Biography
Benji Madden is an American musician, businessman, guitarist and back-vocalist Rock band Good Charlotte. Despite the creative gift and entrepreneurial talent, the world community Benji is more famous as a spouse of the charming Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz.Childhood and youth
Benji was born on March 11, 1979 in the small town of Waldorf, Maryland. Brought up in an ordinary family. Parents - Roger Combs and Robin Madden - representatives of the working class. The boy has a twin brother Joel, Senior Brother Josh and younger sister Sarah.
At birth, the artist received the name Benjamin Levi Combs. But when the musician was 16 years old, the father left the house, and Benji took the name of the mother. With the departure of the breadwinner in the biography of the back-vocalist, a difficult period began, there was not enough money, the mother did not work out to provide themselves and 4 children.
Benji had to leave their studies and go to work. One day, the twins fell to the concert Beastie Boys, after which they decided to organize their own team. The group was called The Benji, Joeland Brian Band. Neither the name nor the project existed for a long time, but the guys were able to attract attention.
Good Charlotte
Soon school comrades joined them, and a new punk rock band Good Charlotte was formed. In 1996, the Bassist Paul Thomas entered the collective, and a little later - the drummer Eron Escolopio. It is noteworthy that the brothers had neither musical education, nor even the skills of playing guitar, therefore they studied everything in the course of the matter.In 1999, the team gave the first concerts in local clubs, fans began to appear in artists. Later, Good Charlotte performed on the heating of Blink-182 and Lit in touring tours.
In the 2000th, the debut album of Good Charlotte was released, but, by their regret, the disc managers did not occupit the disk. Of course, the guys did not stop it.
Two years later, The Young and The Hopeless plate came out, which helped the team to get to the tops of the charts and strengthen in pop punk community. Benji and other participants began to invite to television shows, and the faces of the artists appeared on the cover of the legendary edition of the Rolling Stone. Young musicians could only dream about it.
The next disc, The Chronicles Of Life and Death, saw the light in 2004, again becoming platinum. But reviews of critics and fans turned out to be ambiguous. The music of the new album was very different from the previous works of the group. Fans waited for incendiary songs, and received lyrical and sad compositions.
In 2011, punk rockers announced a pause in creativity. The 6th record of the record, Youth Authority, came out only in 2016. After such a long break, Good Charlotte did not lose the initial sound. In a couple of years, the Generation RX collection came out.
It is worth noting that during the existence of the team only Benji and his brother Joel remained permanent participants in the group. The rest of the musicians changed constantly.
Other projects
Benji is a personality versatile, who has time to try forces in different directions. No exception and cinema. Madden has repeatedly appeared on the screen. For example, in 2001, with his colleagues, the Nestheskoy Cinema Comedy appeared in the episode.
The Madden brothers business projects include a fashionable DCMA Collective brand. Benji and used to be taken for his own clothing line, but she did not succeed.
Although the main brainchild of Gemini - Good Charlotte, in 2011 the brothers began to develop a separate pop rock team The Madden Brothers. Created as part of the WE ARE DONE track received a hits status. In an interview with Benji argued that the song is intended to support people in a desire to openly express opinions.
In 2017, Madden began a new project - Veeps. Player for online broadcasts came as not possible in 2020. While other stars suffered losses due to restrictive measures caused by Pandemic COVID-19, Benji and Joel successfully developed business.
Personal life
Madden never remained without female attention. Choosing the chosen and successful. In 2006, the musician met with the Australian singer and model Sophie Monk. Roman lasted two years. Lovers were even engaged, but in 2008 they broke up by mutual agreement.But soon in the personal life of Benji appeared inimitable Paris Hilton. Fans immediately began to burst the mowing wedding. Some fans believed that celebrities were secretly engaged, since Madden and Hilton had rings with the initials of each other on the nameless fingers. However, the union broke up in 10 months. As the causes of the rupture, journalists called excessive jealousy of a guitarist, "did not compare the characters" and "too different".
After a break from Paris, there were rumors about Madden's novel with a rapid singer and actress Miley Cyrus, but there was no official confirmation. In addition, Benji consisted of relations with Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian and a burlesque star Diet TIZ background.
But Madden forgot about the careless adventures in 2014, when he began to meet with Hollywood beauty Cameron Diaz. On the eve of Christmas, artists announced the engagement.
When the first photos, shot paparazzi appeared on the network, and rumors about the novel, fans were surprised. Fans were expressed that the chosen was not suitable for each other. Not only is Benji under Diaz for 6 years, so also below the beloved. The growth of the musician is 168 cm, while the actress is 174 cm. But the pair did not embarrass the difference either at the age, nor in centimeters.
Wedding took place on January 5, 2015. Benji and Cameron decided to abandon the lush wedding, the celebration in Jewish traditions passed in the mansion of Diaz in Beverly Hills. According to this case, celebrities invited close friends: Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Drew Barrymore and Brother Groom Joel and his wife Nicole Richie.
Immediately after the wedding, Diaz publicly marked the position about the children - she did not plan to give birth. But at the end of 2019, a small daughter appeared in the family, which parents called Raddix Chloe Wildflower. About the origin appeared different rumors. According to one of the versions, parents used the services of a surrogate mother.
Anyway, Cameron decided to finish a brilliant career and devote himself to raising her daughter and, as herself admitted, guilt. The musician continued to engage in art and business. Benji has an instagram account, but new posts indulge the fans not often.
Benji Madden now
Now Benji is a professional who is respected in the world of music, listen to whose opinion. So, in June 2021, the twin brothers gave an expert interview with Rolling Stone. Madden was told about the development of VEEPs and shared forecasts for the future.
Discography
- 2000 - Good Charlotte
- 2002 - The Young and the Hopeless
- 2004 - The Chronicles Of Life and Death
- 2007 - Good Morning Revival
- 2010 - Cardiology
- 2016 - Youth Authority