By Spencer Sutherland • for In This WeekLong before the name Goo Goo Dolls was permanently attached to the phrase “platinum-selling artists,” the threesome was just another bar band in chilly Buffalo, N.Y. That all changed, however, thanks to a slew of massive hits in the mid-’90s and early 2000s, including “Name,” “Slide” and “Here is Gone.”As the band nears its 25-year anniversary, bassist and founding member Robby Takac wonders where all the time has gone.“It doesn’t seem real,” he says of the milestone, from a tour stop in Connecticut. “It’s amazing how fast 25 years flies by.”