STACK #141 Jul 2016

MUSIC FEATURE

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WIN THE COLOURING BOOK FROM 40 OZ. DREAM T he lyric clip for Youth Authority 's first single 40 Oz. Dream features a pretty brilliant colouring book; there's a drawing for each line of the song, including the boys in 2003 (giant spiky hair, dripping mascara), Snoop and Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, the MTV moon man, and a Californian bear throwing a shaka.We have some mini versions of the exact book in the video to give away to you GC fans – but you'll need to crack out the Derwents to win.Visit our comps page at stack.net. au/competitions, where we've provided you with a special colouring-in page. Download, print, do your best shading, and follow the directions to submit!

The whole motive behind the record was very personal

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shimmering strings in Stick To Your Guns Interlude , or oblique puns and references to past albums (listen closely to the lyrics in The Outfield ). “I think if you listen

greatest experiences of my life, it’s been a real thrill. Now we’re older, we’ve just

come to a better understanding of how to be more effective. It’s actually a real healing experience too,

back to any Good Charlotte record, for me, those are the little details that set our records apart,” says Benji. “If you listen to the intro on The Young And The Hopeless , or the intros or outros on Chronicles and even on Cardiology or Good Morning Revival , we always have these little elements… there’s little hidden gems in there. Little bits of information, little messages. I feel like every time we make a record, I get an opportunity to be creative. It’s my favourite part, to add those little details and just be in the studio for hours and hours.” And if you listen carefully for those messages, we promise you’ll be rewarded.

making us fall in love with music all over again.” And herein lies the point of the new album: to re-discover what it was about Good Charlotte that so excited these young men when they began playing punk rock together in Maryland in 1996. “We just wanted to make Good Charlotte feel special for us again,” Benji says simply. “The whole motive behind the record was very personal. We felt like if we did that, the fans would connect to it – they would appreciate the fact that it was real to us.” Part of recapturing that spirit was the tiny things; the glinting chimes and

PHARRELL'S TEARS You may have seen the recent clip of producer Pharrell Williams losing his composure while listening to an original composition by a student at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Benji reckons this and other instances of artists taking a serious interest is not a new phenomenon; it's not that artists have become more charitable, but that it’s more visible. “I think you’re seeing it more because [of the] internet. Artists are naturally giving – they want to help each other, it’s always been a trend. I think now the business is evolving. Artists are saying ‘Okay, all these labels, all these guys who’ve controlled this whole thing forever? We’re going to take some of the power back, and we’re going to stick together.’”

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