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294. The Goo Goo Dolls

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During the first years of the Goo Goo Dolls the comparisons to the Replacements were common. This wasn’t a bad thing; many bands looked up to the Replacements and directly (or subconsciously) copied their style.

By 1995, the Dolls emerged from the studio with a more polished sound that really captured the Adult Alternative market. They were not loved by the critics, but they did sell quite a few albums and gain a healthy fan base. They kept it up for the rest of that decade and into the early millennium. Though they had some success, it is unlikely that they received the level of critical acclaim to really be on the Hall’s radar, but stranger things have happened in Cleveland.

 

The Bullet Points:
Eligible Since:
2012

Country of Origin:
U.S.A. (Buffalo, New York)

Nominated In:
Never

Why They Will Get In: 
They may have the right combination of mainstream success and humble alternative beginnings.

Why They Won’t Get In:
Their commercial success was not critically loved at all.

Essential Albums:
Hold Me Up (1990)
Superstar Car Wash (1993)
A Boy Named Goo (1995)
Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)

Our Five Favorite Songs as Chosen by Each Member of the NIHOF Committee:  
There You Are (From Hold Me Up, 1990)
We Are the Normal (From Superstar Car Wash, 1993)
Only One (From A Boy Named Goo, 1995)
Long Way Down (From A Boy Named Goo, 1995)
Slide (From Dizzy Up the Girl, 1998)

Should The Goo Goo Dolls be in the Hall of Fame?

Definitely put them in! - 86.2%
Maybe, but others deserve it first. - 7.3%
Probably not, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. - 0.9%
No opinion. - 0%
No way! - 5.5%

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