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Good Charlotte’s Madden Brothers go solo
By Aly Barchi | Published on Thursday 22 May 2014
Good Charlotte, aka the band that was always basically the Madden brothers (Benji and Joel) striding about in front of some anonymous backing candy*, are now officially known as The Madden Brothers, the Madden brothers having put GC on hold and gone solo, as a duo.
The Bros Madden have a two-sided ‘debut’ LP titled ‘Greetings From California’ in the works, and will go public with it on 6 Oct. Preceded on 21 Sep by lead single ‘We Are Done’, it’s first ‘side’ will be “upbeat” and mixed by Eric Valentine, whilst the other, a collaboration with White Stripes/Strokes producer Joe Chiccarelli, is going to be all dark and rocky. So really, it has it all.
A reflective Benji Madden says: “The idea was to not hide behind a band name or a genre, but rather to write some songs, and find someone to record them and help us deliver the truest picture of who we are musically”.
* Sorry to Paul Thomas, Billy Martin, Dean Butterworth, Aaron Escolopio, Chris Wilson. Thanks for all your hard work. It did not go unappreciated.
