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Name: Joel Ryan Rueben Madden

Nickname: Sick Boy

Role: Lead vocals, rarely some guitar

Born: 11th March 1979 ( Benji's twin brother )

Joel's height is 5'9" and he was born in Waldorf, Maryland.He likes wearing Diesel, Dickies, Docs, anything studded, Eastcoast Clothing and Evolve Clothing. He loves his pet dog, Cashdogg, to bits. Joel's favourite things to watch on TV are anything Star Wars, Trainspotting, The Simpsons, Martin, Southpark and Seinfield. His favourite foods are Cinnamon Life cereal, sushi, anything home cooked, mint chocolate ice cream, cookies and eating at Rubio's ( West Coast resturant ) and Acme ( in Naptown ). Things in general that he loves include Spiderman, collecting McFarlend action figures, spikes, peircings, tattoos, the East Coast, the West Coast, clean socks, getting mail, shopping malls, his fans, crucifixes, reading, being with his family, travelling and veggie burgers. He hates things like waking up, rainy days, humidity, every maths teacher and bitter ex-football players. Joel's favourite music and influences are Tupac, Elvis, James Dean, The Smiths, The Cure, Beastie Boys, Weezer, Cash Money Millionaires, Green Day, Goldfinger, MxPx, Social Distortion, Depeche Mode, The Lemonheads, Ben Lee, The Clash, Jimmies Chicken Shack, Fiona Apple, Bjork, Everclear and Nirvana.

Name: Benjamin Levi Madden

Nicknames: Benji, Benj, Benjahole and Kid Vicious ( after Sid Vicious, bassist in Sex Pistols

Role: Guitar, backing vocals

Born: 11th March 1979 ( Joel's twin brother )

Benji is 5'7" tall and loves wearing his bondage pants/shorts, grinders, Chuck Taylors, other bands' T-shirts and Eastcoast Clothing. As does his brother, his favourite colours are baby blue and black. Benji's favourite bands and influences are Minor Threat, MxPx, Green Day, Rancid, Sex Pistols, The Clash, New Found Glory, Operation Ivy, Government Issue, Beastie Boys, Apoptygma Bezerk, Oasis, Nirvana, Evan Dando, Dave Grohl, Everclear, MC Hammer, Goldfinger and basicaly all punk music. He likes free food, pizza, movies-Another State of Mind and Sid and Nancy, his car ( '93 Impala ), baseball, thumb wrestling, Spring, Count Chocula and Boo Berry cereals, his lucky number ( 9 ), Acme Bar & Grill in Annapolis, getting and having tattoos, Goth and punk girls, old clothes and junk shops, his dirtbike and his pet dog, Cashdogg. He hates writing autobiographies, humidity, politicians and food poisoning. His life goal is to be a good influence to kids and to stay true to God and his family. Benji wants to make the world a better place by planting a flower, painting a horse and collecting all the rubbish and burning it. He has a very good habbit if giving change to homeless people. His total dream would be to live in a split house ( Joel has the other side ) on water with a wife and children, weeping willow, basketball court, recording studio and boat.

Name: Paul Anthony Thomas

Nicknames: Probably some, but not that I know of

Role: Bass guitar

Born: 5th October 1980

Paul's hometown is Waldorf, Maryland. He has many tattoos, most of which aren't visible and 2 piercings. He likes wearing Doc's, Eastcoast Clothing, Dickies and other bands' T-shirts. He plays a 5 string Topiaz Killer B and uses a David Eden World Tour amplifier and cabinet. He has three pets- Max, Sweetpea and Cash ( that he describes as the biggest playa in Naptown ). He loves any Italian food, Golden Grahams cereal and his favourite resturant is The Palm, in New York. Paul's favourite colours are black and grey. His most listened to music and influences include Prodigy, Pixies, Joy Divinson, Bauhaus, Sebadoh, Skinny Puppy, Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang, Tool, The Misfits, Lagwagon, Rage Against the Machine, New Order and Fugazi. He likes reading ( Shakespeare especially ), his family, his bed at home that he never sees, his Good Charlotte scooter, watching his favourite film-Jacob's Ladder, Return of the Jedi and the Simpsons, and his pets. Paul hates being homesick, not having enough underwear and socks whilst on tour, humidity, dumb muscle heads, his high school maths department ( he got expelled because he threatened to punch his teacher in her f**king face ) and the fact that he can actually miss Waldorf. His hobbies are playing video games, reading, writing poetry, being at his friend Geibel's house with all his other old friends, playing bass, being at home with his family, going to the cinema and driving around Waldorf listening to deafening hip hop with the windows open.

Name: William Dean Martin

Nickname: Billy, Lil' Billy

Role: Guitar

Born: 15th June 1981

Billy's height is 5'11" and he was born in Naptown. His favourite makes are Dickies, Puma, Eastcoast Clothing, Volcom and any tribal gear. He uses Paul Reed Smith guitars and Mesa-Boogie Amps and Boss Effect Pedals. He has 3 dogs-Bunji, Sam and Cash, 3 cats-Nelly, Nelson and Stellar and 127 hamsters ( too many to name ). His favourite foods are pizza with peanut butter, sushi, Ben & Jerry's Peanut Butter Cup, anything with marshmellows, Lucky Charms or Boo Berry, for cereal and bean burritos. He loves to eat at Taco Bell. Billy's favourite movies are Star Wars-Episode I, The Crow, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Nightmare Before Christmas ( he has all the life size dolls ) and the Simpsons. He loves Angelina Jolie, Christmas, Batman, drawing, comic books, catoons, girls, going online, music, sleeping and tattoos. He hates people who don't use their eyes, lazy people, annoying people, turtlenecks and snakes. His favourite bands and influences are Silverchair, Incubus, The Deftones, Micheal Jackson, Lit, Linkin Park, Orgy and KoRn. His hobbies include collecting toys, buying new clothes, playing music and hanging out with his friends.

Name: Christopher Wilson

Nickname: Chris

Role: Drums

Born: 5th May 1980

Chris is 6'1" and his hometown is Provo, Utah. He came into the band through his friend, Quinn, from the Used. Quinn knew Good Charlotte and so when they were looking for a new drummer he told Chris just after Chris' old band, 7-11, broke up after 4 years. He has been playing with Good Charlotte ever since the 2002 Warped Tour.

   He loves food from Subway, cake, wearing Chucks on stage, mints and cheap cologne. He shaves hid head because he is bald on top.