I have it on good authority he may well be at the YMSS tonight in Leicester cause Fightstar are playing at the Charlotte so I'm going for an interview.

I honestly think he, and the band, deserve a fair chance.
If they manage to establish themselves (which may take time on the basis of the songs I've heard, which are little more than emo-cum-Kerrang!-style-post-hardcore by numbers), then I'm sure the hecklers will slip into the shadows.
From what I know, and what I've seen, Charlie's a good guy, and does deserve some credit for sticking his neck out.

Of course you could argue that he's played on his fame from Busted to get a break for his identikit emo band, which would otherwise have sunk without trace. No?

hopefully if everyone does leave him alone and ignores him he will realise what a mistake he has made in deciding to pursue a career in music and will get a job in a chicken factory.

He's kinda gotta expect some shit though, he was in busted... they did the thunderbirds song, the only soundtrack worse is miss spongebob-nod-head-squarepants lavigne's version of the classic spongebob tune

i think its reli hard not to prejudge due to the fact he was in vusted. i cnt deny it i do quite like their song and their albums pretty good but so many people find it easier to say "oh they suck cus its charlie 'busted'" Some of these people who say that dont even take time to listen 2 other bands but honestly i think he is gonna have trouble fitting in because so many people see him as that busted kid...

I was one of the 'complete idiots'/'utter twats' heckling fightstar on Thursday, in fact I might even have been the one standing behind you. To clarify, a) Was it really a good use of my time? No, not particularly but it was quite enjoyable and there wasn't really anything else interesting to do b) I think I'd be hard pushed to describe shouting 'busted' at a fightstar gig as 'incredibly witty' but c'mon it was a little bit funny. Jesus, lighten up a bit.

Taking things too seriously is a major problem in all things Fightstar related. I'm immensely bored of people telling me they 'deserve' to be taken seriously. Why the fuck to they deserve to be taken seriously? Fightstar are an inherently ridculous proposition. Giving up Busted for Fightstar was not some kind of Gandhi-esque act of personal sacrifice for Charlie. He's made an absolute mint playing cheap and cheerful teen pop songs, amassing a personal fortune he'd struggle to spunk away in a million years. Fightstar isn't an artistic sacrifice it's an ego-wank fiction where Charlie gets to play the 'proper' rock star. Essentially Charlie is your mate who writes crappy love songs on acoustic guitar and insists on playing them to everbody around the campfire at festivals. Charlie is rich and famous but no less daft or pointless.

The most frustrating thing is that people keep swallowing this toss. If everyone could just laugh along we'd be fine. But I've read numerous posts along the lines of 'I don't like the music but I think what he's doing is good' WHAT? Why? If you disliked Busted and you dislike Fightstar what makes Fightstar good in comparison? Selling less records or playing to less people doesn't make a band better. This I suppose is the heart of the matter. If Fightstar were actually any good we could perhaps move beyond the Busted issue, but they just aren't, they really, really aren't. Fightstar inhabit a musical dead end already packed with the rotting remains of a million crappy emo bands who have been before. At best they're support act at your toilet venue quality and even then people would think they were dull. The only reason fightstar exist and the only resoned they headlined at the APU is because Charlie was in Busted. Simple as. Therefore, I don't think it's that unreasonable to take the piss out of them for it.

Possibly I've spent too long thinking about all this.

Niks wrote...
I think that he has shown the ultimate dedication to his musical credibility by giving up millions of pounds


Bullshit, he is alreay a millionaire, it wont make much difference to him, How much do you think his video cost??

I imagine he's still got his millions of pounds. Or however much Busted made. Probably not that much actually. But enough to make them declare that they'd all vote Tory so they could pay lower taxes. Wankers.

can i just say that you're all focusing on charlie here but its not his band, there's four of them. don't they deserve a chance (not charlie, the others)? if you don't like them fine, but apparantly some people do, hence their EP selling out. yes, i have seen them live (i actually went to see cryforsilence who were supporting) and didn't think they were too bad. although, i did go in with low expectations but still. also, they may be 'done-a-million-times-before emo/pos-hardcore' or whatever but at least they don't have the whiny voices of other emo bands. also, if you don't like them, just ignore them, you don't have to get so worked-up and aggresive about the whole issue. after hearing their stuff i definitely think they'll die down from the mainstream (the kiddies won't like the screaming/shouting they seem to do on the occasion). think i'm done now..

OK, I'll leave him alone.















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