A Boy Named Goo

BY Darren Gauthier, KLSU-FM
Louisiana State U.
Taken from U. Magazine (May 95)

     Big on riffs and not too short on melody,  A Boy Named
Goo proves the Goo Goos can rock out and be tuneful at the
same time (unlike, say, Tool). But we already knew that from
listening to the band's superior 1993 release Superstar
Carwash.
     The melodicism here isn't quite as consistent (although
tracks like "Flat Top" and "Ain't That Unusual" are exceptions),
and nothing really reaches out and dares you to listen. An
attempt at a slower tempo, "Name," falls flat - sounding less
like a Westerberg lament than a Richie Sambora power ballad.
     A Boy Named Goo is at times downright tiresome - like
hearing a mid-'70s heavy-metal stomper but not quite as much fun.
On this latest outing, The Goo Goo Dolls sound like the older
brothers ot today's neo-punks - trying to keep up.