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(Message started by: Shannon on Aug 2^nd, 2007, 8:15am)

Title: Goo Goo Dolls get reacquainted -- for the sake of
Post by Shannon on Aug 2^nd, 2007, 8:15am

Goo Goo Dolls get reacquainted -- for the sake of the band
BY ALAN SCULLEY CORRESPONDENT

For a time before work began on Goo Goo Dolls' latest CD, "Let Love In," the three members weren't sure if remaining a band was in the cards.

"We came as close to breaking up as we have in a decade," bassist Robbie Takac said in a recent phone interview.

One issue was frustration over the expectations of the band's record company, Warner Bros. After moving more than 5 million units (and reeling off four hit singles) with 1998's "Dizzy Up the Girl," the follow-up, "Gutterflower," sold a modest 800,000 copies.

There were also internal band issues that had to be addressed between Takac, guitarist-vocalist Johnny Rzeznik and drummer Mike Malinin.

"Sometimes I don't relate to those guys, and they don't relate to me, and we don't relate to each other," Takac said. "You know, we spent so much time on the road; we were a little sick of each other, and we were a little bit disappointed that our last album didn't do as well commercially as the one before."

So as a first step toward a new CD, Rzeznik, Takac and Malinin convened at Rzeznik's Los Angeles studio for what turned out to be much more than a songwriting session.

"We had started trying to write songs and do all of that kind of stuff," Rzeznik said. "But we mostly wound up sitting around and talking and really trying to understand each other again. I had expressed to those guys how I was feeling. I just feel numb."

To further their partnership, the band decided to return to their hometown, Buffalo, N.Y., to work on the CD.

Both Rzeznik and Takac voiced their extreme satisfaction with the result, "Let Love In," with Takac calling it the best CD Goo Goo Dolls have made during a career that began in 1986.

That satisfaction will be apparent as the group plays Tampa's Ford Amphitheatre on Saturday, Takac said, as the live set will feature much of the new material.

"We went into this record really feeling like we should be able to work it and play the whole thing from start to finish," he said. "In the set itself, what we're doing is pretty much playing the new record plus nearly everything (else) people want to hear."

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070802/FEATURES/708020611

Title: Re: Goo Goo Dolls get reacquainted -- for the sake
Post by mylondoncalling on Aug 2^nd, 2007, 10:43pm

cool article :D.. thanks for sharing!
its weird because you never actually picture them fighting or anything. hmmm :-/

Title: Re: Goo Goo Dolls get reacquainted -- for the sake
Post by Pon on Aug 3^rd, 2007, 12:15am

Awesome and sad article. It's nice though to hear them be blunt like that. Sometimes the best way to grow is to be apart from each other.

Title: Re: Goo Goo Dolls get reacquainted -- for the sake
Post by the red o on Aug 4^th, 2007, 11:57pm

on 08/02/07 at 22:43:02, mylondoncalling wrote:

cool article :D.. thanks for sharing!
its weird because you never actually picture them fighting or anything. hmmm �:-/

I've actually always pictured them all trying to kill each other like every other day. They all live in too close of quarters to be sunshine and rainbows with each other 24/7. :D

Title: Re: Goo Goo Dolls get reacquainted -- for the sake
Post by Shannon on Aug 6^th, 2007, 9:55am

on 08/04/07 at 23:57:59, the red o wrote:

I've actually always pictured them all trying to kill each other like every other day. �They all live in too close of quarters to be sunshine and rainbows with each other 24/7. �:D

That's what I picture too. Them fighting like a bunch of brothers. I'm sure it's love/hate all the time.