Admittedly, I have never labelled myself as a Goo Goo Dolls fan, per se. When their first big single, Name, topped the charts in the fall of ’95, I was in my last year of high school and I can remember being impressed by the melodies in the song, and the catchy acoustic riff (played with a very odd and original guitar tuning). And as I heard more of them, I thought they reminded me a bit of the Gin Blossoms, or moreover Soul Asylum — who I was a big fan of.  And as their popularity increased with more hits like Slide, Black Balloon and then Iris, I certainly didn’t turn the