ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Busted Online</title> <LINK REL=stylesheet HREF="/busted/style.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body> <b><u>>> Random facts - Charlie</b></u><p> :: Has another band, Fightstar<br> :: 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<br> :: Would like to work with Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters<br> :: Says that the three albums which changed his life are Jackson Browne - Live, Silverchair - Frogstomp and The Deftones - Around The Fur<br> :: Likes long walks and the country road<br> :: Fave TV show is The Simpsons<br> :: Likes Britney, Tara Reid, Sarah Whatmore and Heidi from Sugababes<br> :: Got a detention once for smoking<br> :: Used to have a mini<br> :: Now has a Porsche, which got broken into the day after he bought it, and the person stole his brother's phone<br> :: Is called Farley by his mum (after Farley's baby rusks, which he loved), but it evolved into Farleykins<br> :: Had a teddy bear called Growler until he was 14<br> :: Reckons he got into music because of the freedom he was given to see concerts if he wanted to<br> :: Let a young homeless boy stay the night in his hotel room, bless him<br> :: Once kissed a girl in a train toilet<br> :: Would wear an afro and sing in the rain to kiss Britney<br> :: Used to have loads of posters of Pamela Anderson and Cindy Crawford on his dorm wall at Uppingham school<br> :: Claims he doesn't fart in public<br> :: 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!<br> :: Sang Runaway Train in his audition to be in Busted<br> :: Owns Princess Diaries and Titanic on video - they're his favourite films<br> :: Isn't good on computers<br> :: Was only seven when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer - she's OK now though<br> :: His favourite song is Nine Inch Nails - Hurt<br> :: Sang Tears In Heaven by Eric Clapton at his friend, Ed Brierly's, funeral<br> :: Playing piano during this was the same music teacher who first encouraged him to be in bands<br> :: Started shaving when he was 15<br> :: Walked in on a friend's mum when she was naked (he was 12)<br> :: Is quite religious, but doesn't go to church as much as he used to<br> :: Once cut his mother's hair - while she was asleep. And she wasn't impressed with his 'masterpiece' haha.<br> :: His mother lived in France for a year, and America for six, where she met Mike (his dad)<br> :: Was about seven when his brothers got him into rock music like Guns'n'Roses and Metallica<br> :: Got his first electric guitar for his tenth birthday<br> :: Played that exact guitar in 2002 in front of 20,000 people<br> :: Shortly after, he attended a boarding school in Norfolk, about half an hour's drive from his home, which he hated<br> :: Spent most nights there on the phone to his parents begging to be allowed back home<br> :: Then went to another boarding school, Uppingham, with his brother Ed<br> :: One of his best friends' dads owns Umbro<br> :: 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!<br> :: His first gig was with Natural Disasters when he was 12, at a school Speech Day<br> :: 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<p> </body> </html>