Friday, June 17, 2005

just testing these moving photos
Sneaking Into A Concert Benji: So you wanna go to a concert but it's sold out and its the last concert on the tour....then you just have to sneak in! Don't buy those overpriced scalper tickets...no no no...I would say just try to think of the best way...depending on the size of the venue...uh.. Joel : The keys to sneaking in...sneaking into a show and getting ya know backstage or wherever you wanna be really but ...sneaking in is pretty easy. Benji: Theres always the Kinko's fake laminant.. Joel: Basically.. A lot of security guards won't even look that close. Benji: Now you guys go to Kinko's and cut it into about twooooooo and a half by 5, 4-5 inches... Joel: Something like that... Benji: And uh ya know the best way to go about this is making some with the band you're goin' to see, getting their logo, cut it out on a piece of paper and make about three or four of these and hang em from your belt Joel: So it looks like you gotta bunch of em, like you're an old pro... Benji: Old pro...I would say wear, wear all black, don't be too bright and colorful, don't wear the bands t-shirt and just walk by dont even say anything just say you're in the openin' band or something.. Joel: Yeah when you're, when you're entering the arena or wherever the band is playing just walk straight on by the security dont say anything and if they stop you just flash your laminate up and just keep walking Benji: Like you're in a hurry... Joel: Like you're in a hurry...like you got somewhere to go.. Benji: Alright that should probably work if not...get back to us.. Interview with 'Bliss' When Good Charlotte's Joel and Benji Madden were 16, their dad walked out leaving them so poor they were evicted from their home and their mom had to move into a neighbors shed. They've had friends commit suicide and suffered at the hands of bullies, they've been to the bottom and they write songs for people who may still be down there. And that's what makes Joel, Benji, Chris, Billy and Paul such inspirationl role models to their illions of fans. 'Bliss' met up with them to talk about what a lonely and angry place growing up can be... What was the hardest thing about you school years? Joel: "Everything about being a teenager sucks - you can't do what you want. High School, sucked I hated myself, I hated everyone else, too. I really believed that they can be the hardest years of your life." Did you have a rebellious streak school? Joel: "I got suspended for taking a gun into school. This kid was giving me shit and I wanted to shoot him so I bought a gun from another kid in my neighbourhood and got caught." Whats your advice for people who are getting a hard time at school? Joel: "Don't take a gun to school, it's dumb." [Er, huge understatement! - Ed] Chris: "School's not real life, it's just a bunch of dumbass kids who don't take themselves too seriously." Billy: "People who are popular at High School will never be as popular again after high school. If you're not popular, don't worry, your time will come." One of your songs, 'Hold On', is about suicide- Did you have any personal experience of that? Joel: "We wrote it for our fans because a lot of them have thoughts about suicide. I knew lots of teenagers who killed themselves. I still wear a necklace for a friend of mine who committed suicide." Paul: "Our school was pretty messed up half of our class dropped out due to teen pregnancy. One girls baby died and she went to her daughters grave and killed herself. She left a note saying she'd committed suicide because she killed her baby. That was awful." Billy: "A girl in my year, that I'd known since I was about eight, jumped off bridge when none of the boys would dance with her at a school party. That started off a whole chain of kids killing themselves in my year, it's so sad." [I hope 'Bliss' readers know better than to get so down about a bunch of lame lads - Ed] Why does it happen? Joel: "'Cause there's pressure about everything - where you live, other kids being mean, what you look like...there's loads of stuff. It all builds up and they feel like there's no other escape." Billy: "And half the time, they have no one to turn to because parents aren't aware how depressed their kids are." Joel: "And teachers don't care either. All they're interested in is making sure the kids don't act up in class. And if kids do, they're just sent straight to detention because teachers don't want to have to deal with anyones problems." So what do you think the answer is then? Benji: "Talking about the problem if you can." Billy: "That's exactly why we made the 'Hold On' video, we thought some stupid parent might just catch it on MTV and think, 'I wonder if my kid is feeling like that?'" Joel: "Or maybe we can all just start being nicer to each other and listen to each others problems. If you're a bully, stop bullying other kids. If you give your younger brother or sister a hard time, stop it!" Any last words of advice on how to deal with the rubbish life throws at you?? Joel: "Just put your head down and drive through it-it's going to be OK at the other side."



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