Group Name: Goo Goo Dolls

Genre(s): Alternative rock, rock

Current Members:
Johnny Rzeznik — Vocals, guitar
Robby Takac — Vocals, bass
Mike Malinin — Drums, percussion

Founding Members:
Johnny Rzeznik — Vocals, guitar
Robby Takac — Vocals, bass
George Tutuska — drums (fired in 1994)


Formed: formed in 1985 in Buffalo, New York

Influences: Rolling Stones' Ramones, the English Beat, and the Clash.

Name Game: Band derived name from an ad in a True Detective magazine

Nationality: American

Debut Album: Goo Goo Dolls (1987)

Breakthrough Single: "Name" (1995)

Did You Know:
Band originally called "Sex Maggots" for two days
Originally signed on by Metal Blade Records,
Johnny Rzeznik is the fifth and youngest child of a working class family
Johnny Rzeznik received lifelong love of music from his mother, a schoolteacher, and father, a postal worker, who were both musicians