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Greetings it sounds like three ppl so I'll skip that so I don't get confused!
Bull: That was the longest sound check I have ever heard, yeah I mentioned that on my last break.
Robby: Yeah we've been off for a couple of weeks, so our brains are in that interesting place.
Bull:You don't sound out of practice , man.
Robby:While thats good,(laughs) thats good, yeah thats good to here.
Bull: HEy are you going to the same hairdresser as Gavin Rossdale thse days?
Robby: I don't do anyhting the same as Gavin Rossdale!
Bull: no?(laughs)
Robby: Nothing as a matter of fact I considered giving up guitar in general.
Bull:Really?
Robby: No just kidding! Um no.
Bull:Yeah cause your hair is a little different color these days.
Robby:Yeah my girlfriend did it for me.
Bull:What shade would that be? Is there a name for that?
Robby: This is called Cherry Bomb my friend.
Bull: Very nice. Would I look good in that?
Robby:Sure
Bull: Sure Okay. That'll be the first thing I do tomorrow isRobby Goo told me to go get a cherry bomb hair-do.So you guys are in town for three days? Is it always fun for you guys to come back home.
Robby: Yeah the shows are great here, even when they wern't great anywhere else they were great here. Yeah I mean were really lookiung forward to it. Three nights here will give us an interesting angle.
Bull: Yeah you get to play around a little bit.
Robby: yeah exactly.
Bull:Is there anything special you can tell us about tonights show?
Robby: Oh its all special!
Bull:Okay, your not going to give in thats cool thats fine I understand that.
Robby:Yeah its great, Scott Carpenter is going to be playing tonight, right? And Velour and I forget the name of the other band, whats the name of the band, the band that won the contest?
Bull:Mexican Cession
Robby: Yes, they and on Friday night the big Lance Diamond show. With horns and Singes and dancers, its going to be great!
Bull:We'er having a multimedia affair.
Robby: Yeah
Bull: I also noticed in your sound check that you guys played songs from through out your catalog. Going way back to current day stuff.
Robby: Yeah we go back to Hold Me Up. Thats about as far back as we go, the other stuff sounds a little out of place at this point.
Bull:Hey tell me about this whole U.S.O. thing you guys are doing, are you nervous at all, I mean your going to get involved in some sort of war torn area, and somethings going to happen?
Robby: Ya'know we're going to be in two of the most dangerous parts of the world within a week man. We're going to be in Bosnia and Times Square on New Years man. Its like 2 of the most dangerous places on earth
Bull:Have you ever, I wanna get back to the Bosnia thing but, have you ever been in New York on New Years eve?
Robby: Ahh, no no I've been working most years, actually the pass ten years I think. We were going to take this one off but it was to big of a thing to turn down.
Bull:Yeah are you looking forward to it?
Robby:Yeah its going to be fun, I'm not looking forward to London to fly home from London like thats pretty much why we're going there. Thats going to be a little bit of a long trip. But besides that I think its going to befun.
Bull:Lets just hope theres not a black out or something.
Robby:Oh there won't be.
Bull:Your confident in that
Robby:No no
Bull: You've talked to all the computer people and everything.
Robby: Yeah but if a war head does come I hope it literally knocks me out from a concussion before it explodes, naw it'll be great.
Bull:I want to go back to Bosnia because one of things you guys are doing to night and I think is reallly really cool is the collection of the new toys, yeah tell the people what you are going to be doing with them.
Robby:Yeah were doing a toy drive a toydrive for wrapped toys, new toys and if you drop them off here we've been siging tons and tons of 8x10 photographs, you can get youself one of those and make a kids day happy!We're going to take half of them and leave em here for the kids in Buffalo and take half with us the navy was nice of us to give a portion of there air craft to bring a bunch over to spread the evil of Pokemon in Bosnia
Bull:So they are going to airlift the toys to Bosnia...
Robby:There going to airlift us along with them...
Bull:I was going to say you're going to jump out of the plane with them too?
Robby:Yeah its all military transport its going to be pretty waked man
Bull:How's the media blitz been for you guys i mean just a couple of days ago I saw you on TRL Was that a good time?
Robby:Yeah ya'know TRL is kinda weird, ITs an odd sort of concept I think but we went an annoced the number for the Fly2k contest.
Bull:Hey we've got words 20 more tickets just went on sale!
Robby:I amazed twenty of my friends didn't show up!
Bull:So you guys are playing on a plane in the fly2k thing.
Robby: yeah were going to play up in the plane! I have to spend 12 straight hours in a first class cabin with 98*!
Bull: Oh My God!!!Your definatly going to have to take some (Can't here dumb old me hit the record button!)
Robby:Or something stronger maybe.
Bull:So you guys have played on a plane and you've played on a boatcuz you did that spring break thing.
Robby:And were going to play on an aircraft carrier in the Meditarrainian in an undisclosed location they won't tell us where it is, its a secert
Bull:Your all about the military man!
Robby:You know we've done a lot of shows for them over the past couple of years, I guess we're decent enough people and I don't think they'd be bringing out Marilyn Manson out to play in Bosnia. They might be a little toruble. I just hink things will work out well for us.
Bull:Congradulations on the Million Spin thing thats huge.
Robby:Theys weird huh?
Bull:Thats great well deserved
Robby:Bizarre
Bull: I'm kissing your ass know but I'm sincere when I say that
Robby:Oh come on
Bull:And that was a combanation of Dizzy, Black Balloon and Iris and Slide.
Robby:YEah the 4 singles thus far
(Pushed the record button AGAIN)
Bull: Yeah you did a big thing out in LA for that.
Robby:Yeah it was like ah actually Rich was there too. It was a lot of fun man.
Bull:He hates to even be mentioned on the radio.
Robby:Ya I know, I've never met a guy who works in radio that hates being on the radio so much, its like hey Rich ya wanna talk,"no dude I ll just hang out man".
Bull:So have you made any plans for the next project for the Goo Goo Dolls? Has it been talked about at all?
Robby:Well I think the plan now is just to finish this tour and try an become normal human beings
Bull:Relax again?
Robby:Yeah and to try and get our heads in a place where we can write some music people will understand yeah we don't need another record about being on the road for 16 months, I think Journey and Jackson Brown wrote all of those.
Bull:So your not going to make any collaborations with Puff Daddy or anyhting or some symphony or anyhting like that?
Robby:If Puff Daddy wants to open a little money, maybe.
Bull:That would make sense.
Robby:No I don't know we'll see what comes around, I know we're going to be doing some stuff for a film this summer, a Jim Carrey, yeah a new Jim Carrey movie so that should be cool.
Bull:Where are we going to see you around town this week, or is it going to be spent soley with your family?
Robby:Well I'm going to spend a little time with my family, I'm going to try and stay out of the holding center that would be nice.
Bull:For a change
Robby:Except to visit my twentyfriends who didn't show up tonight.
Bull:Slugs.
Robby:yeah SLUGS! But I want to reiderate once again bring toys down really, ya'know stop on the way in and just pick up a toy because this is a great thing and everytime we try to do something like this in Buffalo its worked out really really well so I'm sure this is going to be the same way. So bring the toys out man, kids love the Pokémon, the kids love the rock n' roll Elmo. this year is they love.
Bull:Do they really?
Robby:Yeah thats what I heard
Bull: Rock n' roll Elmo
Robby: Rock n' roll Elmo I think thats basically a tickle me Elmo and they put a leather jacket and guitar in his hand for they year 2000
Bull:Works well for me
Robby: Ya' Know we did a song with Elmo.
Bull:Did you?
Robby: Yeah we were on Sesame Street and we did a song with Elmo, they dressed him up like John it was hilarious.
Bull:Did you meet Snuffleufagous?
Robby:Snuffleufagous was hanging from hooks on the ceiling, it was the weirdest thing! Who else did we meet? We met the count the three Goo Goo Dolls Hahahah(in counts voice) I was 1 Mike was 2, John was 3. And we met Grover and we met ahhh...
Bull:Did you meet Oscar? Did Oscar come out of his can?
Robby:No, but I went in Oscars can.
Bull:Did you?
Robby: yeah yeah I went in Oscars can.
Bull:I wouldn't say that to many times in Public
Robby:Yeah I know well come on now.
Bull:Yeah its a family show I know
Robby:You had to drop to that level didn't you thanks thanks. I probably would have any way.
Bull: Well you got to go eat man we hope to talk to you again tomorrow.
Robby:Alright absoultley.
Bull:Great to see you.
Robby:Okay once again Toys! Bring lots of toys!
Bull:Okay Robby Goo Ladies and Gentlemen. Nice round of applause here in the Lobby of Shea's Theater. Robby Goo from the Goo Goo Dolls tonight having a big big show, the first of their three home coming performances we can't wait. Doors at 7 music at 8. Get down here tonight and bring your toys get your autographed picture from the band.