10 Hated Bands That Are A Lot Better Than You Think
6. Goo Goo Dolls
Towards the mid '90s, it felt like the entire genre of hard rock had started to go through a bit of a neutering phase. As opposed to the nu metal that was starting to make waves, a lot of the grungy sounds laying over from the early days were a tired shell of what they used to be. However, if you want a tipping point where this music got stale, most people would point you towards the Goo Goo Dolls.
Which is strange considering the amount of talent each respective member actually possesses. Rather than the one guy that everyone knows, John Rzeznik and Robby Takac have an incredible chemistry together across the '90s, which brought all of their more mainstream material into the forefront. Granted, a lot of the detractors tend to point to songs like Iris and Slide as the watering-down of rock music, but the Goo Goo Dolls were never at home in that genre.
Across classics like Dizzy Up the Girl, you can tell that Rzeznik is just a pop songwriter who happens to have that gravelly voice which fits into the realm of grunge. It's not good grunge because it's not supposed to be grunge at all. Aside from a few clunkers amid their discography, the '90s glory period of these guys has a lot more polish than many have given them credit for.