Story Of Good Charlotte (Paperback)

~ Doug Small (Author) "IDENTICAL twins Benji and Joel were born on March 11, 1979, five minutes apart..." (more)
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Product Description

An irresistible mix of punk, pop, and rock, Good Charlotte’s music defies definition yet appeals to the mainstream. Here is the tattoos-and-all story of how a bunch of small town high school misfits conquered the pop music world through sheer determination.

Product Details

• Paperback: 95 pages
• Publisher: Omnibus Press; illustrated edition edition (January 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0825628717
• ISBN-13: 978-0825628719
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #984,260 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Story of Good Charlotte, January 2, 2004

By	Emily (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews

Being a big GC fan, I bought this book the second I saw it. However, after reading all of its 94 (not 64) pages, I was quite disappointed because I already knew everything that was in it.

This book is pretty much targeted towards the "new" fans, the ones who want to learn most of the basic four-one-one on the band. If you're a pre-"Lifestyles" fan, then you'll most likely already know everything they tell you in here.

Something else that irk-ed me throughout my reading was that the book, like most media on the band, mainly focused on Benji and Joel.

It's a lovely book, Dough Small obviously did his research, but my overall opinion is, if you don't know much about the band, go for it, if not, just get it for the few exclusive pictures.

Also, some of the information in the book is wrong. Unauthorized books are tacky, don't waste your money.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good charlotte is the BEST!!, June 17, 2004

By A Customer

i just bought this book yesterday and i read it all in one day..there were alot of things in there that i didn't even know about them and i have been a big fan of GC since their first cd came out.

i don't think that this book is targeted to "new fans or old fans" actually it is not targeted to anybody..there a lot of things in this book that even people who been fans for a very long time of GC even knew about..

i am so HAPPY that this book focuses more on the Madden twins..because first of all, they are the ones who started good charlotte, so they should have the spotlight.

the one thing that disapointed me was that there isn't enough pages..there were only like 94 pages..they should have made the book longer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars hey, chill!, July 1, 2004

By A Customer

Hey, Eggplant, first of all let's hear you write down a few songs, ok? Why do people base their maturity level on how many people they can piss off? I read the book, it is good. I know that many people might not like it because GC has fulfilled their goals and they haven't but instead of hating GC for it; get a life, use their example and stop acting like middle school asses! Punk or not punk, GC have given us a lot of proof that if we want to acheive something, we can! So, again, chill!