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31 Years Ago, Gwen Stefani’s Brother Left No Doubt Before They Got Big to Work on ‘The Simpsons’

Eric Stefani co-founded No Doubt, then left the band’s rise behind to focus on animation work for The Simpsons.

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In 1986, Gwen Stefani founded the legendary ska-punk band No Doubt with her brother, Eric, and vocalist John Spence. If you don’t remember Eric Stefani being part of the lineup, it’s probably because he left No Doubt just prior to the release of their 1995 commercial breakthrough, Tragic Kingdom. Out of context, this might sound like a really poor decision on Eric’s part, but the former No Doubt keyboardist actually went on to be pretty successful in his own right. As a matter of fact, Eric was very instrumental in bringing us The Simpsons as we know it today.

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