NME Video: Fightstar Interview

[5SuperKat]

Fucking yes!! I'm going to see Charlie play at the Koko in March!! And also, can't wait for Fightstar to bring out a new album!!!

[JessiexxMay]

@JasperHalesPrincess Lool, That is so strange, that comment is over a year old !! Hahaa, I still feel the same way but I love fightstar now and charlies solo shizz too ;D

[crazzyhubbard]

Charlie I fucking love you!

[tobyft]

in the busted book charlies influences were deftones, lad

[ASeasonInDecay]

God, Charlie's eyes are stunning. I could stare at them all day.

[LeahRiches007]

i love fightstaaaar! xD <3 and charlie <3 im seeing midnight beast in the same place in feb :D

[LeahRiches007]

i love fightstaaaar! xD <3 and charlie <3

[Lorsk38]

I want a live DVD :((

[Lipsofdeciet123]

if charlie hadn't been in busted, fightstar would be massive

[shineeshinycakes]

busted was amazing..

i've tried listening to fightstar and it's pretty good!!!

still veryy veryy sad about Busted =(((((((((((

[ryhorn100]

@shineeshinycakes I wish Busted were still going too, but at least what Charlie, Matt and James are doing now is better than nothing.

[YdLeet]

Omar is KIND OF the best drummer ever. ^_^

[UpTheIronsForever07]

@tempel007

Muse are NOT the greatest band live. They put on a show but their performance lacks. Matt doesnt put so much into it.

Fightstar are great live (im seeing them next month for a second time). They deserve alot more than they get!

[rocksystem132]

everyone is saying forthem to go to spain lol. come to the uk if you want to see them. simple

[AmyLauraClose]

it's taken me about 3 hours to read through these, and i have to say, im fucking creased, Fightstar win at life, best live band ever, to the person who just said FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!! to everything, they just well and truly owned this entire comment list, your fucking great.

[tempel007]

they aint the best live band ever.... muse are. but fightstar are pretty fucking good!

[donteverwannabeyoux]

@tempel007

can i say, i've seen muse live and fightstar and i enjoyed fightstar more.

maybe because i got stuck with seating at muse though it was still epic! fightstar just had that atmosphere though... :)

[davelovesdrums]

@donteverwannabeyoux Haha. I'm exactly the same except i was standing for Muse but the crowd around me was rubbish. Just waving their arms a bit. The Fightstar gig i went to had so much energy. Loved it! X

[donteverwannabeyoux]

@davelovesdrums

lol, fightstar are just amazing :')

[jorgina8]

I HATE FIGHTSTAR!!!!

I just can't see charlie doing this tipe of music!!!

I loved Busted, they had sooooooooo many fans and he just has to flush it down the toilet!!!

[xoxnomusicnolifexox]

that's just plain stupid. fightstar have loads of fans. and as charlie was just saying, you have to play the music you love and you want to hear... i think that implies that he didn't like the music busted made. besides, how long would busted have gone on for? not very long, i think... if you want to listen to busted, go listen to busted and the jonas brothers and miley cyrus and that crap you people call music.

[rocksystem132]

okay you actually sounded very reasonable until the end, but shit jonsas brothers suck big hairy balls. lol

[tempel007]

your a genius. i admire the fact you hate miley cyrus' music. shes gt a bangin body tho :)

[Pandemic16]

banging body weighed against music quality....yeah

[JessiexxMay]

I know what your saying,, and i see that charlies happier now and he should be,, but DON'T put busted in the same catalogue as jonas brothers and miley cyrus. They are crappy teens which can't even sing/play music,, where as busted could :D

I kinda like fightstar now,, i didn't cause i don't like screamo but it has kinda grown on me, lol.

[donteverwannabeyoux]

@JessiexxMay

no, CHARLIE could play lol. he wrote all the stuff, and matt didn't even play the bass on the record. charlie did it for him lol

[YeahPaulDay]

and a woman called svetlana lol

[donteverwannabeyoux]

lol... busted = fail

[monicadiep2006]

@JessiexxMay I so agree!

[Laura17894]

loove fightstar

but here from here (spain) it's so difficult to go to see then :(

[sondicoman]

fightstar kicks busted ass

[xgoldlion07x]

why do people still talk about his old band? were they that popular? Fightstar RULES!!!

[frasil010]

fightstar should sing year 3000 that would be brilliant

[shnelnel]

shut up dude

[frasil010]

what do you mean shut up year 3000 is brilliant and so are fightstar infact im going to see them in manchester so shove that up your arse and smoke it

[shnelnel]

Oh WOOOW Im Seeing Fightstar for the 8th time in october

so you smoke that

[frasil010]

dont smoke you tit and thats bollocks. how are you

[shnelnel]

how is it bollocks?

[rocksystem132]

i'm seeing them on november the 2nd! smoke that! with vip tickects lol

[rocksystem132]

Lol i have it on my hardrive on my xbox. and i just play it while playing left 4 dead it's so funny

[angelfordlibra3]

busted was easy to dance to but fightstar's songs actually have a point

[ElfenShinobi]

I miss Busted very much, I grew up them being my favourite band. But if Charlie wanted to move on then we should all just accept it, as James and Matt did.

[mystic2286]

FUCK OFF!!!!!!!!!!

[rocksystem132]

Charlie obvouisly thought busted was a little gay and not his favourite type of music. he must of loved it, and he is still friends with the guys from busted. but he must of wanted to play heavier, harder music. hense that's why he must of formed fightstar. he is a fan of like the deftones and machine head and proberly something like korn. compare that to busted. he must of been a big fan of new found glory or blink 182 when he was growing up or something, and got inspired by them.

[bindelbum]

yeah...

or not...

[fram8yourmum]

@rocksystem132 He was part of busted to make money. That's why the music was designed to sound popular and mainstream

[SeanyVTV]

Just to put a Full stop (.) to all these people not like Charlie for leaving busted,

You have to see it from his point of view, he was playing in a band which was extremely popular, and probably could of gone far with them, BUT, he wasn't playing music he liked as much as other genres, and decided to have a change, for me, this makes him a better person, because even know it wasn't the popular decision, he went for something he really wanted to do, and you have to respect him for that.

[Biffyclyrolad]

Seriously you have the right to like Busted but you don't have the right to come onto Fightstar vids and say they're completely shit. Charlie left Busted and there's not a hope in hell he's gonna go back. They're completely different bands so stop comparing them. He is no way connected to Busted anymore so just fuck off. At least Fightstars music is real. They right about real things. Have you ever actually listened to Busteds lyrics. They're piss. They don't mean anything. So well done Charlie.

[popstarlol209]

Charlie go back to busted America is starting to recognize busted as a really good band. you really screwed up cause now you sound really bad unlike before

[sibhsybabe]

Oh Charlie, what did you do? You had it all with Busted... So much hotter back then too... Miss your silly lil love songs and scissor kicks... :(

[thelastvampirehunter]

jus been to fightstar gig couple of hours ago @camden. fucking epic.

[Shhhherrrzzzzz]

I love fightstar,

Busted was shit tbf,

they had like some like shitty songs. I mean like year 3000, ^O)

Much perfer fightstar by a landslide :)

there songs are awsome tbh :)

(L)

[lyricsgirl1233]

fightstar is such a retarded band and makes me sick.

Busted are amazing and be legendary if they came back togther.

all the spaztics like fightstar and they are all mongs that fancy charlie and dont like matt and james because they split up.

Fucking grow up - who was better busted or fightstar ?

BUSTED!

as they were number 1with nearly every song that came out !

fightstar is bollocks!

[donteverwannabeyoux]

who listened to busted? 6 year old girls.

who listens to fightstar? umm.... people who actually know stuff about music.

if you want to listen to busted then so be it, but we all laugh in your face. don't come harrasing us MUSIC fans and start crying like the pathetic miley cyrus wannabe you blatantly are.

thankyou for taking your precious time in reading this comment, you could've been watching teletubbies.

:)

[RekusoXYZ]

actually im glad charlie was in busted

if he wasnt he wouldnt have gotten so popular and then fightstar wouldnt be popular

also the fact that charlie made such a big change is

FUCKING AWESOME

[donteverwannabeyoux]

lol fightstar ftw.

:D

[xFlathippyx]

thats because busted were mainstream. pop is just a name given to whatever fad to majority chooses to like next, rock is a wide genre and a movement.

[braverysnotanoption]

fightstar makes you sick?

hahaha

are you 3 by any chance?

afraid they're scary music will jump out from under your bed by any chance?

grow up.

it's not about number 1s.

[bertlovestim]

i loved busted but ffs cmon, theres plenty to replace busted, fightstar is what charlie was made voice, his voice an all. not a pop band.

[princessRAW]

i totally agree

and these songs have meaning. busted was fun, but fightstar has more to it, look at the diversity of the fanbase

[donteverwannabeyoux]

*message to any busted fans.*

GET THE FUCK OFF FIGHTSTAR VIDS.

untill you appreciate real music, go fuck son of dork.

:D

[AdamTT90]

Fucking well said =)

[donteverwannabeyoux]

lol thankyou :)

it's true, i mean the drummer from son of dork is in another band now, who are supporting a band of 16 year olds from my school. i mean, ffs lol.

im going to see them to chuck stuff at them lmfao :L

[Denizzle1313]

good one :)

LOL.

[donteverwannabeyoux]

:P thankyou :D

fightstar are just awesome.

i love them so much :D

in fact, i went to see them and met dan haigh, and i cried i was so amazed. lmao :L

[baza73]

i cry everytime i hear i am the message

[DWDrummerJon151]

Niiice

[IJAB123]

How can some of you guys compare fightstar to busted? They're practically 2 different genres and your idea of comparing the two is backing up whichever side you happen to be on... Personally, I love both bands but Charlie made the right decision because he created even better music!

[1cf3]

Thats what I go to school ffoooorrr.

Son of Dork are better.

[DWDrummerJon151]

Get the fuck off fightstar vids

Blasphemy

[Praktical]

Good for you. You officially have no life :)

[moshiwill]

charlie is a top lad

[hawahadish]

Charlie so cut!!!!!!!!!love him!

[jamesyintheusa]

wow charlie says " you know" an awful lot in this clip

[Praktical]

Damnnn, I can't un-hear it now :)

[blindnesssssss]

charles near cryin in the middle of it fs

[mosher2k8]

get over it fag =p

[Beccawheeler08]

fuck you

fagg?? wtf??

[nameless12345]

lemme guess?? teenage girl right?

[Beccawheeler08]

yeahhh :)

hw did uu guss hah

[xoxjkc]

who gives a shit about busted

[XBlackHeartedBandX]

he probably split up busted because he didn't like playing in a band that faked playing their instruments, and wrote crappy teenage pop with retarded lyrics

[RobbieBarnby]

i like this band so much I REALLY WANT THEM TO MAKE ANOTHER ALBUM!

[canran]

20th April new album out

[fredaigno678]

btw love floods!!! to bits and pieces

[DeamonPrayer]

DeathCar i bought the Album One Day Son, This will all be yours just for that and One Days son lol

[Thomas454]

so basically out of everyone who hated busted, he hated them the most XD

[Praktical]

?? most of their stuff is screaming. That's what theyre about..mixing it up!

[themasterplan007]

great band

what was the song in the 1st 9 seconds?

[Panni0313]

Its "Deathcar". Its the same song throughout the interview...

[thefangirl09]

people need to get over the fact that he was in busted. i prefer him with fighstar, much better.

[seaag]

Agreed. :)

[MooSimo123]

♥ I lurv fightstar but why does every1 compare them to busted? just coz charlie was in busted, he has moved on and has improved (looks and vocals!) :). x

[dontdismusic]

the cure to a bad throat-shove a camera up you're nose and down you're throat

:D

[LiamAJobey]

charlie was prettier? ... sigh

[ProjectSAGE]

Fightstar FTW, they inspire me :)

[skaterzwerq]

hate it.

Charlie was prettier in Busted.

[natalieegore]

charlie .. mmm

[Superhyslol]

Fighstar is a pretty good band, but I can't understand a word charlie's saying in this interview lmao

[Mrbigbust]

no one understands what he says anyway. he can't speak :D love the accent :D WISH I WAS CHARLIE SIMPSON :(

[baseballgirl22]

haha! i read this and cracked up because it's so true!

[LukeMayband]

wooooooooop 11,000 viewer

I've met charlie in a mcdonalds in birmingham after his gig, woooop!

Nice guy!

[Evaltia]

lol fightstar own them all =]

[adagiominore]

Charlie's cute.

[SouthpawSatch]

I have to agree.. altho every Busted fan will attack me 4 it... They were a young punk/pop/rock boy-band...

[fightbusteddorks]

i was a fan and that's what i called them exactly a punk-rock boyband

[BrileyBeelo]

I see what you mean. It's easy to call them punk rock but bands like the sex pistols or the ramones is punk rock

[DeathcarKid]

Yeah, I was being sarcastic...

[JESSIECM16]

he is so fit. so fit. i am obssesed

[SSCgirl94]

i love charlies face when he says he thought he was gonna die of a throat infection

[ilovedeirdre]

i luuuv busted!then my music taste just changed a bit well alot!now i luuuv fightstar!

[reeci000]

xD my girlfriend told me her sister fucked charlie in a backseat of a car in woodbridge (where charlie was born) ... hmm... what can i say...

[LukeDrum44]

haha

[SSCgirl94]

yea wat can u say? do u have proof?

[SSCgirls]

charlie still looks hot no matter wat type of music he plays

[CeRiaLGuitarFace]

Fightstar fuckin own! i dont care that charlie was in busted, fightstar RULE

[theringfinder]

I am a massive fan of Fightstar, i think ther first album was awsum, the new one (especially deathcar) is jus incredible and although im awar of the fact he used to be in Busted, i dont give a shit about that and i think that he is in the band he shuda been in way back. Fightstar make amazing music and Charlie shud not be judged on the past, they shud accept him for what he is doing now, which is writing great songs with a great band. BUILD AN ARMY!

[Asphalthabitat]

BUILD THE ARMY!!!

[GinjaNinja11293]

BUILD THE ARMY!

[DeathcarKid]

FUCKING ROCK MAN!!!

[bEnRoBiNs0n]

whys everyone still talking about busted tht was like 3 years ago, charlie and fightstar shouldnt be associated with that anymore

[bridgfordbill]

yehh...

it was an ugly shit stain on his awsome career

and he shudnt get ribbed for it

[mcflyddht101]

Not starting a fight.

but if there was no busted

charlie wouldnt be where he was today.

Dont get me wrong i LOVE fightstar as

much as the next person

but i also liked busted.

aswell as there other 3million+ fans

[bridgfordbill]

gud point m8 loll

[mcflyddht101]

Thank You.

Yet,

I do agree that everyone

should stop asking

about busted by now

because it was in the past

and they've all started

something new.

[DeathcarKid]

Haha, Reminds me of yesterday. I was wearing Fightstar hoodie, and this guy just shouts "BUSTED!". And i was like "WHat the hell?" And he said some other shit that wasn't appropriate (sp?).

[AleVM2008]

At the end its all about the music in the end it is good. It doesn't matter the story of the band members it's all about the music

[Mstar82]

i must often read, that many people doesnt like this band, cos charlie was in busted.

so, i was a busted fan too, and i must admit, although i dont like this band anymore, there are songs (not many) which are not that bad.

but you cant judge a band, due to the fact the singer was in a "teen-boygroup" cos this band make FUCKING AWESOME music.

[Balsch]

what a man...ahhh...

[whooppeedee]

I couldn't agree more with what Charlie says about you being your favourite band. And to GinjaNinja11293, Charlie always looks good, I've never seen him not look totally hot ever! Omar looks good here too(:

[tahlianatalie]

Fightstar is just amazing. Love they music. But is it realy rock? It´s more like soft rock, I think.

[thelitmuskid]

sounds pretty heavy to me.

[Shilbach]

Dude, have you actually heard any Fightstar songs? I can only think of three Fightstar songs that you can call soft rock; You & I, Open Your Eyes and Cross Out Stars! Have you heard songs like Fight For Us, Deathcar, Tannhauser Gate Ghost On 31? Fightstar are Post-Hardcore/Metal if anything. I don't really like to pigeonhole my favourite band though!

[Roshandk]

soft rock??? dude listen to the music...

its kind of, alt. rock/hard rock

[amandafaerie]

seriously. charlie needs subtitles.

[Shilbach]

No he doesn't, you haven't been a Fightstar fan for long have you? I can tell every word he is saying!

[baseballgirl22]

haha! amazing comment!

[glengarryglenross1]

Great to see NME getting behind it!

[callumomac]

haha they think they are rockstars .... he was in Busted........Busted

[glengarryglenross1]

Yeah well now he is in fightstar, so stop being such an ignorant wanker and grow the fuck up!

[sickdork]

He iz a god damn rockstar! He's always loved this type of music nd he's 1 of the best in the buisness. Yh he was in Busted. And i repeat WAS. But he left...for an alternate rock/metal band! Retard!

[letdemhoesfight]

"Best in the business".. business, that's all it's about now, business. Charlie totally sold out when he left Busted. So did that fool from Son of Dork. Busted were mental, so good. McFly are better than these guys.

[DeathcarKid]

Busted were so fucking heavy, and McFly are as heavy as Cannibal Corpse, but Fightstar are just like little kiddies to the amazing metal power of McFly. Gawd.

[Ringosastarr]

lmao =]

[SouthpawSatch]

What ? Eerr Crashed The Wedding vs Deathcar..

There's no contest Fightstar are WAY heavier than Busted ever was.. and how you can McFly metal ? OK I accept their sound has got slightly heavier since when they 1st came about but they'll never be metal...

[SSCgirls]

Omg imagine if he did a screamo version of crashed the wedding

love to see that

[Shilbach]

You say he was in Busted, fair, he was. But he is now in Fightstar, and quit Busted 3 years ago. If you have seen the adverts for the new album, they say "Anyone who really doubted us before, has really no chance now". I think he right! Take Al for example, he does the tough riffs in Fightstar, he has a great voice, he keeps in time, he does exactly the same heavy riffs as Charlie sometimes, and he doesn't get one note wrong.

And it was only Charlie that was in Busted.

[callumomac]

.....but he was in Busted....you like some one with slug eyebrows from Busted

[Shilbach]

Why can't you just let it be, that he is now in Fightstar, and some people don't actually care whether he was in Busted or not!

[xxxRockTubs]

This is a good interview this is, I think Charlie's words at the end are also very intelligent and wise.

[jimbob027]

kind of

[steffiamethyst]

AWESOME in its entirety but having said that with Fightstar I wouldn't expect anything less!! =) thank god that nme have finally realised that they are good!! =)

xo

[GinjaNinja11293]

Not to sound gay or anything...but how does he look so well and healthy considering he had jusr recovered from a throat infection, judging by his hair he had just got up, he smokes like a shitload a day and it was the end of the tour?! There are no bags, zits or anything!

[GinjaNinja11293]

That comment about "taking what you like to listening to and crafting it so you become your own favourite band" is so true! Greatest band on the planet!

[Jon0113]

The song is called 'Deathcar' by Fightstar.

[Nickunknown2000]

which is the background music at the start ?

[Asphalthabitat]

NME are behind deathcar, at last!