Editing No Doubt (section)

==Musical style and influences==
No Doubt's musical style has been characterized as [[ska punk]],<ref name="independent 2024"/><ref name="washingtonpost 2024">{{cite news|first=Samantha|last=Chery|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/01/17/no-doubt-gwen-stefani-coachella-2024-reunion/|title='90s hitmaker No Doubt to reunite at Coachella|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 17, 2024|access-date=March 1, 2024}}</ref><ref name="farout genres">{{cite magazine|first=Tyler|last=Golsen|url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/no-doubt-missed-out-number-one-song/|title=How No Doubt missed out on their only number one song|magazine=[[Far Out (website)|Far Out]]|date=August 17, 2022|access-date=March 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Rampton|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/one-step-beyond-how-rancid-sublime-no-doubt-and-a-generation-of-us-ska-punks-spread-the-two-tone-gospel-to-the-world|title=One Step Beyond: How Rancid, Sublime, No Doubt and a generation of US ska-punks spread the Two Tone gospel to the world|work=Louder Sound|date=February 22, 2023|access-date=July 10, 2023}}</ref> [[ska]],<ref name="washingtonpost 2024"/><ref name="altpress Anna Zanes">{{cite magazine|first=Anna|last=Zanes|url=https://www.altpress.com/no-doubt-bad-brains-sailin-on-cover-video-watch/|title=Flashback: No Doubt play funky cover of Bad Brains' "Sailin' On"|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=August 24, 2023|access-date=March 1, 2024}}</ref><ref name="MTV">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/no_doubt/artist.jhtml#biographyEnd|title=No Doubt &#124; New Music And Songs|work=[[MTV]]|access-date=April 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512142437/http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/no_doubt/artist.jhtml#biographyEnd|archive-date=May 12, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="no doubt allmusic">{{cite web|first=John|last=Bush|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/no-doubt-mn0000341672#biography|title=No Doubt AllMusic Bio|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 1, 2024}}</ref> [[pop rock]],<ref name="washingtonpost 2024"/><ref>{{cite web|first=Josh|last=Bell|url=https://lasvegasweekly.com/ae/music/2009/may/21/no-doubt/|title=No More Doubts About No Doubt|work=Las Vegas Weekly|date=May 21, 2009|access-date=July 10, 2023}}</ref> [[New wave music|new wave]],<ref name="MTV"/><ref name="no doubt allmusic"/> [[alternative rock]],<ref name="farout genres"/><ref name="altpress Anna Zanes"/> [[pop-punk]],<ref name="NPR 2024"/><ref name="altpress Anna Zanes"/> [[reggae]],<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Rob|last=Brunner|url=https://ew.com/article/2002/01/09/meet-guys-who-gave-no-doubt-their-reggae-beat/|title=Meet the guys who gave No Doubt their reggae beat|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=January 9, 2002|access-date=July 10, 2023}}</ref> [[reggae fusion]],<ref name="MTV"/> and [[punk rock]].<ref>{{cite news|author1=Jordan Monroe Schultz|author2=Matt Pais|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2015/09/09/lovehate-no-doubt/|title= Love/hate: No Doubt|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=September 9, 2015|access-date=March 1, 2024}}</ref> Some other genres the band has been described as include [[synth-pop]],<ref name="hollywoodreporter Stephanie Chan">{{cite magazine|first=Stephanie|last=Chan|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/no-doubt-push-shove-reviews-374088|title=No Doubt's 'Push and Shove': What the Critics are Saying|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=September 25, 2012|access-date=March 1, 2024}}</ref> [[electropop]],<ref name="hollywoodreporter Stephanie Chan"/> [[dancehall]],<ref name="hollywoodreporter Stephanie Chan"/> [[third-wave ska]],<ref name="AllMusic Erlewine">{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tragic-kingdom-mw0000179531|title=Tragic Kingdom – No Doubt|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 1, 2024}}</ref> [[post-grunge]],<ref name="AllMusic Erlewine"/> [[funk]],<ref name="EW Browne">{{cite magazine|first=David|last=Browne|author-link=David Browne (journalist)|url=http://ew.com/article/1996/08/02/tragic-kingdom/|title=Tragic Kingdom|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=August 2, 1996|access-date=December 28, 2016}}</ref> and [[disco]].<ref name="EW Browne"/>

The band's debut album blended the ska punk, alternative rock and new wave genres. However, the band utilized a punk rock sound in their second album ''[[The Beacon Street Collection]]''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bush|first=John|title=The Beacon Street Collection – No Doubt|url={{AllMusic|id=mw0000027620|type=album|pure_url=yes}}|website=AllMusic}}</ref> and their third album ''[[Tragic Kingdom]]'', although the latter incorporated pop-punk and alternative rock influences. They later shed their punk rock roots for the following album ''[[Return of Saturn]]'', utilizing influences from new wave music and pop rock.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Comer|first=M. Tye|date=April 24, 2000|title=No Doubt – Return of Saturn|work=[[CMJ New Music Report]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dYpE74wlZyoC&pg=PA24|issn=0890-0795}}</ref>

The band completely altered their sound in their next album ''[[Rock Steady (album)|Rock Steady]]'', incorporating [[Jamaican music]] influences from [[reggae fusion]], [[rocksteady]] and [[dance-rock]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Edwards|first=Gavin|date=October 16, 2001|title=No Doubt Make Party Music|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/no-doubt-make-party-music-246137/|access-date=August 6, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> However the band's comeback album ''[[Push and Shove (album)|Push and Shove]]'' blended [[pop rock]], [[new wave music]] and [[dancehall]];<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shetler|first=Scott|date=September 26, 2012|title=No Doubt, 'Push and Shove' – Album Review|url=https://popcrush.com/no-doubt-push-and-shove-album-review/|access-date=August 6, 2020|website=[[PopCrush]]|language=en}}</ref> the English electronic bands [[New Order (band)|New Order]] and [[Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark]] (OMD) were cited as key influences on the album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/09/no-doubt-gwen-stefani-tony-kanal-push-and-shove-influences/|title=No Doubt Explain OMD, EDM, and Peter Hook Basslines on 'Push and Shove'|last=Marchese|first=David|date=September 24, 2012|website=Spin|access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref>