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| Their new album is titled The Young And The Hopeless, but the guys of Good Charlotte are only one for two. They're young, yes, but considering that they spent all summer rocking crowds on the Warped Tour and frontmen/brothers Benji and Joel host MTV's "All Things Rock," they're anything but hopeless. TeenPeople.com spoke to Benji about their own fabulous lifestyle - see what he has to say: Your new single, "Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous," certainly makes a statement... It's kind of a social commentary. With that song, well, we've noticed how a lot of famous people can get away with anything they want. Whether you're having success in music or film or whatever, you should count your blessings instead of whining about everything. When we were coming up, we'd see bands complaining or throwing their careers away with drugs and stuff like that, and we'd be like, "We'll take your place! Give us a shot." If you don't want to do it, step off and let some kid that's coming up take your place. Do you want to be rich and famous? We're not dissing success or money. Everybody wants to be successful, and anyone who says they don't is lying. You want to stay true to yourself and do all the right things, but you want to be successful in what you do. Cars, houses and everything - everybody wants to have nice stuff, and who doesn't want to take care of their family? We definitely do, and if we ever get any of those things, we'll be very thankful for it. Among others in your new video, you've got Mike Watt, who's a legend that not very many TRL'ers know. What made you decide to put him in the video? He's totally cool, and it's great, because we get to bring that to TRL. Kids may see it or read this and say, "Which one's Mike Watt? Where's he from? I'm going to go check his band out." It's good to know your roots, to know where the bands you love come from. When we got into music, bands like Rancid and Green Day were our favorite bands, not The Clash. But I'd read an article about Rancid where they'd mention The Clash or GBH or Minor Threat and go out and buy those albums. Hopefully, some of these kids that used to listen to Backstreet Boys who like our video and buy our record will look on the sleeve and see us thank NOFX and go, "Whoa, who's that? I gotta check them out." Maybe they'll become a NOFX fan - that'd be great. Come back to TeenPeople.com next Friday for part two of our interview with Benji... credit: invinciblerach on the official message board |