Benji Madden Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Wiki & More

His father left the family when he was 16, so he changed his last name from "Combs" to his mother's maiden name. After his father left, Benji's mother raised him and his three siblings alone. Obviously, that caused a lot of financial problems leading to the eviction from their home.

 

Benji Madden first started playing guitar at 16. Before that, though, he and his younger twin brother went to a Beastie Boys concert and decided that they wanted to start a band. When they graduated in 1997, his mother gave him and Joel a pair of airline tickets to California to go to a club where all the good punk rock bands actually started. When they got back, they were more determined than ever. They teamed up with two school friends and Billy - and Good Charlotte was born.

 

He also has his own clothing company called DCMA. Kid Vicious was his nickname because his idol was Sid Vicious from The Sex Pistols. Has a matching stitch tattoo on his right hand that he got with his best friend, Tony Lovato, which means blood brothers for life. Also got a matching spider web tattoo on his left elbow that represents the friendship between them.