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John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls)

OMG! What is happening to his face?!?!

You guys make fun of Madonna but she looks fresh and actually human compared to this...

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by Anonymousreply 222October 9, 2022 6:13 PM

YIKES!!!!

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by Anonymousreply 1November 10, 2020 9:44 PM

I think he's transitioning. Looking a lot like Caitlyn these days.

by Anonymousreply 2November 10, 2020 9:45 PM

OMFG!!!!

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by Anonymousreply 3November 10, 2020 9:52 PM

He's been heading off the burn victim cliff for a while now.

Really too bad, the guy has a real talent.

The linked Christmas song isn't really his best effort though.

by Anonymousreply 4November 10, 2020 9:53 PM

The doctors that convince these people that these are good ideas... they're probably competent enough for the current Administration.

by Anonymousreply 5November 10, 2020 9:55 PM

I honestly thought it was Hillary for a few seconds.

by Anonymousreply 6November 10, 2020 9:56 PM

Mark my words - he'll announce he's transitioning next year.

by Anonymousreply 7November 10, 2020 9:56 PM

He got himself a little turned up nose too. The profile oh him in the car... yikes. Lovely voice though.

by Anonymousreply 8November 10, 2020 9:58 PM

He’s always been a plastic surgery addict. It’s just worse now because he’s older and doesn’t know when to stop.

by Anonymousreply 9November 10, 2020 9:59 PM

Parralox, sweetie.

Well, does what it says on the tin.

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by Anonymousreply 10November 10, 2020 10:01 PM

People Exclusive! Mom and baby share emotional reunion with heroine golfer Bev Rzeznik who saved them from Florida fairway alligator attack.

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by Anonymousreply 11November 10, 2020 10:04 PM

Holy FUCK! His face looks like glued on mask. Awful.

by Anonymousreply 12November 10, 2020 10:08 PM

These People photos are from 3 years and 2 faces ago, but look at those smooooth forearms.

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by Anonymousreply 13November 10, 2020 10:19 PM

Oh god R13! Not a close up please!

by Anonymousreply 14November 10, 2020 10:25 PM

He’s always seemed queer. Wouldn’t be surprised if he transitions.

by Anonymousreply 15November 10, 2020 10:26 PM

On Darryl Hall's show, with hair and make-up, he looks a. lot like his younger self. I'm guessing the plastic surgery has helped. Female celebrities are almost always in make-up in their public appearances. Few are glamorous in real life.

When a young man is pretty, it's a two-edged sword. He may be pretty the rest of his life, but who is to tell? He might be Brad Pitt. He might be Val Kilmer. As the pretty boy in the public spotlight ages out, it's understandable he may want to go the plastic surgery route, sadly, considering all the bad turns that can be involved.

I give him props for showing up on Dave's show as he is. He also comes across as a humble and decent person, someone who it might be fun to just hang out with.

However, Dave, about that perm.

by Anonymousreply 16November 11, 2020 1:51 AM

I spent time with John years ago. He was so handsome it almost hurt to look at him. Definitely not gay. Major alcohol problem and an inferiority complex that kept him from being the huge star he had the potential to be. This is how remember him.

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by Anonymousreply 17November 11, 2020 1:59 AM

That is someone who is definitely transitioning. You can see he is wearing lipstick and mascara in that interview - not subtle makeup that entertainers wear or even that rock stars do. That is someone who is trying to look like a woman. Good for him/her if that’s what’s up. Go for it. But definitely not gonna be pretty.

by Anonymousreply 18November 11, 2020 1:59 AM

His lipstick is smeared and it looks like a mustard stain on his nose.

by Anonymousreply 19November 11, 2020 2:19 AM

OMG. He's on MSNBC right now with Ari Melber and he looks like a femme lesbian.

by Anonymousreply 20November 20, 2020 10:48 PM

I never thought he was attractive and I hate their music but Jesus, that is a horrible thing to do one's face.

by Anonymousreply 21November 20, 2020 10:49 PM

Christ it looks like a Michael Myers mask

by Anonymousreply 22November 20, 2020 10:54 PM

Always found him to be hideous. He wrote a homophobic song about James Dean on an early album. Fuck this guy.

by Anonymousreply 23November 20, 2020 10:57 PM

R23 yup. Goo Goo Dolls have always been posers. Never could stand them or their shopping mall music.

by Anonymousreply 24November 20, 2020 11:06 PM

Looking at the pic at R3---a bad nose job is evident, and he now has really pasty terrible skin, but I cannot discern what else is different. I never thought this guy was super cute but compared to his "now' face he was once gorgeous in his heyday.

by Anonymousreply 25November 20, 2020 11:08 PM

He must be Trans.

by Anonymousreply 26November 20, 2020 11:16 PM

Is he going to Mickey Rourke’s plastic surgeon? Yikes.

by Anonymousreply 27November 20, 2020 11:19 PM

In the pic at R13 he's clearly wearing a wig. While handsome enough when he was selling records, he never did anything for me. He always appeared pasty from a hangover & seemed like he smelled like vomit & stale cigarette smoke.

by Anonymousreply 28November 20, 2020 11:28 PM

On the video at OP he looks like Shirley MacLaine.

by Anonymousreply 29November 20, 2020 11:46 PM

R2 Caitlyn Jenner was my first thought as well.

I mean, sometimes after years of substance addiction people try to "fix" what the drug/alcohol abuse has done to their bodies with tons of bad plastic surgery. Like Mickey Rourke, but even he looked more destroyed and badly patched up in general than actively trying to look more feminine, which seems to be the case for John. Especially the interview video, where he seems to wear eyeshadow, mascara and possibly lipstick. I guess time will tell, what's going on with him.

I was never a Goo Goo Dolls fan, but he always had a good voice imho. I wonder what transitioning and HRT would mean for his voice - maybe it's a reason why he waited until his later years, if he's truly of a mind to transition.

by Anonymousreply 30November 20, 2020 11:50 PM

Something’s not right upstairs for him to have done this to himself.

by Anonymousreply 31November 20, 2020 11:56 PM

Considering his default hairstyle has been bangs covering much of his face, he could easily have not got plastic surgery.

by Anonymousreply 32November 21, 2020 12:11 AM

He was a little Simon Le Bon-ish back in the day.

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by Anonymousreply 33November 21, 2020 12:12 AM

The nose is very "reconstructed".

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by Anonymousreply 34November 21, 2020 12:15 AM

It's as if he asked his plastic surgeon to turn him into Lily Tomlin.

by Anonymousreply 35November 21, 2020 12:16 AM

R33 God, he was cute in that picture. Why did he go and fuck up his face?

by Anonymousreply 36November 21, 2020 12:18 AM

Say what you will about Andy Cohen, but I give him props for not going the down the same route as these guys.

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by Anonymousreply 37November 21, 2020 12:18 AM

Younger, his odd-looking nose stood out . But now it blends well with his odd-looking face. OTOH, surprised to see Dave Holmes in R1's link is looking good.

by Anonymousreply 38November 21, 2020 12:24 AM

He sort of looked like Curtis Stigers. He shouldn't have fucked around with his nose.

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by Anonymousreply 39November 21, 2020 12:26 AM

Mackenzie Phillips was his teenage style icon.

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by Anonymousreply 40November 21, 2020 12:30 AM

The director should have had the "bright" idea of casting mini-me's for the music video to avoid featuring Rzeznik at all. Get some buzzy child actor lipsync for John.

by Anonymousreply 41November 21, 2020 12:36 AM

omg, he looks like he’s wearing a skin mask.

by Anonymousreply 42November 21, 2020 12:47 AM

He was never that attractive to begin with which probably kept Goo goo dolls from getting bigger than they were. I didn't believe it when people said Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner was going to transition but he did so maybe there's something to that here.

by Anonymousreply 43November 21, 2020 12:59 AM

He looks like John Travolta and Mickey Rourke did a fusion dance.

by Anonymousreply 44November 21, 2020 1:12 AM

Born in 1795 is what's wrong with his face.

by Anonymousreply 45November 21, 2020 1:20 AM

He had a femme edge even at the outset of his career.

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by Anonymousreply 46November 21, 2020 1:32 AM

Is he married?

by Anonymousreply 47November 21, 2020 1:43 AM

R47 Yes, second marriage and has a little daughter with his wife.

by Anonymousreply 48November 21, 2020 1:45 AM

Jon Bon Jovi ripped off his hair style when he cut off his long hair band mane.

by Anonymousreply 49November 21, 2020 1:54 AM

What is going on with his ear in R34's link?

by Anonymousreply 50November 21, 2020 2:03 AM

Did he have a cocaine problem? Is that why he had a nose job?

by Anonymousreply 51November 21, 2020 2:07 AM

If he gains some weight he would be a dead ringer for Kathleen Turner.

by Anonymousreply 52November 21, 2020 2:10 AM

No. Vanity. He started out with a sizeable nose

by Anonymousreply 53November 21, 2020 2:13 AM

I thought Kathleen T too.

by Anonymousreply 54November 21, 2020 2:18 AM

My eyes.

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by Anonymousreply 55November 21, 2020 2:56 AM

I was reading some of the comments on Youtube. And they nailed it.

His philtrum has a Faye Dunaway thing going.

In a side by side photo the distance between his upper lip and nose is dramatically different than 15 years ago. Its crazy and weird. Wow.

And he clearly gets TONS of Botox. You would be surprised how much that alone can make a man look like a woman.

by Anonymousreply 56November 21, 2020 3:04 AM

[quote] And he clearly gets TONS of Botox. You would be surprised how much that alone can make a man look like a woman.

That description reminds me of Ryan Phillippe.

by Anonymousreply 57November 21, 2020 3:06 AM

transitioning

by Anonymousreply 58November 21, 2020 3:18 AM

I never used to, but now that I see what he is now, yes! He was cute in the past!

by Anonymousreply 59November 21, 2020 3:25 AM

He was always hideous. I’m more shocked that this band still exist.

by Anonymousreply 60November 21, 2020 3:29 AM

And who the hell ever listened to the goo goo dolls? I always confuse them with that other shitty band Collective Soul.

by Anonymousreply 61November 21, 2020 3:38 AM

Never thought he was handsome at the time but he looked pretty hot pre fame.

by Anonymousreply 62November 21, 2020 3:41 AM

Christ that’s ugly

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by Anonymousreply 63November 21, 2020 3:41 AM

He looks a little like Dolph Lundgren at r63.

by Anonymousreply 64November 21, 2020 3:43 AM

Never thought Goo Goo Dolls were a great band but they were one of the last rock bands to hit it big before rock became totally irrelevant.

by Anonymousreply 65November 21, 2020 3:43 AM

In an interview (Rolling Stone? Spin?) during the height of the band's fame they were in Paris or Rome, and the fangirls would gather outside their hotel, faint and do other silly things fangirls do. He said something like, "I wish I could be back in the U.S. where I'm considered ugly."

by Anonymousreply 66November 21, 2020 3:43 AM

they always seemed alternative-lite to me. Like how they would dress a sitcom actor when he decided to join a rock band for a single episode.

by Anonymousreply 67November 21, 2020 3:43 AM

I've been searching these photos and videos for any sign whatsoever of an Adam's apple and it ain't there.

by Anonymousreply 68November 21, 2020 3:51 AM

R17 He had such a unique and handsome features; it makes me sad to know he had such an inferiority complex that it clouded his judgement. I wish he hadn’t messed with his face. I get that they have a very commercial sound but their early stuff was great and he always seemed modest in interviews. It’s funny that his bandmate Robby, who was the tubby one, has aged rather well.

by Anonymousreply 69November 21, 2020 4:04 AM

He looks like Victoria Principal without makeup.

by Anonymousreply 70November 21, 2020 4:17 AM

He wishes.

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by Anonymousreply 71November 21, 2020 4:18 AM

Plastic surgery is immoral.

by Anonymousreply 72November 21, 2020 4:33 AM

Recent live concert. I bet he drives lighting people to distraction.

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by Anonymousreply 73November 21, 2020 4:38 AM

He feminized his face a lot.

by Anonymousreply 74November 21, 2020 4:51 AM

Yep trans

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by Anonymousreply 75November 21, 2020 5:07 AM

In that video he looks as if Ruth Gordon's ghost has possessed him and is overlaying her features on his.

I do think the Goo Goo Dolls did a respectable cover of "Give a Little Bit," though. Not as good as the original, but hearing it doesn't make me curse and go looking for the Supertramp recording instead.

by Anonymousreply 76November 21, 2020 5:10 AM

R11 Wait, so Rzeznik is named 'Bev' and a 'heroine' by People magazine in some ridiculous baby/alligator incident, yet posters are still wondering IF he is transitioning...? Seems pretty fucking conclusive.

by Anonymousreply 77November 21, 2020 5:57 AM

He's morphing into KATHLEEN TURNER!!!

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by Anonymousreply 78November 21, 2020 6:01 AM

R77 Oh, dear.

by Anonymousreply 79November 21, 2020 6:12 AM

For R68---2019 Adam's apple

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by Anonymousreply 80November 21, 2020 6:28 AM

He was fucking hot back in the day. He would have aged well. Such a shame.

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by Anonymousreply 81November 21, 2020 6:41 AM

Trans or not he’s fucking ugly but I’d still do him

by Anonymousreply 82November 21, 2020 6:45 AM

[quote]And who the hell ever listened to the goo goo dolls? I always confuse them with that other shitty band Collective Soul.

Goo Goo Dolls were always more popular than Collective Soul who became irrelevant after the ‘90s.

by Anonymousreply 83November 21, 2020 11:10 AM

[quote]He looks like Victoria Principal without makeup.

Victoria Principal was married to a Plastic Surgeon for 21 years, so basically he looks like someone who has had a lot of work.

by Anonymousreply 84November 21, 2020 11:13 AM

He’s been a plastic surgery addict for years. Seems to have severe body dysmorphia, poor guy. He still looked good, although artificial, with the large cleft chin implant and nose job years ago but veered into odd territory soon after. Not sure if he’s transitioning or is becoming like Mickey Rourke 2.0.

by Anonymousreply 85November 21, 2020 11:25 AM

Christ, I love this thread!

You bitches never let me down.

And someone was right. His face does look like a femme Michael Myers mask.

by Anonymousreply 86November 21, 2020 11:26 AM

I can’t link it but just googled photos of his young self as an early teen and his face was totally. Very BDF. He definitely did his nose, jaw, chin and cheeks tweaked early on his career to give him a movie star face. Probably went to Dr. Binder in CA who did a lot of star’s facial implant work. It looked pretty good for a while but he kept going and going.

by Anonymousreply 87November 21, 2020 12:04 PM

He is not transitioning.

He definitely has MAJOR dysmorphia issues.

Nose job and ALOT- like Kidman level- amounts of Botox and Fillers. Laser Treatments too. The eyes have not been touched.

He always had those fake veneers which were offset by his chiseled face.

With all that Botox and filler, the teeth feminize him even more.

His lips are also disappearing like Joan Van of the Ark's.

And that PALE makeup he wears his fucking horrific.

I think he has Michael Jackson type dysmorphia issues. Not much surgery other than the nose which was more than enough.

by Anonymousreply 88November 21, 2020 12:36 PM

Does he have big money?

I thought he didn't make much money from the Dolls' success - or is the money starting to come in from royalties now that they are a nostalgia act?

by Anonymousreply 89November 21, 2020 12:58 PM

They are on the road constantly and always sell out amphitheater size venues.

by Anonymousreply 90November 21, 2020 2:52 PM

I am not sure the cleft chin is an add-on.

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by Anonymousreply 91November 21, 2020 3:14 PM

He had a “contoured” nose as early as 1998 in the “Iris” video.

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by Anonymousreply 92November 21, 2020 6:06 PM

He looks like a blonde Alex Borstein.

by Anonymousreply 93November 21, 2020 6:11 PM

His nose was bobbed earlier than "Iris."

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by Anonymousreply 94November 21, 2020 6:16 PM

He's probably had issues from his teenage years.

by Anonymousreply 95November 21, 2020 6:17 PM

If you look at him as a teenager, he looks dramatically different!!!!! Particularly that nose! I cannot believe how young he was when he started with the surgery, it’s actually remarkable.

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by Anonymousreply 96November 21, 2020 6:40 PM

I see the shadow of his chin dimple in that R96 pic.

by Anonymousreply 97November 21, 2020 6:53 PM

They seem like the kind of band who does music for movies like Shrek. I’m sure that pays good plastic surgery money.

by Anonymousreply 98November 21, 2020 8:21 PM

Why do so many rockers suffer from some sort of body dysmorphia that forces them to look more and more ridiculous as they age? Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, Bono, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Alice Cooper, Ringo Starr...I can think of so many who resorted to ridiculous hair dyes, haircuts and cosmetic procedures to look younger, and they look idiotic.

by Anonymousreply 99November 21, 2020 8:28 PM

"I hope I die before I get old."

- Pete Townshend.

by Anonymousreply 100November 21, 2020 8:32 PM

R99, what's intersting is that female plastic surgery victims like Madonna seem to suffer wayyyy more careerwise than their male counterparts for doing the same thing. Has any A list female artitst mutliated their face to the same level Michael Jackson did? Apparently more people are OK with a male plastic surgery freak that sleeps with children than a female who gets bad plastic surgery.

by Anonymousreply 101November 21, 2020 8:53 PM

Madonna's career has suffered because of bad plastic surgery? Source?

by Anonymousreply 102November 21, 2020 8:55 PM

R102, well, it's one part of it for sure. The main part being she's a 60 year old woman who hasn't adjusted with old age well. But seriously, compared to Michael Jackson, who cares? Michael Jackson slept with children, turned himself into an albino corpse and yet his career didn't suffer. At all. People still act (even today) like he is the same Michael Jackson of the Thrille era. I don't understand that at all. A woman deals with aging badly and she loses fans. yet a man who did 1000x worse things is still treated like a god. It's like people are more willing to delude themselves over a disgusting male than a delusional female.

by Anonymousreply 103November 21, 2020 9:00 PM

Michael Jackson's career definitely suffered. The amount of soft lighting they had to give him for that music video with him and Lisa Marie Presley... People didn't pretend not to notice his transformation. His face was mostly hidden for the lead single off "Invincible." I don't remember that HITStory album being huge either.

by Anonymousreply 104November 21, 2020 9:07 PM

[Quote] A woman deals with aging badly and she loses fans. yet a man who did 1000x worse things is still treated like a god.

All pop stars lose fans by 40. Madonna held on longer than most, male or female.

by Anonymousreply 105November 21, 2020 9:08 PM

R105, I agree, she was actually more popular in her 40s than in her mid to late 30s. But Michael Jackson continue to sell a TON of records despite all the shitty things he did. And that continues to this day. HE and Queen are the two most streamed legacy artists. Not one woman is in the top 10.

by Anonymousreply 106November 21, 2020 9:09 PM

Most straight men want to listen to male voices. Most women will listen to both but are most loyal to male. Both men and women project onto male singers (the men want to be them, the women want to be with them). I'm not mentioning gay people because they aren't present in great enough numbers to sway the top lists.

by Anonymousreply 107November 21, 2020 9:14 PM

The unusual aspect of this before and after is that you can compare a lot of features that don't look too different.

His eyes, eyebrows, nose, lips, hair, cleft chin look about the same, but every crease has been bloated out with toxins and he has a sickly pallor.

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by Anonymousreply 108November 21, 2020 9:15 PM

You don' see that his nostrils no longer match?

by Anonymousreply 109November 21, 2020 9:19 PM

R108 nails it.

But his philtrium is like Faye's. I cannot wrap my head around it.

Maybe 2 nose jobs and VATS of filler and BOTOX??

Kidman's doctor said, "I am sorry bitch! We are OUT! The Goo Goo Dolls dude took 110% of the worldwide supply! "

+Kidman slaps doctor++

by Anonymousreply 110November 21, 2020 10:14 PM

Robert Smith had the right idea. He can get as fat as he likes as long as the garish make up is still there (and the bird's nest on his head), it's still "him."

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by Anonymousreply 111November 21, 2020 10:19 PM

I know everyone's bagging on him, but he can write and sing a decent song.

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by Anonymousreply 112November 21, 2020 10:27 PM

Sympathy

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by Anonymousreply 113November 21, 2020 10:27 PM

R112- I like his voice, don't mind his music- FUCKBALLS, I even have his TRANSFORMERS song on my cunting iPod.

However.

His current face screams:

I need help!

by Anonymousreply 114November 21, 2020 10:29 PM

There's only one "I'm Still Here" that DL recognizes.

by Anonymousreply 115November 21, 2020 10:32 PM

His Dad died when he was fifteen and his Mom died when he was sixteen.

by Anonymousreply 116November 21, 2020 10:35 PM

R116 I had no idea. The fact that he achieved the kind of success he did despite those tragedies is all the more impressive.

by Anonymousreply 117November 21, 2020 10:36 PM

Did he toss the tapers away?

by Anonymousreply 118November 21, 2020 10:50 PM

R108 covers it and R116 explains a lot of it. Traumas in life often have a way in expressing themselves in addictions of every kind- including addictions to plastic surgery. :(

by Anonymousreply 119November 21, 2020 10:51 PM

At least he hasn't gotten Asian eyes like Madonna...Yet.

by Anonymousreply 120November 21, 2020 11:02 PM

If he transitions what should his new first name be?

by Anonymousreply 121November 21, 2020 11:05 PM

Johanna Resnicka!!!

by Anonymousreply 122November 21, 2020 11:25 PM

Faye Resnick!

by Anonymousreply 123November 21, 2020 11:27 PM

He should choose a name that honors his Slavik roots. Perhaps Marta or Rada.

by Anonymousreply 124November 21, 2020 11:34 PM

R96 I miss that hairstyle.

by Anonymousreply 125November 21, 2020 11:35 PM

I like Neely. Neely & the Goo Goo Dolls has a nice kick to it.

by Anonymousreply 126November 21, 2020 11:36 PM

Agree R99

And you wonder "do you not own a mirror? do you not have an honest friend to tell you how ridiculous you look?"

by Anonymousreply 127November 21, 2020 11:38 PM

Lots of performers are thinking about how they'll photograph (with the help of lighting, make up etc.) and look on stage. They're not thinking about the unflattering "candid" pics.

by Anonymousreply 128November 21, 2020 11:39 PM

But they don't look any less ridiculous in the photographs R128

Paul McCartney looks like an elderly lesbian

by Anonymousreply 129November 21, 2020 11:43 PM

That's modern day photography - HD etc. People like McCartney weren't raised like that.

by Anonymousreply 130November 21, 2020 11:49 PM

They look like the DOG DOO GALS

by Anonymousreply 131November 21, 2020 11:51 PM

See @r112 I KNEW he made music for cartoon soundtracks! I’m surprised his wife looks so natural she’s very pretty. I would have thought he’d choose a partner who enjoys his plastic surgery hobby.

by Anonymousreply 132November 21, 2020 11:56 PM

He has good facial structure and, like Madonna, would have aged well if he didn't to anything to it.

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by Anonymousreply 133November 21, 2020 11:59 PM

It’s really tragic when that sweet bird of youth flies straight up your ass and pecks its way out thru your face.

by Anonymousreply 134November 22, 2020 2:48 AM

I am glad this man never has to view this thread. He made choices, for better or worse. It doesn't matter whether he was hot or not when younger. Can anyone esplain why this matters to any of us?

by Anonymousreply 135November 22, 2020 2:49 AM

Why is it when men get plastic surgery it looks so bad. The end up looking like Kenny Rogers or Mickey Rourke.

by Anonymousreply 136November 22, 2020 2:50 AM

You got some esplaining to do r135

by Anonymousreply 137November 22, 2020 2:55 AM

What a tacky bitch. Serves him right for assaulting our ears like that.

by Anonymousreply 138November 22, 2020 2:55 AM

r135. Bless your heart. He only has to read the comment on his music videos or Twitter mentions.

by Anonymousreply 139November 22, 2020 2:57 AM

Here is the story of his younger years, as told to a fan page.

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by Anonymousreply 140November 22, 2020 3:38 AM

Jeez, no wonder he's always kept so trim over the years.

by Anonymousreply 141November 22, 2020 3:42 AM

R135, nothing in this thread is as viscious as this comment on the YouTube video linked by OP:

"Lol, looks like an old Polish woman wearing a Leatherface mask."

If anything, we deserve kudos for showing restraint.

by Anonymousreply 142November 22, 2020 4:22 AM

Classic 90s pop/rock

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by Anonymousreply 143November 22, 2020 4:29 AM

I agree that this thread really hasn't been about taking shots at Rzeznik. (I guess that's straight privilege in action.)

by Anonymousreply 144November 22, 2020 4:38 AM

It isn't really that surprising that a pretty rock star loved by the adoring fans is so desperate to remain beautiful that he ends up destroying his face in search of eternal youth. Rick Springfield is another example. I assume these guys have had deep self-worth issues to begin with and it all comes out in force when the first real wrinkles start appearing.

by Anonymousreply 145November 22, 2020 4:53 AM

Rick was actually pretty. This guy was mostly hair.

by Anonymousreply 146November 22, 2020 4:55 AM

I saw a Neil Diamond video the other day and one of the comments wrote about not liking to see Diamond looking old because it reminded him that he (the viewer) is no longer young anymore. Thus, there's a double incentive to work to stay "young."

by Anonymousreply 147November 22, 2020 4:56 AM

Who even listened to these people in the 90s? The only song of theirs I can even remember is Iris and it sucked. He’s gotten the face he deserved.

by Anonymousreply 148November 22, 2020 4:58 AM

Looks like MJ.

by Anonymousreply 149November 22, 2020 5:02 AM

R148, he looks like trash, but Goo Good Dolls actually had some good songs. Iris was probably my least favorites of their hits. I preferred:

Name

Black Balloon

Long Way Down

Oh, and for the soap trolls, he used to date Adrienne Frantz, who played Amber on The Bold and the Beautiful. I remember being floored when he showed up as her date to the Daytime Emmys the year she won.

by Anonymousreply 150November 22, 2020 11:00 AM

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by Anonymousreply 151November 22, 2020 11:59 AM

I've seen them live a few times and they always put on a good show. Not afraid to play the hits, which they have a suprising lot of.

Robbie Takacs (sp?), his partner, was always pudgy and nowhere near as attractive as John but has really grown into his looks and has aged quite nicely...relatively speaking.

by Anonymousreply 152November 22, 2020 12:18 PM

From a commenter on the YouTube video:

"He's either aged horribly or he's wearing a mask made from the human flesh of his latest victim."

by Anonymousreply 153November 22, 2020 12:56 PM

I remember when Neil Diamond debuted with his beard R147, there was a huge Twitter thread of people of all ages screaming that he had no right at all to look his age. The dude's pushing 80, I mean come on.

You used to be able to look like Eddie Money or Van Morrison or Paul Williams or half of the Bee Gees and still be a star. You could always get a gimmick like Elton John or Alice Cooper if you had to. Then the age of the video star arrived and those days were gone, and now the pretty boys 1995 are still touring and everyone expects them to still look like pretty boys in 2020. What a mindfuck that must be.

by Anonymousreply 154November 22, 2020 1:25 PM

Before and after

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by Anonymousreply 155November 22, 2020 1:32 PM

[quote] Michael Jackson's career definitely suffered. The amount of soft lighting they had to give him for that music video with him and Lisa Marie Presley... People didn't pretend not to notice his transformation. His face was mostly hidden for the lead single off "Invincible." I don't remember that HITStory album being huge either.

Well, sort of. That song still was a huge number one hit and to this day, Thriller, Bad and Dangerous continue to sell millions worldwide. I don't fucking understand that. If Madonna had molested children and turned herself inside out the way he did, I doubt she would be having any number one hits. Just think of the Sex book and the short term damage it did to her career--she only had one number one hit between 1993 and 2000. Yet Michael Jackson still had several number one hits long after his weirdness was expoesd.

by Anonymousreply 156November 22, 2020 3:50 PM

[quote] I don't remember that HITStory album being huge either.

But it was a huge hit. It hit number one in 19 countries. It sold more than 20 million worldwide. It was huge.

by Anonymousreply 157November 22, 2020 3:52 PM

I don't know if he's transitioning, but he's always worn makeup. I remember my sister being super-excited that he liked the same makeup brand that she did (Urban Decay-is that stuff still around?) back in the 90s.

by Anonymousreply 158November 22, 2020 3:57 PM

I don't recall the hits album being huge. By that stage, his tabloid fame had overcome his main gig in terms of press coverage.

by Anonymousreply 159November 22, 2020 5:43 PM

R159, it wasn't huge by comparison to Dangerous, Bad or Thriller, but how many albums are? It sold over 20 million globally so someone was buying it. And You are Not Alone was the first single in Billboard history to debut at number one.

by Anonymousreply 160November 22, 2020 7:24 PM

If I had released Fantasy a week earlier I would've been the first artist to debut at #1.

by Anonymousreply 161November 22, 2020 9:51 PM

Martha Wash, is that you?

by Anonymousreply 162November 22, 2020 9:55 PM

[quote]Goo Good Dolls actually had some good songs. Iris was probably my least favorites of their hits.

I liked Iris the first ten times I heard it and then I was quickly over it. But Slide and Here is Gone are still faves, but my absolute favorite song is his solo song "I'm Still Here" from the TREASURE PLANET soundtrack.

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by Anonymousreply 163November 22, 2020 10:04 PM

Enough about Michael Jackson..............back to me bitches!

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by Anonymousreply 164November 22, 2020 11:21 PM

R164, straight from "Eyes without a Face".

by Anonymousreply 165November 22, 2020 11:37 PM

I like that Christmas song a lot - their music may be cheesy to the I’m- Way-More-Indie-Than-You-crowd but I think he writes really pretty songs with expressive lyrics 🤷🏻‍♀️ He seems like a good guy who has overcome a lot so I’m on his side.

by Anonymousreply 166November 23, 2020 1:52 AM

He looks like all the delusional men who get "preventative" botox

by Anonymousreply 167November 23, 2020 7:01 PM

I always thought, there's something weird about his face. Trying to see if he was handsome or not, I watched music videos and they only showed him in quick cuts. And his hair hid a lot of his face. One time I went to a radio station concert, Goo Goo Dolls headlined and I saw them about to go on - it was an outdoor show - he still looked kind of weird, his hair was plastered down and it seemed like he wanted to cover parts of his face. Also, big head.

by Anonymousreply 168November 25, 2020 1:42 PM

The bangs are tired.

by Anonymousreply 169November 25, 2020 1:59 PM

R169 Once I saw Keith Urban backstage also and he had the same thing, I think it's to hide the aging face, basically

by Anonymousreply 170November 25, 2020 4:07 PM

Keith Urban needs to get a new wig. The one he wears with the part and bangs is so tired.

by Anonymousreply 171November 25, 2020 4:45 PM

"I wanna shampoo you. I wanna renew you again and again."

by Anonymousreply 172November 25, 2020 7:07 PM

Daryl Hall fucked with his eyes and doesn't look the same. He covers it all up with glasses and facial hair anyway:

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by Anonymousreply 173November 25, 2020 9:34 PM

Well, he could look worse...

by Anonymousreply 174November 26, 2020 1:00 AM

Maybe it’s times for Johnny to consider relocating underneath an opera house and taking up the organ

by Anonymousreply 175November 26, 2020 3:25 AM

I met him about ten years ago. His face looked very plastic in real life, I had never seen that before and was shocked. Both and fillers. He was really nice, though. I did get bi vibes from him.

by Anonymousreply 176November 26, 2020 4:07 AM

Circus freak bump!

by Anonymousreply 177November 29, 2020 6:21 AM

R150 He was still married to, but separated from, his first wife when he began dating Frantz. He told the press that he and the wife were trying to "work things out" and I guess she thought that too, but then he went to the Daytime Emmy's with Frantz. Supposedly shortly after that, his wife showed up at an event and screamed and Frantz.

I also remember seeing him with her at the Emmy's, and thinking that couldn't possibly be him, but then there was a picture of them in People magazine kissing the next week.

by Anonymousreply 178November 30, 2020 1:56 AM

Ewww bump

by Anonymousreply 179January 24, 2021 2:24 AM

It's too much R179!

by Anonymousreply 180January 24, 2021 2:29 AM

It really is. That face! I thought that he was hot as fuck in the 90's!

Now he is a she!

by Anonymousreply 181January 24, 2021 2:44 AM

Having watched OP’s video I have to agree that he’s transitioning. The long hair, the makeup (not just eyeliner but smeared red lipstick?) and substantial surgery all look like Caitlyn before she announced her transition.

If that’s not the case then the man needs some help. I’ve never understood men getting fillers and trying to make their faces scarily smooth. Men look great with some roughness to their skin. Women do it because women (especially thin women) tend to look very manly as they age and their skin hardens and sags.

He seems nice and he has a young kid so I feel bad for whatever is happening there.

I also think if MJ had lived to today, without going to jail for being a pedo, he would have transitioned too. Anyone else think so?

by Anonymousreply 182January 24, 2021 3:25 AM

R182- He is NOT transitioning. I would bet my life on that. He is suffering from some facial dysmorphia.

by Anonymousreply 183January 24, 2021 3:26 AM

He looks like he is permanently wearing a Michael Myers mask.

by Anonymousreply 184January 24, 2021 3:28 AM

R183 I believe you but I’m keeping my eye out to see how far he goes with the makeup and hair

by Anonymousreply 185January 24, 2021 4:09 AM

I really want to understand the psychology of his dysmorphia. He was a good looking guy in the mid-90s. What did he hate about himself, especially when he had female fans probably going crazy for him and throwing their panties at him onstage? The same thing happened to Axl Rose...hot in the 90s, disappears for a long time and comes back with obvious work.

One of my favorite songs of the Goo Goo Dolls was the first one of theirs I had ever heard:

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by Anonymousreply 186January 24, 2021 4:10 AM

It's not that complex. Most performers become successful when young(ish) and their audience tends to be young. People don't want to see you age.

by Anonymousreply 187January 24, 2021 4:22 AM

R186 besides Mickey Roarke and Axl and now Johnny I can’t think of many male celebs who have excessive work. Maybe Keith Urban. Who are some other train wrecks?

by Anonymousreply 188January 24, 2021 4:22 AM

R188 Rick Springfield has a toe over the line. He had good plastic surgery in the early 2000s, but his newest face is definitely plastic-y.

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by Anonymousreply 189January 24, 2021 4:29 AM

R187 Maybe, but you have guys like Mick Jagger or Keith Richards who defy that logic. Yes, they’re getting old but so are the fans who aren’t expecting them to look perpetually 30. Most people like it when someone has aged gracefully. Johnny’s bandmate was fug in his youth but looks a-ok now. Aged rather well vs Rzeznik who didn’t leave a single crease untouched.

by Anonymousreply 190January 24, 2021 4:33 AM

Eye jobs are the worst on men. Clooney got his bags removed but he obviously didn't go too far.

by Anonymousreply 191January 24, 2021 4:35 AM

[Quote] Maybe, but you have guys like Mick Jagger or Keith Richards who defy that logic.

They're pre MTV.

by Anonymousreply 192January 24, 2021 4:35 AM

He used to be kind of hot back in the 90s. He looks like a corpse now.

by Anonymousreply 193January 24, 2021 4:38 AM

R189 what a shame, he had a beautiful mouth when he was young

by Anonymousreply 194January 24, 2021 5:00 AM

Just as an aside: was John the guy who bought Sharon Tate's Cielo Drive home and had it knocked down? What a shame.

by Anonymousreply 195January 24, 2021 7:42 AM

A shame?

by Anonymousreply 196January 24, 2021 7:58 AM

It's like he wakes up in the morning, inserts a bicycle tire pump into his mouth and inflates away.

Wife: Please, John...be rational about this.

John: DOES THIS LOOK LIKE THE FACE OF A RATIONAL HUMAN BEING?!?!?

Wife: Oh God, you look like a freak...

by Anonymousreply 197January 24, 2021 8:42 AM

I truly believe JR’s issues stem from his childhood. Isn’t he the son of an abusive Polish alcoholic? I am the daughter of the a Polish alcoholic who never overtly abused me, but I was utterly abandoned and neglected which scars me to this day — I don’t think you can fully recover from that, you’re either wired to let it go, or you’re not. Even with therapy, meditation, retreats, spirituality, blahblahblah. You can’t erase trauma folks, and his face is the evidence of severe trauma IMHO.

by Anonymousreply 198January 26, 2021 3:10 PM

Does he or did he ever ever have a nice body?

by Anonymousreply 199February 25, 2021 6:03 PM

There was some Goo Goo Dolls video in the 90s where he wore a sheer, semi see-through shirt and I remember thinking he had a hot upper body. I’m a sucker for slutty, nipple-revealing International Male-type fashion though so that might be coloring my memories. A google search doesn’t bring up any shirtless photos though he did like his tank tops.

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by Anonymousreply 200February 25, 2021 6:22 PM

I remember seeing him on an episode of “Politically Incorrect” with Bill Maher. He was the quietest one on the panel that night. I told the guy that I was dating at the time and he said something about musicians are basically stupid...

by Anonymousreply 201February 26, 2021 1:07 PM

No he’s fat r199

by Anonymousreply 202March 14, 2021 3:29 AM

He looks like a John Rzeznik sex doll.

by Anonymousreply 203March 14, 2021 3:36 AM

He’s wearing makeup here

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by Anonymousreply 204April 4, 2021 6:16 AM

Ewww he has tots here

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by Anonymousreply 205April 4, 2021 6:21 AM

His eyes look like someone who just woke up after someone turned on the lights in a dark room.

by Anonymousreply 206April 4, 2021 5:29 PM

The main thing that makes me think he's Caitlyning is the brows. They're plucked and he's using some kind of brow product (pencil) that doesn't match his coloring

by Anonymousreply 207April 4, 2021 5:53 PM

That’s not him R205, you fool.

He’s sitting on the steps behind her.

by Anonymousreply 208April 4, 2021 6:02 PM

Is he dove transitioning yet?

by Anonymousreply 209October 9, 2022 2:07 AM

Wings of da Dove.

by Anonymousreply 210October 9, 2022 2:08 AM

He was a very good looking guy back when the Goo Goo Dolls hit with Slide, Iris, and Black Balloon came out.

A pity.

by Anonymousreply 211October 9, 2022 2:10 AM

^^^Oh, and between the hair and the face, he looks like Michael Myers now. I kept expecting Jamie Lee to pop out during the video.

by Anonymousreply 212October 9, 2022 2:11 AM

He looks good for his age.

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by Anonymousreply 213October 9, 2022 2:17 AM

So...two years after OP's original post...what does John look like now and has he transitioned?

by Anonymousreply 214October 9, 2022 2:18 AM

R3 Even in the first picture he's had work done. He's always tried to cover his face with his hair. In person when I saw him (15 years ago) he looked stretched.

by Anonymousreply 215October 9, 2022 2:21 AM

Here he is recently

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by Anonymousreply 216October 9, 2022 2:45 AM

What in the hell R213! 😂😂😂

by Anonymousreply 217October 9, 2022 2:56 AM

God, why does he keep fooling with his face? The poor guy. I really like the song, he still has a beautiful voice.

by Anonymousreply 218October 9, 2022 2:57 AM

The surgeon was so overwhelmed he forgot his neck wattle.

by Anonymousreply 219October 9, 2022 3:02 AM

R170 Yeah I also saw Keith Urban - outside his bus. He's also really short. With a big head.

by Anonymousreply 220October 9, 2022 3:55 PM

He looks scary now

by Anonymousreply 221October 9, 2022 6:08 PM

She’s transitioning into a 56 year old Taylor Swift.

by Anonymousreply 222October 9, 2022 6:13 PM
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