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The Goo Goo Dolls are an alternative rock band that formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York. They are perhaps most famous for the hit “Iris,” featured on the soundtrack to the 1998 film City of Angels. Currently, the band consists of three members:

* Johnny Rzeznik - Vocals, guitar (Founding member)
* Robby Takac - Vocals, bass (Founding member)
* Mike Malinin - Drums (Hired in 1995, made official member in 1998)

Founded in Buffalo, New York, the Goo Goo Dolls, who were then known as the “Sex Maggots,” initially consisted of John Rzeznik, Robby Takac, and George Tutuska. The band changed their name to the Goo Goo Dolls (the name was picked out from an ad in a True Detective magazine) at the request of a local club owner who refused to let them play otherwise. They were originally signed on by Metal Blade Records, and they released their self-titled debut album in 1987.

In their early career, they were often dismissed by critics as ” The Replacements wannabes.” While they were embraced by college radio and the local punk scene (Playing such venues as CBGB’s), especially after the release of their third album, Hold Me Up (1990), it was not until 1995, with the release of their single “Name,” (from the album A Boy Named Goo) that the Goo Goo Dolls experienced any commercial success. Their mainstream success, however, was bittersweet as they faced a lengthy legal battle with Metal Blade Records over royalties that were being withheld from the band; hence, the Goos eventually switched to Metal Blade’s parent company, Warner Brothers.

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deadgrave wrote:
yesterday evening

comoooon

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systolediastole wrote:
December 2009

I am a heron. I have a long neck and I pick fish out of the water w/ my beak. if you don't repost this comment on 10 other pages I will fly into your kitchen tonight and make a mess of your pots and pans.

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keeepasecret wrote:
December 2009

Loool -.-

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readmyllips wrote:
December 2009

LOL it's not funny....

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jchansfan wrote:
December 2009

Ughhh... why did they demerge the two pages!?! Now I have two separate artists listed in my charts again! D:

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ilovesuburbia wrote:
December 2009

nowhere as good as the replacements but still good.

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tick15 wrote:
September 2009

Iris>>>canção Perfeita!Sem Palavras:)

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jchansfan wrote:
June 2009

lmao... "The" is just there to make the name flow better, but you go to a Goo Goo Dolls concert, not a "the Goo Goo Dolls" concert... :P lmao that'd be amazingly funny if they opted to go back to being the "Sex Maggots". GGD April Fools prank 2010! :P

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lak611 wrote:
April 2009

Saw them in 1991 at a club called Babylon-a-Go-Go before they got popular. Johnny Rzeznik bummed a smoke from me.

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readmyllips wrote:
April 2009

haha, yes, Sex Maggots. now all problems with their name are over

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kourinthellama wrote:
April 2009

I think they should be re-labelled as "Sex Maggots". It was, after all, their ORIGINAL name.

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michaelm2 wrote:
April 2009

According to Music Brainz, this is the correct name, so everyone who feels so motivated should flag this as correct and mark "Goo Goo Dolls" as an incorrect artist name.

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lonnielynn wrote:
March 2009

just look at their cd-covers!!!

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j-kid wrote:
March 2009

I think the actual name of the band is "The Goo Goo Dolls", I mean it says "The Goo Goo Dolls" on the cover of their albums, so why would last.fm change it to just "Goo Goo Dolls"?

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VitkaD wrote:
March 2009

Very simular with "Unit of the Freedom" http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Unit+of+the+Freedom/The+First+Look/The+first+look

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Birls wrote:
February 2009

finally!!!!!! i prefer "the goo goo dolls" but am just happy that the 2 have been merged :)

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StudleyUK wrote:
February 2009

And now they're merged :)

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jchansfan wrote:
February 2009

The merge is coming? Awesome, thank god, I was so sick of having 9 tracks by "Goo Goo Dolls" and 319 for "the goo goo dolls", it just looked silly. I got the nine from listening on site, my CDs all creditted them as "the goo goo dolls"

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fangorin wrote:
February 2009

Let me recommend you all Rain's Embrace latest single "Don't leave me now" on free download at their last.fm http://www.lastfm.es/music/Rain%27s+Embrace

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StudleyUK wrote:
January 2009

Good news on the merge :) "Goo Goo Dolls should be merged soon" http://blog.last.fm/2009/01/29/closing-in-on-clean-metadata-artist-and-track-spelling-auto-correction-is-here#comments

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