"It still felt like a liberation," adds Omar, with the band providing escapism and an emotional outlet for all involved. After playing a string of self-booked shows, Charlie quit Busted at the height of their fame to pursue Fightstar full-time. "That's when we started thinking about what we actually wanted to achieve. We didn't set out to do anything, but as time went on, our ambitions got grander. I always dreamed of playing the [2000 capacity] Astoria, and once you've done that, you just keep going," says Charlie. "First and foremost, though, it was about making records we loved."

Debut album 'Grand Unification' came in 2006, with 'One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours' released the following year. "I don't think people expected that much from us," says Charlie. "People have tried these extreme genre shifts before, and more often than not, they don't work out. I always believed this band would, though, because I genuinely believed in what we were doing. There was nothing fake about Fightstar and people connected with that." The band became a part of the snarling Britrock scene alongside the likes of Funeral For A Friend, Biffy Clyro and Bullet For My Valentine.