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(Message started by: GlamorousCarnieFan on Oct 29^th, 2007, 12:32pm)

Title: Billboard.com Article
Post by GlamorousCarnieFan on Oct 29^th, 2007, 12:32pm

Short & sweet article...hope it wasn't posted already, sorry if it has.
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003664594

Title: Re: Billboard.com Article
Post by nmf009 on Oct 29^th, 2007, 2:22pm

Just posting the article because I know I'll be looking for it in 11-24 months.

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Goo Goo Dolls Headed For The Future
Goo Goo Dolls

October 29, 2007, 10:20 AM ET

Gary Graff, Detroit
When he's not dispensing advice as a celebrity judge on Fox TV's "The Next Great American Band," the Goo Goo Dolls' Johnny Rzeznik will be focusing on the band's past -- and its future.

"The Goo Goo Dolls Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 -- The Singles" comes out Nov. 13, featuring 14 chart entries since "Name" gave the band its first Hot 100 berth in 1995. The album includes chart-toppers such as "Iris" and "Slide" as well as "Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme)" from the "Transformers" film soundtrack. A "Vol. 2" is slated for February with B-sides, rarities, remixes and some new tracks.

By that time, Rzeznik tells Billboard.com, the Goos should be back in their Buffalo, N.Y., studio working on the follow-up to 2006's "Let Love In."

"I'm going into the studio in Buffalo in January and gonna hang out there until the record's done, which will probably be, like, June," Rzeznik says. He has "maybe six or eight (song) ideas floating around in my head," as well as a concrete idea of how he wants the album to sound.

"I want the next record to have a little more of an edge on it," Rzeznik explains. "I don't want the rough edges taken off so much. The band's gonna play live on it more, not so many overdubs. When we were on tour we recorded every single show and we would listen back, and the difference between the band on record and the band live was ... I want it to sound more like we do live. It's a lot more energy. It's a more aggressive sound."

Rzeznik says he'd also like the Goos to work with "a tougher producer" this time around, listing Gil Norton, Tim Palmer and Rich Costey (The Kills) among those who could push the band.

"We've learned so much from so many great people," Rzeznik says, "working with Rob Cavallo and Glen Ballard, Jack Joseph Puig and all those guys. I just think sometimes the albums may be a little too polished. I don't want to give you the idea I'm about to make a metal record or something; I still want to have good songwriting on the record, but I want some more muscle this time, too."

The Goos have one more show scheduled for this year, on New Year's Eve in Las Vegas.

Title: Re: Billboard.com Article
Post by nmf009 on Oct 29^th, 2007, 2:30pm

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A "Vol. 2" is slated for February with B-sides, rarities, remixes and some new tracks.

Hooray, we have a month range!

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When we were on tour we recorded every single show

Share the wealth. Please? That's easy money if you stick them online for a few bucks a show.

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Rzeznik says he'd also like the Goos to work with "a tougher producer" this time around, listing Gil Norton, Tim Palmer and Rich Costey (The Kills) among those who could push the band.

I thought they were gonna produce it themselves... Did BITL not go so well?

Also, that live feel you want? If you need an audience in the studio to make it more real, just let me know.

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"I just think sometimes the albums may be a little too polished. I don't want to give you the idea I'm about to make a metal record or something; I still want to have good songwriting on the record, but I want some more muscle this time, too."

Let the LLI bashing commence, guys! I might be more excited about the LLI hate than the new album.

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Post by djgeneral on Oct 29^th, 2007, 5:52pm

A track list for volume two is coming around Christmas time!!!

It is the Goo's gift to the fans!! ;D