NO DOUBT have won me over! Bass Teacher REACTS to "Spiderwebs"

[@matthewbeaulieu9848]

This whole album is so good. Sunday Morning is one of my faves off of it.

[@rhondarandall4500]

Im 76 and have been on a music journey since i was 30 my sister once said to me what a trendy grandmother i am.🤣 I love music like Gwen Seteffani that other people my age have never heard of but i am a singer songwriter👍💖😊😂

[@methrecovery6922]

​@@rhondarandall4500that's awesome 😎

[@motominded5275]

I'm with ya Matt, Sunday Morn beens my fave since high school...

[@totalrobot]

Learning Spiderwebs on bass was a huge "plateau breaker" for me as a primarily punk and metal musician. Such a fun etude.

[@klaus-bernhardvomend594]

Same here. Kanal gave me a different side.

[@rome8180]

Tony Kanal is a badass. Check out "Different People" from this same album. Really, most of their songs he's doing something cool on.

[@MakingandBreaking]

Definitely one of my favorites from that album.

[@brunnob3]

Yesssss

[@martinbaker1701]

Great shout, the bass on Different People is killer

[@davidjoaquin7854]

Different people is Tony at his best imo.

[@Daddy53751]

That and “Tragic Kingdom”, both great bass songs!🤘🏻

[@FeltedAugie]

As an official Patron you should add it to the poll for full album react to tragic kingdom It’s a banger front to back. I’m not even a big no doubt guy but that album is killer

[@LowEndUniversity]

Good call!

[@billcoley4426]

Tragic Kingdom is one of those albums that's always on my phone. Fantastic from cover to cover.

[@biznatcho7]

Tragic Kingdom is such a strong album front to back and it’s hard to describe just how strong of a spell Gwen Stefani had on this skate punk at that time. I managed to see No Doubt at a club in Pomona after the album came out but just before they went supernova - great show!

[@LowEndUniversity]

Super cool to hear!

[@highdesertjustin]

Ahhhh the glass house

[@RyTrapp0]

The girls had Brandon Boyd - the boys had Gwen Stefani😆

[@ericgoodwinart]

Yeah this would be a great full album reaction to do!

[@viracocha03]

Early No Doubt was fucking fire. I still listen to them on the reg.

[@CristyReacts]

I SCREEEEEN MY PHONE CALLS

[@StalinBballin]

Tragic Kingdom is such a fun record.

[@BronzedTube]

it's kinda crazy , because some tracks on this record still give me goosebumps like it did in high school. Sunday morning is another really good tune on the album.

[@peteryang5056]

@@BronzedTube Yeah, No Doubt are one of those 90s bands that was really easy to dismiss as bubblegum pop-rock back in the day, but even the most jaded hipsters from then have since come around to how stellar their songwriting and arrangements were (not to mention how skilled of musicians they actually are). There's so much cool stuff going on in a song like "Spiderwebs" - from Tony's tasteful but clever basslines, to the way it careens wildly from genre to genre while maintaining a cohesive sound, to the snarly harmonic guitar riffs, and of course Gwen's iconic vocals.

[@w122ArD]

Super underrated album

[@chadcrider2020]

As a teenager, this was the first bass line I ever searched out a tab for, because I wanted to learn EXACTLY how it was originally played. Tony's work on this song is unbelievable. Easily one of my favorite bass player's of the 90's.

[@polypetalous]

Always enjoyed “Sunday Morning” from the album… no hate from me on this era No Doubt.

[@bigbadbavers]

Sunday morning off that album is SICK, as well as End It On This

[@derekcampbell6291]

I've loved this band for so long without ever realizing why. They are driven by the rhythm section. I'm glad you checked them out.

[@LowEndUniversity]

I'm glad I did, too!!

[@methrecovery6922]

​@@LowEndUniversityyou have a really positive/wholesome personality that i appreciate.

[@CheapMessiah]

I self-taught bass listening, and playing, to a lot of no doubt, Tony Kanal is an insane composer, his repertoire of great basslines is mesmerizing.

[@ligairi]

6:18 Your instinct is correct. This was their major label debut. Their self-titled and Beacon Street albums were more punk and more ska (although Tragic Kingdom mostly is too, it just has that Green Day Dookie effect of being so overplayed it can feel like Wal Mart background music). After this they kept shift further away from ska and punk until Gwen went solo as a pop artist.

[@shawnconrad9292]

Absolutely! I loved the Beacon Street collection.

[@Izzy1782]

And then the rest of the band got the singer from AFI and put out an 80's pop nostalgia record! I'm never sure of which track to recommend to a bassist, though kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6asqYpvrs-hg7Msi=4RBWu8dxrdyqMLAN kzbin.info/www/bejne/m52YfXyIgr98hM0si=llPCT6eUH9sLaFJm

[@InnerLondonViolence]

Their first album is amazing. Great melodies and amazing bass lines.!

[@InsaneMonk89]

Yasssss love this album. My personal favorite is Sunday Morning, just a nice warm bass line to open the song 🤘🏽

[@charlesdoca7145]

Great bass line and it's nice actually hear the bass in the mix

[@littlejimmy7402]

So the SKA influence was hinted at in this song, it really belonged to Eric Stefani (Gwen's brother who was an original member). He left the band before "Tragic Kingdom".

[@BrandonOrlosky]

Tragic Kingdom is one of my all time fav albums to this day, so many good tracks.

[@alextinu8841]

"Oi! to the world" is the best way to learn the A major scale, such a fun bass line. Just loved their ska-punk phase, after that they've lost me. Cheers! ❤

[@ligairi]

A Vandals song!

[@joemiller7082]

Tragic Kingdom really is a wild ride if all you’ve heard is Don’t Speak. Looking back, that record is full of hits.

[@JaimeBlanco666]

Bangers galore

[@remedyrubberclub]

This is consistently among my favorite channels on KZbin. A little blast of fun and info every couple of days.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Aw, thank you for that! 🙏🏼🥹

[@ligairi]

Just A Girl was their breakout single and my favorite of their songs. The bass is kinda buried on that track, but it’s an awesome bassline and the song has a clear pop punk (with ska elements) vibe. More like Goldfinger. And the Goldfinger video you covered, which came out a year later, was directly inspired by the Just A Girl video as well. Looking at the Wiki: It was only the second mainstream radio song to chart on Billboard from a ska band in the 90s at #23, following Might Mighty Bosstones Someday I Suppose a couple years earlier at #19.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Nice! I haven't heard of the Bosstones until the requests on here, but they're in the queue for very soon. Looking forward!

[@Grul7718]

Any performance from their "live from the tragic kingdom" performance would be awesome to react to! that show is gold.

[@MarcoSMM1980]

Listen Oi! to the World - No Doubt version, the bass is the best in this song version.

[@aidancampbell5644]

I can understand writing No Doubt off if you came in on “Don’t Speak”, it’s a bit of an outlier - slower, more pop than the other songs that made waves.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Yep - guilty as charged! Sadly, I think I've done that with a lot of bands, so hoping to revisit them on the channel. It's a fun re-exploration and an "undoing" for me!

[@aidancampbell5644]

@@LowEndUniversity the song that made them famous was “Just a Girl” - a lot more energy, and more representative of their sound.

[@commanderjoj6426]

Really love the rhythmic drive and timing on this song. Tony and Adrian are just attacking the song. And Tony puts a lot of extra funkiness on it.

[@bahb5239]

My old bass player loved loved loved Different People on this same record. Check it out!

[@chriscuthbertson]

Tony is such an underrated player.

[@RhysCanty]

Move On!!

[@brunnob3]

This is such a fun song to play! I love it Do "Different people" next time!

[@Elviolli]

I was a teenager when this came out and it was shortly after I just started learning bass. This album was my go to. Ended up learning most of it. The title track especially stands out as super fun and would love you to check that one out.

[@jeremy7383]

This one is super fun to play on bass. What a great pick!

[@LowEndUniversity]

Glad you like it!

[@worldrummer]

You gotta do "Let's Get Back" off their self titled debut.

[@sergeanttibs6345]

The entire album is amazing. One of the best bass albums of all time

[@phxdwn121]

Reliving my middle school/high school days! Love this channel.

[@LowEndUniversity]

And I love YOU!

[@Morbid0007]

No Doubt's Christmas song, 'Oi to the World,' has really great bass.

[@antimatter2380]

Did you know that's a cover?

[@Morbid0007]

@@antimatter2380 No. Who did the original?

[@antimatter2380]

@@Morbid0007 Thr Vandals kzbin.info/www/bejne/paCXmHiGnrCgadksi=5dR5mjt4FFrLU1Gl

[@normaleehi]

vandals. both bands were close friends. both versions are great

[@Csmitty125]

​@@Morbid0007 the vandals! Another great and wildly influential punk band!

[@i1uvha11oween]

No doubt is such a good band! One of my favs

[@KakashiH25]

What a solid song, and another great video ma dood!

[@jeremynebraska]

This song/album makes me happy. Reminds me of a great time in my life. Love the video and hearing your take on it.

[@julianthesmooshyhusky8976]

I always love covering no doubt tunes in bands, Tony kanal is a fantastic ska/reggae bassist. Sunday morning, bathwater and underneath it all have some excellent grooves too

[@BevosCultureWarrior]

Songwriting-wise, how they used the pre-chorus to disguise the actual chorus (or post-chorus), which is even more hooky. I love that. Great song and playing/singing!

[@djstraylight]

No Doubt's earlier albums were hardcore Ska. Tragic Kingdom is a great album but certainly was heavily managed by the music label and got them introduced to the mainstream. Spiderwebs is such a great song.

[@bioblastbeats6450]

Bass channel I get it, but Gwen's backing vocals are insane! Listen to how many different vocal tracks are stacked back there!

[@LowEndUniversity]

I agree! I commented on them a bit near the end, but always focusing on the music and the bass line of course!

[@Alexhannam100]

This was one of the ones I requested so thanks very much for doing it, love your punk and ska videos!🤘🏻

[@LowEndUniversity]

No problem!! Appreciate you!

[@kmarkusaurelius]

I’ve loved Spiderwebs since it first came out, and this is still a bass line I love to (try to) play!

[@VikingWizard]

I love watching you going through my entire musical upbringing in punk rock and adjacent genres! And I’m a guitar player 😄 I’d recommend checking out “Sunday Morning” or “Different People” if you’re looking for other No Doubt songs where Tony shines. I just went back and listened to a lot of “Tragic Kingdom” and you made me realize how big a part the bass is of their sound. Keep it up!

[@LowEndUniversity]

Thank you friend!!

[@favosys]

Learned this song on the bass YEARS ago and play it often because it's FREAKING AMAZINGGGG

[@chriskoegler4881]

Crazy. I was listening to No Doubt literally 2 days ago and thought their songs would be good content for your channel. Awesome!

[@LowEndUniversity]

Nice!!

[@cliffthelightning]

Tony Kanal, Peter Hook and Tetsuo Sakurai are the reason i had to have a Yamaha BB. All very different players that inspired me to pick up the instrument. No doubt was fantastic in my opinion.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Oh man, I haven't heard the name Tetsuo Sakurai in awhile. I spent a good amount of time with him at a bass camp and didn't know much about him. I just remember him being one of the kindest people I've ever met!

[@johnlampe3258]

OMG Tony is a beast! So is Adrian their drummer and Tom the guitarist. You've got to watch them play live. For songs check out "Hella Good", "Excuse Me", "Just a Girl", "Ex -Girlfriend", "Sunday Morning" there's lots more of their ska Punk. It's sad that their brass players got screwed on the recording contract as not being part of the band. They've been in the band as long as the main four have!

[@26drdeath26]

I was living in OC when this album dropoed. I still have the CD I bought back then. Monster record.

[@disparity-bit]

Tragic Kingdom was the first CD I ever bought. Hell yeah!

[@kantian7]

Do Buck-O-Nine “Round Kid”! Terrific audible, walking bassline with great horns with a singer who really croons. You’ll love it!

[@MontyMole]

Oh Yeah! This song is great

[@somerotter]

No Doubt came out of the ska/punk scene, but they were also really into the poppier new wave ska of groups like the English Beat or Madness, which brought a more pop feel in.

[@mikebaldino333]

Not a huge No Doubt fan but I remember when the video for this song came out and they were everywhere - the musicianship in this band and on this particular record is really fantastic - such creative parts that serve the song so well you don't even notice how tricky they can be until you try to play them.

[@unusefull]

Everybody was focusing on Don't Speak, but there is so good songs on this album ! And I was not even listening to the bass. My bad.

[@jamesjeffers4390]

their song Different people changed my musicianship

[@patsgarage8593]

You 100% have to check our their earlier work.

[@JohnAdamIan2]

Tragic Kingdom was the first album (cassette) I ever bought with my "own money" as a kid.

[@russellward4624]

Thanks for making me feel old. Lol My 1st was Kiss Destroyer.

[@jacksonne1879]

KEMURI and the song "on the street", gorgeous bassline!!!

[@wineguy2001]

Playing this song for a School of Rock adult band show. Been playing a little over 2 years now, this is the most challenging song I've had to take on for a show.

[@booneh]

This album was a transition in the band from Eric Stefani being the main songwriter to Gwen and Tony. Previous albums were more virtuosic and progressive ska punk. Eric’s day job was in animation, so after tensions with this album’s producer Matthew Wilder he left the band to become a layout artist on The Simpsons. Their previous album The Beacon Street Collection is very tasty.

[@chrispaine2265]

Man I haven’t listened to this full album since I was a teen in the 90s but want to go back and revisit it now. I remember liking all of it. You mentioned Don’t Speak multiple times as thinking that was their sound, and it was a big hit at the time and seems to be the song with staying power that many remember, but it’s the one song that stands out as different from the rest of the album to me. If you just want to look at cool bass songs I’d suggest Different People and Tragic Kingdom. But the bass is superb throughout. Always serving the song but letting its presence be known. Edit: they had a couple songs I enjoyed after this album, but generally they lost me with their subsequent releases.

[@yellsatcloud175]

I really enjoy you breaking down these songs. The songs you do videos are frequently ones that I already love but when they arent I always check it out sometimes get introduced to good stuff I haven't really spent time with yet. Also, check out the earlier no doubt. I think tragic kingdom is their best album but they had a whole thing going on that was great for a while.

[@Inzo42]

I stumbled upon No Doubt maybe 1994 at a tiny club in Berkeley. I went to see another band. Could have been Skankin Pickle, Let’s Go Bowling, or The Mudsharks. I was surprised to see so many people into this band I hadn’t heard of. Gwen’s hair was long and naturally brown. I remember Just A Girl got a big reaction and there was a part where there was a break where she said, “Fuck you. I’m Just A Girl”, then it kicked back into the chorus. I thought there was a Just A Girl 7” and I considered buying it, but I’ve checked online and I don’t think such a thing actually exists.

[@herrdeba]

"Oi! To the world" is also pretty cool 🙂

[@stuftcabbages6826]

"New" is my fav of theirs to jam along to. See if you can catch their set at Coachella a few weeks back. Worth a watch, they've definitely still got "it."

[@chrisegg7936]

15:37 "there are so many bands in existence" I have to say I agree

[@jeremy7383]

Normally I only comment based on bass. However I’d be remiss without mentioning how amazing Gwen’s vocals are. Specifically on the first three albums!

[@mitchgillhespy5919]

This is great. I was just sharing this song with my kids, driving down the road. I had to explain to them the process of screening phone calls. Before caller ID. This album is great. It reminds me of the B-52'S in a way. If you get past the school dance radio hits we all heard a billion times. They really rock in an unexpected way.

[@LowEndUniversity]

Love it!

[@joejo-e2e]

different people is a fun song to play

[@ericgoodwinart]

“Oi to the World” is a great ska Christmas song by No Doubt, so you might want to check that out in December! There are a ton of great punk Christmas songs and covers like “Santa Baby” by Me First, “Making Christmas” by Rise Against (Nightmare Before Christmas), “Father Christmas” by The Kinks, “Merry Christmas” by The Ramones, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” by Bad Religion (they have a full Christmas cover album!), “Xmas Has Been X’ed” by NOFX, and “The Season’s Upon Us” by Dropkick Murphys, for starters ✨🎶

[@David_Downs]

Snakes from The Beacon.. is one of my favorites.

[@AFireInside91]

Tony Kanal is definitely a finger player

[@GhostlyEcheveria]

Tragic Kingdom is one of the most iconic bands of the 90's. And some of Gwen's best vocals (and vocal layering). Gwen was my biggest idol when I was a teenager, and I wish they had continued down the alternative path. Some of the early pop stuff is ok, but I was really disappointed when they did a complete 180 after this album and went super pop and commercial. Even their albums before Tragic Kingdom are great.

[@joehorton01]

Been listening to some music that takes me back to when I was a young man. I thought they would be cool to see your review. Cake - the distance and simple plan - addicted to you.

[@michtarragon4665]

This was a challenging song for me to learn for my last band....but so fun!

[@BirdDogey1]

No Doubt from my town. Anaheim!

[@JoelOkuda-ms3gy]

Their first album is one to check out back when Gwen’s brother was the keyboard player in the band

[@sean7289]

This was the first album I ever owned with no bad songs. I would listen to it start to finish almost daily. It helped that little 10 year old me was desperately in love with Gwen. The funky bass on this album with its incredibly diverse range of moods was a big part of why I ever picked up a bass in the first place. I would love to see your analysis of any of the other songs on Tragic Kingdom, especially 'Excuse Me Mr.' or 'Different People'

[@LowEndUniversity]

Love this! I'll circle back again soon.

[@Nickel138]

Yea, they became more radio friendly. I’d highly highly recommend “Trapped in a Box” from an earlier album. The bass on that track is amazing.

[@aibrean2883]

If you want them in their purest ska punk form definitely check out Total Hate 95!! It even has Bradley Nowell featured on it!

[@dakotawinston7677]

Oh my GOD! Their self titled debut is SLEPT ON!!!!!!!! It’s a more technical album and is absolutely incredible. Must hear record that no one bought.

[@Daddy53751]

Kanal is gangster! It’s kinda funny, because I learned this whole album on my mother’s 1966 Vox Apollo sporting tape wounds from her 1970’s touring days. (She’s 75 and still plays that old thing) “Different People” and “Tragic Kingdom” are both great bass songs as well.🤘🏻

[@hossman1835]

A great Ska bass player, Norwood Fisher. Party At Ground Zero by Fishbone.

[@gerrymessier8781]

Omg! The horns were from Sublime!! They knew each other. Such a great tune!

[@_Jake.From.Statefarm_]

A Wilhelm Scream - Jaws 3 People 0... I'll keep requesting it because I love the channel ;) hahah

[@platinumspider7859]

0:45 My favorite one legged bass player.

[@emowaffles86]

Crazy when you know this was written about Liam Gallagher from Oasis essentially stalking Gwen.

[@cactusrider7686]

Tony Kanal is a great bass player!

[@richiedagger733]

You should look into this band " the offs" early Ska punk group from san francisco I believe. Great band, really underatted, or unknown. The horn groove from "you fascinate me" keeps rolling through me head right now.

[@DC_Prox]

There was a brief period in the 90s when I kept buying CDs based on the strength of a single song and ended up loving the whole album. I bought Tragic Kingdom after hearing "Spiderwebs" once, and that CD instantly became a favourite. (For anyone wondering, the other standout CDs in this category were First Band on the Moon by the Cardigans, Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson, and Pieces of You by Jewel)

[@TheSeamusFarrellGiants]

Ah man! My bass teacher in high school used this album a lot for our lessons. Those pre-chorus pentatonic scales 🖐️

[@LowEndUniversity]

Sweet!! Sounds like a killer teacher!

[@SJHC12]

such a great song!

[@poetik1ofthedark]

Really good album, gives me strong Jr. high memories. "Excuse Me Mister" my favorite.

[@LordGeord]

Their first album is by far the most ska No Doubt gets and has some of the funkiest bass lines ever written in the genre

[@praetulitautemodium5847]

Great bassist especially on the first album

[@RDG4005]

Great Reaction, I love No Doubt. But Please React to Automatic Sun By The Warning they are doing Amazing Things...

[@LowEndUniversity]

Doing another Warning episode in a few weeks!

[@timflood11]

Excuse Me Mr. from this album is another fun song and as for who’s next, Fishbone has to be on that list

[@rickbrust7928]

And......It's not AVAIL. Dude. One Wrench. Taken. Do it. Love ya man! Appreciate the videos. And if we're doing Ska, The Impression that I Get from the Bosstones has the sickest base line. It crawls bro

[@ericchristensen634]

Remain standing!

[@mattholdzkom5929]

I second AVAIL

[@rickbrust7928]

Remember when you said It was only me requesting AVAIL? Let's go bass man!