Pop rock band Busted reveal regretting 'skunk'-looking haircuts from the noughties, that time Charlie received pubic hair from a fan and why they wouldn't make it through the first round of X Factor, in an exclusive interview with BUILD today.
What are the things they regret from the noughties?
James: “I really regret my haircuts”.
Matt: “I would like to second that, I’ve had some shockers in my time. Why did [I] think that looking like a skunk was a good idea?”
What was the weirdest thing they were ever sent by a fan?
Charlie: “I got sent pubic hair taped to a card, which was just bizarre. As if I was going to open it and think ‘you’ve found a way to my heart’”.
On the X Factor and how Matt thinks he would have done as a contestant:
Charlie: “There are some great people to come out of it. James Arthur, he’s got an incredible voice. Leona Lewis has got an incredible voice. If [X Factor] can give an opportunity to people like that, then that’s good”.
Matt: “I think that if I auditioned for the X Factor, I wouldn’t get through the first round. I think they would laugh in my face and send me out of the room. I think there is a ton of kids in this country just like that, who wouldn’t get through the first round, that would have a huge career in the music business if they went down a different road”.
On finding new teenage boybands annoying:
“The first time around [being in a band], you don’t have any perspective on it. And people are like ‘these weird teenagers in this band – how annoying are they!’ and you think that’s really rude and mean. Then you get into your late twenties, you see these new bands of teenagers and you think ‘that’s so annoying’ and you start to get it”.
On being a musician in the new world of social media:
“None of that was around when we first started out, YouTube, Facebook... [Now] it’s a completely different environment to be a musician in. There’s so many great elements to it – you get to be much closer to your fans. But I think there’s more pressure as well, because you always have to be watching that you don’t say something stupid”.
