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~Here are some cool facts about the Goo Goo Dolls!~
*John studied to be a plumber at McKinley Vocational High School*
*Three of the jobs Robby had when the band was still little known where telemarketer, delivered
pizzas, washed floors
*On ABNG, "Stand Alone" was replaced by "Disonnected," and "Slave Girl."
*"There You Are" was filmed in Pilot Field
*Johnny's favorite book is The Cider House Rules
*The Goo Goo Dolls found their band name from a 60's "True Detective"
*Mike is the tallest member of the band.
*The first instrument Johnny learned to play was the accordion.
*The first record label the band was signed with was Celluloid.
Here are some quotes!
"Guys in college are just horny scumbags.:
-Johnny at the UMass Amherst show, telling his Girls in College Story
"That cow stole my Grammy!"
-Johnny on Celine Dion winning at the Grammy Awards
"I support anything that causes mass hysteria in children!"
-Robby
"We would just get fucked up out of our minds and play the most obnoxious shit we couls possible do."
-Johnny, on the band's early days.
"When you miss the record button too many times because there were too many of them, then we'd quit. For the night."
-Robby, on the band's drug-using days
"It's like, holy cow! Here we are! Happening! Finally!"
-Robby, on the band's long-awaited success
"If someone hates us that much...that means someone's gotta like us that much."
-Johnny
"Robby is the brother I never wanted."
-Johnny
"When you get mad...remember-it takes 42 muscles to frown...and 4 to put up your middle finger!"
-Johnny
"I like being in America, where I'm ugly."
-Johnny, on getting mobbed my fans in Europe
"Beavis is the most important character in American humor in the last fifteen years."
-Mike
"Mandarin Chinese has no homonyms so they can't pun-what do they do for kicks?"
-Mike
"How is everyone out here in Masstapachosetts?"
-Robby at the UMass concert.