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When Siblings Rock
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Guitar World: Good Charlotte March 2001 by Brian Stillman Courtesy of Guitar World Magazine It was bound to happen. As rock bands--be they of the pop, punk, metal, or rap persuasion--enter the next millennium, the guitar heroes of yore slowly fade into the mists of time. Page, Hendrix, Gilmour...once these names fueled rock and roll dreams. Now, in the hearts of today's youthful generation of axslingers, they're often recalled as nothing more than relics of a bygone musical era. "My guitar heroes are much less conventional," says Good Charlotte's lead guitarist and co-founder, Benji (the band members don't use last names), "I love Noel Gallagher, they guys in Rancid, Art Alexakis. They might not be amazing guitar players, but they have their own style. And that's something I hope to accomplish myself." "I tried to get into Led Zeppelin's music, I really did," adds rhythm guitarist Billy. "But I'm much more interested in what's happening today." As Good Charlotte rides high on their self-titled Epic debut and its hit single, "Little Things," it's hard to imagine that, until four years ago, neither Benji nor Billy played guitar. It wasn't until Benji and his twin brother, singer Joel, went to a Beastie Boys concert in high school that they were bitten by the music bug. "After we saw them play," says Benji, "we knew it was only a matter of figuring out which of us would play guitar and which would sing." Once that decision was made, the brothers quickly enlisted Billy to create the band's twin guitar attack. "It is pretty amazing to go from not playing at all to having an album," concedes Benji. "But to tell you the truth, we never had any doubt that it would happen. We had 100 percent faith in this band from the beginning--I truly believe that if you want something bad enough, you'll get it." |
