Fightstar
Fightstar is a post-hardcore band, formed in 2003, from London, United King… Read Full Bio ↴Fightstar is a post-hardcore band, formed in 2003, from London, United Kingdom. The band consists of Charlie Simpson on vocals, guitar and keyboard, Alex Westaway on guitar and also providing vocals, bass guitarist Dan Haigh and drummer Omar Abidi. They have released three studio albums, "Grand Unification" in 2006, "One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours" in 2007 and most recently "Be Human" in April 2009. Before releasing any albums the band released "They Liked You Better When You Were Dead", a 6 track EP. And in 2008 they released a compilation album consisting of b-sides and covers called "Alternate Endings". They are currently on their own record label Search And Destroy in the UK and are signed with Trustkill Records in the US.
The band are currently taking an extended hiatus and are expected to regroup in the near future to write new material.
Fightstar’s debut EP, “They Liked You Better When You Were Dead”, was released on February 28, 2005, following a rapid promotional tour of the United Kingdom. Being an EP and containing in excess of 3 tracks (it in fact contained 6 tracks, one more than shown on the track listing, the 6th being a hidden track) it was ineligible for the singles chart in the UK - whether or not this was a conscious choice on the part of the band, since it effectively negated the possibility of their first release being judged by its placing in the singles chart (and so, almost inevitably, poorly by comparison with Simpson’s former band), is a matter for debate; regardless, the release proved popular enough to warrant a reprinting on March 23, 2005. First track, Palahniuk’s Laughter, enjoyed heavy rotation on music video channels and spent many weeks in charts based on video and radio requests.
The release of Fightstar's first full length album "Grand Unification" showed a band that could not be further from Simpsons previous band Busted. With raw power, melodic guitars and hard rock hooks they showed the world that Simpson knew what he was doing when he left Busted and that they know exactly where they are going.
In September 2006, the band ended their contract with Island Records. Charlie Simpson said that "they wanted a pop album and we didn't. I've put so much into this band I don't want to start compromising now. We're thinking about going to America. The market for our stuff is much bigger over there."
In September 2007, the band released their second LP entitled 'One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours' under Institute Records. '99' was released as a free-to-download single, along with it's video on the 11th May 2007. Their next single to be released was 'We Apologise For Nothing' which had minor chart success peaking at #63 on the UK singles chart and at #1 on the UK Independant Chart.
'Deathcar' was the third song to be released as a single from the album. It was released on the new VinylDisc format and was also available for download. 'Floods' has also been released from this album.
In Autumn 2008, Alternate Endings was released, providing it's audience with b-sides, acoustic performances and covers.
The band's third studio album, Be Human, was released on April 19th 2009 and reached number 20 in the UK Album Chart. Four singles were released from the album; The English Way (3 Nov 2008), Mercury Summer (6 April 2009), Never Change (20 July 2009) and A City on Fire (21 Dec 2009). They experimented with orchestral elements and received critical acclaim for their work.
The band announced they were "taking some time off" for the remainder of 2010/11 to work on separate projects before regrouping in 2012 to begin writing a new record. A new record, however, did not eventuate. In the time away from the band, Westaway and Haigh worked on a music project titled 'Gunship,' an entity focused on making music for film. The duo completed production on a film project with Philip Koch of Lucas Film. Westaway and Haigh also completed the score for Grzegorz Jonkajtys short film The 3rd Letter along with Audrey Riley. The film picked up several awards from various film festivals across the world.
Simpson began work on a solo album in 2010. He released his EP, When We Were Lions, through Pledge Music, an organisation that helps artists raise money to record music from their fans. His debut album, Young Pilgrim, was released in August 2011. Simpson stated Fightstar would record an album again, but he planned to record a second solo album first, while Westaway and Haigh worked on their Gunship project.
In an interview with Digital spy in December 2012, Charlie Simpson confirmed his current plans to finish writing and record a second solo album in February 2013. Following an intended US release and tour in the summer of 2013 in support of this new solo record, he had then planned for Fightstar to reunite and begin writing for the band's fourth album.
September 2014 saw the band's Facebook profile updated with a new default picture and cover photo; both of which featured Fightstar artwork within an 'X' shape. On September 25, the band's official website was updated to include a countdown timer accompanied by text that simply read "News..." The timer ended on October 13, 2014; with the announcement of a ten-year anniversary show at London's Forum. A statement from the band followed: "It has been 10 years since the inception of this band and we wanted to celebrate it with a bang. We want to thank you all for your love and support over the past ten years and we can't wait to commemorate this milestone with you guys."
The band are currently taking an extended hiatus and are expected to regroup in the near future to write new material.
Fightstar’s debut EP, “They Liked You Better When You Were Dead”, was released on February 28, 2005, following a rapid promotional tour of the United Kingdom. Being an EP and containing in excess of 3 tracks (it in fact contained 6 tracks, one more than shown on the track listing, the 6th being a hidden track) it was ineligible for the singles chart in the UK - whether or not this was a conscious choice on the part of the band, since it effectively negated the possibility of their first release being judged by its placing in the singles chart (and so, almost inevitably, poorly by comparison with Simpson’s former band), is a matter for debate; regardless, the release proved popular enough to warrant a reprinting on March 23, 2005. First track, Palahniuk’s Laughter, enjoyed heavy rotation on music video channels and spent many weeks in charts based on video and radio requests.
The release of Fightstar's first full length album "Grand Unification" showed a band that could not be further from Simpsons previous band Busted. With raw power, melodic guitars and hard rock hooks they showed the world that Simpson knew what he was doing when he left Busted and that they know exactly where they are going.
In September 2006, the band ended their contract with Island Records. Charlie Simpson said that "they wanted a pop album and we didn't. I've put so much into this band I don't want to start compromising now. We're thinking about going to America. The market for our stuff is much bigger over there."
In September 2007, the band released their second LP entitled 'One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours' under Institute Records. '99' was released as a free-to-download single, along with it's video on the 11th May 2007. Their next single to be released was 'We Apologise For Nothing' which had minor chart success peaking at #63 on the UK singles chart and at #1 on the UK Independant Chart.
'Deathcar' was the third song to be released as a single from the album. It was released on the new VinylDisc format and was also available for download. 'Floods' has also been released from this album.
In Autumn 2008, Alternate Endings was released, providing it's audience with b-sides, acoustic performances and covers.
The band's third studio album, Be Human, was released on April 19th 2009 and reached number 20 in the UK Album Chart. Four singles were released from the album; The English Way (3 Nov 2008), Mercury Summer (6 April 2009), Never Change (20 July 2009) and A City on Fire (21 Dec 2009). They experimented with orchestral elements and received critical acclaim for their work.
The band announced they were "taking some time off" for the remainder of 2010/11 to work on separate projects before regrouping in 2012 to begin writing a new record. A new record, however, did not eventuate. In the time away from the band, Westaway and Haigh worked on a music project titled 'Gunship,' an entity focused on making music for film. The duo completed production on a film project with Philip Koch of Lucas Film. Westaway and Haigh also completed the score for Grzegorz Jonkajtys short film The 3rd Letter along with Audrey Riley. The film picked up several awards from various film festivals across the world.
Simpson began work on a solo album in 2010. He released his EP, When We Were Lions, through Pledge Music, an organisation that helps artists raise money to record music from their fans. His debut album, Young Pilgrim, was released in August 2011. Simpson stated Fightstar would record an album again, but he planned to record a second solo album first, while Westaway and Haigh worked on their Gunship project.
In an interview with Digital spy in December 2012, Charlie Simpson confirmed his current plans to finish writing and record a second solo album in February 2013. Following an intended US release and tour in the summer of 2013 in support of this new solo record, he had then planned for Fightstar to reunite and begin writing for the band's fourth album.
September 2014 saw the band's Facebook profile updated with a new default picture and cover photo; both of which featured Fightstar artwork within an 'X' shape. On September 25, the band's official website was updated to include a countdown timer accompanied by text that simply read "News..." The timer ended on October 13, 2014; with the announcement of a ten-year anniversary show at London's Forum. A statement from the band followed: "It has been 10 years since the inception of this band and we wanted to celebrate it with a bang. We want to thank you all for your love and support over the past ten years and we can't wait to commemorate this milestone with you guys."
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Fightstar Lyrics
05. Paint Your Target You hide it every time you miss, Impatience waits around for…
12 Unfamiliar Ceilings Some of us will learn What none of us should know Smoke…
99 On and off You told me to wake you up When the…
A City on Fire It takes a lifetime to pull all of the knives…
Amaze Us I know you've got choices to make I hope you make…
Amethyst She smokes like an amethyst She's moving her way through my…
Apologise Re-write these words upon my grave And look down on everythi…
Athea I hope that when my day, it finally arrives I'll be…
Behind the Devil's Back Won't you come and sit on my knee Cause I'm pouring…
Breaking The Law There I was completely wasting, out of work and down All…
Build An Army We'll hold this off to build these machines Crush these emp…
Call To Arms I'm so sick of constantly feeling Our time is standing stil…
Calling All Stations It's not that I don't love you anymore No it's not…
Chemical Blood Just give me new skin With mechanical-like arms And x-ray ey…
Colours Bleed To Red Desperate and armed It's time to save a life Lets all…
Cross Out The Stars I woke up cold November, It takes a lot to show…
Damocles Gut the animals, they won't feel a thing. You're all pigs…
Dark Star This is our place, it is secret and secure, There are…
Deathcar Drive You're not going to be prepared for this You've left a…
Fight For Us hope you stay awake And live through this These smoke fill…
Fightstar-I Am The Message We'll take our virtues up in arms To save ourselves Tonight …
Floods You can't all pretend That you don't know enough Enough to m…
Flotation Therapy we have come this far just crawling on our knees standing in…
Follow Me into the Darkness I woke on the floor next to an empty bed Summer…
Ghosts On 31 We have never seen so far as this Distance fails my…
Give Me the Sky I’d give the world to you, and I mean it…
Gracious I'll play you at your own game To make sure that…
Grand Unification Covered and coarse I could wait my turn Too pay them all…
Grand Unification Part 1 Covered and coarse I can wait my turn Pay them all back Let'…
Grand Unification Part 2 Mankind has always wondered about the kind of universe it…
Grand Unification Pt 1 Covered and coarse I can wait my turn Pay them all back L…
Grand Unification Pt 2 Mankind has always wondered about the kind of universe it…
Grand Unification, Part 1 Covered and coarse I could wait my turn Too pay them all…
H.I.P I know you've got choices to make I hope you make…
Hazy Eyed I wish I knew where I came from I wish…
Hazy Eyes I wish I new where I came from I wish I…
Hazy eyes. I wish I new where I came from I wish I…
Here Again It's strange that I should meet you here It's obvious we're…
HIP Enough I know you've got choices to make I hope you make…
Hold Out Your Arms If this is our last feast Then I refuse to dine…
I Am The Message We'll take our virtues up in arms To save ourselves Tonight …
In Between Days Yesterday I got so old I felt like I could die Yesterday…
Last Conversation It's strange that I should meet you here It's obvious we're…
Lost Like Tears in Rain I'm not from around here I'll hold onto you but I cant…
Lost Like Tears in the Rain I'm not from around here, I'll hold on for you…
Mercury Summer I hope we make it through I hope the sea is…
Minerva I get all numb When she sings it's over Such a strange…
Mono If time can break us down And not keep us around I…
More Human Than Human Can you feel the sun heat us? As we awoke, covered…
Murder All Over I watched you wash all the blood From your hands it…
Mvua Nyusi Her eyes are as white as the colour of her…
Nerv/Seele Suck it up When you see the cold your eyes will…
Never Change The time is now to tell all your secrets of…
One Day Son The night, the day, the dawn of dead, rising from…
Open Your Eyes Would you change this all if you'd had your say Waking…
Our Last Common Ancestor If you, you are The bolts that are Making the Earth spin Th…
Overdrive Are you alright? The light comes back From the cats eyes And…
Paint Your Target You hide it every time you miss, Impatience waits around for…
Palahniuk I'm not in your house, But not in your head, You're not…
Palahniuk's Laughter I'm not in your house, But not in your head, You're not…
Palahniuks Laughter I'm not in your house, But I'm not in your head, You're…
Sharp Tongue Sleep now in the dust Let me carry us over the…
Shinji Ikari It is cold in here I can hide behind my breath Light…
Sleep Well Tonight Sleep well tonight I'll wake you at the first sign of…
Speak Up We started running now But I can't see straight I can't comm…
Take You Home Wait a minute I would like to take you home again Wait…
Tannhauser You are the mould and I realise all our ties. We…
The Blackest of Birds Well I'm not sure Whether you want my heart on your…
The English Way You can find your hope Amongst the crowds Of all the peopl…
The Message We'll take our virtues up in arms To save ourselves Tonight …
The Whisperer You are the whisperer. You are the unborn son. You are the…
To Sleep Work out your faith with fear and trembling…
Tonight We Burn Turn the light on tonight The electrical fire is taking up…
Unfamiliar Ceilings Some of us will learn What none of us should know Smoke…
Until Then And I'm trying hard To communicate, And it takes me down. …
Waitin' For A Superman I asked you a question But I didn't need you to…
Wake Up If you have the answers to all of my questions Why…
War Machine Some of us will die alone. Some of us will never…
Waste A Moment I'm not asking for much. I'm not asking for anything. I'm a…
We Apologise For Nothing Re-write these words upon my grave And look down on everythi…
we apologize for nothing Charlie Simpson Just rewrite these words upon my gra…
We Left Tracks Of Fire My head felt heavier than the sun. My shoulders twisted and…
Where's the Money Lebowski It's come to this, you're covered in blood So how could…
Where's The Money Lebowski? It's come to this, you're covered in blood so how…
why Look at me up in the sky, Watch the world just…
You You and I Will never make it out of here Alive Please just…
Zihuatanejo would you swim in this water? would you swim in this…