Word: dumont
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Stefani's resentment could be perceived as impudent--she is, after all, a deluxe pop tart herself. But on this album, she seems to come by the attitude honestly. After 2 1/2 years on the road supporting Tragic Kingdom, Stefani, bassist Tony Kanal, guitarist Tom Dumont and drummer Adrian Young returned to their Southern California homes in 1997 badly frayed. While the guys recuperated, Stefani checked into her parents' house and went through "a weird kind of depression. Maybe not a depression so much as just a cloudy, confusing state for a couple of years...
...Gavin Rossdale, lives in London) and turning 30. When she emerged from the fog, two things were clear. The hyperactive ball of energy that sang Just a Girl was now, she says, "like, a woman." Also, No Doubt needed to grow up. "I think we all knew it," says Dumont. "We got together and decided that rather than repeat Tragic Kingdom, we should have a goal--to improve as songwriters. To stretch...
...recorder. Soon, however, megaproducer Glen Ballard was brought in to get things moving. Ballard is best known as Alanis Morissette's co-writer and producer. The band insists that hiring Ballard was its choice; Ballard says he was recruited by micromanaging Interscope Records chief Jimmy Iovine. In any case, Dumont admits that he initially thought Ballard was "too slick" for the job. "I won't pretend there wasn't some pressure for them to write with me," says Ballard. "Whatever it took to make sure that they had a, quote, radio single...
...Dumont, who has lived in Cambridge for the last 20 years, complained rents are being increased despite substandard living conditions...