Joel and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte face widespread industry condemnation following mass layoffs that gutted the editorial teams of Alternative Press, BrooklynVegan, Revolver, and Goldmine, four of rock journalism’s most iconic publications. Fresh workplace harassment allegations have since compounded the fallout. Here is everything you need to know. Continue reading
It’s hard to fathom that Good Charlotte has been around for over twenty years – it doesn’t seem that long since the Maryland natives were the one band to really thrive in the pop-punk MTV explosion of the early 2000’s with the very successful The Young and The Hopeless (Epic/Daylight). They’re released a number of hits since then, the Madden brothers took time off for a side project, got married to Hollywood darlings, and came back with 2016’s Youth Authority (MDDN) to much praise from old fans, and not so much from others.