The perpetually bare-tummied Gwen "I'm Not Angry" Stefani and her New Wave-y, ska-inspired rock outfit, No Doubt, capitalized big time on the nation's need for an upper with the release of their jaunty single "Just a Girl."

At the center of all this attention is Gwen Stefani, 25, the band's flamboyant front woman. With her distinctive voice and her wacky fashion sense, Stefani seems more like a cartoon than a real grrl.

There’s a lot more to Gwen Stefani, the brassy 26-year-old lead singer of this year’s über-band, No Doubt, than platinum locks and a washboard stomach.

After nine years of playing tiny clubs, being practically disowned by their first record label, and almost splitting up last year, California’s new wave ska/punksters No Doubt have finally hit it.

As Gwen Stefani, lead singer for the band No Doubt, gets ready to go on stage, she looks like a pumped-up, punked-out Jean Harlow.

Don't let the name of the band fool you - lead vocalist Gwen Stefani of No Doubt had plenty of doubts over the years regarding her band. The group formed nine years ago in its hometown of Orange County, Calif. Until last year, the group played in the shadows of Disneyland.

The hottest superbabe in rock is here! She’s Gwen Stefani, she fronts million-selling US sensations No Doubt, and once she’s had her eyebrows plucked, she’ll tell Paul Elliott why their ‘Just A Girl’ single is the song of the summer.

"On the road it's not so bad, but at home, it's kinda crazy--especially when I'm at Sav-On buying tampons, and I just rolled outta bed, no makeup, looking like scum."

No Doubt, the high-flying Anaheim ska-rock band, also shared many bills and a mutual admiration with Sublime.

In the shadow of the Matterhorn, No Doubt composed Tragic Kingdom.

Kennedy talks ska, sex, and blonde ambition with No Doubt's Gwen Stefani.

The No Doubt singer’s favorites, from Muppets to Madness.

No Doubt are the freshest kids on the block. Their wild style is an amalgam of ska, hardcore punk, hip-hop hiccups, and shiny metallic power-pop.

There's a ska bounce, a pop kick, a punk surge and a very-in-your-face charge. Madness meets Blondie. The voice and lyrics belong to Gwen Stefani and No Doubt is the eight-year-old Orange County quartet .