If Joel Madden – leader of Good Charlotte, co-owner of management company MDDN, and music industry mentor – ever fancied a change of career, he’d make a wonderful life coach. Within five minutes of Kerrang!’s catch-up with the 40-year-old mogul, Joel has already happily preached about the importance of “getting back up every time you fall”, “believing in yourself”, and “keeping your head down and working hard”. It’s an attitude that has followed Joel throughout his life – from co-founding Good Charlotte back in 1995 with his twin brother Benji, right up to 2018’s Generation Rx album (the band’s seventh full-length overall, and second since returning from a four-year hiatus in 2015). “For the most part, we don’t advertise our failures. We just try to build on our successes,” the f...
