The mainstream came to The Goo Goo Dolls, The Goo Goo Dolls didn’t come to the mainstream. The Buffalo, New York, band had been making scrappy punk meets power-pop albums since the late ‘80s for Metal Blade Records, the same label that released early recordings by Metallica and Ratt, and playing shows with everyone from R.E.M. to Motorhead.
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