Busted

Busted were a British pop group made up of three members: James Bourne, Charlie Simpson and Matt Jay and formed in 2001. They were s

Busted were a British pop group made up of three members: James Bourne, Charlie Simpson and Matt Jay and formed in 2001. They were signed to Universal Island and released seven singles and two albums in the UK Charts. Their sound could be described as "pop-rock" or "pop-punk". They could also be described as a boyband, although they sang live and in all but their earliest songs played their own guitars and were not actually anything like a boyband. The band announced at a press conference on January 14th 2005 that it was to split up. Since then, Charlie has released material with his new indie band, 'Fightstar', and James has formed the band 'Son of Dork',whose debut single is 'Ticket Outta Loserville.'

Some say despite the band claiming to have known each other before forming in 2001, they actually met in a meeting with Tim Byron (T-Force promotions; Manager of Steps, A1 etc.), and agreed to start Busted with a song Tim Byron had waiting to be released as their first single, What I Go To School For. It is better known that James and Matt had always been good friends long before Busted was born and wrote various songs together (including What I Go To School For), and auditioned Charlie in a search for their 3rd member to complete the line up.