Artist Friendly with Joel Madden

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by 24kGoldn. 24kGoldn became a huge name after going viral on TikTok with “VALENTINO” in 2019. Since blowing up, the rapper has worked with several heavyweights, including Quavo, Mötley Crüe’s Tommy Lee, and Future (the latter of whom appeared on his debut album, 2021’s El Dorado). This year only got bigger, as 24kGoldn shared his in...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Ryan Ashley. Though Ashley dreamed of becoming a tattoo artist as a teenager, she didn’t think it was realistic and became a fashion designer instead. Specializing in beads and lace, she ultimately used that eye for detail and deep understanding of tattoo culture to win Ink Master season 8 in 2016. Since winning in 2016, she’s gon...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Atiba Jefferson. Jefferson is a storied photographer within punk and alternative spaces. From his work in the revered skateboarding magazine Thrasher and being a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Lakers to shooting AP’s WILLOW cover in 2021, Jefferson embodies the culture. “I am still always inspired by so much new skateboard...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by DPR IAN. Christian Yu began making music under the moniker DPR IAN in late 2015 as one of the founding members of Seoul’s DPR (“Dream Perfect Regime”) collective, which creates, directs, produces, and edits various multimedia projects for its roster. Having put out two EPs in the last couple of years, DPR IAN has transformed into...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Chris Daughtry. After releasing their Shock to the System (Part One) EP and spending time on the road this year, Daughtry will support Disturbed on the 25th anniversary tour of The Sickness in 2025. In a lengthy conversation with Madden, Grammy-nominated frontman Chris Daughtry explores the importance of having a clear creative vi...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Dexter Holland of The Offspring. The Offspring have been kicking around for four decades, but the band are celebrating a major milestone this year — the 30th anniversary of their mainstream triumph Smash, which remains the biggest-selling rock album released on an indie label. In a similar vein as Dookie, punk purists disregarded...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Claudio Sanchez of Coheed and Cambria. As the frontman for Coheed and Cambria, Sanchez has mapped out entire worlds through intricate concept albums. That craftsmanship has spilled into his own comic series, The Amory Wars, which has acted as a companion to most of the band’s catalog. Beginning this week, Coheed will embark on a s...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Jay Pharoah. As an actor, comedian, and impressionist, Pharoah is best known for his six-year run on Saturday Night Live, where he portrayed celebrities from Barack Obama to André 3000. After leaving the show in 2016, he went on to expand his acting CV, including playing Shawn in the hit horror-comedy The Blackening, appearing on ...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Jax. Whether she’s critiquing Victoria’s Secret in hit pop songs, crafting TikTok clips with Paris Hilton, or posting viral parodies of “Stacy’s Mom,” Jax imbues comedy into everything she touches. Brought up by musical theater, Jax has parlayed her time onstage into countless funny songs (and even some famous covers) that generat...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Reggie Watts. Watts is an experimental comedian and musician whose improvised sets are created using just his voice, a keyboard, and a looping machine. Whether he’s beatboxing, pulling off deft impersonations, or switching into different languages, Watts takes pleasure in confusing everyone around him, never performing the same sh...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by HARDY. Growing up in the small town of Philadelphia, Mississippi, HARDY was introduced to heavy music in high school. Soon, he fell in love with nü metal and metalcore, including System of a Down, Linkin Park, and August Burns Red. It’s all culminated in an overlap of country and hardcore within his own music, where HARDY has scra...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Lainey Wilson. Over the past decade, Wilson has blossomed into a bonafide country star. The Southern-bred singer has written tracks with Luke Combs, made her acting debut in Yellowstone (as well as had her songs featured on its soundtrack), and devised her own genre, “bell bottom country.” The sound combines Southern rock, soul, a...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Morgan Lander of Kittie. Kittie formed in London, Ontario during the late ’90s when the Lander sisters — Morgan and Mercedes — were teenagers. Near the turn of the millennium, the band unleashed their debut album, Spit, which explored hate, ignorance, and misogyny — and grew into their biggest-selling album. Earlier this year, Kit...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Jakob Nowell of Sublime. After disbanding in 1996, Long Beach ska veterans Sublime reunited at this year’s Coachella — with Nowell filling in for his late father, Bradley. Between honoring his father’s legacy and creating his own futuristic songs as Jakobs Castle, Nowell has proved that he’s a talented musician who’s determined to...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Rory Rodriguez of Dayseeker. The Orange County post-hardcore unit are spending the rest of the year on the road, having just completed a short run overseas. In the fall, they’ll pick back up with their world tour, launching Sept. 27 in Dallas. The band also revealed that they’ve been in the studio working on new music, which will...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Shaggy 2 Dope of Insane Clown Posse. Given that Violent J sat down with Madden last summer, it’s fitting that the other half of the Detroit horrorcore outfit joins the series — just in time to talk about Gathering of the Juggalos. Beginning in 2000, the annual festival acts like a modern-day Woodstock, bringing together a communit...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by 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 tracks like “Welcome...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Cullen Moore of Sleep Theory. Sleep Theory have experienced an abrupt rise over the past year, earning viral acclaim on TikTok (their clip of “Another Way” accrued half a million views within 36 hours), signing to Epitaph, and later sharing stages with Beartooth and I Prevail. It’s a sign of bigger things to come for the Memphis-b...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind. Third Eye Blind are in the midst of their Summer Gods tour with Yellowcard and A R I Z O N A, both of which grew up listening to the ’90s vets. The band are playing nearly 20 songs from their wide-spanning catalog nightly, including perennial favorites “Jumper,” “Never Let You Go,” and “Semi-Cha...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Ian Shelton of Militarie Gun. Though Militarie Gun are only a year removed from their buzzy debut album, Life Under the Gun, they’ve essentially been touring nonstop — first on their own headliner and then opening dates for A Day to Remember this past June. It’s a mentality that defines the band — always moving, looking forward, a...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by G Flip. G Flip recently wrapped a lengthy run across North America and the U.K. in support of their latest album, Drummer, including a stop at the final day of Governors Ball in NYC. The appropriately titled album, which came out last summer, is a love letter to the instrument that made them fall in love with music — while also se...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Grace Potter. Potter is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter whose bluesy approach takes inspiration from the ’60s and ’70s, when singers like Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin reigned. Last year, she released her fifth studio album, Mother Road, which was produced by her husband Eric Valentine. Recorded across Nashville, Topanga,...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Darius Rucker. With Hootie & the Blowfish, Rucker has lived an unexpected life by turning a college party band into a fruitful, chart-smashing career. Over the years, though, his Southern upbringing in Charleston, South Carolina called, leading him to ride out to Nashville and land a record deal as a country artist. It’s given him...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by 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 YouTube channel, and...

On this week's episode of Artist Friendly, Joel Madden is joined by Jon Foreman of Switchfoot. The early aughts band rang in a big milestone last year with the 20th anniversary of The Beautiful Letdown. They celebrated by curating a special deluxe edition, featuring newly recorded tracks from fans of the band — including the Jonas Brothers, twenty one pilots’ Tyler Joseph, and Owl City, to name a...