| Benji's Biography |
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| Full Name: Benjamin Levi Madden Birthdate: March 11th, 1979 Height: 5'7 Present Haircolor: Black and spiked Eye Color: Brown Hometown: Waldorf, Maryland Nicknames: Benji, Benj, Benjahole Position In Band: Guitar/Vocals Horoscope Sign: Pisces Favorites: Clothing: Bondage pants/shorts, grinders, Chuck Taylors, other bands T-shirts, Eastcoast clothing Color: Black and baby blue Bands He Likes: Minor Threat, MxPx, Green Day, Rancid, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Operation Ivy, and most punk music. Food: Free food and pizza Movie: Another State of Mind and Sid & Nancy Car: '63 Impala Sport: Baseball and thumb wrestling Season: Spring Quote: "This is going to hurt me a lot more than it will hurt you." Lucky Number: 9 Superhero: The Toxic Avenger Restaurant: Acme Bar & Grill in Annapolis, Maryland Hobby: People watching and getting tattooed Movie Quote: "Have you seen my baseball?" (Something About Mary) Other Things He Loves: '62 Chevy Impala, punkrock shows, punkrock girls, girls with tattoos and piercings, goth girls, old clothes, old junk shops, dirtbikes, Cashdogg. Things he Doesn't Love: Humidity, politicians, food poisoning, and anything else he might not like at the certain time. Music Influences: Minor Threat, Rancid, Government Issue, Green Day, The Clash, Ben Lee, The Sex Pistols, The Beastie Boys, Apoptygma Berzerk, MxPx, Oasis, Nirvana, Evan Dando, Dave Grohl, Everclear, MC Hammer, Goldfinger Lifegoal: To have a good influence on the world and kids. Stay true to God and his family and make the world a better place, plant a flower and paint a horse, to pick up trash and then light everything on fire. Good Habit: Giving change to homeless people Musical Heros: Noel Gallagher, Art Alexakis, Sid Vicious, Ian Mackeye, Ben Lee, Jimi Haha, Evan Dando Dream: To live on the water with a wife and kids, split a piece of property with Joel, with a weeping willow, basketball court, recording studio and a boat. How He Got His Stage Name, Kid Vicious: Joel called him Kid Vicious because he looked like a mini Sid Vicious when he was doing his hair, and when he was playing shows he played like him. They made fun of him, "Look dude, you're Sid Vicious!" "And he loves Sid so we called him Kid." A Special Moment In Life: Holding his CD for the first time. A Song That Has The Most Meaning To Him: Thank You Mom (bonus track off of their first album.) Music Is: Everything. |