No Doubt
Jeff Apter, Omnibus Press, 2007
Driven by a love of all things 2-Tone and led by reluctant star Gwen Stefani, Orange County hopefuls No Doubt made their public debut at Long Beach's Fender's Ballroom in early 1987. But the moshpit madness at Fender's wasn't quite in keeping with the Stefanis' straight-arrow upbringing, as revealed in this extract from Jeff Apter's book.
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