GOOD CHARLOTTE
INTERVIEW

Elfunnio.Com interview with Billy from Good Charlotte
Questions By: Paul

Paul:
First of all, thanks again for participating in this interview. I know with
your current summer performances you must not have a lot of time to do this
so I appreciate. I've heard that you guys answer a lot of fans and are cool
with the public. That's pretty cool, you guys rock! So I have a few
questions for you that I hope you're alright with answering. If not then
dont gotta answer. Thanks

Good Charlotte:
(You can put a little something here before I start with the questions if
you want, Thank you)
i'll start with sorry this took so long to respond, but i will give it my
best..by the way this is billy..
Paul:
The first thing that I have to ask is the main question that is always
asked to all bands. While growing with a musical future, which bands had
given
the most influence on each of you?

Good Charlotte:Our musical backgrounds are really different, personally i
like just full-on rock bands like silverchair, incubus, helmet, deftones,
benji is into mostly older punk like minor threat, sex pistols, his fav. is
rancid, joel likes the smith, the cure, morissey and some quieter stuff
like that, paul is into skinny puppy, the pixies and a lot of underground
stuff. The one thing that we all share is hip-hop and rap we all grew in
and around DC so thats a big influence on us as well.

Paul:
Next, how did you get your name, Good Charlotte?

Good Charlotte:it's the name of a children's book, that joel found at his
friend's house, who's mom was a school teacher. its like a childrens book,
just thought it sounded like a good band name

Paul:
On the road, do any of you ever have any problems or is everything just
great!?(Hope this question does not start any arguments)

Good Charlotte:we are actually pretty good, we are all best friends and if
there is a problem we can take care of it in a few minutes we never stay
mad at each other

Paul:
Who gave you the most support? For example a counselor, a teacher, friend
or parent.

Good Charlotte:i think we were all each others support, our parents were
supportive but like any parents my parents were worried that it wouldnt
work and would push me to try and have a back up plan, but of course i
didnt listen. so we would always have each other to say who cares what
anyone else says we know we are gonna make it..

Paul:
What was your favorite song on your cd and why, if you have one?

Good Charlotte:it changes a lot, but i like little things lyrically a lot,
because it is totally the life story of our high school years. so it's cool
to be finally doing what we love to do and at the same being able to look
back at where we came from..

Paul:
To Joel and Benji: Did you get any crap from anyone for skipping college?
Did any record dealers or anyone ever turn you down on any gigs or jobs
because you never had a degree? Also has any one else of you in the band
skipped college?

Good Charlotte:sorry can't answer for them. But i was actually still in
high school when we signed our deal so i never made it close to college

Paul:
Were you guys good in high school? Were there any clubs or jobs you
participated in school?

Good Charlotte:everyone was a little different, i went to a diff. high
school than the rest of the guys, but i've heard all the stories, they all
were, well they didnt do so good in school, but i was a quiet nerd who got
good grades. we all started working jobs when we were really young to try
and have some money

Paul:
Has anyone ever came up to you at a show or on the street and insult you?

Good Charlotte:yea of course, people are opinionated and they say what they
want, but most of the time you just have to let it go. we play shows where
there are 1,000 people there to see us and then 1 person says something
stupid and ratio of people who truly care about our band compared to the
few people who will say something negative out ways itself so it doesnt
really bother us..

Paul:
What do you guys really think about Aaron leaving the band? Why would he
leave, is his other band going big, or bigger than you guys? What were his
reasons?

Good Charlotte:that is sorta something that just happened, he left he's
gonna do his thing and thats as far as it goes...

Paul:
What was the weirdest thing you've ever seen or heard from the crowds at
the
shows this summer, or ever?

Good Charlotte:hmm you got me here  our fans are awesome but just your
normal loud excited kids..they just come and hang out

Paul:
Has anyone ever jumped on you saying you sold out any big time music label?

Good Charlotte:yea people try to say that once in a while, but our first
album we realeased was on a major label so i dont see how we coulda sold
out to the majors. we had made a bunch of demos and eps on our own but we
never did anything with indie labels or anything, we wanted to have a major
label cd so we just waited for what we wanted

Paul:
Is there anything you would like to say to your fans? Any thoughts on a new
album?

Good Charlotte:thank you thank you thank you, if it weren't for our fans we
would be nothing and that is the truth..we owe them everything...we are
gonna make a new record at the start of next year and hopefully it will be realeased by spring time...

Paul:
Thanks again for your time, I really appreciate this and I'm sure all your
fans are dying to read this. I know many have been asking me for this
interview by Good Charlotte and it is now here! Thanks again! Have fun with
your tour and good luck!

no problem good luck and we will see u soon....
billy