“You're just these kids from a small town. You get a record deal, and everything just goes so fast. In the span of five albums... in a way, the band that you started in your bedroom, or your basement or your garage, kind of becomes not your band anymore. It becomes something bigger than you could have known. No one really prepares you.”

American musician

Benjamin Levi Madden is an American musician known for his work as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band Good Charlotte and for the pop rock project the Madden Brothers. He was born in 1979. He formed both acts with his twin brother, Joel Madden. The two also served as coaches on The Voice Australia from 2015 to 2016. His public profile is closely tied to guitar-driven pop rock and to the collaborations he has built with his brother.