Good Charlotte Fills Us In On Their Favorite Shit
-Paul Semel

As the hosts of MTV's All Things Rock, Good Charlotte twin brothers Joel (vocals) and Benji (guitar) Madden have spent a lot of time talking about the bands and music they like. But since the show isn't called All Things Benji & Joel, lots of their favorite shit has remained a deep, dark secret. Until now. Revolver caught up with the Madden Bros. as they prepared to play a New York gig in support of their new album, The Young and the Hopeless (Epic). They were nice enough to give us the lowdown on their favorite foods, cameras, and appropriately enough, twin-themed practical joke.

Favorite Camera
Benji: Kodak disposable cameras.  "The pictures come out really well, they're easy tp use, and if you lose 'em, you don't feel that bad."
Joel: Canon E60."It's digital, but it takes really professional pictures. It's just a nice camera for the money."

Favorite Baseball Team
The Baltimore Orioles.
Joel: "We grew up in Maryland, se we grew up on the Orioles. I watched their games on TV all the time."
Benji: "But we don't get to see them play that often because we're always on tour. Baseball season is a good time to tour."

Favorite Flavor
Benji: Grape.  "Grape Kool-Aid, grape jelly, grape soda, grape whatever."
Joel: Mint Chocolate.  "I love Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Mint Chocolate Cookie. It tastes like Girl Scout cookies."

Favorite Tour Bus Snack
Benji: Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  "You can cut them into little squares and it's like when you were a little kid."
Joel: Kraft Easy Mac. "It's really easy and it tastes really good."

Favorite Movie
The Boondock Saints.
Benji: "It's about two Irish brothers who are vigilantes, and they kill criminals."
Joel: "It reminds me of my brother and I."

Favorite Twin Trick To Play On Third Grade Teacher
Trading places.
Joel: "We used to switch places a lot, go to each other's classes."
Benji: "It really wasn't that hard, though, because we looked exactly alike when we were younger."

Favorite Sexual Urban Legend
Benji: Masturbation causes blindness.  "I think that's funny. I always tell kids that: 'Don't do it, you'll go blind.' "

Favorite Video Game
Benji: Silent Scope.  "I like sniper games. One of the last places we played had a silent scope machine, and I was on it for hours."
Joel: Madden 2003."It's partially because of my last name, and partially because our song is in it, but I also just like playing it. And I beat everyone."
Benji: "I don't play video games much because the rest of the guys play a lot, so I never get a turn. And now they've gotten really good, and I suck."

Favorite Beer To Have When You're Having More Than One
Joel: Bud Lite.  "I'm not really a big beer drinker, but there's something about Bud Lite that makes you feel like a man."
Benji: IBC Root Beer.  "Alcohol and I don't mix too well, so I drink root beer."

Favorite Hair Gel
Joel: Tea Tree by Paul Mitchell.  "I'm not really that picky, but this stuff is all natural, smells good, and it hold."

Favorite TV Show
Benji: Everybody Loves Raymond.  "I like the normalness of it---the normal family life. I definitely look forward to having that sort of thing when I get older: A wife, some kids, the whole nine."
Joel: The Simpsons.  "It's always funny."

Favorite Mode Of Transport
Joel: Audi A4 Turbo. It's my first car, and I just love it."
Benji: Trains. "It's just easier than going to the airport."

Favorite Band Your Brother Hates
Benji: The Casualties.  "He doesn't like that street punk stuff. He doesn't het them as people; he just doesn't like their music."
Joel: Queen.  "I don't know why he doesn't like them, but whenever I put them on he always asks me to turn it off."