Before you knew it, No Doubt was all over the airwaves in 1996 with "Just A Girl," "Spiderwebs" and "Don't Speak" launched their act from Anaheim, California - home of Disneyland, a.k.a "The Magic Kingdom," - to an international level. But is No Doubt just another typical overnight success story? Hardly.

        Actually, No Doubt has been in the making for a long time. The band was conceived a decade ago when Gwen Stefani, the blond, sugary-sweet singer who seems happy even when she's singing her sad songs, was only 17 years old. "Originally it was just a bunch of people who didn't know how to play their instruments, trying to imitate the music we loved, which was ska," Gwen said.

        In 10 years, the band has gone through major changes. New band members have replaced Eric Stefani, Gwen's brother who took a cartoonish gig with The Simpsons, Alan Meade, who left to get married at 17, and lead singer John Spence, who died less than a year after No Doubt was formed. The current lineup is Gwen, who took on John's lead role adding a splash o' girl spice, India-born babely bassist Tony Kanal, guitarist Tom Dumont and the drummer with the two-horn 'do, Adrian Young. And they're good, real, real good.

Although Gwen's said, "We were always the dork band from Anaheim. I can't believe this is my life. This is my loser band," she's also admitted that No Doubt's it-didn't-happen-overnight success story is what she dreamed of.

Simple Kind of Life

For a long time I was in love
Not only in love, I was obsessed
With a friendship that no one else could touch
It didn't work out, I'm covered in shells
And all I wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life
And all I needed was a simple man
So I could be the wife
I'm so ashamed, I've been so mean
I don't know how it got to this point
I always was the one with all the love
You came along, I'm hunting you down
Like a sick domestic abuser looking for a fight
And all I wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life
If we met tomorrow for the very first time
Would it start all over again?
Would I try to make you mine?
I always thought I'd be a mom
Sometimes I wish for a mistake
The longer that I wait the more selfish that I get
You seem like you'd be a good dad
Now all those simple things are simply too
Complicated for my life
How'd I get so faithful to my freedom?
When all I ever wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life