Simpson wanted to quit Busted a year ago
Former Busted star Charlie Simpson came close to quitting the group over a year ago, after becoming infuriated with having to pose for a teenage magazine cover.
The Crashed The Wedding musician was frustrated at having to dress up as one of the 'Three Kings' in a reconstruction of the Christian nativity scene for British publication It's Hot in December 2003.
And Simpson, who left Busted earlier this month to concentrate on hard- rocking band Fightstar, credits the moment with making him realise life in a boyband was not for him.
Simpson says: "It's been really confusing. Before Busted I was in bands with my mates back home, then the next thing I was living in London and dressing up as a king.
"It's not that I haven't enjoyed Busted, but Busted is a p**s around and the aim of being in bands, ultimately, is to be in your 'favourite' band.
"That's the idea with Fightstar. Not to sell records."
