These are some links to some different sites
The Offical Good Charlotte website
The GC Circlepitt website (good for updates)
The Live Freaky! Die Freaky! website
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Good Charlotte Info
-Their dog, Cash, is named after Cassius Clay (a.k.a. Muhammad Ali) because it's a boxer.
-Benji and Joel used to work at Target, Borders, Up Against the Wall, and Giant in Waldorf. Their mom used to work at the Nordstrom's in the Annapolis mall in the customer service department.
-Benji's nose piercing was a Christmas present.
-When Billy's dreds were cut off, they found part of a Dorito in there.
-Before the band was Good Charlotte, it was the "Joel, Benji, and Brian Band." Brian had to drop out due to conflicting schedules, so in come Aaron and Paul, and then later, Billy. Billy was in a band called "Overflow" before he joined GC.
-Good Charlotte was banned from the Waldorf coffeehouse "My Brother's Place" for a while.
-They really hate it when people title articles with some reference to Good Charlotte being 'Great Charlotte' or 'Good Charlotte Really is Good'. Stuff like that.
-Joel uses Mentadent toothpaste.
-In high school, Joel was "attacked" with Bengay by some football players. They rubbed it all over "his balls" They would grab him in the locker room after showers and such. I thought this was a one time deal but it seems to have happened frequently.
-The tattoos on Benji's knuckles say "MADE MAN" (it's from a movie).
-On Benji's guitar in the "Motivation Proclamation" video, there is a sticker that says "Don't touch this unless you are nude."
-Benji likes punk rock chicks
-Their tour bus has Florida license plates
-Billy is double-jointed.
-Their tour bus has a little suction cup sign in the front window that says "A woman with PMS and ESP is a bitch who knows everything."
-Joel goes into the Sam Goody in Waldorf all the time to buy all the Tupac dolls.
-One of their first gigs was at a comic book store.
-Joel and Billy are obsessed with malls.
-Benji and Joel thought they invented the C chord in high school.
-Benji and Joel are identical twins born 5 minutes apart (Benji is older).
-Benji and Joel used to get prank calls from people saying that they were going to sign them.
-Billy did his first tattoo on Benji, Billy did the spiderweb tattoo around Benji's left elbow
-Paul has been playing bass for 8 years.
-Paul played one bass on the self-entitled CD.
-Paul played nine basses on TYATH.
-Benji used to say he was sick so he could get backstage at concerts.
-Good Charlotte was formed after Benji and Joel went to the "Ill-Communication" Beastie Boys Concert
-In high school, Benji and Joel were on the wrestling team and really good at it too.
-The tattoos on Benji's right leg are all dedicated to bands that he has become close with or wants to pay homage to.
-Paul's tattoos are inspired by Salvidor Dali, one of his favorite artists.
-Joel is the SHY ONE
-Benji is the PUNK ROCK guy
-Billy is GOTH man
-Paul is the SWEET boy
-When Benji was in grade school he dressed up as Mike D. on Rock Star Day.
-Billy converted Benji into a vegetarian, and Joel's a vegetarian now too.
-Benji has the most tattoos
-Billy has the 2nd most tattoos
-Joel has the 3rd most tattoos
-Paul has the 4th most tattoos
-Chris has the least (I think)
-Lars from Rancid tattooed 'Journey To The End' under Benji's Rancid tattoo.
-Benji's best subjects are history and English. His worst subject is math.
-Joel's pants fell down during the June 23rd show of Warped Tour '02. During the 2nd song, which was "Festival Song", the button on his pants broke. Everyone saw his Spiderman boxers. He stuffed a towel down his pants to cover up, and he was blushing the entire time.
-Benji has been sober for at least 2 years+. (Yay!)
-Benji's inspiration for the song "Wondering" was his dog, Cash.
Joel's Info:
Name: Joel Ryan Rueben Madden
A.K.A.:Sickboy
Birthdate:March 11th, 1979(Benji and Joel are twins, as if you didn't know)
Hometown:Waldorf, Maryland
Height:5' 9"
Eye Color:Brown
Current Hairstyle: black hair, with red flat combed forward(also a short red mohawk)
Position in Band:Lead Vocals
Favorite Movies: Any Star Wars and Trainspotting
Favorite T.V. Show: The Simpsons, Martin, Southpark, and Seinfield
Favorite Cereal: Cinnamon Life
Favorite Star Wars: Episode 1
Crushing on: Natalie Portman(Princess Leah in Star Wars), Amy Lee(lead singer of Evanescence), Jessica Alba(Dark Angel)
Favorite Restaurant: Rubio's (on the west coast) Acme (in Naptown)
Favorite Rapper: Tupac (the greatest of all time)
Favorite Person of ALL Time: Elvis
Favorite Ice cream:Mint chocolate cookie
Favorite Superhero: Spiderman
Other Things Joel Loves: Anything Starwars, going to the movies by myself, cooking, toys, sushi, girls, spiked hair, piercings, tattoos, the east coast, the west coast, clean socks,studded jewelery, getting mail, shopping malls, veggie burgers, punk rock
Things Joel Doesn't Like: Waking up, wasabi, rainy days, humidity, every math teacher he's ever had, manual labor, 6th & main, bitter ex-football players
Musical Influences: The Smiths, The Cure, Beastie Boys, Weezer, Cash Money Millionaires, Green Day, Goldfinger, MxPx, Social Distortion, The Lemonheads, The Clash, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Tupac, Fiona Apple, Bjork, Everclear, Nirvana, Social Distortion, Rancid
Favorite Part Of Being In GC: Our fans are always really cool and interesting people, and traveling around the country, and hopefully the world, meeting them is awesome. Especially with my bros.........
Hobbies: Likes collecting Mcfarlend action figures, and many other toy action figures, collecting Tupac Dolls, likes to read, loves hanging out with family and dog Cash.
Benji's Info:
Name: Benjamin Levi Madden
A.K.A.:Kid Vicious(cuz' he went through his Sid Vicious stage)
Birthdate: March 11th, 1979(Joel and Benji are twins, as if you didn't know)
Height: 5' 7"
Eye Color:brown
Current Hairstyle:black, kinda normal
Hometown:Waldorf, Maryland
Current Marital Status:Single
Position in Band: guitar, and backup vocals
Benji's Musical Influences:Minor Threat, Rancid, Greenday, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Beastie Boys, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, MC Hammer, and Goldfinger
Hobbies:dirtbiking, playing with Cashdogg, listening to new bands, having a good conversation
Clothing: Bondage Pants/shorts, Grinders, Chuck Taylor's, t-shirts, East Coast Clothing, Made
Gear: Soldano hotrod 100, Marshall Vintage Series Cabinet, 68' telecaster, custom 22 prs.
Pets: Cashdogg!
Favorite Food: anything free, pizza
Favorite Movies: Another State of Mind, Sid and Nancy
Favorite T.V. Show: The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, 7th Heaven (Jessica Beale)
Favorite Cereal: Count Chocula, Boo-Berry
Favorite Star Wars Movie: Empire Strikes Back
Crushing on: Jessica Beale(7th Heaven), Christina Aguilera, and Amy Lee(lead singer of Evanescence)
Favorite Restaurant: Acme Bar n' Grille in Annapolis
Favorite Superhero: The Toxic Avenger
Favorite Person in History: Martin Luthur King Jr.
Other Things Benji Loves: '63 Chevy Impala, punk-rock shows, punk-rock girls, girls with tattoos/piercings, goth girls, old clothes, old junk stores, my dirtbike, Cashdogg
Things Benji Doesn't Like: Humidity, politicians, food poisoning, Carson Daly, Bad Religion, Avril Lavigne
Favorite Part Of Being In GC: Able to hang out with my best friends and do what I love to do most.
Billy's Info:
Name: William Dean George Martin A.K.A.:Lil' Billy(cuz' he's the youngest of GC)
Birthdate:June 15, 1981
Hometown: Naptown, Maryland
Height: 5' 11"
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Position in Band: Guitarist
Clothing: Dickies, Puma, East Coast Clothing, Volcom, Tribal Gear, Level 27
Gear: Paul Reed Smith Guitars, Mesa-Boogie Amps, Boss effect pedals
Pets: (Bunji, Sam, Cash)-Dogs, (Nelly, Nelson, Stellar)-cats, and 127 hamsters
Favorite Food: pizza, Food with peanut butter in it, sushi, bean burritos
Favorite Movies: Star Wars, The Crow, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Nightmare Before Christmas
Favorite T.V. Show: The Simpsons
Favorite Cereal: Anything with Marshmallows in it....Lucky Charms, Boo Berry....
Favorite Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Crushing on: Angelina Jolie, Mandy Moore, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, and Amy Lee(lead singer of Evanescence)
Favorite Restaurant: Taco Bell
Favorite Rapper: Don Gilmore
Favorite Ice Cream: Ben and Jerry's Peanut Butter Cup
Favorite Superhero: Batman
Other Things Billy loves: Drawing, Comic books, Cartoons, girls, going online, music in general, sleeping, tattoos, hair, punk rock, goth girls, video games
Things Billy Doesn't Like: People who don't use their blinkers, really lazy people, meat, annoying people, turtlenecks, snakes
Musical Influences:Silverchair, Incubus, Deftones, Michael Jackson, Lit, Linkin Park, 0rgy, KoRn
Favorite Part Of Being In GC: Getting to meet new fans across the whole U.S. every day with his best friends
Hobbies: Collecting Toys (Star Wars), The Simpsons, Comic book characters, buying new clothes, playing music, hanging out with my friends, playing guitar
Paul's Info:
Name:Paul Anthony Thomas
A.K.A.:St.Paul(cuz he's such a nice guy)
Birthdate:October 5th, 1980
Hometown:Waldorf, Maryland
Height: 5' 9"
Eye Color: Brown
Current Hairstyle: black
Clothing: Doc's, East Coast Clothing, Dickies, Band T-shirts
Position in Band: Bass Player
Gear: 5-string Tobiaz Killer B, David Eden World Amp, David Eden Cabinets
Favorite Food:anything Italian
Pets: Max, Sweet Pea, Cash (the biggest player in Naptown)
Favorite Movie:Jacob's Ladder
T.V. Show: The Simpsons
Favorite Cereal: Golden Grahams
Favorite Episode of Star Wars:Return of the Jedi
Crushing on:Christina Ricci
Favorite Restuarant: The Palm(NYC)
Favorite Rapper: Prodigy
Favorite Ice Cream: cookies n' Cream
Favorite Superhero:Mighty Mouse
Other Things Paul loves:reading Shakespeare among other awesome others, his family, his bed at home that he NEVER sees, his GC scooter and his pets
Things Paul doesn't like: being homesick, not having enough underwear & socks on the road, humidity, dumb muscle-heads, our high school math dept and the fact that he can actually miss Waldorf.
Musical Influences:Pixies, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Sebadoh, Skinny Puppy, Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang, Tool, The Misfits, Lagwagon, Rage Against the Machine, New Order and Fugazi
Favorite Part of being in GC:The fact that I get to do it with my best friends
Hobbies:Playing video games, reading, writing poetry, hanging at Giebal's house with his troop from high school, playing bass, hanging at his house with his family, going to the movies and driving around Waldorf bumping some hip-hop
Chris's Info:
Name:Chris Wilson
Birthdate:May 5th, 1981
Hometown: Provo, Utah
Current Hairstyle: Bald/Natural
color:Black
Favorite Color:Pink
Position in Band:Drummer
Some Quotes from the band:
"The All-American Rejects... All-American Rejects" ~Benji
"Look at me, I'm a reject" ~Joel
"Now, I know that if I was the last person on Earth, I would run around and act crazy *looks at Joel and waits* like crazy town, crazy" ~Benji
*laughs*"Well I would, uh, probably kill myself" ~Joel
"That was Vendetta Red with Shatterday, not Saturday, Shatturday" ~Joel
"I shat myself" ~Joel
*sings "I'm like a bird"* ~Benji
"She had that song 'I'm like a bird, I want to fly away'" ~Joel
"A woo woo woo woo... she sang like that" ~Benji
"Mest has this thing with being nude... I don't know... I love them anyways though" ~Benji
"Stick around, we'll show you how to... break things" ~Joel
"These guys actually met on the internet, it's actually where I met my wife" ~Benji
"Oh interesting" (said in a funny voice) ~Joel
"Yes, I met my wife in a, uh... chat room... it's great... *raises hand* actually I'm not married, I made that up" ~Benji
"Lesson learned kids, if you need to, lie" ~Joel
"It's time for Joel to take his sweater off, hang it on the coat rack, take off his slippers, get back into bed" ~Benji
"Anyways, uh..." ~Joel
"I made that up... just to mess him up" ~Benji
"Right... right" ~Joel
(everything above from one (1) episode of "All Things Rock")
"Dear Teenies, I will not have your children" ~Benji
"You know who else likes making out? Sum 41. I know from first-hand experience... Or, my friend does..." ~Benji
"This is Paul" ~Paul
"I'm Joel" ~Joel
"And Brad spelt backwards is DARB" ~Benji
"I have a confession to make, I love making out! It's fun, it's innocent, and besides, you can't get pregant from making out!!" ~Benji
"You are watching Hard Rock Live, change the channel and you will die." ~Benji
"Hard" ~Chris
"Rock" ~Paul
"Hard" ~Billy (in a high voice) and Chris
"Rock" ~Paul
"It doesn't get any fruitier than that, so stick around." ~Joel
"Eyeliner! Always comes in handy" ~Benji
"I haven't taken a shower in 4 days, I guess that makes me more punk" ~Benji
"Sometimes, I have this ritual where I light 57 candles on the bus and start doing a chant *everyone laughs*, it doesn't have to be any words sometimes it's just sounds like *makes funny noises and everyone laughs*" ~Chris
"....by my standards, we are a rock and roll band. All the punk shows I've been to, that's punk but punk is something different to everyone. If we are punk to kids, that's fine. I say rock and roll though." ~Benji
"I'm a vegan, well, 90% of the time I am. I just want to help the animals." ~Benji
"Benji always claims to be an insomniac, but I swear as soon as we get in the van, he's like dead asleep." ~Billy
"Benji has definitely been called a freak, I mean, I've been called a freak too, but he's definitely more freaker than I am." ~Joel
"Joel worked at it first, and he was like, Dude, this is an awesome job. I get to shampoo hot girls hair all day. So I was like, I'm there." ~Benji
"If I were in that pit, I'd be making out with everyone one of you" ~Joel
"This next video reminds me of my brother Joel.. He used to walk around the house all the time... Always rockin the short shorts." ~Benji
"I didnt get lessons of any kind... I slept through school." ~Joel
"Life is Benji, the rest is just details. ..Benji is life." ~Benji
"Why won't you let your drummer be a proper part of the band? Is he only along for the cash?" ~random person
"I think he's just along for the cash. But he's one of us now" ~Paul
"Chris is a part of the band, and that's why he's here doing this with us right now." ~Billy
"I would answer that by saying, have you read any of our recent interviews, dipshit?" ~Joel
"I'm here for the bling-bling. The millions and millions of pounds! No, of course I'm not." ~Chris
"I am the silliest guy in rock. What can I say? I'm silly." ~Benji
"Benji likes to match his hair with his underwear and we caught him in a pink thong once" ~Billy
"Does that sound like it's in tune? Alright? Good enough? Its just tv" ~Benji
"I love kids, I probably have a few of them. Just kidding." ~Benji
"Everyone tells me that there are identical twins in the band: which two are they then?" ~random person
"Benji and Joel" ~Paul
"Really Paul? I thought it was you and Chris this whole time. Holy shit." ~Billy
"You mean it's not Billy and Paul?" ~Benji
"I think it's Benji and Chris" ~Joel
"It's actually triplets, it's me, Joel and Benji." ~Chris
"We're changing our name to the Eye-Socket Gougers." ~Chris
"Do you guys have to mention your Made clothing line in every interview? That makes you look like businessmen rather than musicians." ~random person
"I don't have a clothing company" ~Paul
"Yeah, what's he talking about? I don't even know what Made clothing is." ~Joel
"Joel has helped out Simple Plan and Benji has worked with Mest: are you guys on a mission to flood the world with the shittiest punk rock bands around?" ~random person
"We absolutely are" ~Benji
"They're completely right, whoever asked this. Completely right." ~Joel
"Yeah, they definitely have a future in A&R." ~Paul
"I personally just bought the Mest record and I think it's absolutely amazing." ~Billy
"When girls scream at us or whatever..we just think they must have the wrong band" ~Joel
"We're standing in front of Elton John's piano, the piano man." ~Joel
"That's right... I'm scratching it" ~Benji
"I wonder what it's like to be a reject." ~Benji
"I don't know Benji, what's a reject?" ~Joel
"Tell me Joel." ~Benji
"What does it take to be a reject?" ~Joel
"You have to wear tight pants and uh, "vintage" shirts... right?" ~Benji
"You're in the middle, right in the middle of All Things Rock, good for you." ~Joel
"Actually the cue card says 'you're smack dab in the middle of All Things Rock'" ~Benji
"But I didn't want to say smack dab." ~Joel
"Good for you" ~Benji
"Joel's bedtime, Joel needs to go sleepy" ~Benji
"Thanks, thanks" ~Joel
"Sleepy Joely" ~Benji while doing a thing with his index finger that's like scratching
"...Mest, you know they got their name from, uh, Milwaukee's Best, the uh, beer, that's the beer they drink all the time, and uh, one night Tony was just kinda mumbling and slurring everything and he mixed uh, Milwaukee, he mixed Milwaukee's Best into one word and called it Mest." ~Benji
"Isn't that great kids?" ~Joel
"They have a very close relationship with alcohol, that band, there's not many places where the two of them aren't together." ~Benji
"It's like they're married." ~Joel
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