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Camille Panetta

WHAT IS MY FAVORITE BAND YOU ASK ME? It really comes down to two albums. It would be sinister to just pick one. But I have to pick so here's the story. When I we moved to Virginia in the middle of sixth grade, I started really listening to GOOD CHARLOTTE'S SELF TITLED ALBUM Which my mom gave to me in third grade to steer me away from pop. As soon as Joel Madden said “This is to everyone who got picked last in gym class, to every one who never had a date to no school dance, to every one who's ever been called a freak, this is for you” I was hooked. It was like he was singing to me, for me. Like he knew my life. I felt a huge connection. It really changed me forever. Including the fact that from that point on I liked boys with eyeliner and piercings. I blame Benji Madden for that. Man, I loved that bad boy/rebel look.

I never had the right friends in middle school so I turned to music when I was lonely, which was a lot of the time. This album helped me stay strong when things got bad. Little Things became my anthem. Good Charlotte didn't write songs, they wrote anthems. Their songs were catchy but had really meaningful, inspiring lyrics. The lyrics spoke to me in a way no other band had. From Waldworf Worldwide telling me it will be alright to Festival Song singing about not letting people control your life. It all shaped me in to the person I am now. The girl who's not so shy any more and is more true to herself then she was before.

If I had not put that record in my Cd player I would have never found all the bands I know today. I owe them so much. I started writing lyrics. They were in the same format as GC's songs. I tried to put my feelings in to the song and tell a story the way they did. I could never get it quite right they had a special talent. A song that told a story that wasn't a country song, it was good stuff. A catchy song that had a punk rock edge. That's what I wanted but songs that had more edge. All of this added up is what makes Good Charlotte an amazing album.

After you check out Good Charlotte, make sure to pick up Black Angels new album, Bands That Don't Exist, out now on Hellcat Records