Rzeznik grew up in Buffalo, N.Y., with a father who was an abusive alcoholic and a mother who was, as he once told the Buffalo News, a "German disciplinarian." He had a tough childhood, but. John Rzeznik: Yeah. For a 15, 16 year old, my, my biggest drama in life was, uh, probably a girl breaking up with me. Mike Sarraille: This attracted the attention of a larger record label, Metal Blade, who released their next few albums. I, and I mean that with all authenticity whatsoever, man, I wish we had three or four hours, uh, sitting down in person cuz we could keep going. It's, it's an indulgence that can become very addictive, you know? What is it about this album that you and, uh, you know, Robbie are so passionate about and so excited to, to release into the world? It is amazing that that happens. Like, okay, we're going down and we had time to think about it. Be the best place. Or what would you have wanted your legacy to be? It's different for different people. And, um, I don't know, it was like, it was shock really. You overcame serious obstacles in, in the early part of your life. Get back after it? You said music was the only thing you were good at. I've gotta go to the gym every day. And, um, and then we're picking up in the fall, we're gonna do, uh, a theater run in smaller cities across America. Rzeznik was born in Buffalo, New York, the youngest of five children and only son of Edith (ne Pomeroy) and Joe Rzeznik,[5] a bar proprietor and postal clerk. Okay, Is that a deal? So, you know, one thing people rarely know about me is I come from San Francisco, which is, I, it was a great place, eighties, nineties. Well, I think, I think in general, yeah, I think in general now that, that is kind of the thing. And it is. I'm the last kid. The Goo Goo Dolls also performed the song "Name" at a live concert with LeAnn Rimes. The lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls talks about surviving a plane crash, being a Buffalo Bills fan and making a sad song sound happy. Yeah. If it's not right, oh my God, I'm gonna lose my fame, I'm gonna lose my status. You know? It's like my manager with all good intentions, my manager, the other guys in my band, they tried to sort of, um, set up a scenario where I could function and produce in a very controlled environment. I realise we need to be safe, but weve given up a lot of our rights and civil liberties in the name of security. You know, And that was, that was always one of the things that when we were coming up in music, the people, the older people, I always listened to the, the old school music guys. Or is that mental toughness or what, You know. He, he called it Don't fuck anyone or Don't try to fuck anyone. Mike Sarraille: Wait. 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John Rzeznik: But I've seen people who have real PTSD and my little annoyances and neurosis don't stack up to what that really is. And, and luckily someone saved me and I was a little kid. I equate doing tours for you guys to like, tours in the military. I would be more nervous. Yeah. John Rzeznik: But, uh, when did you, you decide, hey, college for me or these other things ain't for me. Hey, whatever platform you utilize to listen to our podcast, please, please leave a review. And I think, I think, and that's why I always played in bands like playing music. Eighteen years ago this week, the Goo Goo Dolls frontman joined Limp Bizkit on stage for a cover of Pink Floyds Wish You Were Here at the America: A Tribute To Heroes charity event in the wake of the Pentagon and World Trade Center attacks. They're like, the man takes the drink, the drink takes the drink, the drink takes the man. But, but, uh, because you're so toxic yourself. John Rzeznik: Would probably. So, so I was like, okay, a very tough disciplinarian. Um, so the one thing with this book is I wanted to make it very inclusive of, it doesn't matter who you are, sex, gender, sexual orientation, uh, it applies to everyone. Johnny Rzeznik: Goo Goo Looks Like Doo Doo Email Or Call (888) 847-9869 News Sports Hip Hop Photos Tours Hip Hop Tour Shows Download The App Contact Do Not Sell My Info Bella Hadid Walks Runway. And that's insane to think about that, but. Going back to our initial conversation about desensitizing yourself to things. Sometimes he would be like, Get in the car, we're getting outta here cause it's all women. I'm not gonna hold your hand. Had I known you guys were playing there, we would've come out. But, um, it's, it's, it's exhausting. John Rzeznik: Um, well, uh, we got to play at Red Rocks up in Colorado. And nothing, nothing's, the only way I fail is if I quit. We always seem to figure it out. And that to me that's like, wow, something that came out of my brain connected with this person and, and I was actually able to be there for somebody in a weird way, like a tiny little way. You know, I had, I was having a bad time in high school and, and, uh, or whatever. Was it, was it you that came to the conclusion that you needed help or was it those close to you that say, Hey John, we've, we've, this, this has gotta stop? John Rzeznik: There are a lot of sick people in the world and a few of them happen to gravitate towards me. Happy Wednesday, everyone! I'm not always gonna be here. And try to still find that commonality with people. Like he figured it outing great. To me, those are the most gratifying moments of, of what I'm doing or trying to do is when I'll meet somebody at a meet and greeted or at a show or, or, or just on the street and they'll be like, Man, that song really helped me. John Rzeznik has taken part in a great number of music projects, one of which is in his popular band Goo Goo Dolls. That's a pretty mature outlook. He has also received numerous awards for his musical talent. And we all love to feel sorry for ourselves on occasion. Yeah. John Rzeznik: Like it says here in your thing, it's like you have to take, you have to take at some point in time, I, this is how I learned how to swim. Its just some stupid quirk in my writing and I have been reprimanded for it many times, but fuck you, Im writing it how I want to write it! I think it can be a start, just like bowling could be a start or a football match could be a start, Rzeznik says. [13], On March 24, 2014, Cash Cash released their new single "Lightning". "The good part about being a pessimist is, when something bad happens, you're never really devastated by it," he continues. I, I'm not afraid of strong women. It's like public speaking. Rzeznik celebrates his Polish heritage during one of the Goos' most well-known shows: Fourth of July 2004 in Niagara Square. Cl, https://www.ilikeyouroldstuff.com/news/interview-goo-goo-dolls-johnny-rzeznik, https://www.ilikeyouroldstuff.com/news/90s-rock-ballads-youll-never-forget, https://www.ilikeyouroldstuff.com/news/goo-goo-dolls-return-with-miracle-pill, https://www.ilikeyouroldstuff.com/news/dizzy-up-the-girl-goo-goo-dolls, https://www.ilikeyouroldstuff.com/news/watch-ozzy-osbourne-super-bowl-ad, https://www.ilikeyouroldstuff.com/news/remembering-van-halens-eruption-solo-1992-wm, https://www.ilikeyouroldstuff.com/news/6-songs-dolly-parton-wrote-wm, https://www.ilikeyouroldstuff.com/news/rip-renee-geyer-australian-singer-wm, By submitting my information, I agree to receive personalized updates and marketing messages Politics in America is just shit, Rzeznik sighs. Oh, something else happened to me and this is a shame and I'm a victim. All four of Rzeznik's grandparents were born in Poland. Or if not, misery loves company and they just wanna keep you down with themselves. No, no, we're gonna keep going. Yeah. I'm gonna teach you how to cook. And they may reject me. [21] And it's like, you know what you do not only for yourself, but you have to keep other people in mind. That's what that song Yeah, I Like You is about, because it's like, this is, this is what celebrity is now. [14], On November 29, 2020, he participated in a virtual fundraiser to help combat hunger and raise money for the Community Foodbank of New Jersey. Well I dont know if she was inspired by it, but all I know is that I got to play with her at Madison Square Garden and she was very smart and very nice to me, Rzeznik humbly notes. Know. AboutPressCopyrightContact. Help me to help me get through this period. Johnny Rzeznik and the Goo Goo Dolls survived a plane crash in 1999, as recounted in this episode of the Howard Stern Show, from 2000. So in that moment what I did was I ordered wine for the whole table and I'm like, This is not your problem. It's like we all have potential. John Rzeznik: You get, you either get up or die. And I, you know, and I look at the guy who's hanging the steel above my head every night and I thank that guy because if that, if, if I don't support him and say thank you and express my appreciation, you know, it's like, you know, what he does is very important cuz that shit could fall on my head and kill me. I had to go to rehab five times, you know, before I committed to it, you know, And, and then I had to spend three months there. And it, it does help when somebody says, Hey man, what you do is good. And it wasn't to go war and kill people. And if I hadn't taken that risk, I wouldn't have gotten that wide perspective. John. Last and brother, I have no doubt that she will, if you continue to give her advice like that is have your dream, but you gotta work for it. Yeah. That's how you win. It's like one long error chain of, uh, things. It's ruining my life thinking about what this person's opinion of me is. And they say, they say, Oh, you're the baby. John Rzeznik singles chronology. And what out the airplane? Yeah. We've got a lot of Goo Goo Dolls news for you today, so we're jumping right in. And, um, and so, and he would tell me things like, Listen, I'm not always gonna be here. So how can I support you? Oh, wait a minute. , you went to college for a, a short stint. Because it comes from yourself. But John, we, we end this with a series of what we call the hard questions, man. Um, okay, next one is, what are those like one to three tenants? Rzeznik also performed Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" with Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit for the victims of September 11 as a tribute to the heroes. Um, Australia, if people wanna find the dates in locations where, where to go is at Google. Mens Journals Everyday Warrior With Mike Sarraille is a podcast that inspires individuals to live more fulfilling lives by having conversations with disrupters and high performers in all walks of life. Um, and then there's people that are poison and those are the, those are the telephone numbers that you lose, you know, delete. Mike Sarraille: And yes, when we use that word, it's not cultural, uh, appropriation. Mike Sarraille: It made me want to drink more. Now without an amplifier, Rzeznik borrowed a near-identical Marshall JCM800 from a mutual friend of the band, Charles Root. You hit some dark times in terms of substance abuse. Yeah. I will say that post-traumatic stress can lead to growth, though post traumatic growth. What, what does Robbie mean to you? Walk away. I went mine. I flunked out. Google dolls.com Okay. So I, I couldn't agree with you more. Like, I've never met someone who's got so much joy. What's the biggest crowd you've played? But, but we'll eventually, uh, get there. We read all of 'em, That's how we get better. You know, um, this tour, this leg of the tour goes until the 24th of September. I mean, far exceeds. Being a bartender is my true passion in life cuz it was the greatest job I ever had, better than being in a rock band. This is a Saturday, Oct. 11, 1997 photo of a Long Ez plane in Salisbury, Md., similar to the plane that crashed in California's Monterey Bay on Sunday, Oct. 12, 1997, killing singer John Denver. That was, that was probably the hardest decision I had ever had to make. And, and that's why I've been very wary of where I go in my sobriety to, to get help, to find my community, to help find my tribe of drunks that I can, that we can help each other through this and stay sober. Like, like I think Thatt, uh, PTSD in, you know, the civilian population, it's a little bit overdiagnosed I think because I'm like, I'm like, well, maybe I do have p PTSD because, you know, I don't know. No. So get up and go. And um, you know, and I had, I had a, I had a therapist I was smoking pot with and, and like going over to his house and I'm just like, well, what is the end game here? When, when, when, uh, when does the tour go till. 1 person dead. You gotta do what's best for the song anyway. John Rzeznik: I believe in the concept of tribe. In America now, discussing your political opinion can actually be really dangerous, which is bizarre. I tell you what, I made a deal just to get 'em outta my house just to get everybody that loved me outta my house. Very few of them never talked about it. [9], Rzeznik's father died at the age of 53 on February 2, 1981, from a diabetic coma when Rzeznik was 15 years old. And I believe, you know, just cuz somebody's a qualified shrink or psychologist does not mean they're good at what they do. In episode 28 of the Everyday Warrior Podcast Episode, we spoke to John Rzeznik, guitarist and frontman of the Goo Goo Dolls. And you're, you know, where, where you were, you brought up an interesting point. I was like, I'll go to rehab, but I'm gonna stay drunk for the next three days. My wife and I. John Rzeznik: So, you know, there, you know, and to, and the thing is, when, when you're in a vulnerable position, there's no shortage of people who are gonna try to take advantage of that. 150,000 people. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Goo Goo Dolls 2.2 Other activity 3 Musical style 3.1 Influences 3.2 Songwriting Under Celluloid, they released their first eponymous album on a $750 budget (later the re-prints would be referred to as "First Release"). I don't care if you are a professional athlete that has made it in, in an individual sport, like let's say singles tennis. So you guys performed at elite level, We performed that in an elite level. Do, do people come up a lot and they're like, Hey, that one song reminds me of this time of my life. I was a recon Marine in, in my initial days in the military, and we were stuck on a desert hill for two weeks overlooking the vastness of the desert. John Rzeznik: The Democrats are as bad off as the Republicans. Get official Goo Goo Dolls merch and vinyl here. But I think with social media today, people can just sort of stay a victim. Mike Sarraille: John Rzeznik: And for all those thank you for listening. Listen to the full episode above (scroll down for the transcript) and see more from this series below. [17] Westerberg co-wrote the 1993 Goo Goo Dolls song "We Are the Normal" with Rzeznik, who reflected on the experience by stating "To some people, Keith Richards is their hero. Frontman Johnny Rzeznik admits jack-knifed wrecks arent the only perils facing your average rock star: unhinged fans practising witchcraft are just as dangerous. You. I was born with it because I never took any music lessons really, except for accordion. And that's to present that kind of strength. On October 26, 1982, his mother died at the age of 51 from a sudden heart attack in the family's living room. I feel that way about Westerberg. I agree. It's like the, the, the, we all feel like victims sometimes, you know? This performance was captured on DVD and CD for the public in the Goo Goo Dolls release Live in Buffalo: July 4, 2004. You. (2002) " I'm Still Here ( Jim 's Theme) " is a song written by the Goo Goo Dolls frontman John Rzeznik for the Disney film Treasure Planet. And I know that I can talk to these people, you know, and I'm, and I am part of something and I am not alone, you. Now when I say the word risk, and, and let me know if you think this is accurate, most people think fear and you have to, to again. Or not. There definitely was a, a, a, I would say a higher element of emotional strength, mental strength within that generation. It's, that's bullshit. It's like people in Buffalo are, are naturally a hard workers B, honest and, and, uh, c they, they have the ability to adapt and, and, and reinvent themselves. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and to all Um, well, John, dude, um, I've loved this conversation, man. We have to take action to get shit done. That, that is a great story. Mm-hmm. You know, like, like I'm dealing with, with, you know, entertainment. My dad's an alcoholic and life at home was pretty crazy sometimes. I left. And, um, we are being tested on so many levels as individuals, as, as, as Americans, as as human beings. information, interests, activities, website visits and device My dad was a mailman, my mom was a school teacher. And the disease got him. John Rzeznik: Oh, we're so sorry for you. Cheers. exclusives, interviews, competitions & more. That's stepping in front of 150,000 people than stepping onto the battlefield. It's be, I mean, you know what? John Rzeznik: They mean nothing. And, um, and, um, so, you know, and they would say things like, Look, if you're gonna create art or you're gonna make music or do whatever you're doing, uh, or you're gonna go out and you're gonna make a billion dollars in the stock market, try to leave the world a little bit better than you found it. And I know we were talking before we, uh, recorded here, but this is like a trip down memory of the lane cuz I grew up on, uh, on your music. John Rzeznik: John, you were correct when you said you with regards to me, That's everyone, dude, in my opinion. John F. Kennedy Jr. was just 38 years old when he died in a tragic plane crash on July 16, 1999 and not everyone believes that it was an accident. I, I have to believe that. What was it about the, that drew you in that that, that, you know, sparked that passion dude behind, uh, music? And it's, it's, uh, he has been probably the most stable person in my life. And you've gotta have the balls to walk away from any situation. I think everyone in our country is just fatigued and slightly shocked, Rzeznik laughs wearily. Dec 11, 2019. So what I had to do, what I had to do to get over that anxiety and that fear was, it was the first time we went out on tour and we were staying in these crap motels. [16] Rzeznik also cites Paul Westerberg as an "obvious influence" on his music. Came in the the good with the bad and, uh, couldn't agree with you more. So when I was asked to leave the university , it was, uh, you know, I had, I had met Robbie and we were determined that we were gonna do something. It culminates in the last election and people are going, What the fuck is going on?. Um, you know, and you just kind of, you, you yet adapt and, and, and make it work. Does that just, do you walk away from that and you're like, Okay, we gotta keep on going. But, um, he got, he was, he was a dark individual. He was in the Navy. I'm, uh, I'm convinced. It was during this period and while attending McKinley Vocational High School that Rzeznik began playing the guitar. So I went skydiving and I, I, I had a guy strapped to my back and, and I'm like, Dude, let's go. But we've all hung with poison from time to time, probably earlier in our lives Yeah. And, you know, um, and I think people just kind of sit there and, and win and bitch and, and nothing gets done. Uh, yes, you probably have innate talent, but everywhere I've been, all my success, the product who I am has always been coaches and mens. It's like, that's in the past. An obituary in the Dallas Morning News said Dunn was "traveling with . So, you know, I'm wildly proud of my generation. Weve had a few run-ins with mentally unstable fans and its a little bit scary, Rzeznik explains. It breaks my heart, because since 9/11 Americans have been sort of traumatised. We gotta move forward. Who Is John Rzeznik? Mike Sarraille: But I, cause I, I couldn't get warm, you know? And it became a metaphor in my life to, to keep going, you know? Instantly they diagnosed me with PTSD and I'm like, Hold on, hold on. I think, Yeah. We learn from each other. Let me deal with it. It's kind of strange, you know, because you, you do, you need your tribe. You know, because, because of circumstances surrounding our relationship, it, it, the, the situation just became untenable and, and it was like, we were not, we were growing apart and we were doing, we weren't doing good for each other anymore. Those are powerful, man. You know, because, and I found that too in the, in the, in the uh, recovery community. It's not, it's not a indication that you're not capable of achieving whatever goal you've set out. Um, but we just weren't good for each other anymore. He looks amazing, and he's still drinks tequila. John Rzeznik, born in 1965, is an American vocalist. And guys, thank you for joining The Everyday Warrior. Cause I, I, I know you've been married, divorced, you're married, now you have a little girl, but it seems like Robbie is the most consistent staple of your life. We gotta write more. John Rzeznik: Get up, get up, You get knocked down 10 times. John Rzeznik: Empathy means you listen to people's perspectives and their experiences. I know tons of people who are considered geniuses and they can't get off their ass and get anything done. Thanks for joining us on another episode of the Men's Journal Everyday Warrior podcast. And I tell her, Look at me, look at me, Lilly, you have greatness inside you, but you gotta do the work. Uh, dude, that is my biggest fear of plane crash. - eNotes.com", "John Rzeznik: "I am still looking for that perfect song. Are you guys freaking more out by the end of the door? John Rzeznik: John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik ( born December 5, 1965), also known as Johnny Rzeznik, is an American guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer. It's, and it's stalling me out. It's kind of like a selfish process in a way. And that's what's going on now. Screw that. [26], Rzeznik is a recovering alcoholic. This is ridiculous. And what does everyone do? You, you know, you love all your family members. Um, yeah, it's broken sleep on a bus, um, you know, inconsistent food, uh, you know, just things like that.
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