September 22, 1998 - The Goo Goo Dolls and Dizzy Up The Girl

A month after my last release a new band briefly joins my library when The Goo Goo Dolls released their sixth album "Dizzy Up The Girl" on September 22, 1998. But who are The Goo Goo Dolls? They are a three-piece pop-rock band from Buffalo, New York consisting of original members Johnny Rzeznik (lead vocals, guitars) and Robby Takac (bass, backing vocals) as well as drummer Mike Malinin, who just joined this album. I'm not a big Goo Goo Dolls fan, but there are two songs (both singles) off this album that I have, starting with the less popular "Broadway". It's got a pretty catchy main riff with some solid light guitars and Rzeznik has a pretty good, made-for-radio voice. It's hard not to tap your foot along with this one and it's a pretty well put together pop/rock mix. It's not amazing, but it's a worthy addition to the library I think. The other song I have by these guys is the extremely famous "Iris" and it's a pretty sappy tune, but once again it's done really well. Rzeznik sings a soft verse to match the light and fluffy music and his more powerful singing in the chorus sounds pretty good and obviously was very well-liked by all sorts of people as this song became immensely popular. The strings add to the epicness/sappiness but even though it's obviously a love song everything sounds pretty epic. The middle section with the "solo" and more strings sounds pretty good and they wrap things up predictably with a final chorus. That's all we'll hear by The Goo Goo Dolls in my library, but both these songs were solid. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

July 24, 2001 - Avenged Sevenfold and Sounding The Seventh Trumpet

It's a double release day! On the same day as my last release another new band joins my library when Avenged Sevenfold released their debut album "Sounding The Seventh Trumpet" on July 24, 2001. But who are Avenged Sevenfold? They are a four-piece metalcore band from Huntington Beach, California consisting of Justin Sane (bass, piano), James "The Rev" Sullivan (drums, percussion), Zacky Vengeance (guitars, backing vocals) and M. Shadows (lead vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards). Avenged play an interesting mix of heavy metalcore with screaming vocals, but also a very accesible style of metal with singing at others. Let's see what Avenged Sevenfold are all about! The album kicks off with a short intro called "To End The Rapture" and Vengeance plays a nice heavy rhythm guitar riff before coming right in with some soloing! He is just shredding it right from the get-go with some really wicked stuff and then we hear Shadows for the first time in his uni...
Read more

November 6, 2001 - As I Lay Dying and Beneath The Encasing Of Ashes

Two weeks after my last release a new band joins my library when As I Lay Dying released their debut album "Beneath The Encasing Of Ashes" on November 6, 2001. But who is As I Lay Dying? They are a four-piece metalcore band from San Diego, California consisting of lead singer Tim Lambesis, guitarist Evan White, bassist Noah Chase and drummer Jordan Mancino. As I Lay Dying are part of the budding metalcore scene and they play a very heavy style of metal and Lambesis does all screaming vocals. Let's see what AILD is all about! The album begins with the title track "Beneath The Encasing Of Ashes" and things start off with a pretty fast pace led by some heavy, chugging guitars and bass. They break things down not long after getting started and most of the song is at this slower, very brutal sounding pace. Chase's bass is super heavy, White plays some cool guitar that ranges from super low, all the way to super high, and Lambesis can hardly be understood he sound...
Read more

August 28, 2001 - Puddle Of Mudd and Come Clean

On the same day as my last release a new band briefly joins my library when Puddle of Mudd released their debut album "Come Clean" on August 28, 2001. But who is Puddle of Mudd? They are a four-piece post-grunge band from Kansas City, Missouri consisting of lead singer/guitarist Wes Scantlin, guitarist Paul Phillips, bassist Doug Ardito and drummer Greg Upchurch. I'm not a huge Puddle of Mudd fan, I only have two songs by them in my library, but they are both off this album and were both succesful singles. The first one is called "Blurry" and it's got a smooth and catchy light guitar riff that drives the song and Scantlin sings in a solid grunge-y voice overtop. They ramp nicely from the verse to the chorus and it's a nice heavy chorus with some louder guitars and a solid chorus sung by Scantlin. It's a little repetitive, but things still sound pretty smooth and solid and I think it's a good but not great song. The only other song I have is ...
Read more