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Benjamin Levi Madden (born March 11, 1979) is the guitarist and backup vocalist of the band Good Charlotte. He has been engaged to Australian actress/singer Sophie Monk since December '06.

Early Life

Madden was born a middle class Irish-American family. He has an identical twin brother, Joel Madden, who sing lead in Good Charlotte. He has an older brother named Josh, and a younger sister named Sarah. Madden attended La Plata High School in La Plata, Maryland. When Madden was 16 years old his father left the family, causing financial hardship for the family. Madden took up various odd jobs as a teenager to help with the family's bills. While in his early 20s Madden changed his last name from Combs, his father's name, to his mother's maiden name, Madden.^[1]

Featurings

Goldfinger's, "January", from the Open Your Eyes album.
Rancid's, "Fall Back Down", music video.
Mest's, "Jaded (These Years)", from the Mest album.
Ben Lee's, "Sex Without Love", from the Ripe album.

External links

^ Hoard, Christian (April 9, 2003), "Young, Hopeless, Rich, and Famous", Rolling Stone{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[1] Hoard, Christian (April 9, 2003), "Young, Hopeless, Rich, and Famous", Rolling Stone{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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 '''Benjamin Levi Madden''' (born [[March 11]], [[1979]]) is the [[guitarist]] and [[backup vocals|backup vocalist]] of the band [[Good Charlotte]]. He has been engaged to [[Australia]]n actress/singer [[Sophie Monk]] since December '06.
-== Early life==
+==Early Life==
-Benjamin Levi Combs was born in [[Waldorf, Maryland]] and was born 5 minutes before his identical twin brother [[Joel Madden|Joel]]. Benji attended La Plata High School in [[La Plata, Maryland]]. Besides Joel, Benji also has an older brother named Josh, who is a [[DJ]], and a younger sister named Sarah who is also in a band, Her Daily Obsession. During his teens, he and his twin brother legally changed their names from their father's surname 'Combs' to their mother's maiden name 'Madden'.
+Madden was born a middle class Irish-American family. He has an identical twin brother, [[Joel Madden]], who sing lead in Good Charlotte. He has an older brother named Josh, and a younger sister named Sarah. Madden attended La Plata High School in La Plata, Maryland.
+When Madden was 16 years old his father left the family, causing financial hardship for the family. Madden took up various odd jobs as a teenager to help with the family's bills.
+While in his early 20s Madden changed his last name from Combs, his father's name, to his mother's maiden name, Madden.<ref>{{Citation| last =Hoard| first =Christian| title = Young, Hopeless, Rich, and Famous| magazine =Rolling Stone| year =2003| date =April 9, 2003| url =http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/good_charlotte_young_hopeless_rich_and_famous }}</ref>
-In an interview in an issue of [[Kerrang!]] magazine, Benji revealed he still had the band's van that they used to tour in when they first got signed{{Fact|date=August 2007}}. He has multiple religious tattoos all over his body in a tribute to his religion. As well as tattoos of artworks created by [[Mark Ryden]].
-Benji lives in [[Glendale, California]] along with his brother Joel, who lives on the same street. Benji appeared on ''[[MTV Cribs]]'' in 2007.
 ==Featurings==