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GC FACTS:
Their
producer is Don Gilmore who also produces Eve 6 and Lit.
The video for "Little Things" was directed by Nigel
Dick and features Mandy Moore playing the role of Joel's ex-girlfriend.
GC's demo "Little Things" was on Y-100
Cage Match for 15 nights in a row, something that only happens 3 or 4 times a year
All members of GC went to
la Plata High School. Benji and Joel graduated in 1997.
Benji and Joel used to get prank phone calls when they
were in high school from kids pretending to be from record companies.
Benji and Joel once thought they invented
a new chord, only for their music teacher to explain, "That's a C chord its been around since Beethoven."
When
Benji was in grade school he dressed up as Mike D on Rock Star Day.
The bands first photo shoot was shot by
Benji and Joel's little sister.
The photos were sent as a promotional package with a demo and a note saying "You can sign
us now for cheaper or you can sign us later."
Benji has a list of career goals.
Benji and Joel
are identical twins although Benji is heavier. They were born 5 minutes apart.
When Benji and Joel wrote "Little
Things", Benji wrote the stuff about their dad. Joel didn't want to sing it, they argued about those lyrics.
Joel
says that while singing "Little Things" he blushes.
Joel drives a 1982 Volkswagen Rabbit convertible.
A
fan once walked up to Joel and bit him, to get his intention, Joel was not impressed.
Benji has been playing
the guitar for 4 yrs, Billy (guitar) 8 yrs and Paul (bass) also 8 yrs.
Paul and Billy took music lessons for
their chosen instruments.
Benji did not take any lessons, Paul and Billy taught him some stuff. Joel did not
take any lessons at all and as he said.. "I slept through school".. (Channel [V] interview)
Joel likes or has
a 66 Nova II car.
Joel likes girls in bands.
Joel and Benji love to play baseball.
Billy
used to be in a band called Overflow.
Billy has his own clothing line called Level 27
After
the twins got kicked out of their apartment, they moved into Billy's house. One day, Good Charlotte coaxed him into joining
in an im-promptu practice. A week later, Billy played his first show with the band.
Things moved fast for the young group.
Unsigned Good Charlotte played with Blink 182 and Bad Religion, and opened for Lit on a sold-out East Coast tour. They found
local champions in the dee-jays at their beloved radio station WHFS, who began hiring Good Charlotte to play station gigs
and finally asked them to play the local stage at the HFStival. In the spring of 2000, Good Charlotte made a bold career leap
to HFStival's second stage, sharing the bill with Eve 6 and Nine Days. Good Charlotte played charity gigs with equal fervor,
ranging from benefits for the Annapolis Rape Center to the Leukemia Foundation.
A demo of "The Little Things"
made its way to Philadelphia modern rock station WPLY (Y100) and broke a record on the station's show of dueling songs. "For
fifteen nights we won 'til they had to retire us," says Joel. The buzz around Good Charlotte was deafening. After being courted
by a variety of
labels, they finally signed with Epic Records.
Billy converted Benji into a vegetarian.
GC named themselves after a children's book called 'good charlotte'. The book is about a little girl named Charlotte
who was bullied all the time, but her nanny loved her alot and called her 'good charlotte'. but they thought the book sucked.
Magazines
GC have been in: Teen People - November Issue, Teen People - Dec/Jan Issue (they got a whole page to themselves!), Dec/Jan
issue of YM, Dec issue of Guitar Magazine, October Issue of Music Monthly, Sept. 29th Arlington Newspaper (special about GC
+ 930 Club) < i got this info from somewhere else so dont ask me which years.>
A GC article was in the
Australian (Sydney) magazine, Drum Media October Issue 2001 titled "The Little Things that Matter."
Benji used
to sneak backstage at concerts he went to, he would pretend to be sick or something.
GC write there songs on
acoustic guitar. Usually just jamming.
Lars tattooed journey to the end under Benjis Rancid tattoo.
Billy
did his first tattoo on Benji, it was an anarchy sign
Lars from Rancid gave Benji a mowhawk
In the video for Festival Song, Chester Bennington and Brad Delson
from Linkin Park, and Ian from New Found Glory and other bands appear.
Benji is in the video by Fenix TX called "Threesome" he appears
right after the two chicks make out. hes got a freaked out look on his face.
these facts are from http://groups.msn.com/goodcharlotteandotherpunkbands
On the album "Good Charlotte" there are:
23 All Right's
14 Here We Go's
6 Chiki Chiki's
32 What's
16 Uhh's
19 Come On's
31 Yeah's
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.
Paul has a brother named PJ.
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.
Also, Benji hates it when people interrupt him on his way to soundcheck
Joel uses Mentadent toothpaste.
Benji and Joel often joke about moving to Bannister Apparently Paul lives there now though.
In high school, Joel was "attacked" with Ben Gay by some football players. They rubbed it all over "a place where Ben Gay
should not be rubbed." 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.
Here are the guys' last names
Benji/Joel - Madden
Billy - Martin
Paul - Thomas
The tatts 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."
Their tour bus has Florida license plates.
Billy is double-jointed.
Benji has 10 holes in his head.
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."
Paul did community service in Charles County by taking down basketball scores. (We had a little mistunderstanding there, hahaha).
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.
Paul used to work at the Great Steak and Fry, or whatever that place is, at the Waldorf Mall
all these facts came from http://groups.msn.com/goodcharlotteandotherpunkbands
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