It’s a contrast from the poetically introspective tone of 2010’s Something For the Rest of Us, which reflected some personal turmoil. Right now we’re here and living this moment, and some cool things are happening in our lives.” We never denied what the situation was at the moment. “All these years now we’ve been playing in this band together and we still somehow manage to grow. When I sit and think about my life, it really has been incredible.” “All the writing is an extension of ourselves,” Rzeznik says. And nowhere is it more explicit than in one of two Takac-penned songs: “Happiest of Days.” From the celebratory single “Rebel Beat” to the love-rediscovery ballad “Slow It Down,” from the blue-collar anthem “Keep the Car Running” to the meltingly romantic “Come to Me,” Magnetic is an album bursting with a spirit of renewal. That joy is all there in the spirit of the 11 new songs on the album, for which Rzeznik, Takac and drummer Mike Malinin - the lineup steady since 1995 - recorded in New York, London and Los Angeles with Gregg Wattenberg (Train), Rob Cavallo (Green Day), John Shanks (Bon Jovi) and Greg Wells (Katy Perry). That song has also connected with a new generation, as Dolls fan Taylor Swift has been performing it in her concerts. Not to mention that recently three of the band’s songs placed in Billboard’s Top 100 of 2002-2012, with “Iris” standing at No. And Rzeznik is getting married this summer. Bassist Robby Takac, whose partnership with Rzeznik has been the band’s foundation since the start, and his wife have just had their first child. It’s a great time overall for the musicians. “I don’t think we’ve made a record like this in a while. “This album was really upbeat and fun,” says John Rzeznik, the trio’s primary singer, songwriter and guitarist since it was founded in Buffalo in 1986. More to the point, the Goo Goo Dolls are feeling particularly good. See All Song Highlights After more than two decades as a band, with nine albums, a catalog of songs that have become ingrained in the pop consciousness and countless concerts for millions of fans, the Goo Goo Dolls are feeling particularly good about their new album: Magnetic.
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