Episode 158 – Goo Goo Dolls vs heavy metal

Brian and Murdock make a meandering case for laying the success of the Goo Goo Dolls at the feet of a bad deal with a legendary heavy metal music champion.

 

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SHOW NOTES: 

Songs used in this episode: “Hit the Lights (Metal Massacre Version)” by Metallica; “Just the Way You Are” and “Name” by the Goo Goo Dolls 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_trading

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/interview-brian-slagel-30-years-metal-blade-records

https://www.grunge.com/252960/what-the-goo-goo-dolls-did-to-avoid-going-broke/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Massacre

https://metalshout.com/brian-slagel-one-saxon-t-shirt-helped-metallica-while-established/

https://www.laweekly.com/how-50-almost-killed-metallicas-first-recording-for-metal-blade-records-book-excerpt/

https://www.angelfire.com/music/goofix/Lawsuit.html

https://thevogue.com/artists/goo-goo-dolls/#bio

https://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/feature-metal-blade-records-06-12/

http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewmetalblade.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_Records

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/05/us/time-inc-and-warner-to-merge-creating-largest-media-company.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Count_(album)

https://www.angelfire.com/music/goofix/Lawsuit.html

https://www.popentertainmentarchives.com/post/goo-goo-dolls-thinking-outside-of-the-boxes

1993 LA Times piece on Gwar situation: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-24-ca-49062-story.html

1996 Rolling Stone article: https://web.archive.org/web/20071012194335/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/googoodolls/articles/story/5927020/goo_goo_dolls_want_label_to_forget_their_name

https://buffalonews.com/news/battle-of-the-bands-when-musicians-and-their-record-labels-squarew-off-the-discord-can/article_84adbd91-5b98-5c0b-940d-cc1712df5923.html

https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/9/10/20858182/goo-goo-dolls-miracle-pill-interview

https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/1996/06/14/goo-cover-caught-in-bit/50854108007/