Goo Goo Dolls Live at the Ryan Center: Review

Hey all! 
  Its just about one month in the Fall semester and if you are a college student, you can agree with me when I say it has been one long week.  Its that time where professors start giving projects and tests and it seems to be flying at us all at once.  Luckily, midweek of this past week (Wednesday September 29th) I was able to take a break and watch 90's rock band The Goo Goo Dolls perform at the Ryan Center.  They performed new songs from their upcoming album "Something for the Rest of Us" as well as old classic songs that we all grew up on in the 90's.
  I wanted to get tickets for ground level standing-aka the best spot to be for a rock concert-but I settled for some pretty good seats.  My friends and I got there about fifteen minutes before the show was to start at 8:00.  I called ahead of time and found out that there was going to be an opening band for the Goo Goo Dolls.  I asked if they knew who it was and they didn't.  I didn't expect anything special from the opening band so I figured I wasn't missing much.



"The Time Blane Band"  Lead singer Tim Blane his in the middle with the whit shirt

    We got to our seats, talked, took pictures and were just antsy for the show to begin.  All of a sudden we hear a saxophone being played on the stage.  First thing that come to our minds "Are there any songs by the Goo Goo Dolls that start with a saxophone?"  We thought for a moment and then a four other members emerge from the darkness. They introduce themselves as the Tim Blane Band from Boston Massachusetts., and let me tell you-they were an awesome opener.  Their sound was a mix of soft rock ( Think The Fray or John Mayer) and Louisiana Stomp.  They seemed to get everyones attention with their catchy songs and smooth voices.  I know that they got my attention! As soon as I got home I checked out their site, and you should too!  My favorite song by them is called "Fan of Your Eyes".  It is a ,sweet song with great vocals that remind me a lot of John Mayer.  I hope more recognition is brought to this band, for I see a lot of potential in their songs.  We left the show a few minutes early before everyone else and were able to meet The Tim Blane Band and not only were they great musicians, but they were cool nice guys as well. I wish them the best of luck!

The Goo Goo Dolls

  Phew! My hands hurt from typing...and that was just the opening band!  So the Tim Blane Band left the stage about half past eight and then the lights dim to a dark shade of red.  This was it!  The Goo Goo Dolls hit the stage with a new song off their new album-I forget the name I'm sorry :(.  I'm sure it was a great song, but it was tough opening with a new song, for most of the audience didn't know the words.  I thought it would have been smarter to open with an upbeat well known song such as "Broadway" or "Slide" but its okay!  Everyone still yelled and jumped to their feet simply because we were so excited to see them right in front of us!  Again, they performed their new songs but they also performed a great deal of their old songs.   It was my first time seeing the Goo Goo Dolls and to my surprise, they sounded just as good live as the do on the radio.  Usually when seeing a band live, you expect them to have a rougher, "less clean" sound, but this was not the case with the Goo Goo Dolls.  The fact that they sound so great live shows the quality of this band.  They thanks us for being fans and supporting them for fifteen years.  After seeing them live, I can tell you that I will continue supporting them.  They were great.  The Goo Goo Dolls were simply Goo Goo Gooooood!

-JDSkills