Good Charlotte
Biography
The East Coast post-grunge/pop-punk outfit Good Charlotte was founded in 1996 by identical brothers Joel and Benji Madden. Inspired by a Beastie Boys performance on their 1995 Ill Communication tour, the Maddens enlisted the help of several high school classmates in assembling a band that combined the energetic elements spawned from '70s punk with the sentimental ballads of mainstream corporate rock. Good Charlotte was soon formed, with Joel Madden handling lead vocals and Benji Madden playing lead guitar. Paul Thomas (bass) and Aaron Escolopio (drums) completed the early lineup, while Billy Martin later joined as a second guitarist.
Although the band hailed from the suburban town of Waldorf, MA, Good Charlotte quickly made a name for itself in nearby Washington, D.C., playing the WHFS annual rock show HFSFestival in 1998 and 1999. A year later, the band issued its spunky self-titled debut on Epic, and the single "Little Things" made minor waves. The Madden brothers scored a gig as MTV VJs and soon were all over the network's late-night rock show All Things Rock, which gave their band's profile a boost. The two spent time behind the scenes writing songs for their sophomore album, but Escolopio left the group to join his brother in Wakefield before recording could commence.
Love them or hate them, you have to give them their props. I've always enjoyed G.C. since I first ever got into music (when I was 6).
Their music, I can relate to it and also relate it to alot of people I know. If you don't like them then you don't know music. |
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I'd keep that list but remove Sum 41 and YellowCard.. .
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Here is a fun game. Let's name all of these gay bands that just copied from Greenday and Blink 182 and write exactly the same pillow-bitin g songs. Sum 41, Yellowcard, Fallout boy, AFI, Panic at the disco, Newfound glory, Good Charlotte. All the West-coast sounding bands sound exactly alike, and are all talentless clones. If I was Greenday I would file a lawsuit for identity theft.
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thats the most...worst e s t . . . mag ever....
intersesting way to put a large number into comparison tho... |
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The Madden Boys have also been on the cover of Tiger Beat magazine more times than you touch yourself at night and that's a LOT lol.
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and you can't even spell diarrhea right???
dude |
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god man, I HATE MTV, stop useing that as a point.
so "who benefitted more by Kurt Cobain being dead"????? what? lets see... no one at all and I didn't call you a poser I called the band poser |
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I'm not even going to grace you with a response to the numbnut little kid diarreah you just spewed all over the screen by calling me a poser. I think your taste in music basically prove that your opinion's can't be trusted to be much more than what Mtv and "the church" has told you to say so I'll leave it alone with this question;
Who benefitted more by Kurt Cobain being dead? Who rapes underground subculture? Who profits when they sell it back to us? |
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looking back at bobs old message, yes please go on...
"courtney shot kurt"? HE SHOT HIMSELF "Dave Ghrol" whats wrong with dave ghrol? and many others, please, show more idiotic s**t things! |
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This band is what contributed to you liking "the idea" of punk rock? Wow talk about someone that probably never bought a cd without the permission of their parents. Amazing
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I don't really listen to them much anymore, but they did turn me on to a lot of bands, and the idea of punk rock, that I still listen to now.
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Not much has changed...ex c e p t for uhh cars, clothes, bank accounts and vapid air heads for girlfriends/ w i v e s . Still ripping off punk rock to their own ends and means, still duping little girls into thinking they're really punks, all the while they wipe their asses with toilet paper made from your sisters allowance.
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Wow, I didn't realize Good Charlotte had changed so much since the nineties. This is the first time I've listened to them since around 2000 and they sound completely different. Not sure what to make of it. Maybe the aforemention e d parade is a sign of why...
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Wow.... this is the biggest conversation on a pandora band page... through comments too... it actually has a real conversation awesome.... well this is really sad so I'll let u guys talk.
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I think Benji and Joel having sex with Paris and Nicole at the same time is a thought I'd like to bore from my mind with a drill. I think using punk rock style and aesthetics should be a crime punishable by having your tounge and eyes removed. And lastly I think any band looking for credibility and a good following of fans that will stay with them throughout the test of time, really should consider not going on the Macy's day parade and lyp-syncing after the cast of High School Musical.
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I disagree with all of you - I think having sex with your twin brother is gross.
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Ignorant little girls? That's hilarious you silly, silly little boy. Also, If you had a twin brother how the f**k do you know he'd agree with your music taste? I'm a twin and my twin doesn't always agree to what I listen too.
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B**ches, If you don't like it don't listen to it or post comments about it. Just go on with your f**ked up lives and get over it. I like the band and wouldn't care if I was the only one who did. Like you could do better then them? Your just a bunch of whiny asses who are trying to be cool.
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I wish I had a twin brother so I could knock up the cast of the Simple Life too. That's just far and above punk rock status right there. But what do ignorant little girls know about punk rock anyways.
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The Disney corporation should really keep their noses out of punk rock, and continue to focus all their attention on Miley Ray Cyrus' bogus piece of s**t career.
But truly...wors t thing to happen to music since George Michael Worst thing since...Fine Young Cannibals. Worst thing since...Cour t n e y shot Kurt Worst thing since...Dave Grohl Worst thing since...Reel Big Fish Should I go on? I mean I could. |
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I don't wanna be in love rocks!!! Even wannabes are allowed a few good songs!
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and the whole "post-grunge " thing.....
what an insult to so many talented bands of the ninties! (i understand we are past the Grunge hay-day. that's why people call it "post-grunge " now. drives me nuts.) |
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P to the O to the S to the E to the R to the S! *snaps out of awkward phase* okay, all i personally have to say is:
Joel's range is about as big as his little finger Benji and Billy....gui t a r ? . . . . . n o . They shouldn't even be allowed picks. Paul, is he even plugged in? their drummer, no original beats. He just conks the s**t outta the snare. |
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Turned into?!? They have been wannabes since they started. There is no new punk. Punk died long ago.
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what happened to them they used to be really good ,but then they turned into a wanabe punk band
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i am over 18 and i still love them. there are from my area i have to support...th e y are just older now and have to find a new look'
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i'm almost 18 and i like their old songs, although most of their mass fans are in the 10-14 age group. i still enjoy their older stuff besides that sad fact. :)
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What the hey are u talking about? They are awesome for people that AREN'T 10 too! I'm like 14 and I love them! The songs are really good and some of the artists that I like play similar music. One song was in a good movie too i think.
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