Goo Goo Dolls
Interview • February 10, 2011 • Métro Montreal
Translated by EmeraldLatias:
It's already been 25 years that the Goo Goo Dolls have entered the music world and the group is not pressured to stop.
For a group to have their reason to exist, you have to
want it to work," Robby Takac believes, "Not only do you have to keep
the public interested but most importantly, you have to still be who you
are!
The group who we recognize for the song Iris gracing the
radio are presently on tour for the promotion of their ninth album,
Something For the Rest of Us.
"It's neat when we're on tour to
see the people who come to our concerts and who are apart of three
different generations," Takac remarks, "One night when we were playing
Buffalo, my hometown, an old friend came to see us with his 11-year old
boy who was also one of our fans. And my friend said, 'You know, for my
boy, you've always existed.' It's very strange to think of that.."
For
the bassist, it's clear that the most recent opus of the Goo Goo Dolls
reflects the reality of adults they have become and of the world they
live in.
"We have always written about the things that happen
around us and say that the world is a bit bad right now!" Takac
exclaims, "Obviously when we were young, our biggest worry was knowing
when the next time we'd get laid would be. As we got older, our global
culture develops and the same goes for the subjects we take on."
After nine albums, the group tries again to
surpass themselves at every new effort. "Naturally, we stay the same,"
the musician concedes, " But we always ask how we could go even further
in a new and original way."
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