Name: Joel Ryan Rueben Madden
Birthdate: March 11, 1979  (Benji and Joel are twin brothers)
Hometown: Waldorf, Maryland
Height:5'9"                                                                                                                                                   Position in Band: Lead Vocals
Eye Color: Brown
Present Hair Color: Black
Status:Whoknows                                                                                                                                       Clothing: Diesel, Dickies, Docs, studded jewelery, and belts, t-shirts,eastcoast clothing, evolve clothing, boxers (sometimes boxer briefs)
Pets: Cash (the #1 stunner)
Food: Cookies (snicker doodles), and anything home cooked
Color: Baby blue an Black
Movie: Any Star Wars and Trainspotting
T.V. Show: The Simpsons, Martin, Southpark, and Seinfield
Cereal: Cinnamon Life
Star Wars: Episode 1
Famous Chick: Natalie Portman
Holiday: Christmas
Restaurant: Rubio's (on the West Coast) Acme (in Napptown)
Rapper: Tupac (the greatest of all time)
Person In History: Elvis, or James Dean
Ice Cream: Mint chocolate cookie
Super Hero: Spiderman
 

Other Things I Love: Anything starwars, going to the movies by myself, cooking, toys, sushi, girls, spiked hair, piercings, tattoos, the east coast, the west coast, clean socks, jewelery, getting mail, shopping malls, veggie burgers,

Things I Don't Love: Waking up, wasabi, rainy days, humidity, every math teacher I've ever had, manual labor, 6th & main, bitter ex-football players

Musical Influences: The Smiths, The Cure, Beastie Boys, Weezer, Cash Money Millionaires, Green Day, Goldfinger, MxPx, Social Distortion, Depeche Mode, The Lemonheads, Ben Lee, The Clash, Jimmies Chicken Shack, Tupac, Fiona Apple, Bjork, Everclear, Nirvana

Favorite Part Of Being In GC: Our fans are always really cool and interesting people, and travelling around the country, and hopefully the world, meeting them is awesome. Especially with my bros.........

Hobbies: I love collecting Mcfarlend action figures, and many other toy action figures, I also collect crucifixes, I like to read, and I love hanging out with my family and my dog Cash.......

Last Words?: I would like to say thanx to everyone who's checked out our website, bought our album, or come to our shows, your support means the world to us, and we really do appreciate everything. We're doing our best to represent you all, thanx. See you at the show!