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Buffalo, NY's Goo Goo Dolls sound like a beer-fueled bunch of 18-year-old punks who'd beat you up, but who would giggle so much while doing it that you'd end up laughing along. Heading off in the general direction of former hardcore bands who've slowed down and discovered melody (this is a quantum leap from their `87 debut), the band draws the best elements of Stiff Little Fingers, Bad Brains and the early Replacements, retaining the blind energy of hardcore but starting with the hooks, and in the process adding the desperate, frantic, fill-all-the-gaps abandon of the classic power trio. The end result is a low-fidelity, blinding dose of pure rock `n' roll that just might give you a glimpse of the cathartic thrill that first makes one take up air-guitar. Jed is classic garage rock. Top cuts: "No Way Out," "Misfortune," "Up Yours," "Love Dolls," and especially the acoustic "James Dean," the greatest song Paul Westerberg never wrote.  © 1978-1999 College Media, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.      
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I LOVE THIS BAND! Hailing from Buffalo, NY, the Goo Goo Dolls are a ferociously rockin' outfit that combines the punk-ish fury of Bad Brains and Stiff Little Fingers and throws in a boozy dollop of early Replacements-ish humor and fun. While they probably started off as a hardcore band, the Goo Goo Dolls retain the energy of that genre but have all these cool melodic touches underpinning the abandon. Pure rock `n' roll, and pure fun. Picks: "No Way Out," "Out Of Sight," "Sex Maggot," "Misfortune," and the hilarious acoustic "James Dean."  © 1978-1999 College Media, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.