Artist:
Goo Goo Dolls
Appeared in:
Ex Libris
Played:
Broadway
From the album:
Dizzy Up the Girl
John Rzeznik guitar, vocals
Robby Takac bass, vocals
Mike Malinin drums
This US rock trio, formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1986, comprises bass player and vocalist Robby Takac, guitarist and vocalist Johnny Rzeznik and drummer George Tutuska. The band's first two albums were compared to Cheap Trick and the Replacements. They started doing unlikely cover versions on Jed, when the professional crooner Lance Diamond sang guest vocals on a cover version of Creedence Clearwater Revival 's 'Down On The Corner'. He also sang on a version of Prince 's 'I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man' on Hold Me Up. Both albums featured unpretentious pop punk songwriting, and the band was now being celebrated by a growing number of fans in the media. Their commercial breakthrough came with 1995's hit single 'Name' and A Boy Named Goo, which was produced by Pere Ubu, Husker Du and Sugar accomplice Lou Giordano.
Their career showed signs of stalling in 1997 following litigation with their record company Warner Brothers Records and the departure of Tutuska. They were saved by the song 'Iris', which became a huge radio hit after featuring on the soundtrack of the Nicolas Cage movie, City Of Angels. Having built up a strong following on the back of that single, the new album Dizzy Up The Girl climbed to number 15 on the Billboard 200 album chart in October 1998. 'Slide' hit the US Top 10 the following January.
| Recent Albums |
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| What I Learned About Ego... | Dizzy Up the Girl |
| 2001 | 1998 |
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| Previous Albums |
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| A Boy Named Goo | 1995 |
| Superstar Car Wash | 1993 |
| Hold Me Up | 1990 |
| Jed | 1989 |
| Goo Goo Dolls | 1992 |
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