- The Young and the Hopeless · 2002
- The Young and the Hopeless · 2002
- Good Morning Revival · 2007
- The Young and the Hopeless · 2002
- Good Charlotte · 2000
- Good Morning Revival · 2007
- Good Charlotte Greatest Hits · 2004
- The Young and the Hopeless · 2002
- The Young and the Hopeless · 2002
- Game On (feat. Good Charlotte) [From "Pixels - The Movie"] - Single · 2015
- The Young and the Hopeless · 2002
- The Young and the Hopeless · 2002
- Cardiology · 2010
Albums
- 2010
Artist Playlists
- Staying forever young with pop-punk's lost boys.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
Appears On
More To Hear
- Good Charlotte's Benji and Joel Madden, plus a JoceWavy mix.
- Mark talks with Benji and Joel Madden of Good Charlotte, plus Phoebe Bridgers.
- A celebration of Lil Peep’s Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2.
- The Madden brothers shout out their hometown of Annapolis.
- Joel and Benji Madden highlight the band's Essentials playlist.
About Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte embodied the vulnerable tone and underdog vibe of the 2000s pop-punk movement. Led by twin brothers Joel and Benji Madden, the Maryland band formed in the mid-’90s, after the then-high schoolers saw their idols the Beastie Boys in concert. With friend Billy Martin joining on guitar, the nascent band debuted with a 2000 self-titled album before finding greater success with the multiplatinum full-lengths The Young and the Hopeless in 2002 and The Chronicles of Life and Death in 2004. These albums resonated because of honest songs that tackled the pain of being a high school misfit with a rough home life (“Little Things”), poked fun at gender stereotypes (“Girls & Boys”), and encouraged outsiders to stay positive (“The Anthem”). As the decade progressed and musical trends shifted, Good Charlotte wisely evolved, leading to songs influenced by hip-hop, electronic music, and sleeker pop-rock. Since then, the Maddens have applied that ambition to multiple business endeavors outside of the band—Joel was a judge on The Voice Australia, and the brothers are entrepreneurs and work in artist management. Good Charlotte remain focused on trenchant lyrical material, however: The affecting 2018 album Generation Rx was followed in 2020 by the single “Last December,” a song about the complications of grieving a friend’s death.
- ORIGIN
- Waldorf, MD, United States
- FORMED
- 1996
- GENRE
- Alternative