Good Charlotte got their name from a children's book. Here's what they said about it:

Paul: It's from a book called Good Charlotte. That's pretty uncreative, but it seemed like a cool band name.
Joel: It's the name of this weird little children's book that we saw, and we thought it would be a cool band name. Nothing really deep.
Billy: It's the name of a children's book that Joel found at his friend's house, who's mom was a school teacher. It's like a children's book, just thought it sounded like a good band name.
Benji: It's about a little girl who no one understands, and everyone mistreats her; we read the book afterwards, though we didn't plan on it, it actually tells us a little bit about us.
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