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Concert preview: At 30, Goo Goo Dolls find refreshment in reinvention

InterviewSeptember 9, 2016The Salt Lake Tribute

By BRENNAN SMITHGoo Goo Dolls bassist Robby Takac admits that when producers push him toward re-creating a sound from the band's most successful era, it's a trigger to "run the other way." Maybe that's the type of perspective that comes after 30 years of touring and playing music — revisiting "the hits" should be just that — a temporary visit. Twinged with contemporary electronic influences, but founded in the sound that made them a hit in the '90s with songs like "Iris" and "Name," the band's latest album "Boxes" is a point of refreshing pride for Takac and lead singer and guitarist John Rzez

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