BUSTED : The most important band of the decade ?

The Beatles, The beach boys, The kinks and Busted. It makes perfect sense when
you think about it. While The white stripes have created their own mystical folklore, Radiohead have pushed boundaries and Franz ferdinand had nice fringes, Busted changed the entire musical climate in just a few years. Quite simply, they could well be the most influential band of the last decade.

Yes. Ridiculous to think it now, but we're not joking. Busted sold a lot of records before they split up, numerous number one singles, two successful albums, sell out tours and thats not even the half of it.

McFLY. Thats down to Busted. So all those chart smashes, even the ones JAMES BOURNE didnt help write - they may well not have sold so well without them. Freefaller and The noise next door; we can ignore them. Regardless, the bublegum pop market was shook to the foundations by the three boys who could all jump at the same time.

It wasnt just the sound of pop either. Street-teaming, at its most cynical level, was mastered by the management team behind the band. Sending kids into school with goodies to give to their mates, winning loyalty that money couldnt (but obviously could) buy is a skill thats taken on by every chart act worth their salt since. Appearing every saturday on kids TV did them no harm either, and embedded their cheeky pop-punk into the minds of every school kid up and down the country. While Busted were around who actually cared about Westlife ?

Buts thats all part of being in the biggest pop band around. This is far bigger than that.

Greenday owe everything to Busted
Okey, mabye not everything, but when the pieces of the jigsaw are put together, its pretty clear that the watered down sugar sweet punk that Busted fed to the kids is probably directly the cause of Greendays 'american idiot' doing so well this side of the pond. Yes, it will still have sold a bucket load, but with a whole new generation of kids almost chomping at the bit for more things really got interesting. The band were big news in the UK before, but with eight year old kids making their parents take them for a day out in Milton Keynes this summer, the A list was barely big enough.

Its gone further than that. Would Kaiser chiefs really have sold that many records if the only market open to them were sullen indie kids determined to shun them after a couple of re-released singles? With kids no longer scared of guitars and gigs, its all gone mental. The killers owe a big slice of their pie to them too. Indie going mainstream? Look no futher.

And in the future? How many of the youngsters ordained into the world of music by Busted will pick up guitars and start their own bands ? The nest Strokes, Futureheads or Coldplay - chances are we'll have Busted to thank. Busted, their management and their record label at any rate. It looks like pop has changed forever, but by how much and for how long - thats all that remains to be seen.



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