Nineties rock icon unrecognisable as he appears on TV 26 years after global hit that was number one for 11 weeks

A NINETIES stone prima looked unrecognisable arsenic helium appeared connected TV 26 years aft his group's planetary hit.

In 1998 the US rockers released their signature track, which went connected to merchantability much than a cardinal copies successful the UK alone.

The Goo Goo Dolls are besides known for tracks including Slide and Black Balloon.

And this week frontman John Rzeznik appeared connected Australian TV up of the group's show astatine the 2025 Yours & Owls Festival successful New South Wales.

John, 58, looked wholly antithetic compared to the Goo Goo Dolls' heyday.

He and bandmate Robby Takac person sold much than 15 cardinal records worldwide and person been nominated for 4 Grammys.

During his Aussie interrogation John revealed helium thinks the radical sanction is "ridiculous".

He said: "I deliberation it's a silly name.

"If I had 5 much minutes I would've travel up with a amended name.

"It's conscionable ridiculous to me. You conscionable person to beryllium cautious what you sanction your set due to the fact that present I'm stuck with it. There's nary mode I tin ever get escaped of it."

John antecedently underwent a immense manner alteration and aboriginal opened up astir his determination to spell sober.

He told Metro: "The constituent that I got to was truthful dark, it was bad. I was wholly counterproductive.

"Luckily everybody hung unneurotic with me.

"It was a small weird erstwhile I archetypal got sober due to the fact that everybody would spell retired to dinner, and cipher would drink.

"And everybody would beryllium texting nether the array ‘meet maine astatine the barroom aft dinner, I deliberation John’s gonna leave!’"

He besides revealed playing Glastonbury is inactive connected their bucket list, adding: "If I was asked, I decidedly wouldn’t accidental no. That would beryllium amazing.”