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(Message started by: Shannon on Jun 6^th, 2006, 6:39pm)

Title: A couple Goo articles
Post by Shannon on Jun 6^th, 2006, 6:39pm

I was poking around on MSNBC tonight and found a couple of Goo articles. There are pages of stuff but these are the most current.

The first one is an interview with Paul Westerberg. He has a little blurb about John. You can read the whole article here ... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13121949/site/newsweek/

Are you annoyed when people say that the Replacements gave birth to bands like Goo Goo Dolls?

I just wish there would be a newer one we could be blamed for. About a month ago, [Goo Goo Dolls lead singer] Johnny Rzeznik called me up and said he had something to give me, which of course frightened me. I ended up having one of the road cats go over, and he'd bought me a 1965 cherry red Gibson guitar, probably worth $4,000 or $5,000. He'd just gone into a shop, picked it out and wanted to give it to me. That was a lovely gesture.

The other article John talks about We'll Be Here (When You're Gone) and Better Days.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12978755/

Updated: 7:27 p.m. ET May 25, 2006
Goo Goo Dolls front man Johnny Rzeznik, who grew up in working-class Buffalo, N.Y., went home to gain inspiration for the band�s latest album, �Let Love In,� which was released in April.

While there, he saw the disparity between the haves and have-nots. He drove out to the old factories and saw that buildings had vanished and were replaced by fences with barbed wire. It made him question lots of things: what happened to these people; who�s protecting humanity; and most of all, how can the United States survive without a middle class?

This inspired the song �When You�re Gone� and his eye-opening experience back in Buffalo guided much of the album�s content.

�I started to feel helpless and hopeless and numb � as a human being,� Rzeznik said between stops on the �Let Love In� promotional tour. �I wanted the theme for this album to be hope. When you get older you have to make a conscious decision � especially as a man � to be brave enough to feel and allow people to love you.�

But the song on �Let Love In� that has kept the Goo Goo Dolls relevant and part of the zeitgeist is �Better Days,� which was picked up by both CNN and Oprah Winfrey almost as an anthem following Hurricane Katrina.

Rzeznik said he originally conjured a wealthy erstwhile girlfriend who lavished him with ridiculously expensive gifts when all he wanted was for her to recognize the need for a little more reality.

After the song was attached to the hurricane remembrance, Rzeznik was taken aback.

�It caused this unintentional paradigm shift of the meaning in my mind. It was startling,� Rzeznik said. �It felt really good that we could contribute something other than money or playing some shows. We gave a little piece of our soul.�