Busted Vs. Simon Cowell

Busted have lashed out at Simon Cowell and his new TV talent show The X Factor. The chart-topping trio, responsible for hits like Crashed The Wedding and What I Go To School For, accused Cowell's ITV1 show of "making a mockery of the British music industry".

The X Factor sees Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh join Cowell on the judging panel, and there is no upper age limit on those who audition. Busted frontman Charlie Simpson said: "I just watched this and thought, 'This is most ridiculous thing I have ever seen'. It was like they were sat in a meeting and thought, 'How can we make it more interesting, seeing as we've had two bullsh*t Pop Idols that no one likes anymore?'."

He added: "So now they have these 60, 70-year-old people coming up. It's just like, when are you going to stop making a mockery of the British music industry? Look how many people have released records through those shows and how many names you remember. You don't remember any of them."

Speaking about why they did not sign with Cowell, fellow band member James Bourne said: "It would have been a dictatorship. No matter what anyone says, Simon Cowell, he would tell you what to do."

Comments

[doofy_man]

hahahahahahahaha

[smidy]

Haha the irony of Busted saying someone else is "making a mockery of the British music industry".

[Crookedjon]

60 or 70 year old people? This is terrible! How can they possibly have people so unmarketable!
Trust busted to come up with something like that. True, Pop Idol is manufactured to a painfull degree, but so are Busted.

[im not mental]

busted IS a mockery to british music.

[walkon123123]

Oh my god! Another attempt by Busted to show how 'punk' they are. Maybe they don't realise that their music is just as manufactured as anything done by Cowell, just with more volume and 'aggresion'. These guys are what is really ruining the British music business, and taking attention away from better+ more talented bands.

[unknownalone]

simon cowell is cool...tells it how it is, and straight to the point..i think its funny how he made all those girls auditioning for american idol cry all the time

[totally warped]

well i agree with busted. i mean how sad is that? putting 60-70 year olds 2 audition. i mean wtf?! how many more of these stupid shows do we need? i wonder how many of you actually remember the people that have won these crappy shows...

[radiohead17]

all these reality music shows suck.

[damn_punks]

I still haven't heard these gay ***s

[damn_punks]

But I hate pop-punk shit anyways. I thought they got their ass' kicked by Cowell. dammit....

[SeattleJEM7]

ok, who the hell is Busted??? i keep hearing news about them on here but ive never heard them before

[im not mental]

^^
I envy you. Do yourself a favor and never listen to them. Ever. It's good for you if you don't.

[ilikpie]

^^
Yes. Run for your lives! It's a sh*t pop takeover! You have to throw William Hung cds at them to kill them!

[Vinura]

^^crack up

[Axl_Duff_Izzy]

serdkjml;
poo

[flameboy88]

haha and this is coming from busted

[ultimate_punk]

[POSTED: 16 September 2004 - 09:25]|

smidy:
Haha the irony of Busted saying someone else is "making a mockery of the British music industry".

Lmao

[clazz]

walkon123123:
Oh my god! Another attempt by Busted to show how 'punk' they are.

Excuse me, but when did Busted EVER claim to be punk? They know where they stand, they know they're pop. Who cares? It's just a genre of music that some people happen to like.

I agree with them about reality TV shows though.

[totally warped]

its a matter of opinion; busted is obviously not aimed at people like you (thats to everyone who doesn't like em) not everyone likes your kind of music. don't diss cause you dont like their style.

[rar]

ha ha. music reality tv shows. so good. i man so cr*p too. but entertaining. simon cowell is sexy for an old man..but then again matt from busted is sexy.
anyhoo this is about the music not the sexyness
some of u guys really shouldnt act like you know loads about music and therefore diss busted for being punk, cos if you actually listened to some of their stuff you'd realise they're a pop act. and they know they're pop. they just, like some of us, like to plug in and have a bit of aggression in they're music when they're live. (yes thats right, they do play live) i they're tres entertaining...

[Hazelnut]

another ***ing reality show.....weve already seen it its bin dun get over it already, theve gone 2 far i mean 70 year olds! they'l b performing w/ zimmer frames.

[dawsons_geek676]

you have gotta respect their type of music though and i aggree

[jakenottingham]

busted rule, but x factor alright i want steve to win

[jakenottingham]

every should go to www.fightstarmusic.com its charlie simpsons other bnand they rule listen to the music on their website its not the best quality but its still good

[X_Riotgirl_X]

Man G4 suck i'm glad steve won, even though hes not very gud. Fightstar are ok but not as gud as busted

[psykopoo]

to be honest, the british music industry is shit, cmon, what there was iron maiden and motorhead once, but they werent all that great either, all the worlds best music comes out of sweden and america

[Prankster_Girl]

Busted was a really good band, the thing that you dont like them, doesnt mean they are bad...in fact they are better than even many known and older bands...THEY ROCK THE WORLD...! AND EVEN THOUGH NOW THEY HAD SEPARATE, WHO KNOWS?? MAYBE IN A YERAS MORE OR EVEN MONTHS SOMETHING HAPPENS...u think that only your music (metal, rock )that's only shouts and freaky guys jumping al over the stage are cool?? c'mon busted had good music...and they dont want to apparent anything ....they rock

[Prankster_Girl]

Brithish industry has great music too. i mean some bands really sucks, but busted wasnt one of them...