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Hunk-rock heros Good Charlotte drive fans wild heres the story..........
Hey
guys! How d'ya like the UK?
Billy Im really glad to be here! We've been before and i couldnt wait to come back!
Joel
- London has a snobby kinda vibe going on, its weird. But the fans are the best. The kids are cool!
D'ya get the
chance to large it as much as ya'd like?
Benji - Naah! I dont think anyone ever really gets the chance to party enough
Billy
- Plus of course the good party towns are always the places with the good TV shows and magazines and stuff like that, so we're
real busy whenever we get there.
Benji - But we dont just sit on our hotel rooms, being quiet! If we have an hour or two
off, we're out around town!
It must be wicked knowing fans worldwide love all yer songs!
Joel - It is! When
i was sitting in my bedroom writing them, it never crossed my mind the songs would travel so far. We didnt even expect do
to so well in the US!
Benji - We're really pleased. I always wanted to travel the world.
Bet ya travel first
class now!
Billy - Oh yeh, thats fun! No-one wants to sit beside us!
Paul - Businessmen think we should sit somewhere
else...
Billy - I'm like 'I'm sitting beside you big guy!. They dont talk - they dont even look at you!
Joel - Everyone
who sits next to me on a plane hates me. All i do is listen to music and look out the window, bit i still annoy 'em (thinks)
i don't have bad habits. do i?
Billy - you do wear aeroplane socks!
Can you describe a typical Good Charlotte
fan?
Joel - No it could be anyone!
Benji - But alot of kinda have band t-shirts on and they're all pierced up. Its
cool.
Have ya any lil old ladee fans?
Benji
- we get all ages. In America we get 45-year-old housewives coming over to say hi!
Ever been worried about what
someone might say?
Billy - You can be standing in some place and this dude'll be lookin' atcha and you'll be like 'This
is gonna be trouble, he looks like he hates the band!'
Benji - But then he'll come over and say ' Hey, my little sister
loves you guys! Can you sign something for her?'
Is it strange meeting people who've copied yer look?
Benji
- I like it I kinda makes me feel like theres really something we belong to!
Joel - Yeh, a little army that we're breeding!
You
must get loadsa fan letters?
Joel - Yeah, Usually everyday i get a letter from a fan saying thank you for writing about
this subject or that. i love it that songs i wrote in my bedroom are making a difference to other kids out there, kids like
me.
D'ya ever sneak into Good Charlotte's
web chatrooms?
Joel - Sure, every once in a while
ill check out the site, but to be honest id rather hear what kids have to say good or bad from their own mouths.
Have ya started the next album yet?
Benji - We're busy touring til the end of the year, but we're planning it already.
Joel - We've practically
written an album of songs, but we havent recorded them yet.
Whats yer live show like?
Paul - Its really good
fun, psyched up, energetic............
Joel - I want people to enjoy themselves at our live shows as much as i enjoyed
going to see bands like Green Day and Foo fighters when i was a kid.
Billy - Afterwards we like to come out front to say
hi.
We heard you almost caused a riot!
Joel - Yeh that night in Glasgow was insane, there was soo much secruity
and the poilce were called. When we left, about 2,000 kids followed us down the street beating on the windows.
Billy -
It does go mad and although we want to see the fans, sometimes the police threaten to close us down if we do incase someone
gets trampled.
Sounds a bit scary!
Joel - It is! One time a little girl of about 12 got her arm broken. people can get hurt. But all we're trying to do is say hello and thank
people for taking the time to come see us.
Doesnt
it freak you out getting chased?
joel - Oh yeh,
all the time! Its weird and crazy, but what are gonna do?
Run?!
Chris - Hell, yeah. But if some ones gonna follow you they will. We've been followed for hundreds of miles.
Ever
felt like you were in danger?
Joel - Some chicks followed us once and they were totally driving like crazy - you know,
cutting people up, switching lanes, swerving all over the road in front of us. They were putting other peoples lives at risk,
which was sooooooo dangerous!
Chris - Yeh, but luckily their engine overheated, so they had to pull over!
Joel - But
then when the saw they were losing us, they jumped back in the car and put their foot down! Finally they were blinded by the
huge cloud of smoke around their car....we left em' far behind.
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