No Doubt Pulls Music Video Amid Controversy

No Doubt have taken their latest video off YouTube after they received complaints from Native Americans about the video.

The clip was for their second single off their latest album, Push and Shove. "Looking Hot" had a cowboys and Indians theme to it, with the lead singer, Gwen Stefani, dressed as an Indian princess.

The video shows songstress Stefani being tied up in a Western-style town by the band's drummer and guitarist, Adrian Young and Tom Dumont. Tony Kanal, the bassist of the band, plays a Native American who is also locked up and who helps Gwen escape.

After the band received complaints from Native Americans, however, they have since pulled the video and released the following on their website.

""As a multi-racial band our foundation is built upon both diversity and consideration for other cultures. Our intention with our new video was never to offend, hurt or trivialize Native American people, their culture or their history.

"Although we consulted with Native American friends and Native American studies experts at the University of California, we realize now that we have offended people. This is of great concern to us and we are removing the video immediately. The music that inspired us when we started the band, and the community of friends, family, and fans that surrounds us was built upon respect, unity and inclusiveness. We sincerely apologize to the Native American community and anyone else offended by this video. Being hurtful to anyone is simply not who we are."

Source: E! Online

NEW MUSIC: Albums Releasing This Week (Sept. 25)

Tuesday is just around the corner and new music comes out every Tuesday! Here is a full list of all the new music releasing September 25th!

Angie Stone	Rich Girl
Anita Baker	Only Forever
As I Lay Dying	Awakened
Bettye LaVette	Thankful N' Thoughtful
Chris Cohen	Overgrown Path
Danny!	Payback
Deadmau5	>album title goes here<
Django Django	Django Django
Dragonette	Bodyparts
Efterklang	Piramida
Gatekeeper	Exo
Green Day	Uno!	[Part of a trilogy of albums]
Handguns	Angst
Jason Collett	Reckon
John Hiatt	Mystic Pinball
Levek	Look A Little Closer
Lupe Fiasco	Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1
Melody's Echo Chamber	Melody's Echo Chamber
Michael McDermott	Hit Me Back
Monuments	Gnosis
Mumford & Sons	Babel
Murder By Death	Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon
No Doubt	Push and Shove
Olly Murs	In Case You Didn't Know
Ozomatli	OzoKidz
Pete Seeger	A More Perfect Union
Pete Seeger	Pete Remembers Woody
Preservation Hall Jazz Band	St. Peter and 57th	[Live album featuring tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus, My Morning Jacket, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), Allen Toussaint, actor Ed Helms, Givers, Steve Earle]
Richie Sambora	Aftermath Of The Lowdown
Ricky Skaggs	Music To My Ears
Rumer	Boys Don't Cry
Steve Harris	British Lion	[of Iron Maiden]
Steven A. Clark	Fornication Under The Consent Of The King
Talib Kweli	Prisoner Of Conscious
The Bad Plus	Made Possible
The Soft Pack	Strapped
The Wedding	No Direction
Toy	Toy
Trapper Schoepp And The Shades	Run, Engine, Run
Ungdomskulen	Secrecy
Yoko Ono, Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon	YOKOKIMTHURSTON

SOURCE: Metacritic.com

Ready to rock again? No Doubt!

Source: Rolling Stone

It's been eleven years since they released Rock Steady.  Eleven years, marriages, and eight children between the band members make it seem even longer.


"That's pretty complicated stuff when you start to really look at it," 42-year-old lead singer and lyricist Gwen Stefani says. "You're playing this role your whole life — the singer of No Doubt — totally committed to this in the greatest kind of way, and then all of a sudden, you're saying, 'Actually, you guys cannot be No. 1 anymore or else this is not going to work.'"

It did work, however,  "Push and Shove," their first studio album in over a decade, blends their special mix of ska and British New Wave with lyrics that reveal some challenges of  their new lives.

"Here we go again/Are you insane?" Stefani sings in first single "Settle Down." ''Don't get me started/I'm trying to get a hold on this/Get in line and settle down."
 
The band show few outward signs that it's been 26 years since No Doubt began. They all still wear eyeliner, have their hair bleached or in a mohawk, maybe both, and are stick-figure thin. Stefani herself seems to have defied time and can rock a belly-baring top better than ever. It's hard to believe they are all in their forties.

During the No Doubt's extended break, they all explored their own personal art forms. 

Gwen, who is married to former Bush lead singer Gavin Rossdale, put out two solo CDs, toured and designed clothes under her label L.A.M.B.

Guitarist Tom Dumont produced two CDs for Matt Costa, including "Songs We Sing." Young worked with Scott Weiland and performed with several acts including Colt Ford.

Kanal collaborated on two songs — "Sober" and "Funhouse" — with Pink and helped write songs with an array of artists, including Weezer, Shontelle and former Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt.

Back together again, they insist their chemistry is better than ever and that the time away recharged their batteries. Now this onetime garage band that endured rifts, long tours, writing block and mega-fame are now happy that their music is no longer their first love.

Check out the new album "Push and Shove" which goes on this week.   I can't wait!

Source:Business Week