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| AGES Singer Joel Madden & identical twin, guitarist-singer Benji 24: bassist Paul Thomas, 22: guitarist Billy Martin, 21 HOMETOWN Waldorf,Md HEAT FACTOR Good Charlotte's hot-selling CD The Young & The Hopeless lives up to it's name by tackling tough topics--like broken homes and suicide--with hard charging guitars and little humour, "they come across more real than any of the other bands," says MTV VJ Iann Robinson HONOUR THY FOREFATHERS Joel & Benji use theirdaily late-night MTV video show, All Things Rock, to promote punk pioneers like Social Distortion, Rancid and NOFX. "We let [viewers] hear groups they otherwise wouldn't be able to hear," says Benji. "So many bands came before us" NOT ALL THINGS ROCK The last CD's Joel bought wereby rap superstars 2Pac, Jay-Z & Nas. Says BIlly, "Snoop Dogg is the all-time master." BOYS AND GIRLS Fame & good looks don't make relationships any easier. "When a girls dad is like, 'So what do you do?' and you say 'I'm in a Rock Band' you can feel inferior" says Benji, who is single LAST WORD "We want to give kids something to hope for" says Benji. "if one kid says 'You're CD helped me get through this year' that's all it takes." |
| WRITING LOVE LETTERS,SNOGGING HIS FANS & BEING TURNED OFF BY J-LO, GOOD CHARLOTTE'S ROMANTIC TWIN JOEL OPENS HIS HEART TO J-17 What kind of girl would you give your guitar up for? I'm really into independent girls who have their own style.They've got to have a bit of attitude and somthing to say. I like girls who go after what they want in life. Have you & your twin brother Benji ever tried twin-swapping antics to get a girl? Benji called a girl foe me once cos i was to shy. She said no so i blame him of course Have you ever snogged one of your fans? snogged? Yeah i have. If they like my music that's cool cos i like my music too. But it doesn't actually matter if a girl likes my music or not,it doesn't change the fact that she's beautiful or whatever. What's the best way to deal with a broken heart? Stay in your bedroom for 3 days and listen to The Cure, When i had my heart broken I did exactly that-I listened to The Cure for 3 days straight in my room with the lights off. I got over it eventually Are you a romantic kind of guy? Very. Somtetimes you meet someone and you just have that special connection. I write letters and if i'm in another country and see something she'd like, I send it to her. Have you got a girlfriend at the moment? No, it's a bit complicated What's your opinion of diva's like J-Lo?Turn-on or Turn-off? Turn-off,she's annoying.I don't think she lives in the real world Which country has the sexiest girls? Definately Australia-but i like the girls in England too. |
| CD:UK wakes up Joel,Good Charlotte to talk rawk. He's having none of it Hows it going Joel? Erm,i've just woken up dude! What ya up to today? We're playing in (big yawn) Ohio Lets talk rawk! Ever thrown a TV outta the window? Umm, nah Ever been tempted? Erm (long pause-has he gone back to sleep?) not really! You musta done somthing rock 'n' roll? (another long pause) I used to beat people up before Would you say you are pretty hard then? like yeah, definately When was the last time you went partying until the early hours? A couple of months ago i guess Where did you go? (long pause) I just went out with my friends Where d'ya normally go? It doesn't really matter where you go as long as your mates are there OK,when was the last time you vomited over yourself? I've never been sick So when was the last time you woke up not knowing where you were? That's not happened Would you ever make out with a fan? I don't think I could. I don't know really Have you ever smashed guitars on stage? We just did yesterday actually Would ya say grannies are scared of you? Eh? (long pause) Would ya say grannies are scared of you? No,no way, old people love us Yer not really rawk 'n' roll are you? We punched a camera guy one time. He was taking pictures Well it was great talking to you. Thank You Have a good sleep... Thanks man, thanks for everything, bye |
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