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Interview: In the shadow of ‘Iris’: Rock duo reflects on 38-year career ahead of KC show

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Alternative rock band Goo Goo Dolls have been active in the music scene for nearly 40 years, getting their start in Buffalo, New York’s underground. With hundreds of songs in their catalog, bassist and singer Robby Takac said it’s toug...

Interview: Goo Goo Dolls’ Secret to Staying Together Nearly 40 Years: ‘Punch Each Other and Get the Aggression Out’

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"In retrospect, it's funny." Much has changed for Johnny Rzeznik and Robby Takac during their nearly 40 years together as Goo Goo Dolls. But one thing hasn’t. “John and I will actually slap each other and punch each ot...

Review: Goo Goo Dolls ‘Summer Anthem’ EP review

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Goo Goo Dolls ‘Summer Anthem’ EP review by Graham Finney. Thanks to their huge 90s hit “Iris”, everybody and their mother knows the name Goo Goo Dolls. The 1998 hit spiralled the New York rock band into the mainstream, wher...

Interview: 'That band from Buffalo': Robby Takac looks back on Goo Goo Dolls’ ride from Buffalo to breakout

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Most guitar bands don’t last multiple decades – but if they do, they have to survive myriad transitions along the way. Just ask Robby Takac. Thirty years ago, the West Seneca native was the raspy-voiced, hirsute bassist of the Goo G...

Press Release: Goo Goo Dolls set to release new EP Summer Anthem on August 22nd

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SINGLE “NOT GOODBYE (CLOSE MY EYES)” DEBUTS TODAY WITH LYRIC VIDEO LISTEN/WATCH HERE BAND SELLS OUT SUMMER ANTHEM TOUR WITH DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL August 1, 2025 – Summer Anthem, the new EP from Goo Goo Dolls, is set for r...

Interview: Robby's Lobby

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Hey hey and welcome to the Lobby for this month’s look at the adventures and goings on in my world here in the pages of the mighty In Rock which we’ve been gathering together for many, many years now, I've lost count as to how many ac...

Interview: Goo Goo Dolls launch Summer Anthem Tour 2025 in Phoenix

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Bassist Robby Takac talks about making it work for 40 years and how one song has 'a lot of legs.' “Nothing Lasts Forever” is the name of the Goo Goo Dolls’ new single. Arriving on the doorstep of four decades of playing t...

Interview: Goo Goo Dolls Celebrate Their Fourth Decade with New Single and Summer Tour

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Alternative rock band comes to Blossom on August 12  Earlier this year, Goo Goo Dolls put out a new lyric video for “Iris” featuring never- before-seen footage taken from the original Nancy Bardawil-directed music video, giving th...

News: Goo Goo Dolls release new single "Nothing Lasts Forever"

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“Nothing Lasts Forever,” the stirring new single from GRAMMY-nominated rock band Goo Goo Dolls via Warner Records. Listen HERE. Written by John Rzeznik and produced by Gregg Wattenberg (John Legend, Santana, Noah Kahan) and Grant Michaels...

News: Goo Goo Dolls go viral (again) as 2025 tour ticket sales soar

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When the Goo Goo Dolls single “Iris” was released on April 1, 1998, following its inclusion on the soundtrack of the 1998 film “City of Angels,” no one had any idea what started as an add-on cut for the film would wind up beco...

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