>> Random facts - Charlie

:: Has another band, Fightstar
:: Was caught by his mum in bed with a girl.. he insists they weren't doing anything, but the fact he was naked makes it suspicious.. haha
:: Would like to work with Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters
:: Says that the three albums which changed his life are Jackson Browne - Live, Silverchair - Frogstomp and The Deftones - Around The Fur
:: Likes long walks and the country road
:: Fave TV show is The Simpsons
:: Likes Britney, Tara Reid, Sarah Whatmore and Heidi from Sugababes
:: Got a detention once for smoking
:: Used to have a mini
:: Now has a Porsche, which got broken into the day after he bought it, and the person stole his brother's phone
:: Is called Farley by his mum (after Farley's baby rusks, which he loved), but it evolved into Farleykins
:: Had a teddy bear called Growler until he was 14
:: Reckons he got into music because of the freedom he was given to see concerts if he wanted to
:: Let a young homeless boy stay the night in his hotel room, bless him
:: Once kissed a girl in a train toilet
:: Would wear an afro and sing in the rain to kiss Britney
:: Used to have loads of posters of Pamela Anderson and Cindy Crawford on his dorm wall at Uppingham school
:: Claims he doesn't fart in public
:: Dressed up as Geri Halliwell for Comic Relief and sang Wannabe. He wore a pink dress, ginger wig, balloons down his top and high heels!
:: Sang Runaway Train in his audition to be in Busted
:: Owns Princess Diaries and Titanic on video - they're his favourite films
:: Isn't good on computers
:: Was only seven when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer - she's OK now though
:: His favourite song is Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
:: Sang Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton at his friend, Ed Brierly's, funeral
:: Playing piano during this was the same music teacher who first encouraged him to be in bands
:: Started shaving when he was 15
:: Walked in on a friend's mum when she was naked (he was 12)
:: Is quite religious, but doesn't go to church as much as he used to
:: Once cut his mother's hair - while she was asleep. And she wasn't impressed with his 'masterpiece' haha.
:: His mother lived in France for a year, and America for six, where she met Mike (his dad)
:: Was about seven when his brothers got him into rock music like Guns'n'Roses and Metallica
:: Got his first electric guitar for his tenth birthday
:: Played that exact guitar in 2002 in front of 20,000 people
:: Shortly after, he attended a boarding school in Norfolk, about half an hour's drive from his home, which he hated
:: Spent most nights there on the phone to his parents begging to be allowed back home
:: Then went to another boarding school, Uppingham, with his brother Ed
:: One of his best friends' dads owns Umbro
:: Has not had much luck with cars - his Porsche was broken into and his brother's phone stolen the day after he bought it, and before that, his Mini was crashed into two weeks after he bought that!
:: His first gig was with Natural Disasters when he was 12, at a school Speech Day
:: Last band he was in before Busted was Spleen, with his friends Nick and Tom - the first band where he didn't play any covers