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After 40 years, Robby Takac, bassist of the Goo Goo Dolls, is still doing what he loves: performing.

鈥淲e have the luxury of seeing what our band sounds like all these years later,鈥� Takac said. 鈥淎 lot of bands don鈥檛 get that luxury.鈥�

The Goo Goo Dolls will perform at Isleta Amphitheater on Tuesday, Sept. 9, one of the last stops on the 鈥淕oo Goo Dolls with Dashboard Confessional: Summer Anthem Tour.鈥�

鈥淲e will be firing on all cylinders by that point. So it鈥檒l be a great show, I can guarantee you,鈥� Takac said.

The band has been together since 1986, with Takac and John Rzeznik as the two leading musicians. Takac says they do not have plans to stop anytime soon with records, shows or touring.

鈥淎s long as people are interested and as long as we鈥檙e not feeling silly up there doing it, then I think we keep going,鈥� Takac said.

Their hit song 鈥淚ris鈥� went viral on TikTok among younger audiences, and in April, it surpassed 4.2 billion streams worldwide.

鈥淚t鈥檚 wild for us. It鈥檚 been crazy. 鈥業ris鈥� has had plenty of rebirths because of TikTok,鈥� Takac said. 鈥淎t this point, just because of TikTok there鈥檚 been 50 other things that have happened, but TikTok itself has been huge for us with that sort of thing.鈥�

Takac said he has seen the crowd change over the years to become younger and shift generationally, now the age range of fans is much larger.

鈥淚t used to be, for a while, we were playing to everybody, and then everybody started getting older, but now you see third generations of families come to see us play,鈥� Takac said. 鈥淧eople tell us sometimes it鈥檚 the one show they can all go see together, which is a pretty high compliment.鈥�

He finds that while the music industry has changed over the years, what has not changed is the fact that people either enjoy the music or do not, and that 鈥渁 great song is a great song.鈥�

鈥淭here鈥檚 so many other things that have to happen for songs to connect with people, like the right time, the right place, so many things,鈥� Takac said. 鈥淎nd we got lucky a few times with that.鈥�

The band鈥檚 belief in themselves over their career is what has kept them successful, Takac said. This success includes seven new songs released on Aug. 22 as part of an EP titled 鈥淪ummer Anthem.鈥�

鈥淚t just doesn鈥檛 work out for some people, man, it鈥檚 as much time and luck and everything kind of lining up as anything,鈥� Takac said. 鈥淏ut we鈥檝e always sort of believed in what we were doing, and so I think that鈥檚 a big part of what鈥檚 led us to where we are now.鈥�

Looking back from when the band started to now, Takac said he could offer advice to his younger self, but then the band鈥檚 journey would be altered.

鈥淚 could tell you get a lawyer. Don鈥檛 sign a bad record deal because we did that many, many times,鈥� Takac said. 鈥淏ut we wouldn鈥檛 be where we are right now if we hadn鈥檛 signed all those bad deals. It got us to the next point, and that鈥檚 part of believing in yourself.鈥�

Beyond advice for his younger self, he said that for those trying to make it in the music industry, it鈥檚 essential not to focus on others鈥� success, but instead to believe in what you do.

鈥淒o what you love and then if it gets successful, that鈥檚 awesome,鈥� Takac said. 鈥淎nd if it doesn鈥檛 get successful, you鈥檙e doing something you love, man, so there鈥檚 no losing in that equation.鈥�

At the end of the day, Takac said that the band is playing an hour and a half of rock, and that is what it is all about.

鈥淯ltimately, it鈥檚 just about being out there playing your song for people,鈥� Takac said.