Artist Friendly with Joel Madden
On Artist Friendly, Good Charlotte’s Joel Madden gets real with today's breakthrough artists. From chart-toppers to rising stars, guests spill the untold stories behind their success: the pivotal moments, crushing failures, and insider moves that made all the difference. Drawing on his experience as artist, performer and founder, Joel digs deeper than the surface. This isn't just interviews — it's a masterclass in creative survival from those who've lived it. Head over to Veeps to watch the latest episode!
Episodes
July 30, 2025 • 31 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Zac Brown.
The Zac Brown Band have been a torchbearer within Southern music, bringing their wide-ranging blend of country, pop, rock, and soul to thousands.
Led by Zac Brown, they’ve only continued to challenge themselves through the years, expanding their sound through thoughtful, unexpected collaborations and covers.
In a conversation with Joel, the three-ti...
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July 30, 2025 • 30 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Zac Brown.
The Zac Brown Band have been a torchbearer within Southern music, bringing their wide-ranging blend of country, pop, rock, and soul to thousands.
Led by Zac Brown, they’ve only continued to challenge themselves through the years, expanding their sound through thoughtful, unexpected collaborations and covers.
In a conversation with Joel, the ...
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July 23, 2025 • 20 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is bringing you an encore episode of his conversation with Brent Smith of Shinedown.
For the past couple of decades, Shinedown have been relentless in their mission, channeling pain, addiction, and the power to overcome into seven studio albums and countless shows.
During the pandemic, they cracked the mainstream, subverting their hard-rock roots with the viral piano ball...
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July 23, 2025 • 32 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is bringing you an encore episode of his conversation with Brent Smith of Shinedown.
For the past couple of decades, Shinedown have been relentless in their mission, channeling pain, addiction, and the power to overcome into seven studio albums and countless shows.
During the pandemic, they cracked the mainstream, subverting their hard-rock roots with the viral piano ball...
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July 23, 2025 • 29 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is bringing you an encore episode of his conversation with Brent Smith of Shinedown.
For the past couple of decades, Shinedown have been relentless in their mission, channeling pain, addiction, and the power to overcome into seven studio albums and countless shows.
During the pandemic, they cracked the mainstream, subverting their hard-rock roots with the viral piano ballad...
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July 16, 2025 • 25 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Paul Stanley of KISS.
Wicked Lester — an early ’70s band that Stanley formed with Gene Simmons — only performed a handful of times and failed to release an album, but planted the seed for a massively recognizable group in rock history.
Through KISS, Stanley created his inimitable “Starchild” persona, a character who embodied glitz, romance, and sensuality thro...
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July 16, 2025 • 31 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Paul Stanley of KISS.
Wicked Lester — an early ’70s band that Stanley formed with Gene Simmons — only performed a handful of times and failed to release an album, but planted the seed for a massively recognizable group in rock history.
Through KISS, Stanley created his inimitable “Starchild” persona, a character who embodied glitz, romance, and sensuality throug...
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July 9, 2025 • 28 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is bringing you an encore episode of his conversation with Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan.
Simple Plan grew from pop-punk underdogs to genre heroes over the course of six studio albums.
In addition to racking up collabs with members of blink-182, Sum 41, and Weezer, the Canadian vets have played on over a dozen Warped Tours and created pop-punk essentials through early t...
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July 9, 2025 • 25 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is bringing you an encore episode of his conversation with Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan.
Simple Plan grew from pop-punk underdogs to genre heroes over the course of six studio albums.
In addition to racking up collabs with members of blink-182, Sum 41, and Weezer, the Canadian vets have played on over a dozen Warped Tours and created pop-punk essentials through early track...
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July 2, 2025 • 38 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Benji Madden of Good Charlotte.
Last week, Good Charlotte announced their long-anticipated return with Motel Du Cap, which the band celebrated with a late-night appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform lead single “Rejects.”
As part of their first album since 2018, the song teases a promising new chapter — one inspired by Good Charlotte performing at Hotel du...
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June 18, 2025 • 81 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Sarah Barthel of Phantogram.
Phantogram’s fifth studio album, Memory of a Day, hinges on nostalgia, compiled with the idea that certain sounds can send you back in time while simultaneously employing the kind of crisp production and hard-hitting beats that makes them sound from the future.
Since its release last year, the electronic-rock duo have stayed busy, ...
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June 17, 2025 • 72 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Josh Carter of Phantogram.
Since their formation in the late 2000s, Phantogram have always created the music that they wanted to hear, drawing from Outkast as freely as My Bloody Valentine.
Their fifth studio album, 2024’s Memory of a Day, is no different, offering up dusky psychedelia, floor-filling beats, and a potent chemistry between two longtime friends whi...
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June 11, 2025 • 71 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Brandon Lake.
Though Lake learned to play guitar from his father when he was younger, he didn’t put out his first album, Closer, until 2016 — gathering the financing through crowdfunding and releasing it independently.
Since then, the worship music singer has gone on to make several other records, racking up several Grammy wins along the way, and will share hi...
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June 4, 2025 • 85 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is bringing you an encore episode of his conversation with Trixie Mattel.
Since winning RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2015, Mattel has blossomed into a formidable drag superstar, which makes her the perfect person to kick off Pride Month.
Between creating subversive country albums (including team-ups with kindred spirit Orville Peck), uploading videos to her massively popular ...
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May 28, 2025 • 83 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Ben Kweller.
From his early days with neo-grunge band Radish to an impressive solo career, Kweller has constantly been shaped by music — and laid his heart bare in his songwriting.
That’s never been truer on his latest album, Cover the Mirrors, a striking reckoning with grief after Kweller lost his 16-year-old son Dorian Zev Kweller in a car accident.
In a con...
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May 21, 2025 • 89 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by AFROJACK.
A decade-and-a-half ago, AFROJACK rocketed to the mainstream for his alluring blend of EDM, house, and pop — a classic sound he recently returned to with his March single “Never Forget You.”
Since then, he’s created a legacy that includes massive hits (“Give Me Everything,” “Take Over Control”), distinguished collaborations, and Coachella performances....
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May 14, 2025 • 77 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by nothing,nowhere.
Back in 2015, nothing,nowhere. (aka Joe Mulherin) quickly earned a devout following within the emo and hip-hop underground when he self-released The Nothing,Nowhere LP — a debut filled with grief, anxiety, and bruised experimentalism.
He’s currently observing that milestone with The Return of the Reaper: A Decade of Darkness throughout the rest ...
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May 7, 2025 • 87 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath.
For Underoath, the past year has been one of reflection and evolution, as they marked the 20th anniversary of their 2004 genre-defining album, They’re Only Chasing Safety, with a North American tour, while also looking ahead with the release of their 10th studio album, The Place After This One.
In a conversation with Madden, Cham...
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April 30, 2025 • 66 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Alessia Cara.
Cara made an exceptional introduction with 2015’s “Here,” a sultry anthem dedicated to introverts who feel lost at house parties.
Since then, she’s racked up billions of streams and bagged a Grammy for Best New Artist, becoming the first Canadian musician to earn the award.
This past Valentine’s Day, Cara returned with her fourth studio album, Lo...
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April 23, 2025 • 71 mins
On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Wiz Khalifa.
Between writing smoked-out anthems, criticizing weed stereotypes, and releasing his own Khalifa Kush, the Pittsburgh-bred MC has long been tied to stoner culture.
Now, Wiz has returned to his roots by releasing the sequel to his 2010 mixtape, Kush & Orange Juice, which takes the songs to a higher level by tapping new producers and a bevy of friends ...
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