Benji Madden
- Producer
- Actor
- Music Department
Benji Madden was born Benjamin Levi Combs on March 11, 1979, in Waldorf, Maryland, to Robin Marie Madden and Roger Paul Combs. His father left the family
when he was 16, so he changed his
last name from "Combs" to his mother's maiden name. After his
father left, Benji's mother raised him and his three siblings alone. Obviously that caused a lot of financial problems leading to
the eviction from their home. Benji first started playing the guitar at
16. Before that, though, he and his younger twin brother went to a
Beastie Boys concert and decided that they
wanted to start a band. When they graduated in 1997, his mother gave
him and Joel a pair of airline tickets to California to go to a club
where all the good punk rock bands actually started. When they got
back, they were more determined than ever. They teamed up with two
school friends and Billy - and
Good Charlotte was born.
