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Vol.2 (Goo Goo Dolls Album)
''Vol.2'' is a compilation album by American rock music, rock band Goo Goo Dolls, serving as the second volume to ''Greatest Hits Volume One: The Singles''. It consists of two discs: one, a CD with previously unreleased tracks, b-sides, rarities, new covers, fan favorites and live performances; the other, a DVD with 23 music videos and videos from live performances. A limited edition of the album with the entire Red Rocks concert on the DVD is available on the Goo Goo Dolls website. Track listing Disc 1 (CD) The Songs #"Dizzy up the Girl, Hate This Place" – 4:24 #"Superstar Car Wash, Stop the World" – 3:32 #"Long Way Down (Goo Goo Dolls song), Long Way Down" – 3:28 #"Dizzy up the Girl, All Eyes On Me" (Live at Red Rocks) – 4:37 #"Lazy Eye (Goo Goo Dolls song), Lazy Eye" – 3:44 #"Iris (Goo Goo Dolls song), Iris" (Demo) – 4:18 #"I'm Awake Now" – 3:16 #"Goo Goo Dolls (album), Torn Apart" – 2:05 #"Jed (album), No Way Out" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goo Goo Dolls
The Goo Goo Dolls are an American rock band based in Buffalo, New York, composed of lead vocalist and guitarist John Rzeznik, bassist and vocalist Robby Takac, as well as several rotating members since its formation in 1986. After starting off as a cover band and then developing a punk sound, Goo Goo Dolls experienced mainstream success following the 1995 release of their breakthrough single, "Name". The band is renowned for their 1998 single, " Iris", which spent 11 consecutive months on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and peaked atop the Hot 100 Airplay chart for 18 weeks. In October 2012, "Iris" placed first on ''Billboard''s "Top 100 Pop Songs 1992–2012" chart. Other notable singles include " Slide", " Black Balloon", and " Broadway" from '' Dizzy Up the Girl'' (1998); " Here Is Gone" from '' Gutterflower'' (2002); and " Better Days", "Give a Little Bit", and " Stay with You" from ''Let Love In'' (2006). The band has had seven top-40 singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Awake Now
"I'm Awake Now" is a single by the Goo Goo Dolls, released in 1991 as part of the '' Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare'' soundtrack. This track was not widely released as a commercial single; it was distributed primarily in a promotional format, similar to other early singles by the band. The song was later included on the Goo Goo Dolls' 2008 compilation album, ''Greatest Hits Vol. 2''. Track listing * "I'm Awake Now" – 3:16 Music video A music video was produced for "I'm Awake Now," featuring the band attempting to find something to watch on television. They come across one of the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' films and decide to watch it. As they watch, they fall asleep and have a nightmare involving Freddy Krueger (portrayed by Robert Englund Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor and director. Englund is best known for playing the villain Freddy Krueger in the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' franchise. Englund has received multiple accola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Change
"Don't Change" is a song by Australian rock band INXS. It was released as a single from the album '' Shabooh Shoobah'' in October 1982. It has been described as the song that made the band internationally famous. Reception ''Cash Box'' reviewed the "Don't Change" single saying "churning rhythms and swirling guitars provide a straight ahead forward thrust for singer Michael Hutchence's philosophical pronouncements." "Don't Change" peaked at number 14 Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974. on the Australian Singles Charts and reached number 80 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 17 on the ''Billboard'' Top Tracks chart. In February 2014, after the Channel 7 screening of '' INXS: Never Tear Us Apart'' mini-series, "Don't Change" charted again in Australia via download sales. It p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lime Spiders
Lime Spiders were an Australian punk rock band which formed in 1979 with Mick Blood on lead vocals. He was later joined by Richard Lawson on drums, and David Sparks on guitar. Their debut studio album, '' The Cave Comes Alive!'' was released in June 1987 and reached the top 60 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. Their most successful single, "Weirdo Libido", was released in January that year and reached the top 50 on the related Kent Music Report Singles Chart. In April its music video was the first ever shown on Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV music series '' rage''. The track was used on the 1988 feature film '' Young Einstein''s soundtrack. The group disbanded in 1990 and in 1999 Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, noted they had provided "raucous sound mixed screaming vocals and wild, fuzz-tone guitar riffs to arrive at a mutant strain of acid punk that bordered on heavy metal". History Early days: "25th Hour" to "Slave Girl" The Lime Spiders were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slave Girl (song) ''
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Slave Girl or The Slave Girl may refer to: * ''The Slave Girl'' (1915 film), American short Western * ''Slave Girl'' (1947 film) an American Technicolor adventure comedy film * ''The Slave Girl'' (play), 1530 Croatian drama * ''They Came on Viking Ships'', 2005 Australian children's historical novel which was retitled as ''Slave Girl'' in 2007 * ''The Slave Girl'' (1977 novel), written by Buchi Emecheta * Slave Girl, a fictional character in Brian K. Vaughan's comic book series ''Saga Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia. The most famous saga-genre is the (sagas concerning Icelanders), which feature Viking voyages, migration to Iceland, and feuds between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Damned (band)
The Damned are an English rock band formed in London in 1976 by lead vocalist Dave Vanian, guitarist Brian James, bassist (and later guitarist) Captain Sensible and drummer Rat Scabies. They were the first punk band from the United Kingdom to release a single, " New Rose" (1976), release a studio album, '' Damned Damned Damned'' (1977) and tour the United States. Nine of the band's singles charted on the UK Singles Chart Top 40. The band briefly dissolved after '' Music for Pleasure'' (1977), the follow-up to their debut studio album, was critically dismissed. They quickly reformed without Brian James and released '' Machine Gun Etiquette'' (1979). In the 1980s, they released four studio albums: '' The Black Album'' (1980), '' Strawberries'' (1982), '' Phantasmagoria'' (1985) and '' Anything'' (1986), which saw the band moving toward a gothic rock style. The latter two albums did not feature Sensible, who had left the band in 1984. In 1988, James and Sensible rejoined to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wait For The Blackout
''The Black Album'' is the fourth studio album by the English punk rock band the Damned, and the first to feature Paul Gray on bass guitar. It was released on 3 November 1980 by Chiswick as a double album, with "Curtain Call" filling the whole of side 3, and a selection of live tracks recorded at Shepperton Studios at a special concert for Damned fan club members on side 4. The album peaked at No. 29 on the UK Charts. Background ''The Black Album'' represented a change in the career of the group and an expansion of their sound with psychedelic elements. AllMusic critic Ned Raggett noted that "some of the numbers show the band following their original punk vein, but by this point the four...were leaving straight, three-chord thrash to the cul-de-sac revivalists", and that it was "a chance for the band to try everything from straightforward rock to gentler atmospherics". Raggett described "Wait for the Blackout" as a "dramatic psych/punk surge" with "overtly-serious goth affecta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Soft Boys
The Soft Boys were an English rock band led by guitarist Robyn Hitchcock. The band formed in 1976 in Cambridge, England and released two albums before disbanding in 1981. Though the Soft Boys’ initial career was brief, their style of psychedelic music and retro folk-rock had a big influence on the development of jangle pop, indie rock, and neo-psychedelia during the 1980s and beyond. Early band history The Soft Boys formed in 1976 in Cambridge, England, initially calling themselves Dennis and the Experts. Their first lineup comprised Hitchcock on guitar, Rob Lamb (half-brother of radio host and author Charlie Gillett) on guitar, Andy Metcalfe on bass, and Morris Windsor on drums. Alan Davies replaced Lamb after only four gigs in late 1976, and Kimberley Rew eventually replaced Davies. It was this lineup of Hitchcock, Rew, Metcalfe, and Windsor that recorded the Soft Boys' debut album, '' A Can of Bees,'' released 1979. Matthew Seligman replaced Metcalfe on bass in 1979 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plimsouls
The Plimsouls were an American rock band known for their hit 1982 single "A Million Miles Away", which was featured in the movie '' Valley Girl''. History The band was formed in Paramount, California in 1978. They recorded two full-length albums and an EP and then split up in 1984. Different configurations of the original members have reunited intermittently since. Formed by singer, songwriter and guitarist Peter Case (who had previously fronted the power pop band the Nerves), the Plimsouls began as a trio in 1978, initially named the Tone Dogs, which included Case, bassist Dave Pahoa, and drummer Lou Ramírez.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 457 From inception, the band quickly became a crowd favorite in the Los Angeles club scene. Long Beach promoter Stephen Zepeda signed the group to his Beat Records label for a five-song EP called ''Zero Hour'' which was released in 1980. Guitarist Eddie Muñoz joined the group during the recordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hold Me Up
''Hold Me Up'' is the third studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls, released on October 16, 1990, by Metal Blade Records. It marked the beginning of John Rzeznik's emergence as the band's principal lead vocalist. The album features the band's first single "There You Are," which became their first music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ... as well. In 2017, Loudwire listed the album as one of Metal Blade's best albums. Track listing Personnel * Johnny Rzeznik - guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 2, 4, 5, 13, and 14, co-lead vocals on track 8 * Robby Takac - bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, and 12, co-lead vocals on track 8 * George Tutuska - drums, lead vocals on track 10 ;Additional personnel * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gutterflower
''Gutterflower'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band the Goo Goo Dolls. It was released in 2002 on Warner Bros. Records. It is the follow-up to their critically successful albums ''Dizzy Up the Girl'' and ''A Boy Named Goo''. The album was commercially successful upon its release, hitting No. 4 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, their highest position on the chart. Track listing Singles "Here Is Gone" and "Big Machine" have been the only two songs released from this album as singles and videos have been created for both. A video for the promotional single "Sympathy" was also released. "Big Machine" John Rzeznik refers to this as his "disco song". "I'm really horrible at programming drum machines, but this was like pattern 74 on my drum machine, which said 'disco.' I called all my friends and said, 'Check this out, this is my disco song!'" He describes it as "a propulsive tale of unrequited love". "Big Machine" was occasionally performed live on a smashed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only One (Goo Goo Dolls Song)
The Only One(s) or Only One may refer to: Music Albums * ''The Only One'' (Kenny Barron album), 1990 * ''Only One'' (Shinhwa album), or the title song, 2000 * ''Only One'' (U-KISS album), 2010 * ''The Only Ones'' (album), by The Only Ones, 1978 * ''Only One'' (BoA album), 2012 * ''Only One'' (EP), by Bang Ye-dam, or the title song, 2023 *''Only One'', an album by Bizzy Bone, 2006 Songs Songs with articles * "Only One" (BoA song), 2013 * "The Only One" (The Cure song), 2008 * "Only One" (Goo Goo Dolls song), 1995 * "Only One" (Kanye West song), 2014 * "The Only One" (Kiyotaka song), 2011 * "Only One" (Peter Andre song), 1996 * "The Only One" (Scooter song), 2011 * "Only One" (Sigala song), 2016 * "The Only One" (Transvision Vamp song), 1989 * "Only One" (Yellowcard song), 2005 Other songs, artists A–M *"The Only One", by the American Analog Set from '' Know by Heart'', 2001 *"Only One", by Big Time Rush, 2024 *"The Only One", by the Black Keys from ''Brothers'', 2010 *"The O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
