182's Travis Barker "in a special performance ... added to stellar Grammy lineup!" reads the Tweet. Hope ... More >>

Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister and More at NAMM Day 2

The musician sightings at NAMM, which runs through Sunday, heated up Friday as I passed Tom Dumont (No Doubt), Kenny G, Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Neal Schon (Journey), Billy Zoom (X), Tim Mahoney (311), Rikki Rockett (Poison), Peter Frampton, and Hollywood-based hard rock hero, Lemmy Kilmister ... More >>

No Doubt and OC Weekly: Intertwining Fates!

(Tragic) Kingdom Come Again, Leaving No Doubt Who Rules OC

Last Night: No Doubt, Katy Perry, the Sounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

No zoom on the iPhone, folks!​Last Night: No Doubt, Katy Perry, the Sounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine; August 4, 2009.Better than: The three previous No Doubt shows at Verizon. Maybe. Actually, they were probably all equally fantastic, unless you hate Katy Perry.Number of dudes dress ... More >>

Out Takes: No Doubt & Katy Perry at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Andrew YoussefWelcome home.​ Have you seen our slideshow of night two of No Doubt at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine yet? No? Well you should. Then you should come right on back over here and view our awesome outtakes that we just didn't have room for. And a BONUS: Katy Perry photos fr ... More >>

Friday Night: No Doubt, Paramore, the Sounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

Andrew YoussefDon't be fooled! This picture is from Saturday's show!​Friday night at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater--the first of No Doubt's four sold-out hometown shows and the beginning of the end of the band's reunion tour--I sat in my seat the Irvine venue not quite knowing what to expect from ... More >>

[Sound Guy] No Doubt It Out Loud

[Summer Guide] Twenty Summer Shows That Should Be Fun (Or Fun to Make Fun Of)

NAMM Stories: Reports From the Frontlines

Photo by Andrew YoussefBY RYAN RITCHIEApparently, scoring a ticket to the NAMM show is like the hair farmer version of acceptance into Disneyland's Club 33. Just ask my friend Brian, who was turned away from the event on Saturday even though I pleaded with the press people using my otherwise indefen ... More >>

No Doubt Says No New Album in 2009

Things sure have changed for one of Orange County's biggest success stories since we last checked in. But babies, weddings, solo careers, clothing labels  have been finally put aside: No Doubt has announced they'll be reforming for a comeback tour in 2009--but don't expect a new record any time so ... More >>

[CD review] Matt Costa

Unfamiliar Faces (Brushfire)

Tom Dumonts 7 Favorite Things

No Doubt guitarist, producer

The Arts and Other Highfalutin' Stuff

Actors, troubadours, campfire singers, cowboy poets & purty pictures (Please don’t  shoot the piano player!)

The Magnificent 07

Too West

Tongue Music

The Slidebar Cafe is the Fender Strat of Fullerton restaurants

Small World

Matt Costa: Local boy makes 1956

The Happy Ones

With Rock Steady, No Doubt officially joins pop-music aristocracy

How to Build a Band

As told to Alison M. Rosen

How to Build a Band

Behind the Music