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Good Charlotte members:
Joel - Lead vocals
Benji - Vocals & guitar
Billy - Guitar
Paul - Bass

Good Charlotte Facts (Thank you to the site Paid To Smile for some of these.)

*Benji & Joel are twins (duh)
*They're used to be another member in the group, Aaron, but he left the group to join his little brothers band. In the meantime, Dusty is filling in as their drummer.
*GC is from Waldorf, Maryland.
*Joel was picked last in gym class.
*Benji was called a freak.
*Billy used to have dreadlocks.
*Mandy Moore was featured in Little Things.
*Dusty is GC's new drummer.
*Joel went to a couple of dances.
*Benji never got asked to dance. (Ahh!)
*Joel says that their music is therapuetic.
*Benji now has a mohawk.
*Benji and Joel are identical twins.
*Joel and Benji sing from personal experiences.
*The guys were picked on in High School.
*Benji has a tattoo of a star and "Joel" written on his arm.
*Joel sings in the shower.
*Joel eats ketchup on everything.
*Before GC was GC it was called 'The Benji Joel and Brian Band'
*Billy's first show as an official member of the band was at Flecher's in Fells Point
*'My Brother's Place' would often be packed with GC fans who would clear out before the headlinging band played leaving 12 or so left when the main act hit the stage
*Good Charlotte was on Fowl Records when they first started out
*Billy says he has a life size poster of Daniel Johns in his room that he worships
*The twins worked at Glow Salon, Red River Barbecue, and Annapolis Bar and Grilleand at one point Joel worked at Food Giant
*Joel likes rice crispy treats
*After Benji graduated he went to a community college but was too busy with the band and his job so he dropped out
*Paul doesn't understand why people like his hugs so much
*Joel had the same boots for 4 years
*The twins are good griends with Jimmy Haha from Jimmy's Chicken Shack
*Billy was in a band called Overflow before joining GC
*The twins cut off Billy's dreds and found a peice of a dorrito in them
*According to Josh (the twins brother) the twins don't look good in pink shirts
*Benji dyed his hair pink because of Fraggle Rock
*Billy is a vegetarian and I hear Benji is now too
*Lars from Rancid gave Benji a mohawk during Warped Tour
*Billy's Favorite rapper is Don Gilmore
*Benji's nose peircing was a Christmas Present
*Paul has a GC scooter
*Benji has a cool go-ped
*Joel calls his mom mama (or at least he did in an interview)
*Paul likes Shakespeare
*Benji drank pee
*Joel used to have green hair (he may have had it many other colors too but i don't know)
*Benji says Joel was like Ralph Wiggum in highschool
*Billy hates snakes and spiders (when he see's spiders on tv he gets queasy)
*Joel doesn't like smiling in pictures
*Paul's bass has 5 strings
*Benji can Juggle
*Billy likes sushi...but isn't fish meat?
*Paul's dream is to go home and stay there
*All the band members love Star Wars
*Their dog, Cash, is named after Cassius Clay (a.k.a. Muhammad Ali) because it's a boxer.
*As of December 2001, Billy, Joel, and Dusty have girlfriends. Benji and Paul do not.
*Paul has a brother named PJ.
(They really hate it when people title articles with some reference to Good Charlotte being Great Charlotte or Good Charlotte Really is Good. Stuff like that.
*Also, Benji hates it when people interrupt him on his way to soundcheck
*The guy's last name's are....
Benji/Joel - Madden
Billy - Martin
Paul - Thomas
Aaron - Escolopio
Dusty - Brill
*The tatts on Benji's knuckles say "Made Man"
*On Benji's guitar in the "Motivation Proclamation" video, there is a sticker that says "Don't touch unless you are nude."
*Their tour bus has Florida license plates.
*Billy is double-jointed.
*Benji has 10 holes in his head.
*Their tour bus has a little suction cup sign in the front window that says "A woman with PMS and ESP is a bitch who knows everything."
*Dusty is 25 years old.
*On the album "Good Charlotte" there are:
     23 All Right's
     14 Here We Go's
       6 Chiki Chiki's
     32 What's
     16 Uhh's
     19 Come On's
     31 Yeah's

*The band members nicknames are:
Billy - Lil' Billy
Joel - SickBoy
Paul - St. Paul
Benji - KidVicious

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