Goo Goo Dolls Celebrate 1 Million Spins In Los Angeles
Nov 17, 1999, 10:50 am PT
The Goo Goo Dolls celebrated their recent radio accomplishment of 1 million spins from a
single album (Dizzy Up The Girl) with a rooftop mini-concert at the Museum of Television
and Radio in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Tuesday (Nov. 16).
The band tore through the four guilty parties, "Dizzy," "Slide," "Black Balloon," and "Iris" for
an intimate crowd of record executives, radio folks, friends, and a few select journalists
before being presented with a slew of plaques commemorating the accomplishment.
Before the gig, the trio joked about their upcoming military tour, which will take the band
to several naval and army bases in Europe, including Tuzla Army Base in war-torn Bosnia.
"I'll tell you this much, I'm not going to wander off the road to take a leak because I don't
feel like getting my legs blown off by a landmine," said singer Johnny Rzeznik.
In addition to the gig in Bosnia, the band will also play a show for the sailors on the U.S.S.
John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea (the exact location is
classified, which, as it turns out, is a good thing). "I'll be sitting there with my compass so
the Chechens can sink it," joked Rzeznik.
In addition to the gigs, the band is sponsoring a toy drive in their hometown of Buffalo,
N.Y. on Dec. 1-3. Fans who donate toys at the three-night stand will receive an
autographed photo of the band. Half of the toys will be distributed to children in Buffalo
while the other half will make the trip to Bosnia. "We thought as poor as the poor kids are
in Buffalo, there are kids that have it worse off [in Bosnia] so we decided to get the Navy
to fly half the toys over there."
Just to put things into perspective with regards to the band's radio accomplishment, it
would take seven years of total air time if you played all four tracks back-to-back, 24
hours a day to equate 1 million spins. "We may not be the coolest band in the world, but
we're the most fucking played band!" joked Rzeznik from the stage.
-- Kevin Raub
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