BUSTED

By Luke Clements

WHAT STYLE OF BAND ARE THEY?

Busted are Pop rock and

Pop punk.

Busted where a band

made up of 3 people called

James Bourne, Matt Willis

and Charlie Simpson

JAMES BOURNE

His full name is James Elliot Bourne.

Born 13 September 1983, born in Rochford, Essex,

England.

James is a English Singer-songwriter and co-founder of

bands Son of Dork and Busted.

In a band he can do vocals, piano, piano drums and bass

Associated with Busted, McFly, Son of Dork and Call me

when I'm 18.

MATT WILLIS

His full name is Matt James Willis.

Born 8 May 1983, born in Tooting, South London, England.

Matt is a singer-songwriter who found fame as a founding

top member of the top rock band Busted from 2001-2005

when they split.

In a band he can do vocals, play drums, play bass and also

play guitar.

Associated with Busted, McFly and Wicked

CHARLIE SIMPSON

His full name is Charles Robert Simpson.

Born 7 June 1985, born in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.

Charlie is a English singer-songwriter who was also the

youngest out of the 3 in the multi-BRIT award-winning band

Busted.

In a band he can do vocals, play guitar, keyboard, piano,

violin, harmonica and drums.

Associated with Fightstar and Busted.

THE GENRE OF BUSTED

The genre/styles of busted are Pop Rock and Pop

Punk.

Pop Rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy

pop style and light lyrics in its (typically) guitar-

based rock songs.

Pop Punk is a fusion music genre that combines

elements of Pop Rock and Punk Rock to varying

degrees.

THE PRODUCTS OF BUSTED

Busted have products such as Cd’s(singles and

albums), Books, T-shirts and Magnets.

Cd prices vary from 50p-£7 where they are no

longer together and have been split for 7 years.

The books cost between £10 and £50.

T-Shirts cost between £10 and £30.

Magnets cost between£2.50 and £5.

THEIR CAREER PATHS

James- Producer, Musician, Singer, Songwriter

Dropped out of college to make the band Busted with Matt

and Charlie.

Matt-Producer, Musician, Singer, Songwriter

Went to college and once he had finished college he joined

the band BUSTED.

Charlie-Producer, Musician, Singer, Songwriter

Went to college and then joined the band BUSTED.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The target audience of BUSTED are mainly people

aged between 8 and 20 and also people that like Pop

Punk and Pop Rock.

THE RECORD LABEL

Busted’s record label where Island Records.

Island Record are a label that where founded by

Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall in 1959.

These are owned by a big company known as

Universal who are also a brand for film making-

Universal is one of the major Hollywood studios with

interests in lots of entertainment industries.

WHO OWNS THE COMPANY

The company is now owned by Universal Music

Group who are a major global music company

owned by French media conglomerate vivendi.

The headquarters are located in Santa Monica,

California.

W H A T B A N D S / A R T I S T S D O T H E Y H A V E I N T H E R E P O R T F O L I O

Akon, Alex Clare, Amy Winehouse, Angel, Avicci,

Ben Howard, Bob Marley, James Morrison, Jessie J,

Kid Cudi, ,Mika, Nicki Minaj, Owl City, Stevie

Wonder, Taio Cruz, Tom Jones and many more people

are signed by ‘Island Records’.

D O E S T H E C O M PA N Y F O C U S O N A PA R T I C U L A R G E N R E O F M U S I C

The company does not focus on one genre it

focuses on all types of genres such as: Pop, Rock,

Punk, Heavy Metal, Classic, Contempory, Hip Hop,

Rap, R n B and lots more.

WHAT ARE THE COMPANIES A IMS AND OBJECTIVES

The record labels mission statement is that they

are “Continually rethinking and redeveloping music

into a sellers market, as well as cultural boom”.

DOES THE COMPANY HAVE A SPECIF IC RESPONSE

The company does have a specific response to

illegally downloading/file sharing because they fund

for free mp3 downloading with other companies that

are members with Universal music group(UMG).

TASK 2

SMASH HITS

The target audience for the ‘Smash Hits’ magazine is more

teenagers and young adults.

‘Smash Hits’ was published by a company called ‘EMAP’. ‘EMAP’

were founded in 1947.They published many magazines and

eventually where taken over by the Guardian Media Group.

The final magazine was published in 2006 and the editor was

‘Chris Hall’

The style is closely related to pop, radio and television

presentation.

ANALYSIS • Masthead – 70’s fair ground font which is bold

which stands out and makes you realize that it is the title of the magazine.

• Smash Hits is no longer exists as a magazine but exists as a TV ‘pop’ channel. In the case of this cover ‘Lady Gaga’ is featured in a provocative pose – probably aimed at both a male and female audience. The model credit just says in very bold text ‘LADY GAGA’. The left third of the cover is where ‘LADY GAGA’ stands out because Lady Gaga, the artist is very popular worldwide at the present time. The text also says ‘The worlds BIGGEST star uncovered. Which gives this magazine a ‘page 3’ hook. This magazine also is on the very edge of its target audience because some could class this magazine as ‘soft pornography’.