Good Charlotte

Having a little sister means that you can warrant doing many things in her name. Going out of my way to see Good Charlotte at the Brixton Academy last night to take her was definitely one of these things.

Pop punk, which is undoubtedly my favourite genre of music following hardcore, is a terribly guilty pleasure of mine. It reminds me of summer and good times. While my love for Good Charlotte does not exceed my love for New Found Glory, they are pretty high up there. And free tickets when i have nothing better to do on a Sat night? Yes PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

The crowd was comprised of a mixture of people which came as a great shock. As with any pop punk show, there were many young children with their parents. But there was a surprising amount of people in their mid-late 20s, people in the late 30s and as icing on the cake, many goths.

There was also an astounding amount of bad tattoos. Spotted in the crowd was a girl in her mid-20s with "MADE" tattooed on the back of her neck, a girl that couldnt have been older than 15 with the lyrics to "Hold On" in scripture on her arm, and my personal favourite, the girl whos picture was taken sneakily with the "My Chemical Romance" tattoo on her back. When she is in her 20s, she is going to regret that one terribly. But hey, at least its small enough to be covered up.

The band themselves were pretty good. Joel spoke possibly a bit too much between songs, gushing about his new baby daughter and how in love he is, as well as the usual "we wouldn't be here without you guys" schpeel. They played all their hits, the highlight being "girls and boys" and ended with what felt like a 20 mins speech about how the band could still play "lifestyles of the rich and the famous" because it didn't matter what the press thought as they didnt pander to them. The song still contained a certain amount of irony considering both Joel and Benji are currently involved with two of LAs biggest socialites.

All in all a good night. Sorry about the crappy phone pictures.