Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Good Charlotte by Carol Beach York Good Charlotte. Good Charlotte is a band from Waldorf, Maryland, United States that formed in 1996. They took the name 'Good Charlotte' from a children's book: Good Charlotte: The Girls Of Good Day Orphanage by Carol Beach York. They have released four albums, most notably 2002's multiplatinum seller The Young and the Hopeless, which spawned the chart topping singles, "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," "The Anthem," and "Girls & Boys. The band's third album is 2004's The Chronicles of Life and Death and the fourth and most recent released 2007 is called "Good Morning Revival". The band is fronted by twin brothers Benji and Joel Madden, born in Waldorf, Maryland. Other members of the band include their friends Billy Martin and Paul Thomas. Good Charlotte's frontmen, identical twins Joel and Benji Madden, were born on March 11, 1979 to a middle class family in Waldorf, Maryland. Their mother raised them with a strict, devout Catholic up-bringing. Their father left the family when the twins were 16 years old, causing financial problems for the twins, their mother, older brother, and younger sister. For a short period of time the twins had to work as shampoo boys in a salon. Benji and Joel cite their older brother Josh Madden for introducing them to rock music by bands such as The Beach Boys and Social Distortion. After attending a Beastie Boys concert at the age of 16, Benji and Joel decided to start their very own band, although Joel had never sung before, and Benji had never played guitar. The first band they started was called "The Benji, Joel, and Brian Band,' which they started with a friend. The band was short lived. They then started Good Charlotte in 1996 when they recruited childhood friends Paul Thomas (bass) and Aaron Escolopio (drums). They soon moved to Annapolis, Maryland where they were introduced to Billy Martin by a friend. After releasing an EP, entitled Another EP, in 1999, Good Charlotte released their first self-titled album in 2000, which was not a huge commercial success. Singles that were released from that album include "Little Things" and "Motivation Proclamation," and "Festival Song". Aaron was the drummer in their debut album, Good Charlotte, before leaving the band in early 2001 to join the band Wakefield with his brother, Ryan. He was replaced with Dusty, who was just a temporary drummer, who had left the band before the recording of their second album, The Young & The Hopeless. As a result, veteran professional studio drummer Josh Freese plays for that album. 2002's The Young And The Hopeless was much more popular and marked the bands emergence into mainstream music. The single that made them famous, titled "Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous", topped charts around the globe. Singles that followed from that album included "The Anthem" ,"Girls & Boys", "Hold On" and "The Young and The Hopeless". "The Young and the Hopeless" received a 3x-platinum certification from the RIAA, landing the band on Saturday Night Live, the covers of Rolling Stone and Alternative Press, a two page feature in the New York Times, and spots on CNN and The Today Show. Good Charlotte were also hugely popular on MTV, where the Madden Brothers once served as hosts on the late night music video show "All Things Rock." Their music videos were favorites on both MTV and MTV2, with "The Anthem" going on to receive the "Viewers Choice Award" on MTV's 2003 Video Music Awards. Chris Wilson was the band's drummer for their third album, The Chronicles of Life and Death, which was released in 2004 in two formats, one for "life" and one for "death". There were two differences between the two versions: The CD Covers represented either "Life" or "Death", and the CDs contained a different bonus track depending on which version was bought. Both versions had the same hidden track (however, on iTunes, the hidden track is listed as track 16). The singles released from that album include "Predictable", "I Just Wanna Live", "We Believe" and "The Chronicles of Life and Death". This album was considered a departure from their previous 2 albums. In May 2005, Chris left the band for personal health reasons, citing a fall out with the Madden brothers and taking them to court later in the year. Then, Benji told Kerrang! magazine that Chris leaving the band was the worst part of 2005 for him. Talk about trying to keep up appearances. Their most recent "Noise to the World" tour with Simple Plan featured Dean Butterworth, who has previously played with Morrissey, who has now been offically endorsed as a full paid member of GC. Their Fourth Studio Album: "Good Morning Revival" was released March 2007, and the first single "Keep Your Hands Off My Girl" is available to listen to and watch on their myspace page. They have also produced the video for the song titled "The River" which features Synyster Gates (lead guitarist and backing vocalist for Avenged Sevenfold) and M. Shadows (lead vocalist for Avenged Sevenfold). Although fans and press argue whether the band is 'punk', the band themselves say that they are a rock band. In 2008 Billy said 'We make music, its what we love. Enjoy music for music's sake'. Billy has always shown his distaste for being considered to be in a punk band, 'I have never listened or been a fan of punk, I'm a metal head through and through'. Their song "The Click" was used as the title track for an animated series called "Undergrads". They received a passing mention in one episode in which the title character asked what band was playing at the college's festival and he was told "Good Charlotte". His response was "do I know anything by them"? Good Charlotte. Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. They took their name from the children's book called "Good Charlotte: The Girls of Good Day Orphanage," written by Carol Beach York. The members of the band are identical twin brothers Joel Madden (lead vocals) and Benji Madden (Lead guitar and backing vocals); Billy Martin (Rhythm guitar, keyboards), Paul Thomas (bass guitar) and Dean Butterworth (drums) Contents. History [ edit | edit source ] Good Charlotte (1996-2001) [ edit | edit source ] Good Charlotte started out by playing at small venues. They soon caught the attention of punk rock band, Lit, whose song "My Own Worst Enemy" was a chart topper at the time. Good Charlotte lost the opening slot on Lit's East Coast tour in 1999. Soon after, Good Charlotte played some dates with the band Blink-182, who had just experienced mainstream success with their album, Wikipedia:Enema of the State . All of this caught the attention of major music labels, and Good Charlotte eventually signed with Epic Records in 1999. In 2000, they released their self-titled debut album Good Charlotte . Y100, a now-defunct radio station in Philadelphia spun Good Charlotte's song "Little Things" before it was released as a single. It ended up being a big success on the station, so big that on Y100's nightly "Cage Match" competition (where new songs were pitted against each other and listeners could vote on which was better), "Little Things" won fifteen nights in a row, beating out bigger names, before it was retired to the cage match hall of fame. "Little Things" was later released as a single in 2001, and peaked at #23 on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart [2] . In the second half of the year, three more singles were released from the album, "The Motivation Proclamation", "The Click" and "Festival Song". The Young and the Hopeless (2002-2003) [ edit | edit source ] 2002's The Young and the Hopeless marked the band's emergence into mainstream popularity. Their breakthrough single, titled "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous", topped both pop and rock charts around the globe. Singles that followed from that album include "The Anthem", "Girls & Boys", "The Young and the Hopeless" and "Hold On". They thanked many other bands for their influences for this album, including Blink 182, Sum 41, NOFX and Green Day. The album eventually went on to receive triple platinum certification (three million copies sold) from the RIAA [3] . During the course of the album's success, Good Charlotte landed appearances on Saturday Night Live, CNN, and The Today Show, the covers of Rolling Stone and Alternative Press magazines, and were also featured in The New York Times. They also became popular on MTV, where their music videos were played in heavy rotation on both MTV and MTV2. "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" received the "Viewers Choice Award" at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. The band hired temporary drummers during the recording, release and touring of The Young and the Hopeless due to former drummer, Aaron Escolopio, having left the band before its release to join his brother's group, Wakefield. In 2003, the band added Chris Wilson as a drummer, he was introduced to the band through mutual friends from the group The Used. Also in 2003, the band made a cameo appearance in the King Gordy video for "Nightmares". The Chronicles of Life and Death (2004-2006) [ edit | edit source ] Good Charlotte's third album, The Chronicles of Life and Death , was released by Blake Adam in 2004. The album received mixed reactions from both the music press and Good Charlotte's fanbase. The album has been widely considered a departure from their previous two albums, mixing new elements such as strings, synths, and more mature lyrical topics into Good Charlotte's youthful sound.