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GCness
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My Good Charlotte Page =)
Ok... Ya I kno this page looks
mest up =( O well..... I like it.... heres some GC info....read it.....(I took the info from gc's site.... its not all of
it...just parts I picked out)(And if you couldn't tell already... The band members are.... Benji, Billy, Joel, Paul n Chris
(Chris is the newest member) )
Twin brothers Benji and Joel (born
3/11/79) grew up in a lower middle-class family in the town of Waldorf, Marylandthe middle-of-nowhere suburbs," says Benji.
Benji
began teaching himself guitar at 16; Joel gravitated towards lead vocals. "Right away, Joel and I started thinking up songs," Benji recalls. "We'd go straight to our room after school,
singing and playing for hours every day."
After Paul (bass) and Billy (guitar) joined, Good Charlotte took their name from
a children's book and played their first gig in a neighbor's basement for an audience of 20. "We only played our own songswe
weren't good enough to learn anyone else's songs!"
I wrote this letter saying, we're Good Charlotte and if you sign us
now it will be a lot cheaper than if you wait!" recalls Benji. "Our ignorance was kind of a blessing. We couldn't be discouraged
by knowing too much about how the business really works."
When Billy joined on second guitar, Good Charlotte was complete.
The band won a local contest, and their song "Can't Go On" was included on a sampler of area talent. They attracted the interest
of a manager, and Lit offered a support slot on a series of sold-out East Coast dates.
"We had no money, no transportation, and no way to do the
gigs. Our mom was living in like a shed on a neighbor's property, and the only thing she really owned was a mini-van. She
said, you guys take the mini-van to play the shows and I'll catch rides or walk to work. That just shows you how she's been
there for us the whole time."
"By the time we played New York with Lit, in December 1999, all the labels turned
out. We signed our deal in May 2000, in the studio where we were recording, and the album Good Charlotte (Epic) came out in
September."
Honesty is the thread that runs through every song on The Young and The Hopeless
and binds Good Charlotte to their devoted fans. "I don't think we're better than any other band," says Benji, "although I
do think we're more sincere, more real, than some of them. We want to be judged for what we're really doing, not put in a genre with a bunch
of other bands with which we have nothing in common."
"We have a lot more to say than some of the bands
we're compared with, and I hope people will hear it on this album. The kids that we were, five years agoI just want to give those kids something to help them through the day."
WhoooHooo I got
the new GC poster!! =) Theres a pic of it down the page (the pic with all 5 of them) =)
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Name: Joel Madden aka "Sickboy" (lead vocals)
D.O.B.: March 11, 1979
Hometown:
Waldorf, MD
Status: Rumored Taken
Height: 5' 9"
Eye Color: Brown
Present Hair Style:
A 'fake' black mohawk
Clothing: Diesel, Dickies, Docs, belts, t-shirts, EastCoast Clothing, Evolve Clothing, boxers
Gear: Microphone
Pets: Cashdogg
Favorites:
Food: Cookies (snicker doodles), anything home cooked
Color:
Baby blue
Movie: Any Star Wars, Trainspotting
T.V. Show: The Simpsons, Martin, Southpark, Seinfield
Cereal:
Cinnamon Life
Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Famous Chick: Natalie Portman
Holiday:
Christmas
Restaurant: Rubio's on the west coast, Acme Bar & Grille in Annapolis
Rapper: Tupac
Person
In History: Elvis, James Dean
Ice Cream: Ben & Jerry's Mint Chocolate Cookie
Superhero: Spiderman
Likes: Anything Star Wars, going to the movies alone, cooking, toys, sushi, girls,
spiked hair, piercings, tattoos, the east coast, the west coast, clean socks, jewelery, getting mail, shopping malls, veggie
burgers
Dislikes: 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, The Beastie Boys, Weezer, Cash Money
Millionaires, Green Day, Goldfinger, MxPx, Social Distortion, Depeche Mode, The Lemonheads, Ben Lee, The Clash, Jimmie's Chicken
Shack, Tupac, Fiona Apple, Bjork, Everclear, Nirvana
Favorite Part Of Being In GC: The fans are always really cool and interesting people,
travelling around the country/world, and getting to do it with his bros
Hobbies: Collecting action figures and crucifixes, reading, hanging out with his
family and Cashdogg
Last Words: I would like to say thanks to everyone who's checked out our website,
bought our album, or come to our shows. Your support means the world to us, and we really do appreciate everything. We're
doing our best to represent you all, thanks. See you at the show!
Full Name: William Martin
Called: Billy
Birthday:
June 15th, 1981 (the youngest in the band)
Hometown: Annapolis, MD
School @: Severna Park, MD
Height: 5' 11"
Eye
Color: Blue
Siblings: 1 sister, Sarah (older)
Present Hair Color: black
Clothing: Dickies, Puma, East Coast Clothing,
Volcom, Tribal Gear
Gear: Paul Reed Smith Guitars, Mesa-Boogie Amps, Boss effect pedals
Pets: dogs- Bunji, Sam &
Cash, cats - Nelly, Nelson & Stellar,
FAVOURITES
Food: Pizza, food with peanut butter in it, sushi, bean burritos
Color:
Black
Movie: Star Wars, The Crow, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Nightmare Before Christmas
T.V. Show: The Simpsons
Cereal:
Anything with Marshmallows in it.. Lucky Charms, Boo Berry..
Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Famous Chick:
Too hard... Angelina Jolie, Mandy Moore, Jennifer Lopez
Holiday: Christmas
Restaurant: Tacobell
Rapper: Don Gilmore
Ice
Cream: Ben and Jerry's Peanut Butter Cup
Super Hero: Batman
Loved: Drawing, Comic books, Cartoons, girls, going
online, music in general, sleeping, tattoos
Not loved: People who dont use their blinkers, really lazy people, meat, annoying
people, turtlenecks, snakes
Musical Influences: Silverchair, Incubus, Deftones, Michael Jackson, Lit, Linkin Park,
Orgy, KoRn
Favorite Part Of Being In GC: Getting to meet new fans across the whole U.S. every day with my best friends
Hobbies:
Collecting Toys (Star Wars, Simpsons, Comic book characters), buying new clothes, playing music, hanging out with my friends.
Random Facts
- he was in a band called Overflow before
joining GC
- his parents divorced when he was in 2nd grade
- he graduated with a 3.8 GPA
- benji and joel lived with
him for awhile
- he has a HUGE Daniel Johns poster on his wall
- he has been playing guitar since 6th grade
- when
they cut off his dreads they found a dorito in there
- in the "Little Things" video, right after Joel sings "TRICK!" Billy
tries to jump on the back of that little car thingy they're riding on. But when he lands he falls over, and has to catch himself
on the back of the driver's seat where Aaron is sitting.
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Full Name: Benji Madden
Nickname: Kid Vicious
Age: 24
Birthdate: March 11, 1979
Hometown: Waldorf, MD
Height: 5'7"
Eye Color:
Brown
High School And Graduation: La Plata High, 1997
What Benji Likes
Food: Free food and Pizza
Color: Black and Baby Blue
Movie:
Another State of Mind and Sig and Nancy
TV Show: The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, and 7th Heaven
Holiday: Christmas
Album: The Lemonheads- Its a shame about Ray
Drink: Diet Coke
Superhero: The Toxic Avenger
Restaurant:
Acme Bar & Grill in Annapolis
Bands
And Musical Influences: Minor Threat,
Rancid, Covernment Issue, Greenday, The Clash, Ben Lee, The Beasty Boys, Oasis, Nirvana, Everclear, MC Hammer, Goldfinger,
MxPx
Favorite Part About Being In GC: "Being able to hang out with my best friends and doing the thing
I love to do the most."
Hobbies: "I like to hear new bands in spare time, people watch, get coffee and have good conversation,
go to shows, play with Cashdog."
Other Interesting Stuff
Worst Job: Target
Best Subject In School:
History and English
Worst Subject In School: Math
Favorite
Line From A Movie: "Its okay, I'm a limo
driver."
If He Wasn't In The Band: He'd probably be jobless. He said he used to have
jobs and get fired from them all the time.
Boxers Or Briefs: Boxer- Briefs
Tattoos: His fingers are tattooed with the letters that spell out "Made Man." He also has a tattoo under the "Rancid"
one on his leg that says "Journey to the end."
What He Thinks Of Malls: "The most
solid place to go is the mall... its got food... its got shopping... its got girls... its got movies... its got everything
you need."
About Life: "Never steal, don't lie, don't cheat
alright, yeah!"
Quote: "What's great about being punk is whatever you want to make it."
Did you know....
- Benji loves Japan?
- Benji is five minutes older
then Joel?
- Benji's dogs name is cashdog?
- Benji's knuckles say MADE MAN?
- Benji is a vegetarian?
- Benji's
worst subject was math?
- Benji is completely sober?
- Benji dropped out of college?
- Benji's alter ego is Kid Vicious?
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Benji has Virgin Mary tattooed on his neck?
- Benji cried while writing "Emotionless"?
- Benji has over 30 tattoos?
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Benji has had over 10 holes in his face at once?
Full Name: Paul Thomas
Nickname: St. Paul
Age: 23
Birthdate: October 5, 1980
Hometown: Waldorf, MD
Height:
5'9"
Eye Color: Brown
High School And Graduation: La Plata High, 2000
What Paul Likes
Food: Anything Italian
Color: Black or Grey
Movie: Jacob's
Ladder
Rapper: Prodigy
Favorite Person In History: Doc Holiday
Ice
Cream: Cookies and Cream
Drink: Wine
Superhero: Mighty
Mouse
Restaurant: The Palm in NYC
Bands And Musical Influences: Pixies, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Sebadoh, Skinny Puppy, Mobb Deep, Wutand, Tool, The
Misfits, Lagwagon, Rage Against the Machine, New Order, Fugazi
Favorite Part About Being In GC: "The fact that I get
to do all of this with my best friends."
Hobbies:
"Playing video games, reading, writing poetry, hanging at Gievel's house with my troop from high school, playing my bass,
hanging at my house with my family, going to the movies, driving around Waldorf thumping some hip hop."
Other Interesting Stuff
Tattoos:
2 black stars on his lower leg
What He Hates: "Being homesick, not having enough underwear or socks on the road,
humidity, dumb muscle heads, my high school math department and the fact that I can actually miss Waldorf."
Years Playing Bass: 9 (as of 2002)
Known For: His famous "hugs"
Also
Enjoys: Long walks on the beach
On American Food: "American food, gotta love it."
Quote: "We like a lot of genres in music, like we like a lot of rock, a lot of punk, a lot of hip-hop, there's
a mixture of ourselves and everything around us, that's our album."
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Name: Chris Wilson
Date of Birth: May 5, 1981
Eye colour:
Brown
Hair colour: Used to be black, but now he's bald!
Hometown: Provo, Utah
Favourite
colour: Pink
Bet you didn't know...
GC got to
know Chris through the band The Used.
Chris used to play drums in a band called ECO.
Chris first met GC on the 7th of
November in his hometown, Utah.
As a fan of Good Charlotte, Chris already knew how to play the songs before he joined the
band.
When doing recent interviews and photo shoots, Chris was in the background 'cause GC wanted to make sure he was
the right one.
Quotes...
Joel: "No offence guys, but none of us are really that cool"
Chris: "Its
not cool to be cool."
Talking about his Dave Grohl shrine - "I have a shrine, it sits in the back and like every single
night I have to go in the back and i just get down, I pay my homage, get down on my knees and light 57 candles. They're in
the back. Then I just chant words, that really don't make sense, just grunts and noises and I do the sound for 2 hours every
night."
"Sometimes Billy is very polite"
"It's actually triplets - it's me, Joel and Benji."
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Info about X member's....
Ok you can probably tell by Chris's info he's not the first
drummer of GC....
Aaron used to be a drummer in GC but he quit to join his brothers
band.... Wakefield. They have a new CD out called Anerican Made. Check out their website at http://wakefieldrocks.com/
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Benji's Mine Now...Ok? I Adopted Him....
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