If you're a fan of the band the Goo Goo Dolls, a couple song titles on their latest EP Summer Anthem , dropping August 22, might worry you.
Tracks with names such as "Nothing Lasts Forever" and "Not Goodbye (Close My Eyes)" can't help but conjure up concerns that one of the most prolific alternative rock bands in the last 40 years might be thinking about retiring.
Indeed, after a long career that includes 14 studio albums, nearly 40 singles ("Iris" being, arguably, one of most iconic love song/rock ballads in all of music), multiple Grammy nominations and nearly a dozen platinum and gold singles combined — what else is there for them to do?
In a recent interview with Morning Edition , band frontman John Rzeznik assured his fans that "Nothing Lasts Forever" is not his retirement song