george tutuska was the new drummer for the goo goo dolls.
george tutuska was the new drummer for the goo goo dolls.
who is the new drummer for the goo goo dolls?
george tutuska
the band's original lineup included johnny rzeznik (guitar, vocals), robby takac (bass, vocals), and george tutuska (drums, percussion). takac and tutuska had been long-time friends in school and met rzeznik while he was playing in the band the beaumonts with takac's cousin, paul takac and close friend michael harvey who was the inspiration for the band. the trio picked their name from a "true detective" ad for a toy called a goo goo doll. "we were young and we were a garage band not trying to get a deal. we had a gig that night and needed a name. it's the best we came up with, and for some reason it stuck. if i had five more minutes, i definitely would have picked a better name", john stated. with takac as their lead singer, the band released their first album, "goo goo dolls" in 1987 on mercenary records, but was picked up in 1988 by celluloid records, a larger record company. they played around buffalo's underground music circuit and across the country opening for punk bands such as gang green, snfu, dag nasty, bad religion, motorhead, all, the dead milkmen, doughboys, big drill car, the gun club, uniform choice, and dri and playing with fellow buffalo bands. the band released its second album "jed" in 1989.
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in 2006, the goo goo dolls marked their 20th anniversary with their new album "let love in", which included the studio recording of "give a little bit" as well as other top 10 radio singles "better days", "stay with you", and "let love in". with their third consecutive single ("let love in") from the album, the goo goo dolls hit a record 12 top 10 hits in adult top 40 history, beating matchbox twenty and sheryl crow until matchbox twenty's release of "exile on mainstream" and the goo goo dolls' release of "before it's too late" from the transformers soundtrack, which left both groups with 13 top 10 hits in the adult top 40. goo goo dolls planned to release another single from "let love in", "without you here", as well as a song from the july 2007 "transformers" movie called "before it's too late", originally titled "fiction". to promote the new single, the goo goo dolls performed "before it's too late" at both "the tonight show with jay leno" on june 8, 2007, and again at "the late late show with craig ferguson" on june 22, 2007. in july 2007 the band discussed their career as a whole and gave a live performance on a&e's private sessions. rzeznik stated that after the release of "without you here" and their summer tour with lifehouse and colbie caillat, the band would return to the studio to begin work on their next album, their ninth overall.
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