Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte's combination of spiky hair, slick melodies and pristine production values is in fine form on their second release. In addition to the anthemic punk-pop hits you already know, such as "Lifestyle of the Rich & Famous," you'll hear some sensitive tearjerkers and plenty of monster riffs.

"We got nothin' to prove," good Charlotte declare on the finale of The Young and the
Hopeless, the Maryland punk-pop quartet's second album. But Benji and Joel, the identical
twins who co-founded Good Charlotte as teenagers, sometimes sound too desperate to
establish their punker-than-thou credentials. The us-against-them bravado of "The
Anthem," "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" and "The Young and the Hopeless" (... More >

Honest pop band presents its songs punk, and that makes some people so mad ("The Story of My Old Man," "Riot Girl") (Grade - ***)