an open letter

[dreamtrance]

To: the "former fans" who feel that everything in your life is so horrible because of being a Good Charlotte fan and you're 'so glad' to not be a fan anymore.

Good Charlotte is a group of 5 guys who make music. period. They're human just like you and me.

They make the music they want to and whether or not you like the music is up to you. No one forces you to listen. No one makes you buy the albums or go to the concerts. It's purely your choice.

They have never claimed to be "punk" or "rock" or "pop" or what-the-fuck ever else you want to call them. The music is the music, take it for what it is. It doesnt have to be stuck in a genre unless you're stocking shelves at FYE.

They don't determine whats "hip" or "popular" or "trendy". They don't tell you how to dress, how to act or how to live your life.

I promise you they really don't care if you wear a MADE shirt to school on a Tuesday or Level 27 on Friday.

They have more than once thanked the fans for their support and have never said anything to the contrary. Just because your sister's boyfriend's former roommate "met" Joel and he was a little cranky doesn't mean "Oh Em Gee they hAtE There FAnZ!" The boy may have had heartburn.

So before you go blaming Good Charlotte for everything that is "so wrong" in your life and calling us all "un-original" for being fans, take a look in the mirror, do your english homework and get over yourself.

oh yeah, and having piercings and dyed hair does not mean you're trying to be 25. Take it from a 25 year old, if we have real jobs we can't do that shit.

And just for the record, being a Joel and Benji fan does not mean I expect to marry one of them. I'm happily engaged thank you.

From: me. the boring 25 year old who happens to be a fan of Good Charlotte.

Comments

[mmcfan4life.livejournal.com]

wow, I really like what you said about GC. *applauds you* :)

[tonguemastaofjc.livejournal.com]

That was a great letter..

I don't care how much GC changes now & in the years to come.. THEY'll still be right w/me!!!

[kanjikidd.livejournal.com]

Rock the hell on!

And just to clear things up, no I don't think I'm going to marry Benji...he's my babydaddy! ;D

[singswithmicoff.livejournal.com]

A fucking hem. I really hate people and how they diss on bands and shit for stupid reasons. And oh no, *insert band member name here* was having a bad day when you or someone else met them. *rolls eyes* I got jerked over by Chris Kirkpatrick once and I didn't doubt that as a whole the group cared about the fans...Right so I'm rambling. But nicely done. People need to die or something

[dpfreak.livejournal.com]

Uh oh. Some fans bothering you???

Being an older fan, this sort of behavior from some fans has always bothered me. it should always be about the music. Period. :)

[shaibitch.livejournal.com]

BRAVO, and I think that really applies to almost all celebrities. Very well put.

oh yeah, and having piercings and dyed hair does not mean you're trying to be 25. Take it from a 25 year old, if we have real jobs we can't do that shit.

I really wish we could, I'd work at Hot Topic just to do it except that all of the people that work there in the four stores I shop at anoy me to no end and they pay shit.

Thankfully Best Buy lets me do my hair blue and hasn't said much about the tongue ring

[ephemera.livejournal.com]

although some of us are still stealth-freaks in the professional workplace ;p [corp-goth an 28] - otherwise - hear you.

[wonderdawg.livejournal.com]

[big giant squeezing hug]

I know where you're coming from and I wholeheartedly agree.

Except for the part that you're boring. Which you're totally not. You're spunky, outgoing, funny, and that's why I love you so much!

People just need to get over themselves. Ugh.

[snowjag.livejournal.com]

nice post

[fel-fellis.livejournal.com]

hey i found ur journal randomly and i just wanna say that i so agree with you!but no matter how many times you say it, you'll still get fuckwits who wont listen