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This Buffalo, New York USA-based three-piece outfit first started out
as a cover band named Sex Maggots in 1985, vocalist+guitarist Johnny Rzeznik
was the leader of the band, which also included bassist Robby Takac and
drummer George Tutuska.
Over the next couple of years, they started writing and performing their
own material, re-named the band to The Goo Goo Dolls and eventually issued
their self-titled album on the indie-label Metal Blade, in 1987.
Their second effort, "Jed", arrived two years later but received
a cold reception from critics and little attention outside of the college
radio circuit.
1990's "Hold Me Up", generated the band's first Modern Rock
top 30 hit, "There You Are".
The Goo's musical development coincided with their growth in popularity
and their fourth LP, "Superstar Car Wash", cracked the top 40
of The Billboard's Heatseekers chart upon its 1993 release, led by the
single, "We Are The Normal", which soared to #5 on The Modern
Rock chart.
The next release, "A Boy Named Goo", which arrived two years
later, in the spring of 1995, capped nearly ten years of relentless touring
and recording with the beautiful ballad "Name", this single
topped both Mainstream and Modern Rock Tracks charts, it also smashed
into the top 5 of The Billboard Hot 100 and helped to propel the album
into the top 30 of The Billboard 200 chart; "A Boy Named Goo"
contained four more Mainstream Rock top 40 hits including the #8 "Naked",
the #7 "Long Way Down", "Only One" and "Flat
Top".
After the replacement of Tutuska by the new drummer Mike Malinin, the
threesome recorded "Lazy Eye" for the soundtrack of the film
"Batman & Robin", the single peaked at #9 on Active Rock
chart.
The group's next effort, "Dizzy Up The Girl" issued in September
1998 on Warner Bros, burnt the American Abums charts reaching the #9 in
Canada and #15 Stateside, with worldwide sales approaching six million;
the magnificent ballad "Iris", their contribution to the "City
Of Angels" soundtrack and lead single for their sixth LP, peaked
at #9 on The Billboard Hot 100, hit #1 on The Modern Rock as well as the
top spots on several Billboard airplay charts; the follow-up single, "Slide",
also hit #1 on The Modern Rock list, peaked at #4 on The Mainstream Rock
Tracks and made top 10 on The Billboard Hot 100; "Dizzy" rose
to #9 on The Modern Rock chart, "Black Balloon" reached the
#13 in the same chart and also cracked the top 20 of The Billboard Hot
100; the fifth single off of the CD, "Broadway" debuted at #24
on The Billboard Hot 100.
"Gutterflower", the long awaited follow-up to "Dizzy Up
The Girl", was released three and a half years later, in April of
2002, it peaked at #4 on The Billboard Top 200 Albums list highlighted
by the U.S. Hot 100 top 20 smash single "Here Is Gone" plus
the minor hits "Big Machine" and "Sympathy".
The Buffalo trio released in November 2004 the CD-DVD set "Live In
Buffalo July 4th 2004", which featured the cover of Supertramp's
"Give A Little Bit", released as a single the track hit the
American Top 40 chart and cemented their reputation as one biggest Adult
Contemporary Rock bands.
Their next album of all-new-material, "Let Love In", arrived
in April 2006 reaching #9 on The Billboard 200; it included "Better
Days" which hit #36 on The Billboard Hot 100 and #5 on the Canadian
Singles charts in late 2005; two triple-A radio smash singles followed,
with "Stay With You" and the title-track.
In 2007 The Goo Goo Dolls contributed the Hot Adult Top 40 hit "Before
It's Too Late (Sam And Mikaela's Theme)" to the soundtrack of the
live-action movie "Transformers".
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