That, that right there, interesting times are not always good times that I think you just named this podcast, man, that, uh, or this, this episode that that is so true. I, I just find it so fascinating to talk to you because it's like, and I can't wait to read your book. I like, well, I think we, we, we hit on, on this before. You know, because, because of circumstances surrounding our relationship, it, it, the, the situation just became untenable and, and it was like, we were not, we were growing apart and we were doing, we weren't doing good for each other anymore. We step on the planes every day and it's almost like pilot, I hope you're well trained and do your job well. 16 Rock Ballads From The 90s You'll Never For, Watch Ozzy Osbourne Star as an Office Worker in Up, Remembering Eddie Van Halens Mind Blowing Erupti, 6 Songs You Didnt Know Dolly Parton Wrote, RIP Renee Geyer, Legendary Australian Singer has D. So you better get over this fear. But you gotta learn to swallow it and accept it as a stepping stone to success or acceptance. We gotta move forward. And, um, we are being tested on so many levels as individuals, as, as, as Americans, as as human beings. Iris hitmakers the Goo Goo Dolls are survivors quite literally. John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik ( / rznk /; born December 5, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the founder, guitarist and frontman of the American rock band Goo Goo Dolls, with whom he has recorded 14 studio albums. They just, they just spark that defiance in you. There definitely was a, a, a, I would say a higher element of emotional strength, mental strength within that generation. Like we would, we would be, cuz we were the only two males in the house, so we had to get the hell out of there. Flight 255 is the seventh deadliest plane crash in United States history, and is the deadliest aviation disaster to have a sole survivor. Um, and then, and then we were flying back and we had to go through Sicily and the plane crashed, like legit crashed. Oh, well, you know, you are always welcome when we come back, you know, you know, um, yeah. All four of Rzeznik's grandparents were born in Poland. [citation needed], For the next few years, the band toured and worked on new material. What, what does Robbie mean to you? It's like if you are living your life in service, not only to your country, but to the people who surround you and support you, you know? Uh, Google, John Rzeznik: Rzeznik founded the group alongside Robby Takac and has recorded 12 studio albums so far. You. Gi gimme examples there of what you consider Amongs, the three. He recalls going into the recording of the one-off collaboration in a state of numbness. You know. I found these candles burning and this weird little altar and a box of strange objects. In a 2018 interview, he reported that he had been sober for nearly four years. Hey dude, I've always wondered this. Those are the, those are the best moments. He said, Sometimes things happen where, uh, someone gets, as he said, fucked, but, uh, it was never his intent. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. This is my life. In comparison to our war. Politicians would contact us to raise money for them, but I got to the point during the last election where I was just like, Nah, its not going to happen, because the entire system is broken on both sides. I was like, I'll go to rehab, but I'm gonna stay drunk for the next three days. Oh, something else happened to me and this is a shame and I'm a victim. After all, the heir apparent to the family . Google dolls.com Okay. I hope my daughter loves me and respects me in my, Mike Sarraille: The day quickly became a city triumph when rain came pouring down during their performance. John Rzeznik: There werent any other lyrics before that line, I just have a bad habit of putting and at the front of sentences! Rzeznik explains. Okay, Okay, wait, wait, break that down for me. Yeah. But there, there has to be an element of that greatest generation that, that grit that we instill back into our society. And yeah, it was like the saddest time in my life, the saddest time in my life was wanting, was being drunk as hell and, and on drugs and just wanting so desperately to be clean and not being able to do it. I'm not gonna hold your hand. Um, you know, um, that old, that old message of shut up and just persevere, you know, it, there's a component of that that's necessary, but you also need to have people to talk to. Well, we know you had no issue, uh, with, uh, women, uh, pulling pretty women in your life. I realise we need to be safe, but weve given up a lot of our rights and civil liberties in the name of security. Thanks for joining us on another episode of the Men's Journal Everyday Warrior podcast. Uh, I'm looking forward to hearing this, uh, this new album. Born John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik, Johnny Rzeznik rose from a humble working-class background to become the frontman for one of the world's most popular rock and roll bands, the Goo Goo Dolls. It's ruining my life thinking about what this person's opinion of me is. Um, I, I, I do agree with people being more vulnerable, uh, discussing their problems, cuz that's the best way to get through them. So instead of giving him pills and, and just, you know, a check every month or whatever, um, his, his little, uh, village, they sat down and they talked with him, right? The story of John Denver's plane crash begins on October 12, 1997, when he took off from Monterey Peninsula Airport, a small regional airport serving the Monterey, California area. You gotta learn to take care of yourself. And then somebody said this to me and I thought it was really brilliant. Um, and then there's people that are poison and those are the, those are the telephone numbers that you lose, you know, delete. John Rzeznik: And, um, I don't know, it was like, it was shock really. about ILikeYourOldStuff and their record label based on my Mike Sarraille: But you have to believe as human being, we are moving towards, uh, like you said, a beautiful outcome. And, and, uh, I, I had to, I was like, I'm never getting on an airplane again. Well, it was, I mean, it was really kind of the only thing I was good at, you know, um, compared to, you know, I, you know, I I wasn't really the academic type I guess at that point, you know, I mean, I, I was more interested in, you know, meeting girls and playing music and that, and college was kind of getting in the way of all that. Mike Sarraille: Um, and he's like, Come on man, let's just, let's just ride it out. You're, you're, you're, you're out. Last and brother, I have no doubt that she will, if you continue to give her advice like that is have your dream, but you gotta work for it. This is a bad relationship. I was like, we were in a plane crash, uh, in Sicily. and device data and in accordance with the. There are a lot of sick people in the world and a few of them happen to gravitate towards me. We're gonna keep going. Thankfully it all worked out.. But I, cause I, I couldn't get warm, you know? Where, what are, what are some of the highlights of the, uh, the tour which you guys have already started, correct? Wait, John, let me put it to you this way. Mike Sarraille: Had I known you guys were playing there, we would've come out. Like, all right man, come here, third arm. The single featured Rzeznik on vocals and was written by Cash Cash and Rzeznik together. Well. Instantly they diagnosed me with PTSD and I'm like, Hold on, hold on. Now without an amplifier, Rzeznik borrowed a near-identical Marshall JCM800 from a mutual friend of the band, Charles Root. Uh, if I come into a doctor and say, Hey, I have mental health issues, they can't say no, you don't. And I, and I let him get in my head. He was, he was actually, he was at the end of World War ii. John Rzeznik: Iron sharpens iron, so is one man sharpens another. I mean, you know. Oh, I just felt this whole empty feeling, he says. It's, it's an indulgence that can become very addictive, you know? It's like public speaking. "[18], Rzeznik has stated that his dream collaboration would be with singer/songwriter Grace VanderWaal. It's like, well, yeah, where are you gonna go? And there's times, you know, there are , there are times, you know, I've said I pushed the right button and, you know, he jumped across a coffee table and try to kill me. Let me deal with it. Was it, was it you that came to the conclusion that you needed help or was it those close to you that say, Hey John, we've, we've, this, this has gotta stop? And, and you know, you, you gotta have, you gotta have some, some ego to get up on stage in front of people or you, you know, you, and you gotta have, I'm not gonna call it ego, I'm gonna call it what it is, balls to do what you did. From October to December 2007, Rzeznik was a judge alongside Sheila E. and Australian Idol judge and marketing manager Ian "Dicko" Dickson on the Fox network's The Next Great American Band. It turned out to be one of the strongest rainstorms of the year in Buffalo, but the Goo Goo Dolls did not stop playing. No. And then, and you know it, and then you see their faces. Mike Sarraille: Im a bleeding-heart liberal and Ill always be pro-union because I grew up in a blue collar family and thats what we were. He has written books. I think that there's a certain element of that that, I mean, it's like a survival skill in a way, don't you think? And of course the diagnosis of mental health is subjective. That's a deal. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, uh, um, but there are people in my life who are, are medicine and there are people in my life who are like candy and I, and I hang with them and talk to them when I just wanna have a good time. This ma major reinvention of the whole place. That was a generation when you look at it. And, and the fact that I had grown up in really in, in, in a pretty crazy environment, it was pretty nuts. And, and that's why I've been very wary of where I go in my sobriety to, to get help, to find my community, to help find my tribe of drunks that I can, that we can help each other through this and stay sober. But, um, that is the weirdest thing, man, is I'm more comfortable Scott diving than I am. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that And the disease got him. Mike Sarraille: I mean, they lost hundreds on du day alone in a matter of minutes. It's like the, the, the, we all feel like victims sometimes, you know? And what does everyone do? Uh, yes, you probably have innate talent, but everywhere I've been, all my success, the product who I am has always been coaches and mens. According to Rzeznik, before penning down the song "Iris", he was on the verge of leaving the band because he had been writing songs for the past nine years and it had been a low. They got to work and, uh, yeah, they got, Mike Sarraille: What can I do about it? You know, so not really, but, you know, he wanted, you know, you know, he wanted to, you know, punch my head in. Mike Sarraille: Get outta my house, I'm gonna get loaded. That was the, the, the, the hopefully the, the, the thing we could avoid it was to, let's say, give a presence of strength that nobody would want to go to war with us. Yeah. And then, um, and then I was terrified of swimming. It's amazing now that you look back, it's, they were preparing you.