Eric Stefani

Eric Stefani
Birth name	Eric Matthew Stefani
Born	June 17, 1967 Fullerton, California, U.S.
Origin	Anaheim, California, U.S.
Genres	Ska punk
Occupation(s)	Keyboardist songwriter animator
Instruments	Keyboard synthesizer
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Interscope Trauma Atlantic
Associated acts	No Doubt Gwen Stefani
Notable instruments
keyboard

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 Gwen Stefani and is also a former animator on the animated sitcom The Simpsons.

Early life

Stefani attended Loara High School in Anaheim, California. He worked at a Dairy Queen with his sister Gwen and John Spence.^[1] He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts 1991.

Career

Eric, Gwen, and John formed the band No Doubt in 1986.^[1] The group added several members, performing live shows at Fenders Ballroom in Long Beach. The group started writing original material, much of which Eric contributed. Eric left after the band's breakthrough album Tragic Kingdom was recorded. He and Gwen were nominated at the 1998 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year for "Don't Speak".^[2]

References

1. Vineyard, Jennifer. "Tunes and 'Toons", OCWeekly.com, February 26, 1998; retrieved August 24, 2007.
2. "List of Grammy award nominations", cnn.com, January 6, 1998; retrieved January 11, 2007.

External links

• ericstefani.net (Defunct as of 04/29/2015)
• Blogger: User Profile: Eric Stefani
• Eric Stefani at the Internet Movie Database