Goo Goo Dolls formed in Buffalo, New York in 1986, evolving from scrappy punk beginnings into late-'90s alternative rock hitmakers around John Rzeznik and Robby Takac. Dizzy Up the Girl (1998) — home to Iris and Slide — is the essential one; A Boy Named Goo (1995) has the breakthrough Name. Find Goo Goo Dolls vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Goo Goo Dolls formed in Buffalo, New York in 1986. After early punk-influenced material on Mercenary and Metal Blade, their commercial breakthrough came with A Boy Named Goo (1995) and its single Name. The 1998 album Dizzy Up the Girl produced multiple major hits including Iris (a single from the 1998 film City of Angels) and Slide. The duo of Rzeznik and Takac has remained the core constant across the band's history, with multiple drummer rotations.
Goo Goo Dolls' sound combines alternative rock, pop rock, post-grunge, and rock with Rzeznik's distinctive vocal delivery and the band's signature anthemic late-1990s alternative rock aesthetic. Their work has been a defining commercial alternative rock template of the late 1990s.
Warner Bros. pressings of the Goo Goo Dolls catalog have been issued in standard and color variant editions. Multiple anniversary editions, including the 20th anniversary edition of Dizzy Up the Girl, have been released.
Listeners new to Goo Goo Dolls typically start with Dizzy Up the Girl (1998).
