TOM DUMONT

'Tom Dumont' is an American guitarist and producer. Dumont is a member of third wave ska band No Doubt, and during the band's hiatus, he began Invincible Overlord as a side project and produced Matt Costa's ''Songs We Sing''.

Contents

Life and career

Personal life

References

External links

Life and career

The Dumont family lived in Irvine, California. Tom was the only adopted child in his family and has two siblings.^[1] Dumont's father, who played the piano, gave his son a guitar when he was the age of twelve. Dumont practiced by strumming folk songs by the likes of James Taylor. Dumont was influenced by heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and KISS.^[2] Tom Dumont joined the Orange County metal band Rising, named after the Rainbow album. In 1988, Dumont left Rising for third wave ska band No Doubt. He has one sister named Gina and a brother named John.
Dumont studied music theory for five semesters at Orange Coast College. When the band moved into a house on Beacon Avenue in Anaheim, he wrote a poem about being addicted to television. He took the poem to Eric Stefani, who put the poem to music and came up with the song "Trapped in a Box". The song was recorded for the band's self-titled debut album and was the album's only single.^[3]
The band later released ''The Beacon Street Collection'', and it was Tom's idea to record it on their own. Since their label gave up hope they had to find ways to get in recording studios and record songs without spending huge sums of money. They had written so many songs; which Tom contributed heavily to, that they had more than enough songs to release two albums. The second set of songs became ''Tragic Kingdom'', the band's diamond-certified album. When Eric left the band, Tom took leadership in writing and composing responsibilities.
After the Tragic Kingdom tour, Tom returned to his home in Long Beach, California and started surfing in 1997.^[4] Dumont is a member of The Surfrider Foundation, an environmental organization to preserve coastal life. Since Eric Stefani left, Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal and Gwen Stefani became No Doubt's primary songwriters.
During No Doubt's current hiatus, Dumont produced Matt Costa's 2005 debut album, titled ''Songs We Sing'', after hearing a demo tape by Costa.^[5]

Personal life

Dumont and his wife, Mieke have a child together, a son Ace Joseph Dumont, born April 6, 2006. According to the band's record label representative, the couple was married in October 2004.

References

1. Strauss, Neil. "No Doubt's Anniversary Party". ''Rolling Stone''. January 31, 2002. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
2. "Tom Dumont". TV.com. Retrieved January 18, 2007.
3. Bush, John. "No Doubt > Biography". All Music Guide. Retrieved January 18, 2007.
4. Murphy, Chelsea. "Faces in the Line-Up". ''Making Waves''. The Surfrider Foundation. October 2003: Volume 19, Number 5. Retrieved January 19, 2007.
5. Atizado, Roy. "Interview with Matt Costa". NowOnTour. Retrieved January 19, 2007.

External links

★ Official website

★ Tom's Personal Weblog

★ Invincible Overlord- Tom's indepedent musical project with collaborator, Ted Matson

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