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Often compared to the Replacements and Cheap Trick, the Goo Goo Dolls' tattered, anthemic beginnings were documentedonMetal Blade Records --
home to such other "alt rockers" as D.R.I., GWAR, and Fates Warning. Perennial headbangers,theirnoisy forays embraced the excesses of Sonic Youth
and Oh My Gawd!-era Flaming Lips as much as they harnessed therawpunk energy of the Replacements. The 'Mats references don't really start to
make sense until the fourth and fifthalbums,when their songwriting developed past three chords-and-some-noise songs to eventually include string
sections andover-re ...read more
Often compared to the Replacements and Cheap Trick, the Goo Goo Dolls' tattered, anthemic beginnings were documentedonMetal Blade Records --
home to such other "alt rockers" as D.R.I., GWAR, and Fates Warning. Perennial headbangers,theirnoisy forays embraced the excesses of Sonic Youth
and Oh My Gawd!-era Flaming Lips as much as they harnessed therawpunk energy of the Replacements. The 'Mats references don't really start to
make sense until the fourth and fifthalbums,when their songwriting developed past three chords-and-some-noise songs to eventually include string
sections andover-rehearsed dynamics (see Superstar Car Wash). Their sixth album, A Boy Named Goo, offered the megahit "Name," a songsosweetly
infectious and clean it seemed to deny any previous knowledge of metal. Now comfortably marketed to the'burbsrather than the seedy, beer-soaked
parts of town they once ruled, a VH-1 Behind the Music special about the bandwouldprobably seem more like an episode of the X-Files than a
documentary. The band followed-up their breakthrough albumwith1998's Dizzy Up the Girl, scoring the Goo Goo Dolls another round of chart hits with
"Slide" and "Iris," a monster powerballadwritten for the City of Angels soundtrack. A result of the band's over-the-top success was that frontman
JohnnyRzeznikended up spending a great deal of time in Los Angeles; eventually moving there. In 2002, they released theglossyGutterflower. Rzeznik,
who was having trouble adjusting to living in Los Angeles and fame in general, found himselfdivorced,uninspired by his new surroundings. In July,
2004, the Goo Goo Dolls played a Fourth of July concert for their fans.The freeconcert was held in the band's hometown of Buffalo, New York, and
captured the magic of the band perfectly --even theunseasonable rain couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd that day. Fittingly, the Goos
released Live in Buffaloshortlythereafter. The experience restored Rzeznik's spirits and once again, the singer found himself packing his
belongingsandmoving across country. In the transition, the band's label released What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art & Commerce,asomewhat
wishy-washy compilation of remixes and early tracks. Once back in Buffalo, the beleagured singer's creativejuicesstarted flowing once again. He and
bandmate Robby Takac rekindled their songwriting partnership, which had fallen bythewayside after Superstar Car Wash was released. The result was
2006's return to form, Let Love In, an inspiredeffortproduced by Glen Ballard. In 2010, they released Something For the Rest of Us, a continuation of
the sound that LetLove Inhad produced. Their newest album, Magnetic, is set to be released May 2013. « hide |
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