Category: Demo

As I wrote in the past, there had been several Superstar Car Wash demo sessions which leaked online years ago. One of them featured a tape simply called “Instrumental Demos”. Such release was a 7-song studio take of some of the songs which ended up being included in the final 1993 album. Today I am sharing it with you.

Just like their previous three albums, the Goo Goo Dolls wanted to include at least one cover song in their new release, 1993’s Superstar Car Wash. This time, they opted for “Next To You“, originally performed by The Police.

Like I mentioned before, there are several Superstar Car Wash demo sessions which have been leaked throughout the years. A good number of them feature a song called “Tell Me Something I Don’t Know“. To my knowledge, this song comes in at least three different versions:

1. An instrumental demo
2. A rough version with a few lyrics sung only by John
3. A final demo version with full lyrics, sung by both John and Robby

Little is known about how these demos were released to the public. There have been rumors circulating for many years. One theory is that one of the band members took the demos home with them, and hid the tapes under the floorboard. Sometime later, they moved out of the apartment and completely forgot about the tapes tucked away in their hiding place. The person who moved in next discovered them, releasing them online.