Drummer Adrian Young of No Doubt dropped by the KROQ trailer prior to the band’s weekend two reunion set, telling host Kevan Kenney “This No Doubt thing has been a friggin’ whirlwind! At times it's been overwhelming because it's been so many years and the response was 1,000 times better than we expected.”

Adrian adds, “It's interesting to live suburban life for so many years as a dad and just as a at-home engineer producing records, and scoring movies, and just being a kind of a studio rat, to go back to this life for a couple of weekends… It's f***ing weird.”

It didn’t take long to adjust to his new environs though, Adrian admits. “Coming out of the middle of the audience in itself is a weird experience,” he says of how they chose to take the stage. “You know, looking at Tom and Gwen, Tony, Steve, and Gabe and just feeling the energy that happens when the six of us step onto a stage is something that I just have never felt in anything I do. To be a part of that team again on stage and connect with this many people is almost better than sex.”

The whole reunion started off, Adrian explains, “more like a zoom thing… that was different for us, but that's kind of normal for everything these days, you know, post COVID. But the process was pretty similar to the old days and it was super smooth and fun and everybody was engaged. It took very little time for it to feel like home,” he says. “To not play together for nine years and then step in front of 100,000 people or whatever the number is out here is… It's really something that I've had a hard time wrapping my head around. Being a suburban dad and then stepping out and doing that with my bandmates… it's been overwhelming, and that's an understatement.”

Don't miss Kevan Kenney's full interview with Adrian Young of No Doubt above, and stay tuned for more of KROQ's coverage from Coachella 2024.

Drummer Adrian Young of No Doubt dropped by the KROQ trailer prior to the band’s weekend two reunion set, telling host Kevan Kenney “This No Doubt thing has been a friggin’ whirlwind! At times it's been overwhelming because it's been so many years and the response was 1,000 times better than we expected.”
Adrian adds, “It's interesting to live suburban life for so many years as a dad and just as a at-home engineer producing records, and scoring movies, and just being a kind of a studio rat, to go back to this life for a couple of weekends… It's f***ing weird.”
It didn’t take long to adjust to his new environs though, Adrian admits. “Coming out of the middle of the audience in itself is a weird experience,” he says of how they chose to take the stage. “You know, looking at Tom and Gwen, Tony, Steve, and Gabe and just feeling the energy that happens when the six of us step onto a stage is something that I just have never felt in anything I do. To be a part of that team again on stage and connect with this many people is almost better than sex.”
The whole reunion started off, Adrian explains, “more like a zoom thing… that was different for us, but that's kind of normal for everything these days, you know, post COVID. But the process was pretty similar to the old days and it was super smooth and fun and everybody was engaged. It took very little time for it to feel like home,” he says. “To not play together for nine years and then step in front of 100,000 people or whatever the number is out here is… It's really something that I've had a hard time wrapping my head around. Being a suburban dad and then stepping out and doing that with my bandmates… it's been overwhelming, and that's an understatement.”
Don't miss Kevan Kenney's full interview with Adrian Young of No Doubt above, and stay tuned for more of KROQ's coverage from Coachella 2024.

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