#40. GOOD CHARLOTTE PART II: Rich & Heinous

06/12/23 • 63 min

Having overcome the obstacles of a broken home and an uneasy path to success, Good Charlotte are now one of the most popular bands in America. But herein lies a paradox: how does a band that rose to prominence by ripping on Rich & Famous celebrities stay cool now that they're fully enmeshed in Hollywood culture?
The answer was not always clear, and throughout the late 2000s and 2010s the boys from Maryland struggled to remain relevant as their audience slowly shrank. Join us as we process the side of Good Charlotte's career most people don't know about, as well as some of their strange personal episodes such as Joel Madden's decidedly creepy relationship with teenage pop star Hillary Duff.

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#39. GOOD CHARLOTTE PART I: Young & Hopeful

We're back to tell the story of one of the most obnoxious and omnipresent pop-punk bands of the 2000s! Are Good Charlotte a true punk band? Are they a bunch of pretty-boy poseurs? Whatever the case these young lads from Maryland emerged from a troubled home with big dreams that they brought to life through the novel creation of a musical project that - in their own words - fused "the Backstreet Boys and Minor Threat".
It's a good story and we managed to tell it with fewer pointless digressions than usual this time.
(P.S. Sorry about the occasional cough. Nick had just gotten over pneumonia).

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MINISODE: Catching Up, Vol. I

In this special minisode, we catch up with new releases by old favorites including Nickelback, Limp Bizkit, Five Finger Death Punch, and more! What have these goofballs been up to? Turns out some pretty zany stuff! Come join us on a relaxed fit episode free from Nick's excessive over-writing and pontificating (for the most part).
DID YOU KNOW??
--Fred Durst volunteered to help with Twitter (and perhaps Elon Musk should have listened)?
--Five Finger Death Punch singer Ivan Moody threatened to retire from metal music?
--Billy Ray Cyrus has a new love and the details are... um... well let's just not talk about it here.
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(finally, I do realize that Lil Peep is dead. I'm sorry for bringing him up like that. R.I.P., homie).