Forget it, I dont need that shit. And, you know, and, and just, just plagued with self doubt and worry. Um, and when you, and then you, and then you put Covid on top of it and you're trapped in the house and you have a lot of time to think and introspection and that, and, and this, this album is sort of a, uh, it's kind of a reflection on like, just being a human being during this insane time in history, you know? And so basically his job was to beat up drunk soldiers, you know? This guy was working in the rice patties. And what out the airplane? And it is. Mike Sarraille: But at the same time, it's a collective strength. It featured a tuning that consisted of the high E string raised to F# and the B string raised to a C and with a capo at the second fret. John Rzeznik: Johnny Rzeznik and the Goo Goo Dolls share the harrowing story of surviving a 1999 plane crash. And they found out what can this guy do? Or if not, misery loves company and they just wanna keep you down with themselves. [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. Uh, and that's what, what drove me, right? I'm not in control. 150,000 people. You know, this is not what women are for. What happens when more people don't like me than like me? I think if my father was able to talk about his experiences, because, you know, he lost his father when he was very, very young. But, but we'll eventually, uh, get there. In America now, discussing your political opinion can actually be really dangerous, which is bizarre. And I tell her, Look at me, look at me, Lilly, you have greatness inside you, but you gotta do the work. Yeah, yeah. I, yeah. But, uh, we, I attached that memory as I said earlier, Wow. Uh, yeah. It is so damn good to have you on here. Mike Sarraille: Care about me. But, but, but, uh, like most beautiful things in life, I mean, the women in my life have always been strong and, and compassionate. Let me deal with it. It's not, you cannot get caught up in other people's opinions of you. And it's great to see it because people are doing it themselves and they're finally getting a little help from, from the, the local government and, and all that, you. Mike Sarraille: John Rzeznik: But I, I, I think there, I think we have, uh, some darker days ahead of us than than son of your days. Boom. No, no. It's someone who was, you know, sexually or emotionally abused as as a child. I, I just find it so fascinating to talk to you because it's like, and I can't wait to read your book. We have to take action to get shit done. I would be more nervous stepping in front of a crowd. Um, you know, but one of the, one of the most amazing, brilliant things about being that young and, and being, being caught up in, in, in this pretty crazy situation is that, that I was, I was able to go, Okay, this is bad and this sucks and my heart is broken, but I have to keep going. And then come Friday, that person went their direction with their circle of friends. Right. Yeah. I keep liquor in my house. Cause I know you probably just, that's, I mean, that's impact at its finest. Mike Sarraille: And I'm like, Oh, no, no, no, not at all. All three were strapped into their seats. You start to recognize faces in the crowd and, and they become an extension of your tribe. Like, I've never met someone who's got so much joy. That's good to hear, man. John Rzeznik (singing): "Just give me thrills, so the truth don't creep in, and it's wrong." It's the first one he's ever produced for the band, and it was quite an experience. They're like, I've never had this and now I belong to this, this group, regardless if they're a criminal organization or, or, or, or nonprofit. Well, like some music, you know, it's like, there are people in my life who are medicine to me. Yeah, no, I, I, I agree with that wholeheartedly. And he, he was able, he was able to get us. Okay, Is that a deal? I highly recommend it to anybody. Had I known you guys were playing there, we would've come out. "And when something good . It's, so, again, man, it's, it's, I love this because you haven't read this book and you're basically walking through the entire book. Yeah. They're like, the man takes the drink, the drink takes the drink, the drink takes the man. 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. All right, last question, man. Yeah. That's a pretty mature outlook. John Rzeznik: Rzeznik celebrates his Polish heritage during one of the Goos' most well-known shows: Fourth of July 2004 in Niagara Square. 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. Rzeznik founded the group alongside Robby Takac and has recorded 12 studio albums so far. And you are, I don't know how you mean, you know, we're very into self-reliance, but we are, But the interdependence between you and your fellow soldiers warriors, that's something that's, that's a bond that's so important. You got to do the things you got to do. 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. I, I don't want, I don't wanna get a phone call after this. He briefly attended Buffalo State College, dropping out after his first year. That was the real push for the surveillance state. Awesome. And my dad, my dad was very kind of a dark guy. That hasnt changed about me, but if you mention, Gee, wouldnt it be nice if everyone could go and see a doctor? suddenly youre branded a socialist whos ruining the country. Those are powerful, man. Um, cuz I'll tell you, I loved my men and women a lot more than I hated the enemy on, on the other side of the battlefield. And, you know, um, and I think people just kind of sit there and, and win and bitch and, and nothing gets done. If it's not right, oh my God, I'm gonna lose my fame, I'm gonna lose my status. Try to keep your word. You. I like, well, I think we, we, we hit on, on this before. Mike Sarraille: Politics in America is just shit, Rzeznik sighs. And we, we did send you to prep. But they just came home. The day quickly became a city triumph when rain came pouring down during their performance. Um, I believe it was innate, but that being said, you gotta work, you gotta do the work. ", "The Next Great American Band Official Website", "Songwriters Hall of Fame 2008 Award and Induction Ceremony Induction Ceremonies", "Watch Goo Goo Dolls Singer Live from Westfield in Benefit to Fight Hunger", "Rank Your Records: John Rzeznik Plays Favorites with the Goo Goo Dolls Records", "Catching up with Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls", "Goo Goo Dolls' Johnny Rzeznik Is Engaged", "John Rzeznik and Wife Welcome Daughter Liliana Carella", "John Rzeznik unveiled: Goo Goo Dolls frontman finds peace in sobriety, love in fatherhood", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Rzeznik&oldid=1138331259, This page was last edited on 9 February 2023, at 02:50. It's like public speaking. I mean, you, you, what you do is much was what you were doing was much more serious. Is that, is that accurate? John, you were correct when you said you with regards to me, That's everyone, dude, in my opinion. Category. There's music that's candy, and there's music that's poison. Welcome, John. By Thom Jennings ngedit@niagara-gazette.com. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. But we've all hung with poison from time to time, probably earlier in our lives Yeah. In my opinion. Mike Sarraille: You get up 11 times. And hold your head high moral courage is, uh, there's a deficit in this world. "[20][dead link], Rzeznik met former model Laurie Farinacci in 1990, married her in 1993 but divorced in 2003; they did not have any children. Does the draw of alcohol. No, thank God for women. You know, Mike Sarraille: And that's what it is. John Rzeznik: And we talk heavily about victimhood and we talk heavily about failure, uh, because my life is one, and we said it right before this, we were like, what is the the biggest failure in your life? He said, Try, try to follow your word. Um, and, and my dad, my dad, my, it's really kind of, my dad was older. I think this is something that I, I'm just gonna say that I think, like I have, I've been to a few therapists in my life and over the past few years, you know, you have to tell your story to the therapist. So how can I support you? John Rzeznik: To always pick yourself up by the bootstraps? Oh hell yeah. Mike Sarraille: On August 16, 1987, Northwest Flight 255 crashed shortly after taking off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing 156 people. Gi gimme examples there of what you consider Amongs, the three. [26], Rzeznik performing on September 2, 2013, in Norfolk, Nebraska, The song was written and performed by Rzeznik in the movie, but it was performed by, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Beach Slang offers up the summer anthem of a bygone era", "Goo Goo Dolls vs. Ive done it in a bunch of songs other than Iris, but it just felt right.. Um, and then, and then we were flying back and we had to go through Sicily and the plane crashed, like legit crashed. The twin-engine turboprop plane was en route . Under Celluloid, they released their first eponymous album on a $750 budget (later the re-prints would be referred to as "First Release"). Rzeznik has said that he would "basically sit there at night and just start tuning my guitar strings up and down until something sounded really cool." Thats part of the deal though: I decided I was going to be a musician out in public and say things, so sometimes you have to deal with unfortunate circumstances. I think that there's a certain element of that that, I mean, it's like a survival skill in a way, don't you think? Yeah. And I mean, and it does take discipline and it's like, I gotta get up. John Rzeznik: They suffered 'multiple traumatic injuries'. What, tell me about the tour man. Its better to just lay back and do what Im good at, which is play music and be part of peoples lives, if only in a small way.. Thankfully it all worked out.. I'm not always gonna be here. In comparison to our war. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Goo Goo Dolls 2.2 Other activity 3 Musical style 3.1 Influences 3.2 Songwriting I got you. I don't think you're mutually exclusive in, in, in my opinion. Why is this happening? Thank, John Rzeznik: According to Rzeznik, before penning down the song "Iris", he was on the verge of leaving the band because he had been writing songs for the past nine years and it had been a low. It culminates in the last election and people are going, What the fuck is going on?. John Rzeznik: My dad was a mailman, my mom was a school teacher. Covering 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's music till now. John Rzeznik: "We've had a few run-ins with mentally unstable fans and it's a little bit scary," Rzeznik explains. Mike Sarraille: I would be more nervous. Mike Sarraille: Okay, wait, wait, break that down for me. Mike Sarraille: That's why I love the military so much. Um, keep your ego in check. He has used many variations such as the Stratocaster, Telecaster, Jaguar and a "Halfcaster" (a Stratocaster cut in half). It's like one long error chain of, uh, things. And it became a metaphor in my life to, to keep going, you know? 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. Since the late '90s, Rzeznik has used Fender electric guitars. Uh, biggest or hardest decision you've ever had to make? This attracted the attention of a larger record label, Metal Blade, who released their next few albums. I was out on stage the other night and there was about 12,000 people at the show. Um, and it's coming back in this really amazing way. So I had to, Now it took a while because I am an addict and I, you know, and I always will be, but when it finally got to a point, we were all out at dinner one night and one of the guys in the band was texting one of the other guys in the band, Where are we gonna go after John leaves? 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. Im a bleeding-heart liberal and Ill always be pro-union because I grew up in a blue collar family and thats what we were. John Rzeznik: And um, and then I did, and then I went to rehab and it didn't work. John Rzeznik, born in 1965, is an American vocalist. As well as walking away from an Italian plane crash in 1999, the Buffalo, New York group also survived a number of perilous van smashes in the bands early days. Oh, wait a minute. And, and then once again, it was just, it felt so good to just go, I'm done. But you also bring up something that I think is the, and it's not a pandemic cuz it's not global, but I think within the United States, there's this epidemic of victimhood that, so you talk like people just want to talk for five years about their problems. He paid for his own apartment using Social Security Survivor Benefit checks. From October to December 2007, Rzeznik was a judge alongside Sheila E. and Australian Idol judge and marketing manager Ian "Dicko" Dickson on the Fox network's The Next Great American Band. Warner Records. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and to all But, um, he got, he was, he was a dark individual. John Rzeznik: And it gave me writer's block and all this. John Rzeznik singles chronology. Like, I love them, but, uh, I didn't like all of them. And it's, it's, uh, he has been probably the most stable person in my life. Okay. Wait. John Rzeznik: John Rzeznik: So in that moment what I did was I ordered wine for the whole table and I'm like, This is not your problem. Whatever, you know, whatever the circumstance. And there's times where I want to pack it in and just be like, I'm done. There definitely was a, a, a, I would say a higher element of emotional strength, mental strength within that generation.
. Yeah. I i I left my job every night with a, with a pretty girl and a pocket full of cash. Um, you know, and, and, and when you are going to fails, but you just keep going. [21] That, that is a great story. Um mm-hmm. It's different for different people. I'm, uh, I'm convinced. And, and you said it, is that person moving you towards a solution? John Rzeznik: I believe in the concept of tribe. That was amazing to me. And nothing, nothing's, the only way I fail is if I quit. So I, I want to go back cuz you know, rarely do people know about the history of high profile musicians such as yourself, uh, you know, sports stars, but, uh, one you were born in, uh, Buffalo, New York, which I don't know if you're a Buffalo Bills fan, but man, uh, you guys just can't seem to, uh, to pull it out, dude. Than than later, earlier. [19], Rzeznik believes writing is not just an inspirational act but that writing music is "ninety nine percent perspiration." This is my life. I equate doing tours for you guys to like, tours in the military. Um, so it in the, in the vein of, of failure, let, let me ask two questions. Very few of them never talked about it. Well, hopefully we can join you for one of your shows. And then, um, and then I was terrified of swimming. But, you know, interesting times are not always good times. It joins Talking Heads Once In A Lifetime, Frank Sinatras My Way and Simon & Garfunkels Mrs Robinson as hit songs with And as the unlikely opening word. And I think a lot of the solutions, I was, I was reading an article about a guy in Laos, okay? Everyone has the regrets. He said, Sometimes things happen where, uh, someone gets, as he said, fucked, but, uh, it was never his intent. So I knew that I could get out, but I had to keep exposing myself to that fear and that anxiety until it didn't affect me. Those are the, those are the best moments. John Rzeznik: Um, you know, just like everybody, uh, there's times we really don't agree. But, but, um, Yeah. Wait, you do that guy. And it, and it really was. Yeah. John Rzeznik: Mike Sarraille: They got to work and, uh, yeah, they got, Mike Sarraille: Weve had a few run-ins with mentally unstable fans and its a little bit scary, Rzeznik explains. Mike Sarraille: Sometimes he would be like, Get in the car, we're getting outta here cause it's all women. And I definitely put that in the bucket of moral courage. I was like, Okay, this is not going to happen and I had to get lawyers involved., No, I didnt have to move but I did! Rzeznik laughs. I was saying to myself, nothing is ever going to be the same. John Rzeznik: I realise we need to be safe, but weve given up a lot of our rights and civil liberties in the name of security. Mike Sarraille: They say, Hey, I, I've suffered this and I'm a victim. What can I do about it? This guy was theoretically in that circumstance, my boss. So I'm gonna teach you how to do the laundry. And, and, but as dark as he was, he, he took care of his family. You need to balance it all out. Or is that mental toughness or what, You know. And we had, wherever there was a swimming pool, I would, I would throw myself into the deep end of the pool, but I would always have my hand against the wall. Uh, you know what I mean, man. Oh, I, I went to Colorado for school. And yeah, it was like the saddest time in my life, the saddest time in my life was wanting, was being drunk as hell and, and on drugs and just wanting so desperately to be clean and not being able to do it. In episode 28 of the Everyday Warrior Podcast Episode, we spoke to John Rzeznik, guitarist and frontman of the Goo Goo Dolls. Never, never. The band received early success with the single "Name" as well as being featured in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare with the song "I'm Awake Now". And I, and, and that's something that I've, I've, I've tried to take to heart, you know, I mean, you know, there's music that's medicine. Yeah. Mike Sarraille: 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. Yeah. John Rzeznik: And like, you know, before I could get it together, it was really, it was really difficult. That's how you win. But, uh, when did you, you decide, hey, college for me or these other things ain't for me. It's like, no, I'm not the baby. And I didn't No, no. Or what would you have wanted your legacy to be? They're like teaching me survival skills, you know? I will say that post-traumatic stress can lead to growth, though post traumatic growth. I was a shy young man. 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And, and luckily someone saved me and I was a little kid. Why do I feel like, like, you know, my wife doesn't understand whatever, you know, it could be, I'm just making stuff up. And it was like, in a strange way, the way you phrased that, it just sparked this memory of, of, of just, yeah. And you have to look at your, not you, I have to look at my failures as a stepping stone to the next victory, you know? That's good to hear. And that's why I think it's, it's the, you know, people who really are suffering with PTSD and things like that, they really need to be cared for by people that can be trusted. Um, and, and I, in retrospect again, you know, it's like, Oh, I understand why my father was so dark, You know, because he grew up in a screwed up situation. But you have to believe as human being, we are moving towards, uh, like you said, a beautiful outcome. And try to still find that commonality with people. Um, and he's like, Come on man, let's just, let's just ride it out. [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. It's like if you are living your life in service, not only to your country, but to the people who surround you and support you, you know? And, and the fact that I had grown up in really in, in, in a pretty crazy environment, it was pretty nuts. Um, okay, next one is, what are those like one to three tenants? It made me want to drink more. An exclusive HITS dialogue with the Goo Goo Dolls' Johnny Rzeznik and Robby Takac by Lesley Zimmerman As the Goo Goo Dolls ' founding members Johnny Rzeznik and Robby Takac embark on their 16th year together as a unit, they've finally achievedand sustainedcommercial success and mainstream acceptance. If, if, if, if you don't see it, okay, I gotta walk away that my biggest regret was stalling my creativity out. And that's to present that kind of strength. That's what I up, Mike Sarraille: Uh, Google, John Rzeznik: The Howard Stern Show published this video item,. And I think, I think, and that's why I always played in bands like playing music. Even though, even though I would get up and face it every day, I was terrified of everything, you know? That, that is serious trauma. And there were five kids. And this is 35 years later. They will find a way back. Mike Sarraille: We gotta move forward. I love Sam Hager. concert in New York, Rzeznik performed a duet version of the song Iris with Canadian pop-punk singer Avril Lavigne. You know, um, this tour, this leg of the tour goes until the 24th of September. 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. If you're gonna do your job, you've gotta fly. this website may contain images, voices and names of deceased persons. Everyone walked away. Thanks for joining us on another episode of the Men's Journal Everyday Warrior podcast. And my point where I'm going with that is just make sure that your tribe is putting good into the world. 10,000 people like me. People leave their differences at the door and we need to find common ground, something as stupid as a few songs, This guy, that girl, these, all these people from every walk of life. data and in accordance with the. That, that is so beautiful, man. Or not. You know, so not really, but, you know, he wanted, you know, you know, he wanted to, you know, punch my head in. The story of John Denver's plane crash begins on October 12, 1997, when he took off from Monterey Peninsula Airport, a small regional airport serving the Monterey, California area. 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. Uh, if I come into a doctor and say, Hey, I have mental health issues, they can't say no, you don't. This performance was captured on DVD and CD for the public in the Goo Goo Dolls release Live in Buffalo: July 4, 2004.