Eric Stefani
Eric Matthew Stefani (born June 17, 1967) is an American musician, composer, writer, and animator best known as the founder and former member of the ska punk band No Doubt. He is the older brother of former bandmate Gwen Stefani, and is also a former animator on the television series "The Simpsons" and "The Ren & Stimpy Show". Early life and education. Stefani is the son of Dennis and Patti Stefani (née Flynn). He attended Loara High School in Anaheim, California. He worked at a Dairy Queen with his sister Gwen and John Spence. He studied animation at the  California Institute of the Arts in 1991. Career. Stefani, Gwen, and John Spence formed the band No Doubt in 1986. The group added several members and performed live shows at venues like Fenders Ballroom in Long Beach. The group started writing original material, much of which Eric Stefani contributed. He left after the band's breakthrough album "Tragic Kingdom" was recorded. Eric and Gwen were nominated as a songwriting team at the 1998 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year for "Don't Speak". Stefani left the group before their breakthrough to work in animation full time, previously splitting his  time with the band and working for "The Simpsons". The episode "Homerpalooza" contains a quick scene, drawn by Stefani, in which the members of No Doubt appear, although they are not otherwise featured. In an interview on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" on October 26, 2020, Gwen revealed that Eric recorded some instrumentation on one of the tracks for her upcoming album, which ended up being "Let Me Reintroduce Myself".