Good Charlotte
In 1995, at the age of 16, Madden attended the Beastie Boys Ill Communication Tour with his brother Benji. Drawing from music introduced to them by their older brother Josh, such as Rancid and Social Distortion, as well as the influence of the Beastie Boys concert, the two started their own band with a friend. The band was short lived and the Maddens eventually recruited fellow high schoolers Paul Thomas and Aaron Escolopio to form Good Charlotte.
More about Joel Madden (From Wikipedia)
Early Life
Madden was born to a middle class Irish-American family in Waldorf, Maryland. He has an identical twin brother, Benji Madden, who plays guitar in Good Charlotte. He has an older read more...
Good Charlotte
In 1995, at the age of 16, Madden attended the Beastie Boys Ill Communication Tour with his brother Benji. Drawing from music introduced to them by their older brother Josh, such read more...
Other Projects
In the 2001 film Not Another Teen Movie, Joel and the other Good Charlotte members made a cameo as the band at the school's prom. He later had a cameo role in the 2004 film Fat Albert read more...
Personal Life
Later that year in December 2006, Madden and Nicole Richie became a couple. In June and July 2007, numerous media outlets were stating that Richie was pregnant with Madden's baby. read more...
Joel Reuben Madden (born Joel Ryan Reuben Combs on March 11, 1979) is an American singer well-known as the lead vocalist for the band Good Charlotte.
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