Good Charlotte's Madden brothers are hard to please. Even though hits like "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" and "Girls and Boys" helped their last album, The Young and the Hopeless, sell more than 2.8 million copies, the tunes just weren't good enough for the discerning Maddens. Joel Madden thinks that attitude will help make the band's upcoming third album the best yet. "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." The Maddens and their bandmates are currently pursuing pop-punk's perfect wave in a Los Angeles studio, where they're recording their third album with producer Eric Valentine, who also helmed The Young and the Hopeless. "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." Although it's still early in the process, Joel is keeping details about the songs close to his chest. "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." While he's cagey when it comes to the new album's lyrics and themes, the Good Charlotte singer promises musical growth. "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." Good Charlotte hit the studio armed with 16 to 18 songs, and they plan to keep writing and recording until they play the first five dates of the Vans Warped Tour, which begins June 25 in Houston. The still-untitled album is expected to drop in September. Source: mtv.com I can not wait until this album comes out!
I like them the way they are. I hope they won't change too much. And its not like they didn't have serious and emotional songs on TYATH.
I do think they should change but like you said, I hope they don't change too much. The article above looks promising. I think their new album will be a step up for them. The only thing I hope they do is stay away from poppy songs like Lifestyles and Girls and Boys had. Good Charlotte can do better than that. Hopefully their so-called new "attitude" will work for them.
I'm excited. If their songwriting improves as much as it did between their first two albums, this will ####### rock.
Sounds good to me. I've been really anticipating this new album, let's hope [like some have already said] that, GC's change'll be a good thing, like Blink 182!
Personally, i didnt think Good Charlotte needed changing, but if they can manage to pull off what Blink have done, then it should be a great album
Of course they won't. The lyrics aren't going to be deep, they'll probably be more like Linkin Park and Staind than anything. I would love to see the day that Good Charlotte wrote some complex, hard-to-understand lyrics. What improvement? Look at the label they are on, even if they wanted to make music that showed they had talent, the record company wouldn't let them do it. They will make sure they get as much money out of the Good Charlotte sound as possible.