More Pictures
I added ton's of pictures of chris and the twins go check them out!
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Set your VCR'S
Benji and Joel will appear on CNN'S "Andersone Cooper 360" tonight at 7 pm ET to discuss "Hold On" Be sure to watch it!
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For The Record: Quick News On P. Diddy, Beck, Good Charlotte, N.E.R.D., Lil Jon, Duran Duran, Donnas & More
Forget "golden tickets." Fans of Beck can win one of his pets. The folksy rocker is giving away his pet bunny rabbit Rocket (seen in the video for "Lonesome Tears") in celebration of the upcoming release of his Sea Change DVD. Fans are being asked to submit an essay through Beck's Web site (www.beck.com) on why they should be entrusted with Beck's animal. One person will win Rocket while four others will win autographed copies of the DVD. The deadline for entry is February 3. ... Benji and Joel Madden of Good Charlotte will appear on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" Thursday (January 15) at 7 p.m. ET to discuss their song "Hold On" and its video, which features real people whose lives have been affected by suicide.Read More...
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New Articles
Rockers helping youths roll with life's punches
Group Therapy
Also I might be changing the layout today because It is due for change.
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VH1'S Music Radar Wed., January 7, 2004 - Tues., January 13, 2004
This Weeks Top 20 Countdown:
1. Sheryl Crow "The First Cut is the Deepest"
2. Nickelback "Someday"
3. No Doubt "It's My Life"
4. OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown "The Way You Move"
5. Kid Rock "Feel Like Makin' Love"
6. Evanescence "My Immortal"
7. OutKast "Hey Ya"
8. Beyonce "Me Myself and I"
9. 3 Doors Down "Here Without You"
10. Alicia Keys "You Don't Know My Name"
11. Fuel "Falls On Me"
12. Jet "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
13. Sarah McLachlan "Fallen"
14. Good Charlotte "Hold On"
15. Maroon 5 "This Love"
16. Jack Johnson "Taylor"
17. Dido "White Flag"
18. Train "When I Look To The Sky"
19. Matchbox Twenty "Bright Lights"
20. Jay Z "Change Clothes"
1/13 5:54 pm send feedback
Happy New Year, GC Kids!
2004 is starting off just the way you like it with lots of great GC news. The Japan dates are underway and there's news on a new DVD, Benji & Joel's new record label, GC music on "NFL STREET" and Good Charlotte topping three categories in the 2003 Kerrang! Readers Poll! Read on for the details!
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Coming Soon -- GC Live From The UK
Whilst in the UK, Good Charlotte shot a live DVD from Brixton Academy when they were there on 12/17! It's a rocking performance that you'll definitely want to check out.... We'll hit you back soon with more details and a release date!
1/9 5:57 pm send feedback
GC On "NFL STREET"
Check out X-ECUTIONERS with Good Charlotte "Let's Go" featured on the new NFL STREET game by EA Sports! Get all the details here! You can watch the NFL STREET trailer, too, right here!
Be sure and tune in to MTV Friday night, January 9, at 8PM to see "Making The Game: NFL STREET"!
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Announcing DC Flag Records -- Benji and Joel's Own Label!
That's right. The boys are signing their own bands and putting out the music that needs to be heard! First signings are Hazen Street and Lola Ray.
Look for the debut release from Lola Ray (www.lolaray.com) on April 6th, 2004. HazenStreet is in the studio now and will also be on this summer's Warped Tour! Look for a new site coming soon at www.hazenstreet.com.
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GC Tops Out 3 Categories In the Kerrang! Readers Poll 2003:
BEST BAND
BEST ALBUM
BEST LIVE GIG
Kerrang! has always been one of our favorite magazines, so it has been an honor to be included in everything this year with the articles and the awards and now with the readers poll. We almost feel guilty being put above all these great bands but we don't feel guilty about having the best fans in the world. Lets face it, we aren't the critics darlings and we never have done well with the scene police so we do owe everything we have to our fans. We are honored. These are the type of moments that have made the last 8 years of being Good Charlotte amazing for us. Our fans. We are a family and we hope to continue to write honest music giving our fans what so many bands gave us when we were coming up. A place to belong............. -- Benji Madden....GC
Look out for the details in the upcoming issue of Kerrang!
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Just Some Extra Stuff
Hey,I didn't get to do a lot today because I finally got to get my eyebrow pierced and it took a long time cause the guy wouldn't stop talking.Anyway I changed every page into something a little different also I added a few more pages to "The Band" and I added a full set of Video Stills to "The Festival Song".
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Articles
Punk's Earnest New Mission
Punk bands reach out to suicidal kids
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Lola Ray
Hey,If you look below you see an article on a band called Lola Ray which has signed with none other then Benji and Joel's Record Label, D.C. Flag. I actually just found their site www.lolaray.com and I checked it out and download all of their songs and the bad is really amazing and I think you should check them out. As surprising as it sounds I might make a site representing them soon once I get some more information on them. Im going to be advertising them on the site so please check them out!
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Good Charlotte Hope To Make Lola Ray Rich And Famous
When Benji Madden asked to borrow an acoustic guitar from a friend, he got more than he bargained for. Not only did he wind up with the guitar in his possession, but an entire band to go with it.
So goes the story of New York�s Lola Ray, the second band signed to D.C. Flag, the record label founded by Good Charlotte's Benji and Joel Madden. When Benji phoned friend Peter Robinson for a spare guitar to play an impromptu acoustic show, Robinson's friend John Balicanta came along for the ride and managed to hand Benji a demo tape.
The guy must receive dozens of demos every day, Balicanta thought, so when he got a response it made it that much more unbelievable.
"He said he loved it a whole bunch and was really excited," Balicanta recalled. "He was like, 'This is great ... the best thing in a long time. I want to do something.' And then he started talking about D.C. Flag."
When announcing the label's formation last month (see "Good Charlotte's Morrissey-Loving Maddens Start Their Own Label"), the Maddens said D.C. Flag would be modeled after the noble punk aesthetic of their hometown scene in the nation�s capitol, one which hinged on the staunch DIY ethics of Ian MacKaye and his band Fugazi. The label�s first release, due in February, is by Hazen Street, a hardcore punk group featuring members of New York hardcore vets H20 and Madball, and New Found Glory. Lola Ray's LP, I Don't Know You, is expected to drop in April.
The Maddens' interest in Lola Ray really sunk in six months ago when they were playing a gig at Brooklyn, New York, club Luxx. The band didn't have a very large fanbase, and even fewer people knew all the words to the songs. So when Balicanta saw a guy standing in the back who was mouthing along to the lyrics, he knew something was out of the ordinary.
"Oh man, that's so weird and creepy," he thought to himself. "Nobody knows all the words to any of our songs." When the set was over Balicanta realized the superfan was Benji and Lola Ray started down the road to expanding their fanbase.
Balicanta, bassist James McIvor and guitarist Brian Spina had been friends and bandmates since seventh grade, when they all lived in Los Angeles. In 1999 Balicanta moved to New York to attend NYU, and before dropping out three years later to concentrate on his music, he scored himself an internship at the Maddens� friend Robinson's Dumbo Studios in Manhattan. After hearing Balicanta play an open-mic night at a local club, Robinson offered to manage him.
With Robinson's help, Balicanta recorded and self-released the 10-track, original version of I Don't Know You, playing all the instruments except drums. His bandmates eventually relocated to New York, and the band they had in California, Lola Corin, regrouped across the country as Lola Ray.
The band's name stems from Balicanta's grandparents. "Lola" means grandmother in Filipino, and Corin is his grandmother's name. When he relocated to New York, he briefly called his group Lolo Ray, with "lolo" meaning grandfather and Ray being his grandfather's name. With his old friends back on board, Balicanta simply combined the two names.
Before its D.C. Flag re-release, Lola Ray will replace one song, "Goodnight," with two new ones, "What It Feels Like" and "She's a Tiger," which give the LP more of a live band feel.
"I recorded I Don't Know You by myself, so to me it will always feel like me sitting behind the computer, doing all the instruments," Balicanta said. "The way we play live is more energetic. These new songs were recorded as a band and it just felt right. I want to get that across from now on."
�Joe D'Angelo
1/6 4:44 pm send feedback
The Big Bang is GONE
I decided to do away with the Big Bang of 04' because its a cheap thing that I made in less than a day. I have a big plan coming up later this month though so be looking out for that.
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The Worst Band Ever:Limp Bizkit
Limp Bizkit has been named worst band of the year by readers of Guitar World magazine. Christian combo Creed came in at No. 2 even though the took the year off. New York rockers the Strokes were No. 3, followed by "all pop-punk bands" at No. 4 and pop-punk band Good Charlotte at No. 5.
Source:Much Music
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Site Reviewed and Other Things
I reviewed another site today its a really nice site. Also Im finally putting my plan up called The Big Bang Of 2004 I hope you guys participate in it because the site could really use your help. Also I changed the times to the right when Good Charlotte is going to be on tv.
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