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Gwen is queen of cool!

Anyone who says being a rock star is a boys-only deal can kiss Gwen’s butt. After wowing crowds for 14 years, No Doubt’s outrageous star answers ym readers’ burning questions. By Alyssa Vitrano

What the world needs now is more rockstars. Or, to be precise, more rock stars like Gwen Stefani.

Whether she inspires you to max out your girl-power side or just dye your hair hot pink, Gwen has a knack for pushing people to be a little more fabulous. She’s got all-out energy in performances and amazing personal style – who else could start a bindi craze or get braces just for the fun of it?

“Why do the good girls always want the baaaaaad boys?” she purrs to the audience during her performance of “Bathwater” at the My VH1 Awards show, her tight platinum curls, blazing red lips and belly-baring blue sailor suit popping out in the sea of dancers waving gold pom-poms. After the performance, she hops back to her trailer, which is nestled between Creed’s and the Red Hot Chili Peppers’. A fur-coated Macy Gray stops her after performance to say hi. Read the rest of this article »

Girl without a doubt

No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani’s Happy Sound Delights Millions of Young Fans

Halfway through No Doubt’s feminist-lite hit “Just a Girl,” vocalist Gwen Stefani invites the boys in the Worcester Centrum audience to sing along: “I’m just a girl… I’m just a girl in the world.”

The boys comply, so Stefani gloats – “Haa-ha!”

“Now what about the girls? What about all the cute, sweet, innocent, sexy girls?” she asks. Her voice is sugary and almost Betty Boop. “Okay, girls, ready? It goes like this: `{Expletive} you, I’m a girl!’ ” The filled-to-capacity arena explodes with shrieks and giggles. The girls are self-conscious and red-faced as they repeat after Stefani, but they’re also as defiant as you can be when you’re 12 years old and have come to your first-ever concert with your mom. Read the rest of this article »

No Doubt! Gwen Stefani tops the top

Gwen Stefani took top honors “Best Female Vocalist” – and No Doubt won “Best New Group” in the 1996 Circus Magazine Readers Poll. By Vinnie Penn

“Peek-a-boo!” is the first thing No Doubt lead singer Gwen Stefani utters when I answer my telephone, and from the way she says it – with a sunshine sweet little giggle – it is obvious from the outset that the native Californian is all girl, a “real girly-girl”, as she puts it. But one thing Gwen Stefani definitely is not, is JUST a girl. And “Just A Girl”, the firecracker first single off Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt’s third full-length record (and second official one for Trauma Records), is a sarcastic shoot ‘em up of that very fact.

Now, over a year after the release of the band’s breakthrough song and pretty much ten years together, No Doubt is a household name, a way of life…in other words: They’ve arrived. Read the rest of this article »

Ms. Doubtfire

SPIN: Are you sick of your song “Just a Girl” yet? Gwen Stefani:
No, not at all. Understand that for years we were this underground cult band that sat in the garage and made fun of every other band on MTV. Now that we have a hit single, it’s like a whole new fresh thing. It’s a really amazing feeling for a band that’s together nine years.

Do people get the satire in that song?
Enough people get it. I hate it when I’m asked what that song is about. The lyrics are so obvious. If you don’t think it’s sarcastic, you’ve got to be like an idiot. Read the rest of this article »