Hey hey in rockers and welcome to a brand new year here in the lobby ! I've lost count of how many years we've been getting together here in the pages of the mighty InRock, but I'm always so thankful to be able to share a tiny bit of time with all of you bringing you my experiences as a lifelong Goo Goo Doll, a husband and Dad, an urban adventurer of sorts and all the other stuff that comes along with that journey. So, let's make a sprint towards another year on earth for us all and all the new adventures waiting out there ahead of us!

Goo Goo Dolls will be doing a big free show outside of Buffalo with a New Years Eve performance at a Casino outside the city in Niagara Falls, I'll share some of that with you next month but it’s sure to be a crazy night as we just did a show for over 10,000 people downtown in September! It's been such an amazing year looking back, our bands first real touring season in 3 years due to the pandemics restrictions, it sure was a strange time, I guess a there was a silver lining in a way as I got to spend a lot of time with my family, but it was definitely time to be back out there doing out thing and enjoying sharing songs with all of you.

I've been home from GGDS Fall US tour since late November and have spent a lot of time just reconnecting here in Buffalo, doing some normal everyday stuff I've been away from during the last 8 months of rehearsals and shows, like bringing my daughter to lessons and play dates, going to her band concerts and parent council meetings, spending some time with her grandma and grandpa, shopping and getting our little world ready for the Xmas holidays.... you know the things that make life awesome! The family is going on a little vacation in January, I'll make sure to share some of our tropical adventures with you all next month as well!

I was sitting in a restaurant a few months back I was having breakfast and heard a great indie rock sounding song by an artist I didn't recognize, I Shazammed the track and discovered it was an artists named Quinton Brock. While at the my studio one day I was chatting with Jay Zubricki, who is one of our studio engineers, and brought up the song I had heard at breakfast and It turned out Jay knew Quinton from a Hip Hop act he had been involved with a few years back. So we reached out to Quinton in NYC and a few weeks later we were in the studio in Buffalo making music together with Jay and I producing a great new track for him. Quinton's really been on the move lately doing some songs with members of Gym Class Heroes and touring with breakthrough artist Anees. Keep an eye out for him, he's got some great vibes. I've included a pic from the session and I can’t wait to share the track with you!

OK, that's about all the space I have for this month, I wish a great 2023 to all of my friends at In Rock and all of you out there who have shared time with us here over all these years, we will see you next month with some more updates from the mountains and valleys of RobbyLand, hope all your dreams come true for this year,
 

Peace!
Robby