About Me
SUPPORT CODEThe bands initial line-up consisted of James Bourne on Guitar and Vocals, Matt Sergeant (Willis) on Drums, Owen Doyle on Bass and Vocals, and Ki Fitzgerald on Guitar and Vocals [1] called The Termites. The latter two members were sacked later that year.The Termites went through a name change to Busted and briefly placed Tom Fletcher as Lead Guitar and Vocals along side Matt Jay (Sergeant, Willis) on Bass and Vocals and James Bourne on Rhythm Guitar and Vocals. Although after two days in the band, Tom later was replaced by Charlie Simpson, although Fletcher was kept on for other projects that later led to him being a member and main songwriter for his own band, McFly, who supported Busted on their UK tour in the early part of 2004. He would also co-write on both albums that Busted released with James.With Charlie on board, they set about looking for a record deal in late 2001, and were even at one point offered a much bigger deal with Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell on his SycoMusic label, which they turned down for many reason, Simon Cowell also stated he wanted to make Busted the next Monkees. The band finally signed with Universal Island in early 2002 without a Drummer therefore had relief Drummers..SplitCharlie Simpson's time spent outside the band with other bands was beginning to cause tensions within the band, illustrated when he failed to turn up for several appearances over the course of 2004. Rumours then started to circulate that bitter rows not too dissimilar to that of when All Saints broke up escalated, but these have all subsequently denied by the band in their later solo ventures.Simpson announced to the other Busted members on 24 December 2004 over a phone call that he was no longer a member of the band. Although this was never talked about Matt and James feared this would happen after an announcement on their last sell-out night in Wembley Arena for "A Ticket For Everybody... Else Tour" from their managers that Charlie may be leaving to pursue Fightstar full time. On the 13 January 2005, Busted's record label announced a press conference was to be held in London the following day. The next day, the 14th, it was then announced to everyone present that Busted were splitting up after Charlie's departure weeks before. After two and a half years of success Busted would be no more.Solo careersCharlie, is currently in Fightstar (a post-hardcore band which differs greatly from the music Busted recorded). They formed a year prior to Busted's split, which was then the force behind the split. Fightstar have released 1 EP and 2 Albums, They Liked You Better When You Were Dead, Grand Unification and more recently One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours, all being released in both the UK and the US.James went on to release music through his punk band Son of Dork. 2 of 5 of the members have now left the band after reports that the band hadn't met up for months. There are reports that the band has disbanded for good, and Bourne is now pursuing a solo career after his performance in NYC. As well as working on Son Of Dork Bourne has been writing for many artists including Melanie C, McFly, JC Chasez, Pat Monahan and the Jonas Brothers.After a brief stint in rehab after the Busted split Matt set up a solo career, releasing singles in 2005 and 2006, Up All Night, Hey Kid, Don't Let It Go To Waste, and Crash for the film Mr Bean's Holiday, all except the latter of which came with his album Don't Let It Go To Waste. Matt also appeared on, and was crowned winner of the 2006 series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!. After a failing Solo Career Matt has turned to presenting. So far he has presented The Brits and more recently ITV 2's I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! alongside his girlfriend Emma Griffiths, the pair are due to get together again for E! presenting The Baftas. Willis also confirmed at the V Festival 2007 that he will be putting together a new band for late 2008.
