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Yes they're boys and yes they're in a band- but if there's one thing Busted are not, it's a boy band.

Charlie Simpson, Matt Jay and James Bourne aren't in the habit of taking things too seriously. The boys from Busted are quite happy to admit that with songs containing lyrics like I asked you to dance at the disco but you said no The whole world was watching and laughing, On the day that I crashed and burned and Are you sure that youre mine, aren't you dating other guys? They aren't trying to change the world. There's no hidden subtext or political statements lurking behind their songs. All Busted are trying to do is sing about what they know and inject a bit of good humour into the proceedings- who after all can take So she may be thirty-three. But that doesn't bother me, Her boyfriends working out of town, So I find a reason to go round seriously? Despite the humour, Busted are very much the real deal and are keen to prove to anyone that will listen that they are a cut above the manufactured pop music that all too often dominates the British charts.

James is quick to warn doubters that Busted are a force to be reckoned with, to call us a boy band is seriously underrating us, he warns. Which is just as well, since Take That burst on to the scene in 1990 as Britains answer to New Kids On The Block, pop music in this country has come to resemble a production line of cloned bands, put together by management companies, pop svengalis and more worryingly reality TV shows. From Take That to Boyzone, 5ive to Westlife (with twelve number ones, the most successful boy band to date) via a few we'd all rather forget (mentioning no names 3SL and One True Voice), its been clear for a while that a breath of fresh air was more than needed to blow the cobwebs off a stagnated market.

When they first appeared on the scene in September 2002 you would have been forgiven for thinking that Busted were little more than another moneymaking gimmicks from the record companies. Their debut single What I go to school for was a cheeky tale of teenage infatuation and extracurricular activity. But since then their popularity and appeal has gone through the roof, and they have attained what few bands often do- credibility and acceptance from right across the music press, Smash Hits said they were set to kick some boyband butt with this rock-inspired masterpiece, whilst NME proclaimed them big balled, big chorused, big eyebrowedace.