So Is That It For The Faders?

[Kirkland]

I wasn't a huge fan and though I thought No Sleep Tonight was okay, Jump was ghastly and their CD:UK performance ranked as one of the all time worst. Their video for their debut was rendered watchable only by the fact Veronica Mars and her gang were intercut with the scenes. I know their album was released in Asia but what I really want to know is....

What next? Does anyone even care? I seemed to recall they had a few fans here.

[crazyboy]

Oh, they were dreadful.

Hopefully they will be joining the dole queue at the job centre.

[calvinsteps]

I think they literally only had a few fans in the UK, they were supposedly massive in Asia and were doing quite well in USA last time I heard anything about them.

I would say theyd had their time.

[mjh8888]

Their record company hasn't given up on them just yet - they've been announced as Kelly Clarkson's support act for her tour in February/March.

[AcerBen]

mjh8888 said:

Their record company hasn't given up on them just yet - they've been announced as Kelly Clarkson's support act for her tour in February/March.

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!111ONE!!!!!!ELEVEN!!!!

[Steveweiser]

Nice choice - I get extra eye-candy in Molly as well as Kelly...

[vasilios]

Yes not bad! Better than random unsigned pop acts or signed but crap US rawk ones. Wasn't her boyf supporting her last US tour?

[Steveweiser]

Her boyfriend at the time was, they've split up now.

[Poptastic!]

Who was her boyfriend?

Jessica

[Steveweiser]

Graham Colton of The Graham Colton Band.

[Kirkland]

mjh8888 said:

Their record company hasn't given up on them just yet - they've been announced as Kelly Clarkson's support act for her tour in February/March.

I'm very shocked. I've actually heard their album recently and apart from No Sleep Tonight, it is pretty awful. How can a label get it so wrong? They have chosen three girls to manufacture into a potentially massive pop group and out of everyone on the planet they chose Midge Ure's daughter!

I can't get my head around that.

[Maureen]

'No Sleep Tonight' was good; really good. I was surprised when it tanked, but I guess the 'female Busted' references in just about every fucking bit of press they did didn't help too much.

Their other material is dreadful but, no, they haven't been dropped. It's almost like the good old days, where acts had longer than thirty seconds to prove themselves before they got the heave-ho. How nostalgic yet refreshing.

[Kirkland]

I think the video to No Sleep Tonight was utterly flawed. I also wouldn't admit to being related to Midge Ure but that's my personal opinion. So what would I have done to help The Faders out? Firstly I would scrap their album. It's duff. Secondly I would drastically alter their 'punk pop' image; it's tired and false looking. Molly's hair colour is fucking stupid looking so that would have to go and the new image would be a more indie hipster look. I liked No Sleep Tonight, though it was a little overproduced, I would re-release it with a new video.

[Adem]

I loved No Sleep Tonight, but like many have already mentioned above, the rest of their material left a lot to be desired (from what i've heard).

[Kirkland]

On Molly's MySpace she doesn't even mention The Faders. How strange.

[georgie]

kirkland said:

On Molly's MySpace she doesn't even mention The Faders. How strange.

The first thing that makes me think a pop profile is fake is a bio that starts something like "hi, I'm Tom, one quarter of McFly..." (susbtitute band member and band name)