Good News For Fans Of GoodCharlotte

Mon 5th Jul, 2004 in International News

Good news for Good Charlotte fans who don’t have much longer to wait for a follow-up to 2002’s The Young and the Hopeless album. Good Charlotte has announced an October release date (in the US) for their third studio album to be titled, Chronicles of Life and Death. The Madden brothers, Benji and Joel, recently talked to MTV on what to expect from the new album.

“Me and Benji are never satisfied with the songs we write,” Joel admitted. “Truthfully, we’ve never loved anything we’ve written so far. We’re always chasing the song that one day we’ll really love.”

“We’ve written a few songs so far that I really like,” he said, citing new tunes called “Falling Away” and “We Believe” as examples, “but so far nothing I really love.”

“A lot of these songs are really personal and about what’s been happening in my life,” he said. “And I’m kind of going to let it be a secret until the record comes out. Kids are going to be able to see what’s going on in all of our lives, and how being on the road for 20 straight months affected us.  Everything that’s happened to us in the last two years went into these songs,” he continued. “It’ll be easy to tell what each song is about. It won’t be tricky.

“Musically, our abilities are a lot more than what they were on The Young and the Hopeless because we’ve been on the road for two years. So the music has a little more depth, and it also goes in some different directions. Some of our fans might be a little thrown off at first, but when it comes down to lyrics and melodies, I don’t think they’ll be disappointed.”