Our contributor Javier unearthed a very interesting and slightly personal interview John Rzeznik did back in 1993 to promote the band’s then newest release “Superstar Car Wash”.
Continue reading “A Conversation with Johnny – 1993 Interview”Category: Trivia
Mike Rizzo’s Pivotal Mission: A Book About the Goo Goo Dolls Before They Made It Big—And He Needs YOUR Help
We’ve gotten to know Mr. Rizzo, one of our many readers, over the past few years. Recently, he let us in on a passion project of his: a book about the Goo Goo Dolls focused mainly on the band’s early days, up until they made it big in the late 1990s. Naturally, his mission perfectly aligns with this blog’s core objective.
Continue reading “Mike Rizzo’s Pivotal Mission: A Book About the Goo Goo Dolls Before They Made It Big—And He Needs YOUR Help”Exclusive high-definition photos from two 1990 concerts, courtesy of Carla Trujillo
We briefly wrote about Carla Trujillo a few days ago when she got in touch with us. Today, we are proud to share with all of our readers the first (of we hope many other) footage material she wants to share with the Temple community.
Continue reading “Exclusive high-definition photos from two 1990 concerts, courtesy of Carla Trujillo”John Rzeznik Back In High School: A Collage
Contributor Bailey has been working on a little collage about John’s years as a high school student, including a bit of trivia from those days.
Continue reading “John Rzeznik Back In High School: A Collage”The Curious Podcast of George Tutuska
Joe and Jessica are back at it again with their AI-generated opinions, courtesy of Google’s NotebookLM technology. This time, they have a vivid discussion about none other than former drummer and original member of the band George Tutuska.
The Temple Of Goo articles used as references, which were fed into NotebookLM, are:
- The main blog post about George and his pivotal role in the Goo Goo Dolls (one of the most-read articles in the Temple, which keeps getting new reads on a daily basis)
- The story about the original album cover for “A Boy Named Goo”
As always, don’t take all the info we present here, both using our posts and the podcast itself, at face value. Some of it is indeed factual, other stuff is speculation and logical connections.
The podcast may get a couple of things wrong here and there. The technology is still under heavy development.
PLEASE NOTICE: The podcast kind of ends abruptly. All it was missing was just the goodbyes from the speakers anyway.
Laurie Farinacci: The Fourth Goo Goo Dolls Member? – A Podcast
Here we go again with another podcast, courtesy of the AI technology behind NotebookLM. This time, Joe and Jessica delve into the role of Laurie Farinacci, John Rzeznik’s former wife with whom the Goo Goo Dolls’ lead singer shared a home for five years (1993-1997), along with many songwriting adventures, apparently.
As a reminder, the podcast may contain a couple of mistakes here and there, and it basically summarizes in a two-person-discussion fashion the contents present in the following posts:
- Main post about Laurie Farinacci
- Some info about the origins of “Iris“
- John’s insights about his relationship with Laurie
- A 1996 article
Don’t forget that a lot of the stuff, both in the aforementioned posts and podcast, is the result of speculations coming from fans.
The podcast is 12 minutes long and can be listened to by clicking on the video below:
Temple of Goo - The rarest Goo Goo Dolls releases, for real Goo fans only 
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