The madden brothers biography
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Joel and Benji Madden
Benjamin and Joel Madden, also known as The Madden Brothers, hail from the suburbs of Washington D.C. and are known internationally for fronting their band Good Charlotte. The band formed in a garage while the brothers were in high school and signed a major label record deal shortly after. The brothers have not only written chart topping hits for themselves, they can also be found in the credits of over a dozen other artists’ recordings.
In true Madden Brothers fashion, the pair have been a hit in the television world, hosting their own MTv show and residing as judges on The Voice Australia for multiple seasons. With bit parts in several major motion pictures and other TV appearances across the last dozen years, the Maddens dont stop there.
In the concept of a greater involvement in the business was cemented with the formation of MDDN, a process driven music management and media company, for artists by artists, with an emphasis on empathy and fairness. There the brothers work with a team of specialists to further the vision of new and establish
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Benji Madden
American guitarist (born )
Benjamin Levi Madden (néCombs; born March 11, ) is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band Good Charlotte—for which he has received various awards—as well as pop rock collaboration the Madden Brothers. He formed both of these acts with his identical twin brother, Joel Madden, with whom he was a coach on The Voice Australia from to
Early life
Madden was born Benjamin Levi Combs on March 11, , in Waldorf, Maryland, to Robin Madden and Roger Combs (d. ). He has an identical twin, Joel Madden, with whom he formed the band Good Charlotte. He has an older brother named Josh and a younger sister named Sarah. All attended La Plata High School in La Plata, Maryland.
Career
In Madden started a band named Good Char
Benji Madden
American guitarist (born )
Benjamin Levi Madden (néCombs; born March 11, ) is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band Good Charlotte—for which he has received various awards—as well as pop rock collaboration the Madden Brothers. He formed both of these acts with his identical twin brother, Joel Madden, with whom he was a coach on The Voice Australia from to
Early life
Madden was born Benjamin Levi Combs on March 11, , in Waldorf, Maryland, to Robin Madden and Roger Combs (d. ). He has an identical twin, Joel Madden, with whom he formed the band Good Charlotte. He has an older brother named Josh and a younger sister named Sarah. All attended La Plata High School in La Plata, Maryland.
Career
In Madden started a band named Good Charlotte with his twin brother Joel.
While still playing in Good Charlotte, both Madden brothers wrote and produced for other artists. Madden was a co-writer and co-producer of some of the songs on Hilary Duff's Most Wanted () compilation album. He later helped write the songs "Amnesia" for pop rockers 5 Seconds of Summer and "No Ordinary Girl" for pop artist Kalin and Myles. He has appeared as a back-up vocalist for artists such as MxPx, Kill Hannah, Apoptygma Berzerk, Mest, The 69 Eyes, Sean Kingston, Three 6 Mafia, Chamillionaire, and Matisyahu.
Madden started the fashion line called Made Clothing in , along with his brothers Joel and Josh. In early , it became DCMA Collective. A DCMA Collective store opened in Los Angeles on March 15, , but later closed.
On April 3, , Madden took part in a boxing match against MTV and VH1 host Riki Rachtman at Ellismania 5: Get These Brawls. The event was hosted by Jason Ellis at The Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Madden beat Rachtman by knockout at 1 minute and 42 seconds into the first round.[4] American rock duo The Madden Brothers are an American pop rock duo made up of twin brothers Joel Madden and Benji Madden, both of whom are also founding members of the rock band Good Charlotte. Twin brothers Joel and Benji Madden formed The Madden Brothers officially in as a side project separate from Good Charlotte, but have origins dating back to While with Good Charlotte, Joel was mainly the lead vocalist with Benji being lead guitarist and backup vocalist. They released a total of five studio albums, two live albums, two extended plays, twenty singles, seventeen music videos and three music DVDs. All of their studio albums received certification including The Young and the Hopeless, which was certified 3× Platinum in the United States and reached number 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart. During their time with Good Charlotte, the brothers saw the sale of over ten million albums worldwide. Joel and Benji had been working on The Madden Brothers project since when they began working on different ways of music. They released a free mixtape a short time later in October Titled Before — Volume One, it included collaborations with artists such as Casey Veggies, Wiz Khalifa, Machine Gun Kelly, Rockie Fresh, and The Cool Kids and was said to be made simply for the fun of music. The Madden Brothers began working with producer Pharrell Williams and planned to release an album in late The plans fell through for the album release but both continued to work on the project. In , the Madden Brothers lend their voices to animated versions of themselves in the form of two characters, depicted as twin lizard punk rockers and brothers (hence their tattoo-like stripes and/or spots on their scaly skins) created by Michael Patterson. The Madden Brothers finally released their first single in June Titled "We Are Done", the Double the rockers, double the tattoos, quadruple the ladies. When Good Charlotte first broke out on the music scene in , the twin brothers at the punk band's center,JoelandBenji Madden, sang all about the unrelatable woes and superficial values of celebrities in Hollywood in "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous." The song would become their first hit and—in an ironic twist—make them card-holding members of the rich and the famous, complete with their own A-list celebrity wives at their respective sides: Joel has been married to Nicole Richiefor a decade and Benji wedCameron Diaz in Ahh yes, it would be such a cliché and classic "sellout" tale if the Maddens, who turn 42 on March 11, weren't such supportive, loyal and private husbands, a far cry from the playboy personas they had more than 20 years ago. Joel's first serious Hollywood romance was one that garnered a lot of attention, as it was with Disney Channel star Hilary Duff. The couple's eight-year age gap raised eyebrows, especially because the Lizzie McGuire starlet was just 16 when they first began dating, though they didn't publicly confirm their romance until later on. Given her squeaky-clean image and his rocker look, they seemed like polar opposites, an assumption they shot down in a joint interview for Teen People back in "You're automatically prejudging us because Joel has tattoos or I have blond hair," Hilary told the magazine. "He has tattoos so he's bad, I smile all the time, so I'm perfect." Madden added, "[People] think I'm this crazy guy. I went to the ATM and this lady backed away, and Hilary asked me, 'What is it like when someone scoots away because they're scared?' I never notice it, she notices it for me."
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