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'That band from Buffalo': Robby Takac looks back on Goo Goo Dolls’ ride from Buffalo to breakout
Interview • August 1, 2025 • The Buffalo News
Most guitar bands don’t last multiple decades – but if they do, they have to survive myriad transitions along the way. Just ask Robby Takac. Thirty years ago, the West Seneca native was the raspy-voiced, hirsute bassist of the Goo Goo Dolls, one of multiple Buffalo-area bands and musicians that had nosed their way into national radio play and MTV broadcasts. Ingrained in the local scene from their wild shows at The Continental and elsewhere, Takac and bandmate Johnny Rzeznik had strummed and sweat their way into the national alt-rock conversation; evolved past their earlie
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