 no doubt is the self-titled debut studio album by the american rock band no doubt, released march 17, 1992 on interscope records. the album was originally recorded as an independent release, but was re-recorded after the band was signed to interscope. it was produced by dito godwin and recorded in a recording studio in los angeles. the album was released during a period in which the united states was mainly focused on grunge music, an angst-ridden genre that was almost the complete opposite of no doubt's upbeat commercial sound. despite strong tours, the album failed to perform as well as the record company expected it to, selling only 30,000 copies. the record company refused to fund the release of a single from it, so no doubt released the album's only single, "trapped in a box", independently. since the band signed out of interscope, the band independently produced and released a follow-up to no doubt, the beacon street collection, in 1995. this album had a better commercial performance than the band's debut album, selling 100,000 copies, leading interscope to finance and support their third album, tragic kingdom. == background == john spence, eric stefani, and eric's sister gwen stefani formed the band as apple core in 1986, having worked together at a local dairy queen. it played small gigs around the orange county area, with spence's on-stage antics carrying its performances. tony kanal went to one of these early shows and soon joined the band as its bassist. after initially rejecting her advances, he began dating gwen, but they kept their relationship secret for a year, feeling that it was an unspoken rule that nobody date her. in december 1987, spence committed suicide several days before the band was to play a g
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