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the stuff your about to read is our bio. I hate bios. i don't know, i just do. thats me being honest. the history of our band is pretty easy. we started the band in april of 1995. we recorded a bunch of stuff from 95-2000, which you can find somewhere on the internet, only couple real copies of each record really exsist, but if you find one, could you make me a copy. in 2000 we put out good charlotte. and in 2002 we put out the young and the hopeless. we've down a hundred tours. written hundreds of songs, and played hundreds of shows in alot of diffrent places. i can honestly say though, we are just getting to know our fans, and ourselves. we are happier than we've ever been, with chris now in the band, if feels like things have always been just like this. we are having a great time , meeting kids all over the world who feel the same way about music as us. our goals right now as a band are to make the music we want to make, and give our fans what they have given us. positivity, dedication, loyalty, hope,truth, and a place to belong. we really just feel like the luckiest guys in the world, cause after all we just fans too. so thanx to all of you guys checkin out this site, and our music, and thanx for giving us a chance to make music. enjoy the bio.............thanx, Joel. The Story So Far Twin brothers Benji and Joel (born 3/11/79) grew up in a lower middle-class family in the town of ¢ÃƒÆ’¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€ Ã¢â‚¬â€žÂ¢ÃƒÆ’ƒâ€ Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ÃƒÆ’‚¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Â“the middle-of-nowhere suburbs," says Benji. "Ours was definitely a dysfunctional family situation,” he admits, “but luckily me and Joel always had each other. When things started to fall apart, we just got into music." The twins' older brother Josh turned them on to influential albums by Rancid, Minor Threat, the Cure, the Smiths, and many more. Benji began teaching himself guitar at 16; Joel gravitated towards lead vocals. "Right away, Joel and I started thinking up songs," Benji recalls. "We'd go straight to our room after school, singing and playing for hours every day." After Paul (bass) and Billy (guitar) joined, Good Charlotte took their name from a children's book and played their first gig in a neighbor's basement for an audience of 20. "We only played our own songs—we weren't good enough to learn anyone else's songs!" The brothers dedicated themselves to their music, although they had almost no money for equipment and no connections in the industry. They cut their first demo, wrote their own bio, and began mailing packages off to a list of record companies obtained from a magazine. "I wrote this letter saying, we're Good Charlotte and if you sign us now it will be a lot cheaper than if you wait!" recalls Benji. "Our ignorance was kind of a blessing. We couldn't be discouraged by knowing too much about how the business really works." Benji and Joel graduated high school in June 1997, and for a graduation present the twins’ mother presented them with a pair of open airline tickets to California. "Some of our favorite bands like Green Day had started out at this East Bay club called 924 Gilman Street. So when we graduated, that summer we made a pilgrimage to visit the club. We'd never even been on a plane before, but we have an aunt in Berkeley who let us crash with her." The brothers returned to Maryland, newly inspired and more determined than ever. They left home and moved