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John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik (/ ˈ r ɛ z n ɪ k /; born December 5, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and producer.He is best known as the guitarist and frontman of the rock band Goo Goo Dolls, with whom he has recorded several chart-topping hits, including "Iris", "Slide", and "Name".
Hold Me Up is the third studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls, released on October 16, 1990, by Metal Blade Records.It marked the beginning of John Rzeznik's emergence as the band's principal lead vocalist.
The band's original lineup included John 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. [11]
John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls perform at ACL Live on November 14, 2022 in Austin, Texas. If your musical tastes were created — or cemented — in the 1990s and early aughts, this summer is ...
The J. Crew Catalog of the '90s Was My Generation's Preppy Handbook. Sarah Brown. September 4, 2024 at 3:03 PM ... Goo Goo Dolls postpone shows as frontman John Rzeznik hospitalized with pneumonia ...
At 9:30 p.m., when Goo Goo Dolls frontman John Rzeznik, bassist Robby Takac and the rest of the rockers finally sauntered on stage, they wanted to make it worth the wait. “Broadway is ...
Shortly afterwards that same day, John Rzeznik called Rob with a song he had written called "Iris", a power ballad. [9] [10] In a 2013 interview with Songfacts, Rzeznik explained how he wrote the song: "I was thinking about the situation of the Nicolas Cage character in the movie. This guy is completely willing to give up his own immortality ...
In a 2002 performance on VH1 Storytellers, John Rzeznik explained that the song refers to a teenage girl in a strict Catholic environment who has become pregnant. She and her boyfriend are debating as to the possibility of abortion or marriage, which is presented in the song as the verse "do you want to get married or run away". [2]