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Good Charlotte's frontmen, identical twins Joel and Benji Madden, were born on March 11, 1979 to a middle class family in Waldorf, Maryland. Their mother raised them with a strict Christian up-bringing. Their father left the family when the twins were 16 years old, causing financial problems for the twins, their mother, older brother, and younger sister. For a short period of time the twins had to work as shampoo boys in a salon. Benji and Joel cite their older brother Josh Madden for introducing them to rock music by bands such as Rancid and Social Distortion. After attending a Beastie Boys concert at the age of 16, Benji and Joel decided to start their very own band, although Joel had never sung before, and Benji had never played guitar. The first band they started was called "The Benji, Joel, and Brian Band,' which they started with a friend. The band was short lived. They then started Good Charlotte in 1995 when they recruited childhood friends Paul Thomas (bass) and Aaron Escolopio (drums). They soon moved to Annapolis, Maryland where they were introduced to Billy Martin by a friend.

After releasing an EP, entitled Another EP, in 1999, Good Charlotte released their first self-titled album in 2000, which was not a huge commercial success. Singles that were released from that album include "Little Things" and "Motivation Proclamation," and "Festival Song".

Aaron was the drummer in their debut album, Good Charlotte, before leaving the band in early 2001 to join the band Wakefield with his brother, Ryan. He was replaced with Dusty, who was just a temporary drummer, who had left the band before the recording of their second album, The Young & the Hopeless. As a result, veteran professional studio drummer Josh Freese plays for that album.

2002's The Young And The Hopeless was much more popular, and marked the bands emergence into mainstream music. The single that made them famous, titled "Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous", topped charts around the globe. Singles that followed from that album included "The Anthem" ,"Girls and Boys", "Hold On" and "The Young and The Hopeless". "The Young and the Hopeless" received a 3x-platinum certification from the RIAA, landing the band on Saturday Night Live, the covers of Rolling Stone and Alternative Press, a two page feature in the New York Times, and spots on CNN and The Today Show. Good Charlotte were also hugely popular on MTV, where the Madden Brothers once served as hosts on the late night music video show "All Things Rock." Their music videos were favorites on both MTV and MTV2, with "The Anthem" going on to receive the "Viewers Choice Award" on MTV's 2003 Video Music Awards.

Chris Wilson was the band's drummer for their third album, The Chronicles of Life and Death, which was released in 2004. The singles released from that album include "Predictable", "I Just Wanna Live", "We Believe" and "The Chronicles of Life and Death". This album was considered a departure from their previous 2 albums. In May 2005, Chris left the band for personal health reasons[1].

Today, through non-stop touring and wide publicity, Good Charlotte has built a huge fanbase amoung young people around the world.

Their most recent "Noise to the World Tour" with Simple Plan featured Dean Butterworth, who has previously played with Morrissey, as the band's current temporary drummer.

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GC<333 | Reviewer: poc | 6/23/2008

they're simply the best for me...
I also like other bands, yes of course but GC make me feel what no one other band can and I really love their music. It's true that there are band more good than GC, but I think GC is the best couze I wanna belive they're the best.

gc are great! i love them............. | Reviewer: karina | 4/3/2008

hi! good charlotte! i m nepali and i m in nepal. i love gc very very very much. i usually used to listen gc every day. you rock gc. i love you.please mail me on stylish_blue@live.com. i love you. i used to listen gc when i was small.

gc forever! | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/5/2008

i <3 gc, they have been my fav band since 2004 when i fiest heard "Pradicabel", i was 9 then.ppl r always liek i missed the old gc, but i'm still thier biggest fan!LIERS!!!i introduced them 2 my friends and now gc is thier fav band.

like omg m y favorite band ever | Reviewer: Anonymous | 1/10/2008

um screw all you crackheadws who htink that good charlotee suck. there my favorite band in the whole worls and i love them so much they are freakin amazing and i dont know what ur talking about . keep rockin out good charlotte

hatersss can hate;; good charlotte ROCKS :) | Reviewer: s:)<3gc | 12/29/2007

good charlotte is amazing; no lie. they aren't really a known band or whatever but i love that about them. seriously. they are amazing and i don't see why do many people hate on them, they worked hard to get to were they are so boo ya. lol.

good not great | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/17/2007

i do like good charlotte but we need to be realistic. compared to oh say green day or mcr gc is pretty watered down. there sound tends to be unfinished in my opinion. i mean the jonas brothers are probably the most comparable band to gc and even simple plan is stronger. dont get me wrong i like them but theyre minor league compared to most other bands. the base of their sound is what makes me like em.

GC 4 Lifey,Eh? | Reviewer: FeeeeeelIt | 12/13/2007

Having loads of different artists on my iPod, GC has to be the one that's played most often. I have loved them since i can remember - and that was ages ago! (though i cant say i loved them since the first album - havent heard of them just then!). But Good Charlotte sure DO rock... and one more thing... Awesome band name. :P (I would have called mine something Bad Elise or something XP)

i<3GC | Reviewer: el | 11/25/2007

i absolutly love good charlotte.... my friend introduced me to them andi love them... i like the new album good morning revival but i LOVE the song we believe from the chronicals of life and death... and joel and benji are pretty cute too..

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bummer deal | Reviewer: Zack | 11/20/2007

good charlotte is amazing. i've listened to them since i was like 9 years old. but why did they change all of a sudden. they changed their music a lot in good morning revival. it's kind of a bummer. but they are still the most amazing band ever.

long live good charlotte | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/11/2007

as someone who was rather dissapointed by the killers sams town album i have to say its a good thing good charlotte reinvented themselves. ive been a fan for awhile but ive never been as big a fan as i am now. it is really great to see them do something bigger and more mature.if joel had problems with lizzie mcguire i can only imagine what the music is gonna sound like after this nicole richie business is all said and done dont worry joel we forgive you. long live gc!

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