2022-07-18
1 小时 11 分钟After you write your first hit song, everyone around you is applauding.
Oh, my God.
That's amazing.
That's amazing.
It's as if you won the lottery and everyone is going, oh, my God, John, you won the lottery.
Do it again.
And I'm like.
So how does the founding member of one of the biggest bands of the last few decades create such incredible music, enjoyed literally by hundreds of millions of people around the world, while living a life that is private, falling apart.
And what would make him stop in his tracks?
Turn everything around, do the work to start putting all the pieces back together to produce not just iconic music, but also a grounded, fulfilling life.
That's where we're going in today's best of conversation with the founding member, frontman and guitarist for the iconic band the Goo Goo Dolls, John Resnick.
Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, John is a legend in the world of music with 19 top ten singles, including mega hits like Iris, which spent twelve months on the Billboard charts, name black balloon, and countless others.
And like so many who turned to music at a young age as both a way to cope with discord and a form of expression, he's lived a life of extraordinary artistry and contribution.
And along with that, a certain amount of darkness and struggle that for many years found him turning to alcohol as a way to get through each day until it all fell apart.
And he had to make a decision, one that he made and continues to make every single day.
Now sober, a devoted dad and husband, he's telling a new story with his life and music and taking the giant global community of goo goo dolls fans along for the journey.
And as you'll hear, he's been in the studio creating something that is truly representative not just of this moment in time, but also of how his own personal lens on life and music and creativity have evolved.
So excited to share this best of conversation conversation with you.
I'm Jonathan Fields and this is good life project.
It was fun reading that little bit that you shared just in info with us before that, you've been geeking out a bit on Dalton Trumbo and sort of like the blacklist era stuff.