And then, um, and then I was terrified of swimming. Yeah. If you're gonna do your job, you've gotta fly. I am always the bartender. Collective Soul: 20 Years Later", "Goo Goo Dolls' Johnny Rzeznik on His Punk Past, New Album", "How did the band The Goo Goo Dolls contribute to music? John Rzeznik: Politicians would contact us to raise money for them, but I got to the point during the last election where I was just like, Nah, its not going to happen, because the entire system is broken on both sides. Goo Goo Dolls John Rzeznik Seems a little quiet over here Be the first to comment on this track View all View all View all Go mobile Uh, again, like I said, go to google dolls.com, check out the dates, go to a show. I love Sam Hager. Mike Sarraille: You know, I mean, it's just great to be able to connect with our audience again, you know, because that, that, like, they're a tribe too. But John, before we get to our, our final questions, and one, I can't thank you enough for your time, um, let's talk a little bit about this album. He is best known as an American singer, producer, and song writer. Are you guys freaking more out by the end of the door? Yeah. They say, Hey, I, I've suffered this and I'm a victim. That we're. Yeah. I felt we were about to head into a very crazy time that wed never experienced. And, and, but as dark as he was, he, he took care of his family. Yeah. Happy Wednesday, everyone! It featured a tuning that consisted of the high E string raised to F# and the B string raised to a C and with a capo at the second fret. It's very, very small and a lot of people would consider it trivial. Yeah. And they just, so they're getting that i, I call it negative, uh, you know, affirmation. Yeah. [16] Rzeznik also cites Paul Westerberg as an "obvious influence" on his music. John Rzeznik: He performed three touch-and-go landings before heading out over the Pacific Ocean. So they're not like, Jesus Christ, the only time you ever call me is when you're having a problem. And that, that right there, I know means the world to me. I, I don't want, I don't wanna get a phone call after this. Those are powerful, man. Is that, is that accurate? Or is that mental toughness or what, You know. The biggest regret in my life, and I thought about this, I was, I was in the gym yesterday and I was thinking like the biggest regret in my life and I'm just like, Wow, there are a lot, you know, small ones and big ones, you know, but, but, um, you know, wow, I, I regret it can't be something like, Oh, regret, I didn't talk to that really beautiful woman 30 years ago, whatever. Hey dude, I've always wondered this. It culminates in the last election and people are going, What the fuck is going on?. I was saying to myself, nothing is ever going to be the same. And you have to look at your, not you, I have to look at my failures as a stepping stone to the next victory, you know? Mike Sarraille: Like I can't. Mike Sarraille: This is ridiculous. I've never heard that, but I do, I think I do know where you're going. We went to war for close to 20 years, but that generation faced a level of combat that far exceeds what we saw in the battlefield. I flunked out. Yeah, yeah. John Rzeznik: John Rzeznik: Again. Who Is John Rzeznik? 10,000 people like me. John Rzeznik: Mike Sarraille: I'm gonna teach you how to take care of yourself. Does the draw of alcohol. Mike Sarraille: Is that correct? I don't know what, Why do you think that generation was wired that way? I highly recommend it to anybody. Um, but with the right help, they can absolutely turn that into, uh, to growth. Oh hell yeah. I know tons of people who are considered geniuses and they can't get off their ass and get anything done. Oh, wait a minute. That was a generation when you look at it. So I'd better do it right.". John Rzeznik singles chronology. That's a pretty mature outlook. Cuz like I, I've been very lucky and, and, and women have always been, uh, a big source of strength and, and, and, and, uh, trouble . Rzeznik identifies the September 11 terrorist attacks as the point when the United States descended into a bleak phase of history. He recalls going into the recording of the one-off collaboration in a state of numbness. I can't take care of you. And, um, and then we're picking up in the fall, we're gonna do, uh, a theater run in smaller cities across America. Um, but anyway, on that aside, but, um, it caused me a lot, a lot of fear that I couldn't control. Like, okay, we're going down and we had time to think about it. John Rzeznik: That, that, that was Well, what was, I mean, that was, that's the way that generation was though. More than 30 years since the Goo Goo Dolls released their debut album, Rzeznik holds hope music has the power to bring people together, no matter how dark the times. I believe in the concept of tribe. We gotta write more. The concert that he has with his band also proven to be always successful with hundreds of people comes to every concert they had. And he did until, until he just couldn't anymore. Rzeznik founded the group alongside Robby Takac and has recorded 12 studio albums so far. John Rzeznik: John Rzeznik: You start to recognize faces in the crowd and, and they become an extension of your tribe. That was a hard generation. And, um, we are being tested on so many levels as individuals, as, as, as Americans, as as human beings. Yeah. Whitney Newell It's pretty well-known that the Goo Goo Dolls are from Buffalo, New York, but lead singer John Rzeznik now lives in Westfield, New Jersey -- and he's using his musical talents to help support the local businesses in the town that are in financial straits due to COVID-19.. On Friday, Johnny performed a 15-minute Facebook Live "porch performance" to raise money for Westfield's We . Thanks for joining us on another episode of the Men's Journal Everyday Warrior podcast. That's good to hear, man. And, and luckily someone saved me and I was a little kid. You know, and that, that may not work for other people. Yeah. John. This guy was working in the rice patties. Yeah. Mike Sarraille: [12], On June 19, 2008, Rzeznik was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and was awarded the Hal David Starlight Award. Rzeznik also performed Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" with Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit for the victims of September 11 as a tribute to the heroes. But, um, that is the weirdest thing, man, is I'm more comfortable Scott diving than I am. Like we would, we would be, cuz we were the only two males in the house, so we had to get the hell out of there. I was a recon Marine in, in my initial days in the military, and we were stuck on a desert hill for two weeks overlooking the vastness of the desert. Yeah. It's like people in Buffalo are, are naturally a hard workers B, honest and, and, uh, c they, they have the ability to adapt and, and, and reinvent themselves. Yeah, Yeah. [10], In the early days of the Goo Goo Dolls, the band performed at gigs relentlessly, with Takac as the frontman (Rzeznik gradually becoming the frontman over the next few albums, as each new album contained more songs sung by Rzeznik than the last). What happens when more people don't like me than like me? At the 2004 Fashion Rocks! Yeah. And that's why I think it's, it's the, you know, people who really are suffering with PTSD and things like that, they really need to be cared for by people that can be trusted. concert in New York, Rzeznik performed a duet version of the song Iris with Canadian pop-punk singer Avril Lavigne. Whatever, you know, whatever the circumstance. Frontman Johnny Rzeznik admits jack-knifed wrecks aren't the only perils facing your average rock star: unhinged fans practising witchcraft are just as dangerous. The whole audience was singing a song with me and I thought, theoretically, in a vacuum, half this audience voted for [Donald] Trump and half voted for [Hillary] Clinton, but everyone in the room is singing in a room together. Mike Sarraille: An obituary in the Dallas Morning News said Dunn was "traveling with . I, I think, yeah, I think I, I think our, our lives were just, just going in different directions, but we were getting further and further apart and there was always a great still the love, there was a lot of love and we stayed friends for a long time, um, after that. And what out the airplane? But I think with social media today, people can just sort of stay a victim. Do, do you have that lot. Um, well, uh, we got to play at Red Rocks up in Colorado. Iris hitmakers the Goo Goo Dolls are survivors quite literally. According to Rzeznik, before penning down the song "Iris", he was on the verge of leaving the band because he had been writing songs for the past nine years and it had been a low. You, you, it's, it's amazing. Um, and then, and then we were flying back and we had to go through Sicily and the plane crashed, like legit crashed. Do, do people come up a lot and they're like, Hey, that one song reminds me of this time of my life. John Rzeznik: Mike Sarraille: John, I wish you a safe travel on the rest of the tour, man, and thank you for your time. The whole time I was growing up, it was like, it was like going to boy scout camp. The twin-engine plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff near the Little Rock airport, the National Transportation Safety Board told CNN in an emailed statement. "[20][dead link], Rzeznik met former model Laurie Farinacci in 1990, married her in 1993 but divorced in 2003; they did not have any children. It's like, no, I'm not the baby. And I, and, and that's something that I've, I've, I've tried to take to heart, you know, I mean, you know, there's music that's medicine. But, uh, you know, that's, you know, that happens with brothers all the time, you know, and he is very much my brother in, in, in a lot of ways. You know? Previously Rzeznik had been in a band with Takac's cousin, called The Beaumonts. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and to all No, no, we're gonna keep going. In our lives where we're, we're, uh, you know, I, I got to admit, I mean, because, you know, I'm an addict and a recovering addict and, and alcoholic and, and sometimes the poison people are the most fun, you know, especially when you're in that state of mind, you don't understand how toxic they are. . [25] Rzeznik and his family reside in Westfield, New Jersey. That's a deal. And, uh, I was like, my grandfather was crazy. That took a lot of moral courage to do that. That, that is serious trauma. Yeah. You gotta do what's best for the song anyway. Mike Sarraille: Even my grandfather who was third day of Normandy and he was the, in the black forest turning outta the battle of the bulge, never spoke about it. No, I, I was actually, I was thinking of that when you, when, and you said that that's incredible. That there's, there's music is definitely, it Marks time in our lives. You know, the end game is, is to have a better life. You know? Came in the the good with the bad and, uh, couldn't agree with you more. I was like, we were in a plane crash, uh, in Sicily. Why is this happening? And I had, you know, and I, I, I didn't have a lot of resources. Yeah. Yeah. But at the same time, it's a collective strength. But there, there has to be an element of that greatest generation that, that grit that we instill back into our society. And I know I have this five year old little girl, and I go and I tell her all the time, because I wish somebody would've said this to me. Um, you know, and, and, and, and, you know, we still meet up every day on tour. Um, you know, and it was, it was, uh, yeah, we weren't like starving, but, you know, I mean, we didn't have anything. "[18], Rzeznik has stated that his dream collaboration would be with singer/songwriter Grace VanderWaal. It amazes me, the fact that it has lasted so long. Johnny Rzeznik and the Goo Goo Dolls share the harrowing story of surviving a 1999 plane crash. In my opinion. You've gotta reframe the way you look at failure, it's part of the process. John Rzeznik: Um, you know, I think you do need to open up and you need to be help, but you, but I, I think that the problem, because like, I went to therapy for like, and I still go to therapy in little blocks of time. John Rzeznik: You need, you need your tribe. And I think it's a control issue, I think, cuz I'm not a pilot. But, um, it's, it's, it's exhausting. Okay. Having lost both of his parents, he was brought up by his four older sisters, Phyllis, Fran, Gladys and Kate, with help from their cousin, John Guljas. [26], Rzeznik performing on September 2, 2013, in Norfolk, Nebraska, The song was written and performed by Rzeznik in the movie, but it was performed by, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Beach Slang offers up the summer anthem of a bygone era", "Goo Goo Dolls vs. I dont know if shes a fan as I cant speak for her, but I know she loves Iris. We just wrote about risk. And, um, I don't know, it was like, it was shock really. And it's like, I love that man. And I think that was, it taught me a really important lesson in retrospect, you know? And they bought him a cow and that, and then he became a dairy farmer and his purpose was restored. And then, um, I don't know, then I think we're gonna go to South America. My biggest regret is that I, I wrote an album and an executive at the record company refused to accept it, but he couldn't tell me why, you know? John Rzeznik: Yeah. It's like we all have potential. That's my tribe, you know? There werent any other lyrics before that line, I just have a bad habit of putting and at the front of sentences! Rzeznik explains. Mike Sarraille: And I started going back and just listening to all the songs and I'm like, it reminds me of this time in high school or this time in my early days in the military, uh, pretty wicked how we tie a, uh, a memory to a specific sort of song in our life. Mike Sarraille: It's kind of like a selfish process in a way. So, you know, I'm wildly proud of my generation. Um mm-hmm. Um, so the one thing with this book is I wanted to make it very inclusive of, it doesn't matter who you are, sex, gender, sexual orientation, uh, it applies to everyone. Um, you know, um, that old, that old message of shut up and just persevere, you know, it, there's a component of that that's necessary, but you also need to have people to talk to. And there seems to be, now in the modern world of the future, I think there's an epidemic of loneliness, especially among men disenfranchisement. But, um, he got, he was, he was a dark individual. Hey, whatever platform you utilize to listen to our podcast, please, please leave a review. That, that is so beautiful, man. I think that's my biggest fear in life is rejection. Cheers. Um, yeah, it's broken sleep on a bus, um, you know, inconsistent food, uh, you know, just things like that.