"In August 2002, Good Charlotte offered a bit of eat-the-rich prescience with their single "Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous." "If money is such a problem / Well, they got mansions / Think we should rob them." The song was basically Robin Hood's ethos run through a pop-punk filter, and it was a massive hit for the little band from small-town Maryland."
"But in April 2023, after some time away, it was time to prove their rock bona fides again by playing their first gig in four years. The occasion was elite: the wedding of Joel's sister-in-law Sofia Richie and Elliot Grainge, son of the Universal Music Group chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge and now head of Atlantic Records. The setting was luxe: Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in the French Riviera. Viral videos from the performance showed the brothers' famous wives dancing to their set."
Good Charlotte rose to fame in the early 2000s with pop-punk hits that combined catchy melodies and churning guitars. The band's 2002 single "Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous" framed a Robin Hood ethos in a pop-punk style and became a major hit. Founding twin brothers Joel and Benji Madden later married high-profile celebrities and built business ventures, moving into elite social circles. After a hiatus, the band played their first gig in four years at an opulent 2023 wedding on the French Riviera. Viral videos captured the performance and inspired the band's first album in seven years, Motel Du Cap. The band's identity balances high-low duality between mainstream success and punk roots.
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