Multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated Goo Goo Dolls have unleashed the official music video for their new song "Rebel Beat," the lead single from American alternative rock band's just-released tenth studio album "Magnetic," via Warner Bros Records. The cheerful, exuberant tone of "Rebel Beat" is indicative of what the Goo Goo Dolls had in mind for their new album, "Magnetic," according to frontman John Rzeznik, the trio's primary singer, songwriter and guitarist since it was founded in Buffalo in 1986.
Rzeznik and his bandmates - bassist Robby Takac and drummer Mike Malinin - employed a markedly different method in making "Magnetic." "Rebel Beat" is the first single from the rock outfit for over three years, which has been described as "celebratory." The anthemic pop rock track that finds the band toying with drum machines and swimming synth riffs without neglecting their trademark stadium-sized guitars when the chorus comes, and the track oozes with apathy towards the band's core fan base.
In an interview with Billboard.com, Rzeznik explains "Rebel Beat" is a collaboration with Gregg Wattenberg, built from a rhythm idea. "I was playing this great old guitar that had kind of a (Led) Zeppelin tone to it," Rzeznik recalls. "I started playing this real sort of basic kind of riff, and we just went form there and then started burbling out lyrics." The final lyrics, Rzeznik says, were inspired by being in New York and walking around the Little Italy and Chinatown districts. "They had this street closed off and a huge party going on," he remembers. "I was thinking, 'I love this! I want to be part of this!' So basically it turned out to be a song about celebrating everything and (saying) no matter what, you've got to have fun. That's really it."
The video for "Rebel Beat" was directed by P.R. Brown and it depicts the band members performing and having a blast during a G-rated huge neighborhood block party, packed with chilling seniors, fun-loving toddlers and hula-hooping dancers. Both frontman Rzeznik and bass player Takac are seen rocking out at the party. Drummer Malinin joins the guys after watching all the fun from a nearby fire escape. This summer, the band will hit the road with Matchbox Twenty for a co-headlining tour to support "Magnetic," The nationwide co-headlining run will kick off on June 25th at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH and run through August.
Rzeznik and his bandmates - bassist Robby Takac and drummer Mike Malinin - employed a markedly different method in making "Magnetic." "Rebel Beat" is the first single from the rock outfit for over three years, which has been described as "celebratory." The anthemic pop rock track that finds the band toying with drum machines and swimming synth riffs without neglecting their trademark stadium-sized guitars when the chorus comes, and the track oozes with apathy towards the band's core fan base.
In an interview with Billboard.com, Rzeznik explains "Rebel Beat" is a collaboration with Gregg Wattenberg, built from a rhythm idea. "I was playing this great old guitar that had kind of a (Led) Zeppelin tone to it," Rzeznik recalls. "I started playing this real sort of basic kind of riff, and we just went form there and then started burbling out lyrics." The final lyrics, Rzeznik says, were inspired by being in New York and walking around the Little Italy and Chinatown districts. "They had this street closed off and a huge party going on," he remembers. "I was thinking, 'I love this! I want to be part of this!' So basically it turned out to be a song about celebrating everything and (saying) no matter what, you've got to have fun. That's really it."
The video for "Rebel Beat" was directed by P.R. Brown and it depicts the band members performing and having a blast during a G-rated huge neighborhood block party, packed with chilling seniors, fun-loving toddlers and hula-hooping dancers. Both frontman Rzeznik and bass player Takac are seen rocking out at the party. Drummer Malinin joins the guys after watching all the fun from a nearby fire escape. This summer, the band will hit the road with Matchbox Twenty for a co-headlining tour to support "Magnetic," The nationwide co-headlining run will kick off on June 25th at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH and run through August.
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