15 Gwen Stefani Facts as Wild as the Artist Herself
The No Doubt lead singer has found success both with the band and on her solo projects. So thanks to Reddit we've collected some fairly unknown facts about the artist.
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"Gwen Stefani’s older brother, Eric, was the brainchild behind No Doubt and also worked as an animator on Rugrats and The Simpsons." - u/itsgoodsalad
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"The band No Doubt was actually formed in 1986 by Gwen Stefani’s brother in their parent’s garage. There were 9 members in the first lineup, but by the time they had their breakthrough album, Tragic Kingdom, Gwen was the only original one left." - u/TheLaVeyan
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"Unprovoked, Courtney Love picked on Gwen Stefani saying "Being famous is just like being in high school. But I'm not interested in being the cheerleader. I'm not interested in being Gwen Stefani." After that quote Gwen recorded her first solo album with the cheerleader anthem "Hollaback Girl." - u/shaka_sulu
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"Gwen Stefani discovered her husband, Gavin Rossdale, was having an affair with their nanny after explicit photos and messages popped up on the family iPad. It was signed into his iCloud account." - u/EtOHMartini
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"Linda Perry, the lead singer of 4 Non Blondes, went on to be a successful songwriter that wrote several hits for artists including Christina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani, and P!nk. She was inducted into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 2015."
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"No Doubt's 'Don't Speak' was originally written as a happy love song with lyrics like "We're always together/We will be forever/such a special treasure;" after breaking up with the band's bassist, Gwen Stefani re-wrote it to reflect her emotional anguish" - u/holyfruits
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"Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani was the first song to be downloaded digitally 1,000,000 times." - u/1uu
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"There was a celebrity party in 2011 of 750 people including Gwen Stefani, Kirsten Dunst, and Will Ferrell. The party consisted of eating Naked Human Cake while live heads poked through tables as centerpieces." - u/goombah111
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"Gwen Stefani's brother Eric was originally the keyboardist for No Doubt but left to become an animator for The Simpsons." - u/haddock420
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"Gwen Stefani (No Doubt) sounds a lot like Matt Bellamy (Muse) when the pitch of her voice is lowered." - u/doctorquien
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"Gwen Stefani's Grammy-nominated single, "Rich Girl", was a remake of a 1993 song by Louchie Lou & Michie One, which in turn was an adaptation of the song "If I Were a Rich Man" from the Broadway musical "Fiddler on the Roof." - u/eindickeSchlampe
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"In the Homerpalooza episode of The Simpsons, No Doubt briefly appears as background characters. Gwen Stefani's brother, Eric, animated them in." - u/CoolHeadedLogician
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