Eric Stefani

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Name = Eric Stefani


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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Eric Matthew Stefani
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Born = birth date and age|1967|06|17
Fullerton, California, United States
Origin = Anaheim, California, United States
Instrument = Keyboard, synthesizer, accordion
Genre = Ska punk
Occupation = Keyboardist, songwriter, animator
Years_active = 1986–present
Label = Interscope, Trauma, Atlantic
Associated_acts = No Doubt
URL = [http://www.ericstefani.net/ www.ericstefani.net]
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Eric Matthew Stefani (born June 17, 1967) is an American pop musician, former "Simpsons" animator, and Grammy-nominated composer and writer.

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. [Vineyard, Jennifer. [http://www.ocweekly.com/music/music/tunes-and-toons/23963/ "Tunes and 'Toons"] . "OC Weekly". February 26, 1998. Retrieved August 24, 2007.]

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 and he and Gwen were nominated at the 1998 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year for "Don't Speak". [ [http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9801/06/grammys.list/index.html "List of Grammy award nominations"] . CNN. January 6, 1998. Retrieved January 11, 2007.]

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 , Beany and Cecil and the Troop Beverly Hills title sequence. Those jobs lead 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 and that he should take a look. It was "The Simpsons".

Eric recently finished work on a short animation film titled "Frisbee" (2007), released June 27, 2007, and his most recent effort in a series of solo albums is "Let's Ride Horses" (2007).

Other cartoon shows

*Ren and Stimpy (1994) (Directed by Chris Reccardi)
* (1992)
*Troop Beverly Hills (opening titles) (1989) (Directed by John K.)
*Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (opening titles) (1989) (Directed by Bill Kroyer)
*Clampett Studio collections (1989–1990)
*Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing (1990) (Directed by Peter Chung)
*The New Beany and Cecil Show (1989) (Directed by Jim Smith)
* (1988) (Directed by Kent Butterworth)

T-Shirt designs

*No Doubt T-Shirts
*Buckwheat T-Shirts
*Marilyn Monroe T-Shirts
*Oliver North T-Shirts

References

External links

* [http://ericstefani.net/ EricStefani.net (Official personal website of Eric Stefani)]
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