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Timeline: Goo Goo Dolls, through the years

BiographyOctober 12, 2018The Buffalo News

As the Goo Goo Dolls prepare for the 20th anniversary tour of "Dizzy Up the Girl," look back through the band's chain of events - the highs and the lows of 33 years in the music industry.1985: The Goo Goo Dolls form in Buffalo when punk-rocker Robby Takac meets "hippie metal guy" John Rzeznik, and the two strike up an instant bond. George Tutuska is added on drums, the band soon drops its first moniker -- the Sex Maggotts, no less -- and takes up residence in the Continental.1987: Significant buzz surrounding the band's pop-punk fire, ably displayed during live shows, captures the attention of

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