There are some songs that people can instantly recognize within the first few seconds of hearing them. For most music lovers, the Goo Goo Dolls have written at least a few songs just like that. Dating back to when they first burst onto the music scene in the mid-1990s, the Goo Goo Dolls have churned out one hit after another, including several timeless classics. It’s why more than a quarter-century later, the band is still together, still touring, and still playing all of their hits for crowds that love those songs just as much now as they did when they were first released. The Goo Goo Dolls have somehow gone from a potential one-hit wonder in the 90s to a band that will attract fans to concerts for as long as they feel like performing.

Slow and Steady

Led by the duo of John Rzeznik and Robby Takac, the Goo Goo Dolls are one of the most unlikely success stories in rock music. The band came out of Buffalo, New York, which isn’t exactly a hotbed of famous musicians. It also took them until their fifth album, A Boy Named Goo, until the group started to gain any serious recognition from the mainstream. But ever since audiences discovered the song “Name” in 1995, they’ve been hooked on the Goo Goo Dolls. After starting out as a punk band in the 80s, the Goo Goo Dolls lost their edge in the 90s but gained so much more. They’ve been able to combine rock music with sweet melodies and soulful lyrics that are delivered perfectly with Rzeznik’s distinguished voice.

Nothing But Hits

While the Goo Goo Dolls have plenty of songs from their early days and continue to churn out new albums, they’ve created more than enough hits over the last three decades to fill an entire set. Any music fan seeing the band live knows that they’re going to hear “Name” and the band’s biggest hit: “Iris.” But the Goo Goo Dolls offer their fans so much more than that. After all, who can forget songs like “Naked,” “Slide,” and “Broadway?” In fact, every Goo Goo Dolls concert is akin to hearing the band’s greatest hits album up close and personal because, during every show, the hits just keep on coming.