At one point, it looked like Goo Goo Dolls could become one of the biggest mild-stream American bands. What happened? Sequence of mediocre albums? Is there anything new on Boxes? No! If someone asked me how would I describe career of Goo Goo Dolls, this would be the introduction.
The band started its career in the 80s and peaked during the 90s with the album Dizzy Up The Girl and the single Iris that won almost every award.
During that time, it seemed like Matchbox Twenty and Goo Goo Dolls would dominate the rock scene, but that didn’t happened. The glory of both bands decreased rapidly, even though Goo Goo Dolls are regularly dropping records.
Few decades later, Goo Goo Dolls are playing the music that they have been playing since the beginning of their career. Those are the songs that American radio stations consider as a domestic rock, while the listeners outside the States stay indifferent to these tones because Boxes sounds heartless. It lacks substantial aura.
A solid song may come up on album, but the most of them are sterile and produced to be ready for the radio. For example, Flood wants to copy the juvenile spirit, but as soon as we dig deeper into the album, we realize the gigantic vacancy and lack of creativity. The collection balances between insipid ballades and generic radio hits, which proves that Goo Goo Dolls are ready for retirement. Actually, it seems that they are so afraid of retiring that they would desperately play safe just so that they don’t get ignored. Well, I think I am going to ignore them from now on, because Boxes bored me more than a girl with the lower back tattoo. Sorry about it.
