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| Birth Name(s) : Joel Reuben Madden, born as Joel Reuben Combs |
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Lead vocalist |
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Full Joel Madden Biography
Joel Reuben Madden (born March 11, 1979) in Waldorf, Maryland is most notably the lead vocalist for the band Good Charlotte.
Madden was born to a middle class Irish-American family. He has an identical twin brother, Benji Madden, who plays guitar in Good Charlotte. He has an older brother named Josh, and a younger sister named Sarah. Madden attended La Plata High School in La Plata, Maryland. When Madden was 16 years old his father left the family, causing financial hardship for the family. Madden took up various odd jobs as a teenager to help his mother with the family's bills. One job he and his brother, Benji, took up was washing people's hair at a salon. While in his early 20's, Madden changed his last name from Combs, his father's name, to his mother's maiden name, Madden. He did this as to further himself from his father, who had left their family.
In 1995, at the age of 16, Madden attended the Beastie Boys Ill Communication Tour with his brother Benji. Drawing from music introduced to them by their older brother Josh, such as Rancid and Social Distortion, as well as the influence of the Beastie Boys concert, the two started their own band with a friend. The band was short lived and the Maddens eventually recruited fellow high schoolers Paul Thomas and Aaron Escolopio to form Good Charlotte.
In the 2001 film Not Another Teen Movie, Joel and the other Good Charlotte members made a cameo as the band at the school's prom. He later had a cameo role in the 2004 film Fat Albert and in the 2006 film Material Girls with his brother Benji.
Madden started a clothing line called MADE Clothing along with his brothers Benji and Josh. The line is now defunct. In early 2006 MADE Clothing became DCMA Collective. The line is owned by himself, his brothers Benji Madden, Josh Madden, and friend Tal Cooperman.
Madden dated singer and actress Hilary Duff for two and a half years before their relationship ended in November 2006. Later that year in December 2006, Madden and Nicole Richie became a couple. In June and July 2007, numerous media outlets were stating that Richie was pregnant with Madden's baby. These rumors were unaddressed by the couple until July 31, 2007 when they confirmed in an interview with Diane Sawyer that Richie is pregnant with Madden's child.For the sake of Richie and the baby, Madden has given up smoking. Richie's baby boy is due in January 2008. Madden currently resides in Glendale, California. |
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