Rock Steady Live is a video album by American ska punk band No Doubt, released on DVD on November 25, 2003 under the Interscope records label.
The DVD was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America and platinum by the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers.
After spending January to August 2001 writing and recording,[1] No Doubt released their fifth studio album Rock Steady on December 11, 2001.
[23] The DVD contains a recording the two concerts performed in Long Beach Arena, California during No Doubt's Rock Steady Tour.
[1][25] "Rock Steady Live" was certified platinum by the Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers in 2004, indicating sales of over 40,000 units.
Allmovie reviewer Michael Hastings commented that the band "has managed to stay fresh and inventive after more than a decade together", praising their "skills as a touring act".
[24] However, he complimented the band's "high-energy" performance, calling Gwen Stefani "a whirlwind of activity, strutting, preening, pouting, and prancing".
[25] He complimented the camera work as providing "superb" pictures and sound, stating that they "[captured] the concert in all its fast and furious glory".
[25] In particular, he praised the performances of "Hella Good", "Hey Baby", "Don't Speak", "Ex-Girlfriend" and "Spiderwebs" and the inclusion of so many extra features.
She praised the live footage as "resplendent in near-perfection", describing the "wide range of dishy, fancy close-ups and pausing effects" and calling the sound "precision-balanced, distinct and clear".