there the worst example of pop rock out there. they're so predictable, and the sad thing is, they honestly believe they are punk, which is just plain dumb. obviously, they've never listened to the Ramones or the Clash or any real punk, or they wouldnt be making such stupid claims. people look at how they dress, with they're piercings, tattoos, crazy hair and what not, and think 'wow these guys are hardcore'. gimme a break. even bands like Sum 41 and Blink 182 sound good compared to Good Charlotte.
in my humble opinion, they suck. big time.
The first album was better than their second but i still think that they are the best band on the face of this earth (besides Cold) But what really gets me is that you look at the good bands out they're today and none of them were "Popular" in school at all thye were what you called freaks or something but you have a differnt point of view about what they sing about when you are "popular" and when your not, i'm pesonally have been at the same school for 8 years and have never had a small streak of popularity so when you look back onto they're lyrics like in "the little things" you can tottaly see what angle they're coming from so the popular people wouldnt respect them there for they dont know how they feel and then the fact that they are catholic pushes away most people because they have religous background on they're music.
I like Outkast, Eminem and Busta Rhymes(who aren't underground, but whatever) because they are great lyricists.
Good Charlotte does not claim to be punk anymore, as far as I can remember, and I can't recall them ever claiming that. I know that they would get pissed off when people would say they weren't punk, and Benji would get in fights on a daily basis, but it's nobody's right ti say somebody is or isn't something. Punk is just a label....that's it. But you saying that they haven't heard real punk music is completely absurd. First of all, there are different kinds of punk, so how the hell do you define it? What is "Real" punk? Ska is still punk, as is emo, and there is such a thing as pop-punk. That's what Good Charlotte is. Just because they are mainstream does not mean they can't still have their punk values. While other people don't classify them as punk, the people who decide who fits into what genre does, so it really doesn't matter what you think. Benji is one of the most "punk" people I have ever had the fortune of meeting, so I know first hand that he really loves the music and the lifestyle. While the remainder of Good Charlotte may only be in it for the money or the fame(though I doubt it), the fact still remains that Benji IS punk, and that's good enough for me.
I mean, the Sex Pistols NEVER called themselves punk, but people still categorize them as such. When asked if they were punk, Johnny Rotten would respond, "We aren't punk...we're the Sex Pistols."
He's pretty cool. real laid back. My girlfriend got her picture taken with Joel. It was funny, cuz she's so short that when they went to take the picture, her and Joel bumped heads, so they had to do it again. I tried to meet Rancid at warped Tour last year, but I couldn't get backstage. A couple of my friends did, though...bastards...