John Rzeznik

John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer. He became known as the founder, guitarist and frontman of the rock band the Goo Goo Dolls. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 19, 2008. He is married to Melina Gallo and they have a daughter Liliana.

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Summary John RzeznikJohn Joseph Theodore Rzeznik is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer. He became known as the founder, guitarist and frontman of the rock band the Goo Goo Dolls, of which he is a founding member and with whom he has recorded eleven studio albums. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 19, 2008. On November 29, 2020, he participated in a virtual fundraiser to help combat hunger and raise money for the Community Foodbank of New Jersey, including the guitar, as well as the guitar and guitar items he used in the performance. He is married to Melina Gallo and they have a daughter, Liliana. He participated in the Toyota CelebrityPro Race where he finished 12th to actor and former two-time winner of the event Alfonso Ribeiro, for which he donated USD 5,000 to charity.

He has also been a judge on the Fox network’s The Next Great American Band from October to December 2007, alongside Sheila E. and Australian Idol judge and marketing manager Ian \”Dicko\” Dickson. He also appeared on the reality TV show The Voice, which he also judged from 2007 to 2008. He currently lives in Malibu, California with his wife and their daughter Liliana, who was born on December 22, 2016. He wrote two songs for the Disney film Treasure Planet, which were also released as a single independently from the band. His last name is Hsazh-neeik, Polish for ‘butcher’, which is the name of one of his grandparents, who were born in Poland. He grew up in Buffalo, New York, the youngest of five children and only son of Edith and Joe RzeZnik, a bar proprietor and postal clerk.