Track Listing

1. To Sleep
2. Grand Unification Part 1
3. Waste A Moment
4. Sleep Well Tonight
5. Paint Your Target
6. Build An Army
7. Here Again (Last Conversation)
8. Lost Like Tears In Rain
9. Open Your Eyes
10. Mono
11. Hazy Eyes
12. Grand Unification Part 2
13. Wake Up

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14298 in Music
• Released on: 2006-03-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .21 pounds
• Running time: 50 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Seldom has a pop personality engineered his own fall from grace quite so determinedly as Charlie Simpson, formerly of UK chart stars Busted. There’s enough visceral energy and musical depth to debut album Grand Unification, however, to confirm his new project Fightstar are something far more fully realised than a haphazard stab at rock credibility. A suite of dynamic, gutsy post-hardcore songs in the vein of Biffy Clyro, Hell Is For Heroes, and Funeral For A Friend, Fightstar can’t entirely hide Simpson’s impulse for a inclusive shout-along chorus, but the likes of "Waste A Moment" and "Paint Your Target" take care to temper their moments of pop hookiness with screamed vocals, bludgeoning guitars and the odd arcane time-signature. "Build An Army" is the most convincing example of Fightstar’s heaviness at its most rampant and unchecked--a coiled rattlesnake of quiet/loud dynamism that achieves Deftones levels of intensity. A success? Put it this way: in controlled conditions, nine out of ten Kerrang! readers could happily mosh out without ever once suspecting an ex-member of Busted was in the building, and one suspects that for Charlie Simpson, that’s a victory well worth winning.--Louis Pattison

CD Description
'Grand Unification' is the debut album from former Busted member Charlie Simpson's new band, an emo-rock outfit by the name of Fightstar. Shunning his former act's penchant for punk-pop numbers, this album is a collection of emo-rock screamers that are reminiscent of bands such as Hundred Reasons and Hell Is For Heroes. Includes the singles 'Waste A Moment'and 'Paint Your Target'.

Customer Reviews

God bless Charlie Simpson, he got there in the end
Right, so Fightstar are uncool because the lead vocalist is Charlie Simpson and he used to be the bushy-eyebrowed one in Busted.
Wrong.
Okay, so Fightstar make really bad music then.
Wrong.
So why does everyone hate them?
Because they are too scared to come out and say they love them.
Unlike me.
Grand Unification is the only album I have ever listened to which made me, after the last track finished, open the curtains just so I could make sure the earth was still there.
It isn't death metal, and it isn't emo, it's just damn good rock. From the soft Track One (To Sleep) that lures you into a false sense of security before dropping into Track Two (Grand Unification Pt1), the epic and truly magnificent Mono and even Charlie Simpson's incredible scream on Waste A Moment, this album is so good it hurts. And I mean, really, really, hurts.
Charlie Simpson should have been celebrating when Busted finished their first live performance on tour. And he was celebrating. But only because he and his bandmates from side project Fightstar had just completed a nine-track EP, most tracks of which made it to the main album.
So don't go thinking Fightstar is something CS did in desperation when Busted broke up. He was with them even before he was with Busted, and used them as a stepping stone to their recording contract. Wrong, yes, but very, very clever, and I'm sure his bandmates appreciated the sacrifice he made by getting up on a stage and singing the theme tune to the latest Thunderbirds film in front of thousands of girls barely out of training bras. Not many of us would.

The best album of 2006.
This album is pure brilliance. Fightstar's sonic, tight and full sound is put to the test, and it scores full marks. There are no weak songs, and the production quality is perfect, which makes the highly emotional and heartfels songs even more epic. Charlie and Al's contrasting voices fit together perfectly, when trading lines and harmonising, and the interesting vocal lines and harmonies make the songs interesting and diverse.

The guitars, when both clean and distorted, are always huge-sounding and melodic, while the basslines are always hearable and complex, without sounding confusing. The huge, epic drums perfectly compliment the riffs and more often the bass.

This album is absolutely excellent, and I challenge anyone, even if they are not a fan of the genre, to try it and not like what they hear. Top notch.

Hold Your Fire!!
I'm a fan of this band simply because their music is good.
Songs like Grand Unification Part1 and Paint Your Target, really define their style with a melodious verse and chorus to heavyheavy middle 8's.
Old favourite ''Mono'' has the droning largeness reminiscent of Finch's ''Without You Here'', while former B-Side ''Waste a Moment'' gets a similar, heavied-up treatment, with some tidy riffs thrown in for good measure.
As a dj, I've played Fightstar and have been bored to tears by the people coming up to me and calling me a 'sellout' (or worse) because I'm playing an ex pop band member's new band. The thing is, thats exactly what they are to me, a NEW BAND.
I have news for all those people who are just too quick to rubbish something just for the fun of it . .
FIGHTSTAR will be successful and theres nothing you can do about it!!.
If you like Posthardcore or whatever its called nowadays then I reckon you'll like Fightstar, if you dont, then fair enough, this isn't for you . .
HOWEVER, if you're too damn 'cool' to let yourself have a listen to this, then go see a nurse because you may well have a diamond forming in your bottom!
Best wishes . . DBD.