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Drunken Post is a feature on Switchblade Comb wherein The Joe and RichmanVA get wasted and post nonsensical / non topical videos or musings at very early hours of the morning.

This is essentially an extension to the Blink 182 Drunken Post from two days ago . . . right when the bullshit Wings of Desire remake City of Angels hit with its soundtrack featuring Sarah McLachlan and Goo Goo Dolls, the latter was hit with accusations of ’selling out,’ and then they changed their music to fit with the sound of that hit “Iris,” which pretty much makes the claim believable.

But here’s the thing . . . before that, Goo Goo Dolls made “Name,” a similarly slow song that got them noticed but kind of avoided the ’sell out’ chant, and the album that song was on was full of some fucking kick-ass music. But still, it also made them broke as hell. I saw them play a State Fair in Wausau, WI during that time, and soon after the City of Angels hit, I caught them on VH1 admitting that they were taking any gig that was available until that film came along because they had no money. So score one for them; if they were selling out, at least they admitted it.

But point number two; never once did anyone ask them if they actually enjoyed throwing “Iris” together. Was it so impossible to believe that what the band changed their sound into wasn’t solely because of the money, but also on some level because they actually enjoyed taking that route?

The accusation of a band ’selling out’ is the most bullshit accusation any generation can throw at a band. Didn’t they do that to Dylan back in the day? How did that turn out in the long run? So yeah, fuck you haters, the Goo Goo Dolls were one great fucking 90s rock band, and who cares if they evolved their music into something you no longer liked, because that’s where they were probably going to end up regardless of the cash.

And “Name” is one fucking awesome single.