Biography
Stefani attended Loara High School in Anaheim, California. He worked at a Dairy Queen with his sister Gwen and John Spence; the three of them formed the band No Doubt.
He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts, but left in 1991.
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".
Eric found time between Cypress College and the band to get brief encounters working as a layout animator for cartoon director John Kricfalusi through Lynne Naylor including Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, Beany and Cecil and the Troop Beverly Hills title sequence. Those jobs led Eric to work at The Bob Clampett Studio for Ruth Clampett, where he traced 35 mm film enlargements of original Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig animation frames to create sericels. During that time Clampett told Eric there was a new project upstairs called The Simpsons and that he should take a look.
Eric finished work on a short animation film titled "Frisbee" (2008), released June 27, 2008, and his most recent effort in a series of solo albums is "Let's Ride Horses" (2007). "Pumpin' Water" (2001), "In Tune" (2002), "Land of Make Believe" (2003), "Jazz Circus" (2005), The Best of ERIC STEFANI (2008). He has currently been working on his album "On Time" (2011) for three years with songs dating back to 1997.
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