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Busted - is the end nigh?

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? by Colin Roberts
Artists: Busted, Fightstar
Words: Colin Roberts
Posted: 23 Dec '04, 10:43
Charlie Simpson, the 'one with the eyebrows' from top pop-rock sensations and undisputed Record Of The Year title-holders Busted, came worryingly close to leaving the band on Saturday.

Between the mid-afternoon matinee performance (for Band Aid) and the evening performance at Wembley Arena, Charlie allegedly told the rest of the band he was to announce his departure live on stage, citing the idea of 'going out on top of their game' as his primary reason. He was only talked around by fellow bandmates James and Matt in an extended session of begging.

The show marked the end of a mind-blowing year for the threesome who have tried and indeed failed to crack the US market, sold millions of records and come out as raving Conservative Party supporters

The boys now have a three month break to enjoy, whilst Charlie's 'alternative' side-project Fightstar take to the road for a mini-tour in February, with the premise of an EP being released around that time as well.

DiScuss: Would you mourn the loss of Busted? Could McFly have a part to play in their downfall? Are we going to get the usual message board fracas following this article?

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Busted - is the end nigh?

i certainly hope they give it all up, burn their blasers and someone shoots the person who taught them how to play guitar
matt70s | 23 Dec '04, 11:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

But...but....Fightstar are rubbish!
Moscow | 23 Dec '04, 10:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I got so pissed off by shit like Busted that I got into Feeder and Rooster. FIGHT THE POWER.
billhooks | 26 Dec '04, 15:02 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

It doesn't take a genius to work out that Charlie's musical tastes are not exactly boyband-based. I guess if he's got money in the bank, he doesn't need to worry about what anyone thinks.

They could replace him! Do you think anyone would notice? As long as the replacement had big enough eyebrows...
Damian | 23 Dec '04, 11:00 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

who fucking cares
themusicreel | 23 Dec '04, 11:10 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

You?
flp_ | 23 Dec '04, 11:13 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

And what do this shitestar sound like?
senses | 23 Dec '04, 11:19 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

They do a grunged-ip cover of 'Hurt' by NIN. Says it all really. Well, 'grunged'.
Moscow | 23 Dec '04, 11:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

'up', I meant 'up'!
Moscow | 23 Dec '04, 11:24 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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"i certainly hope they give it all up, burn their blasers and someone shoots the person who taught them how to play guitar"

but.. they COULDN'T play guitar
loque | 15 Jan '05, 14:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

So this is alternative music is it?
Andrew_Future | 23 Dec '04, 11:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

It's an alternative to decent music, certainly.
Durutti | 23 Dec '04, 11:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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They have the same schoolties as the secondary school I went to. Fuckers wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes there.
carrot_ram | 23 Dec '04, 11:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

>So this is alternative music is it?

Snobbery alert!

Next: why all that dance music is just so much noise.
Damian | 23 Dec '04, 11:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

with quick wit like that, you could start hunting down Daily Mail readers for sport!
benmarwood | 23 Dec '04, 12:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Daily Mail readers deserve our pity more than our venom. They're a dying breed. Although every now and then I see a young person with a copy, which is pretty depressing...
Damian | 23 Dec '04, 14:00 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

Daily Mail - quality paper!
StevieBoy | 30 Dec '04, 11:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

Please point out where anybody claimed this.
guntrip | 23 Dec '04, 12:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

dicko.
sean | 23 Dec '04, 12:09 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

Busted is like...100 times better than most of the shit DiS covers these days.
tenwords | 23 Dec '04, 11:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

i agree 100%
lifesucks | 23 Dec '04, 12:47 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

Hurrah!! (except the bit about Fightstar....that makes me a sad panda)
Hayward | 23 Dec '04, 11:44 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

Am I going to get in trouble for posting this story?

I love Busted.
crablin | 23 Dec '04, 13:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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excellent use of bold.
waves | 23 Dec '04, 13:58 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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thank you. i'm getting italics for christmas.
crablin | 23 Dec '04, 14:16 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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that was my favourite message ive ever read on here ever. i'm that damn sad
vexdstef | 23 Dec '04, 22:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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that's funny as fuck that is!!...seriously i'm well amused!!

*smiles lots*
martin_clearfall | 24 Dec '04, 14:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

the problem for this dullard is unquestionably this. If shitestars debut release is more beautifull than a tommy mcrae,more catchy than a brendan benson chorus and deadlier than a mars volta intro hel still be that dullard who foistered busted on us. Enjoy the lake of fire fucker.
tinyspark | 23 Dec '04, 14:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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haha!!!

wow i love this whole thread!!

*rolls about*
martin_clearfall | 24 Dec '04, 14:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

I've said this before but...

If Busted weren't marketed as such a boyband half of you would love them.

They have a bunch of good pop songs. Not life changing stuff, not brilliant songs, but just good pop songs. Endof.
OceanStorm | 23 Dec '04, 14:50 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

If I had to like some thing out of the charts, I would like Busted. Yes they are a silly little boyband with guitars hanging round their necks, but what the hell! They're a bit of fun and better than McFly and fucking yoyo (sorry, its JoJo isn't it? You know, the 13 yr old child prossie telling her client to Get Out) so if they did split then the mainstream charts would be much less funny. And what about the lyrical genius that is Thunderbirds?! lol...
tinkerbecks | 23 Dec '04, 17:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

i think most of us would prefer more insightful lyrics than "went out to the backyard, to find out if it was one of those rowdy boys." If they weren't marketed as a boyband they would be nowhere, and we wouldn't be discussing this.

ENDOF.
kidfromkibble | 23 Dec '04, 16:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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you're right, feeder and hell is for heroes have provided us with some truly inspiring lyricism that has shaped our generation and opened our minds to all manner of literature and thought.

BUSTED ARE JUST A BIT OF FUN. THEY WRITE DECENT POP TUNES AND MAKE PEOPLE SMILE. FUCKING GET OVER IT
crablin | 23 Dec '04, 16:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

Busted? Fun?
FUN? you have fun listening to music created for and marketed primarily towards pre-pubescent girls? You really gonna spend your time defending this fuckin marketing gimmick sham of a band and their soulless, contrived, hollow candy-pop crap?
John_Brainlove | 23 Dec '04, 17:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

Yes, yes I am. I'm not ashamed.

Why do you think I posted this article in the first place?

Busted write and play pop tunes with great hooks that work so well when you're in the right mood. I feel the same about McFly. I don't give a shit about how they're marketed. Sure, it pisses me off that other bands making similar music on the indie scene don't get further, (Fans of Kate being one particular example) but they make me smile, make me dance and give an enormous sense of well-being.

The fact that your reasons for disliking a band centre around major label politics is rubbish.

I like you John, I think you're a good bloke, but I also like Busted & McFly. They're also both shit-hot live bands and generally nice blokes.
crablin | 23 Dec '04, 18:25 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

You misunderstand me...
Thing is, Busted is like a pie.
Looks like a pie. A nice hot crusty pie.
But the problem is, it's full of shit.
And who would want a shit pie?
John_Brainlove | 24 Dec '04, 05:06 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

Fucking hell - this is amazing, best thread ever on DiS!
martin_clearfall | 24 Dec '04, 14:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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we're not talking about McFly, dude.
catwank | 24 Dec '04, 04:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Well, I haven't heard many lyrics this year that made me laugh more than "The cabin pressure's rising, my Coke has got no ice in". Whether it was intentionally funny or not may be a different matter though.
OceanStorm | 23 Dec '04, 18:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

And don't criticise lyrics while you're a Feeder fan ;) I used to like them but now looking back I find them a mediocre band with terrible lyrics.

"He's got a brand new car, looks like a Jaguar, it's got leather seats, it's got a CD player. But I don't want to talk about it any more."

What? If you don't want to talk about it then why were you going on about it in the first place?

And...

"Seeing things, going places,
Living out of suitcases."

Worst. Rhyming. Couplet. Ever. And that's from their best song too.
OceanStorm | 23 Dec '04, 18:56 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

Just heard Fightstar...not as terrible as you might imagine, but still hopelessly contrived in a silverchair-gone-pretend-emo kinda way, with a shite drummer to boot. Oh, and the inevitable power ballad.

Ho de hum.

Cheerio,

Ian

ian_distort | 23 Dec '04, 17:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

Someone said it perfect before. Fightstar could be the best band since sliced-Radiohead but people would still hate them. And Busted would be nowhere if they were not a boyband. Can you honestly think of an indie record label that would pick them up?!
mcsean_lpool | 23 Dec '04, 17:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

B-Unique, Gut and 679 would certainly sniff them.
crablin | 23 Dec '04, 18:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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gut are dead, non-existant now.
martin_clearfall | 24 Dec '04, 14:47 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

Well what a Christmas present if this was true! No more Busted would be brilliant. However the danger is that several hundred would follow in their footsteps.
CaviarAndCigarets | 23 Dec '04, 19:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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help! attack of the shitty boy bands!
sunset_at_sea | 23 Dec '04, 20:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

Give me busted over babyshambles any day of the week...
Deltasound | 23 Dec '04, 19:31 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

I Really Hope the End is Nigh. Busted are a disgrace to music. Brainwashing kids into listenin to fake music
bigbazaa88 | 23 Dec '04, 20:48 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

Fake music? James Bourne wrote four number one hits this year. He played 11 sold out shows at Wembley, and he actually PLAYED them, he didn't just stand up there and pretend to play while others did the guitar work for him. What brilliant contributions to the world of music did YOU make this year?
The real disgrace to music is up-their-arse music snobs who dismiss something without investigation or because of pigeonholes, labels, or gender. Grow up already.
catwank | 24 Dec '04, 04:55 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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WOOO! Vive la revolucion.

I am happy there are some RAD READERS out there.

In all honesty, I did only post this article anyway to start a bit of sexy christmas controversy.
crablin | 24 Dec '04, 12:18 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

ah, well then. maybe someone should approve my editorial on America or Busted.
catwank | 24 Dec '04, 15:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

ah, well then. maybe someone should approve my editorial on America or Busted.
catwank | 24 Dec '04, 15:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

busted are fun ... and kids listen to them ...

then think , i likes these geetars , then buy nme and turn into indieclones or buy kerrang and turn into mini-blinks
possibly


leave busted alone - they're pop and pop is what they do ..... and very well compared to most of the chart.
soapy | 23 Dec '04, 21:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

you're right, feeder and hell is for heroes have provided us with some truly inspiring lyricism that has shaped our generation and opened our minds to all manner of literature and thought.

Hahaha. suck that sweet comeback, kidfromkibble.

i'm impartial to the entire Busted situation. i do believe that contrary to popular belief that they do actually sound half decent 'live'.
the_patient | 23 Dec '04, 22:54 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

Busted are utter rubbish. As are McFly. However, so are Franz Ferdinand and The Killers. It's not how a band are marketed that should influence how you feel about them, it's the noise they make. And Busted, to my ears, are as diluted as music can get without being The Rasmus
Judge_B | 24 Dec '04, 10:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I like you, you are my friend.
crablin | 24 Dec '04, 12:14 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I wouldn't say that, I'm the sort of mate that turns up on Christmas Day and doesn't leave until the court order in April.

Can I borrow £50?
Judge_B | 24 Dec '04, 12:51 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

busted have some inspirational lyrics:

"just because youre nerdy
and your friends are thirty
doesnt mean she wont swing your way
shes got complications
and a reputation
go ahead and stand in her way."

and also:

I was always picked last for teams
I wore my sisters jeans
Iwas a loser kid
And the teachers didnt care
They just left me sitting there
I dont know what i did
But since then
How the tides have turned
Cos i used to be the loser kid
Who always ran away and hid
No one took the time to know me
The kick me sign was always on me
Now everybody wants to know
What i do and where i go
At least i know they wont forget me
Cos I live with miss mckenzie

tom_fletcher_is_genius | 13 Jan '05, 16:50 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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They suck satans cock....end of
tinyspark | 13 Jan '05, 17:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

Let's try and sum the whole thread up;

a) Busted are better than most of the R & B/Rap/Pop/Dance which clogs up our charts BUT;

b) Busted are poorer than all the indie/rock bands we like due to their style and quality of their music.

That makes them distinctly average, which means that the British record buying public goes out and buys lots of their records and makes Charlie, James and Matt shitloads of money, for example see Coldplay for previous precedent.
CaviarAndCigarets | 24 Dec '04, 19:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i have read all of this thread-and fuck me what an excellent experience it really was! i have a similar opinion of busted as john brainlove but at the same time, they make money and have achieved fame, so good for them! i went to see them live at wembley in march this year. i wasn't really that keen on going, but my mate was being dragged by her little sister so i went with to soften the blow for my eternally greatful friend, (god im so nice) but the gig wasn't actually that bad! All the kids loved it! granted-not my cup of tea, but hey i bet them kids wouldn't really enjoy going to see the dillinger escape plan. the point im trying to make here is that we all have different tastes and maybe we should be asking ourselves whether or not it's fair to judge others on their personal tastes! if charlie wants to leave busted and branch out then fair play to him! mabe we should all just shut the fuck up and let them get on with it!
Kingkatie | 25 Dec '04, 18:26 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

i have read all of this thread-and fuck me what an excellent experience it really was! i have a similar opinion of busted as john brainlove but at the same time, they make money and have achieved fame, so good for them! i went to see them live at wembley in march this year. i wasn't really that keen on going, but my mate was being dragged by her little sister so i went with to soften the blow for my eternally greatful friend, (god im so nice) but the gig wasn't actually that bad! All the kids loved it! granted-not my cup of tea, but hey i bet them kids wouldn't really enjoy going to see the dillinger escape plan. the point im trying to make here is that we all have different tastes and maybe we should be asking ourselves whether or not it's fair to judge others on their personal tastes! if charlie wants to leave busted and branch out then fair play to him! mabe we should all just shut the fuck up and let them get on with it!
Kingkatie | 25 Dec '04, 18:24 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

actually feeder have got me through some tough times with their lyrics and songs, so, eh, shut the fuck up you wankstain. and everyone always comes back to buck rogers when they want to make fun of feeder, there's nothing new there.anyone's lyrics are better than busted's so you're in no position to critisice other REAL band's efforts. "oh, but they write fun pop tunes, im so open minded" yeah, right, fuck off.
kidfromkibble | 25 Dec '04, 20:27 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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don't call my brother a wankstain!
klaire | 26 Dec '04, 14:24 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

I signed up to DiS just so I could reply to this thread. I love Busted. The truth is that they're better than a good deal of the stuff thats marketed as "pop-punk" (for example, Busted are a damn sight more fun than the likes of Sugarcunt. Bouncing Off The Walls? I'll bounce you off my fist mate.) and would be respected a lot more if they hadn't been marketed as a pop act.

THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!
xbreakingribsx | 25 Dec '04, 23:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

I'm guessing that was aimed at me because I criticised Feeder's lyrics. You might check back and realise I wasn't personally attacking you or anything, just taking the piss out of some of their lyrics. If I'm not allowed to do that without being called a wankstain then there's something wrong somewhere. If their lyrics helped you then more power to you, I'm sincerely glad about that. It's just that if someone criticised the lyrics of REM, Wilco, Trail Of Dead, The Wrens etc, whose lyrics have got meant a hell of a lot to me, I wouldn't start abusing them even if I disagreed with them.

Don't ya just love that Christmas fucking spirit?
OceanStorm | 25 Dec '04, 23:43 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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That was to kidfromkibble by the way, not the person directly above me!
OceanStorm | 25 Dec '04, 23:44 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

I too made comment on Feeder's lyricism.

I suppose the point I was making was one that if this guy is going to stick his/her neck out and put down the lyricism of a pop group, then he has to be open to it himself.

Sure, he drew something from their lyrics, but hundreds of people of a lesser age than many of us have drawn a great deal from Busted's lyrics. Even if it is just a smile. Isn't the point of music just to be entertained at the end of the day?

Sure, many bands educate, intrigue and much more - but Busted have never claimed to want to do that.

I think it's unfair of him/her to put down Busted's lyrics, that's all I'm saying.

I mean Grant Nicholas isn't exactly Richey Edwards though is he?
crablin | 26 Dec '04, 16:27 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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have to say, Grant Nicholas' lyrics are the worst part of Feeder. I quite like 'em, and I know he's been through like proper real life experiences etc. But he articulates it rather poorly in his lyrics, and that's why the tenderness in Feeder's latest effort came from the more...epic guitars and layers of orchestral-ness, like in "Forget About Tomorrow" (best track they've ever done). Nicholas' lyrics are heartfelt, but they're not that good. Then again, I don't rate Busted either.
brusma | 26 Dec '04, 20:04 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

I have to say...I actually love Busted, they're really good to put your make up on to.

I'll get my coat....
Jober | 26 Dec '04, 00:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Busted - is the end nigh?

I was under the impression DiS was some kind of 'alternative to the mainstream'.

Clearly not. Busted are as mainstream as it gets. If you wanna read Busted news you read The Sun or Heat, surely.

Surely this space could be better used for promoting music that doesn't get this kind of exposure?

Busted do a great live show and have some great pop tunes. They are a hundred times better than shit indie pop like Feeder and Snow Patrol.
Andrew_Future | 26 Dec '04, 00:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

I hear Biffy clyro are doing another 309-date tour of small-to-middling sized indie toilet venues soon! (and a Barrowlands 'homecoming' show cos kids in Glasgow are that bored these days.) DiS should cover that instead. They're much better. And more Morrissey. That new album is so much more exciting and less embarassing than Busted could ever be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pompey_Ruffian | 26 Dec '04, 02:08 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

Point well made, but I think the excuse you can lay down for Morrissey is that, whether you love or loathe him, he did inspire pretty much every middling indie band out there. From Interpol to Franz, to thisGirl and The Libertines.
Andrew_Future | 26 Dec '04, 13:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Re: Busted - is the end nigh?

whether you love or loathe him, he did inspire pretty much every middling indie band out there. From Interpol to Franz, to thisGirl and The Libertines.

Was that meant to be some sort of justification / defence? An "excuse"??!? Er...
Pompey_Ruffian | 26 Dec '04, 20:42 | Send note |