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« on: Jul 15th, 2010, 10:29am » |
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Goo Goo gears up for new album
'Dolls' give back with U.S.A. Harvest show
ANNE ERICKSON • NOISE • JULY 15, 2010
You would think that after playing hits like "Iris," "Name" and "Black Balloon" for 20-plus years, The Goo Goo Dolls lead singer Johnny Rzeznik would be tired of it. But, not so.
"Those are the songs people know the most and they seem to connect to the most," he says, chatting on a rare day off. "Because we wrote those songs, we're able to make a living doing what we love to do."
The Goo Goo Dolls, who headlines DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston on Sunday, has enjoyed 17 top-10 singles and sold nearly 9 million albums ("Dizzy Up the Girl," "Gutterflower") over the course of its career. "Iris" is the band's big breakthrough: The starry-eyed, modern day classic launched The Goo Goo Dolls all over alternative rock radio.
The making of the band's latest album, "Something for the Rest of Us" (out August 31), was more hands-on than past ones. For starters, the guys had a major hand in the production of the disc - a first. Musically, The Goo Goo Dolls' signature infectious guitar hooks and swelling choruses are still there, but the stories are a little different. Rzeznik found himself writing about "what happens to people emotionally during hard times and with two wars going on that don't seem to want to end."
"I wanted to speak to the emotional side of what happens to people and how they cope when they see their lives shift so drastically," he adds.
While he can't pinpoint The Goo Goo Dolls' sound, Rzeznik says "Something" is the next logical step forward for the band.
"I can't really put it into a genre. Are there distorted guitars? Yeah. Are there strings in one song? Yeah. It's just more about the songs and stories they're trying to tell. If you're going to sit down, you're going to write your truth, whatever it might be."
Playing shows decades later is still thrilling.
"I always feel grateful to be able to earn a living doing what I want to do. A lot of artists can't anymore," Rzeznik says. "There are millions of people who would want to trade places with me. I feel very lucky."
Note: U.S.A. Harvest will be on hand collecting non-perishable food items.
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20100715/NOISE02/7150310/Goo- Goo-gears-up-for-new-album
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