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Although Gwen Stefani's brother Eric left No Doubt prior to recording their chart topping album Tragic Kingdom, his influence can still be heard across the album. Receiving writing credits on half of the album's 14 tracks, with two of those being songs completely written by him.He and his sister Gwen would also be nominated together for the Song of the Year award at the 1998 Grammy Awards, as Eric had written the original version of "Don't Speak" which had been performed by the band for years before Gwen changed the lyrics, turning it in to a break-up song following her split with bassist Tony Kanal. “We had that song for a long time before we recorded Tragic Kingdom. But it was different—there was another section, a b-part after the verse, before the chorus. When we went in to record it for Tragic Kingdom, it was suggested to us that we make the song shorter, so we lost an entire section that happened twice in the song. There’s probably a version of it out there somewhere on one of our demos. That took a little bit getting used to. I definitely know that we’ve played it something like 3000 times in our lives. This version feels right." - Young, No Doubt Tells All, Lauren Nostro, Complex (Sep 25, 2012) Guitarist Tom Dumont would explain: “There’s a lot of stories about that song, because that one unfolded over a longer period of time. Originally, Gwen’s brother wrote most of that song, and then after we got at it as a band, Gwen changed the lyrics around to fit her life. Musically, we brought it to another level, but near the end we reworded it. There’s an earlier version of the song where the verses are totally different, which is a really beautiful version and it’s awesome but it’s way more jazzy and really different. That song had a long incubation process." - Dumont, No Doubt Tells All, Lauren Nostro, Complex (Sep 25, 2012)Bassist Tony Kanal would say:“We had so many different versions of that song prior to the one we had recorded for Tragic Kingdom. We had been playing different versions of that song at shows during those years. What you hear is probably like the third or fourth version of it. We just kept working on it. I think when Gwen and I were breaking up, the lyrics then became just about our break up. Because it was so real, and we were living it, all that stuff came up in that song. That’s the real deal. That’s our lives, and that’s what was happening to us at that time. It was a very, very intense period of our lives, and it was all put out there to share with everybody." - Kanal, No Doubt Tells All, Lauren Nostro, Complex (Sep 25, 2012)Now some people might be wondering, wait a second... if Tony and Gwen broke up before the album was written, howcome he was still in the band when they went on tour? Well, that speaks to the level of professionalism that the band displayed, as their careers took off admist their own personal turmoil."It was definitely a challenge for both of us. The hardest part about that was having a massive record that sells 15 million copies worldwide, and then you’re traveling around the world and you’re doing press in all these different countries, and every single question that you have to answer is about the break up. You do that for a couple years, and it could drive anyone crazy. That was just as crazy as what we were really living. The fact that we got through all that stuff and we persevered through all that is a real testament to our friendship. I think it’s also a testament to how much the band means to us. We didn’t let it break us up as a band, and we just kept going and it made us stronger.” - Kanal, No Doubt Tells All, Lauren Nostro, Complex (Sep 25, 2012)
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