Joel Madden
Template:Infobox musical artist 2 Joel Reuben Madden (born March 11, 1979) is the lead vocalist for the band Good Charlotte and identical twin brother of guitarist Benji Madden.
Early life
Born Joel Reuben Combs in Waldorf, Maryland, his father left on Christmas Eve when Madden was 15 years old. This increased financial problems for the family, causing Madden to take numerous odd jobs to help with the family finances. Madden has a twin brother named Benji (who is older by five minutes), an older brother named Josh, who is a DJ, and a younger sister, Sarah, who sings for the band Her Daily Obsession. He and his twin brother legally changed their last name from Combs, their father's last name, to Madden, their mother's maiden name.
Madden attended La Plata High School in La Plata, Maryland.
Personal life
Madden dated singer-actress Hilary Duff for 2 ½ years, but their relationship ended in mid-November 2006, supposedly due to their eight-year age difference (Duff was 19 at the time of the breakup, Madden was 27).[1] It was also reported that they had been stalked by two men. One an extreme Hilary Duff fan who planned to kill Joel (because he was in the way of Hilary and the fan becoming romantically linked) and then marry Hilary, and the other a celebrity photographer who assisted the fan in getting dangerously close to Hilary and Joel. In early December of 2006, it was reported that Madden is dating socialite Nicole Richie.