Benji Madden

Benjamin Levi "Benji" Madden (born March 11, 1979) is the guitarist and backup vocalist of the band Good Charlotte. His twin brother, Joel, is the band's lead vocalist. His father left the family on Christmas Eve when he was 15 years old. Benji was often blamed for Joel's misbehavior because he was known as a troublemaker. Benji and Joel also suffered alienation in school for being fans of punk rock. Benji is 5 minutes older than his brother, Joel. They have an older brother named Josh who helps run "Made", their clothing brand. Benji is also nicknamed Kid Vicious after Sid Vicious. He is a vegetarian along with his brother. Benji also often works with PETA to help support vegetarianism and animal rights. Benji has many piercings & tattoos and some of which are of Jesus and Mary from the Bible.

In 2004, Benji was on Punk'd with his brother Joel after they were both tricked by Ashton Kutcher for the incident when they saw Joel's Range Rover had crashed on top of a Volvo while being towed.

Quotes: "Benji Scum...say it slow"; "Call me a momma's boy, I don't care"

Benji's Tattoos

The left side of his neck: The Virgin Mary, and below it is written "Saved by Grace."

The right side of the neck: The agonizing Jesus, and below it is written "No Greater Love."

throat/front of neck: a heart with horns around it. Coming out of the heart are flames with a keyhole in the flames right over his voicebox.

On each side of his chest: The GC sparrows, and on each of them has the names of his siblings, not Joel.

Stomach: "PUNX" in 6-inch black letters.

left shoulder: "GC" in a circle with Irish flag colors.

upper left arm: a knife going through a set of brass knuckles with flames around it. "PUNX" and "Take It To The Streets" are tattooed beneath it, and "East Coast" tattooed above it. -a skull and crossbones, -a blue nautical star with "Joel" beneath it, -"Cash"

left elbow: -Spiderweb that he got with Tony from Mest, -"GC", -a skull and crossbones

lower left arm: -the last supper, -a dagger with 2 sparrows, -the world on fire, -a scroll with a text from Revelation 21:1: "and I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away.", - the number 21, - a blue hinge in his elbow

right shoulder: a crown and underneath it says "mom".

upper right arm: - a blue nautical star with "benjamin" tattooed beneath it, -an irish flag, -a bunny with a cross on it's chest, -what appears to be a wagon

right elbow: -a flower surrounding a skull.

lower right arm: -a graveyard with Jesus standing in it, holding a lamb. -a guy holding balloons, -alice from 'alice in wonderland'.

right leg: PxPx, the MxPx head logo, -Minor Threat sheep, -Rancid (as in the band), "NFG" (for New Found Glory) -GC (yet again).

right hand: a scar tattoo, in between his thumb and index finger, that he got with his friend, Brian, as signifying blood brothers.

On the outside of his right hand there are the letters "AMC." This stands for "American Murder Crew." It is something that he, Joel, and their group of friends from D.C. all have

Across his right knuckles he has M-A-D-E

Across his left knuckles he has M-A-N, and a horseshoe with stars on his pinky

On the right side of his chest he has a sparrow with "Sarah," his sister's name, underneath it

On the left side of his chest he has a sparrow with "Josh," the name of his brother, underneath it

External pages

• Benji Madden at Piccas (http://www.piccas.com/?Benji%20Madden) Interactive fansitepl:Benji Madden