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Interviews
Mattie: The Nutter (Smash Hits 4-7 Sept 2002)
Ok Mattie, its time to dish the dirt. We've heard a rumour that when you wrote "What I go to school for" you were writing about a REAL crush on a REAL teacher!
"OK... I had a massive, massive crush on one of my science teachers when I was about 13" Mattie says. "I can't believe I'm telling you this. She still lives near my mum so she'll know who she is. I tried to be a bit flirty with her, but it never worked. Actually, I think she was married, so I had no chance - but that didn't stop me. I even took her a bunch of flowers. She accepted them and said,
"Thank you very much, Matt," and I was like "No, no, tell me you've always dreamed of getting flowers from me." Obviously I didn't say that out loud - but I thought it."
"Everyone at school knew I had a thing for her, but I was mortified when my mates told my mum. There was no escaping it - everyone knew I loved my science teacher!"
Matt's getting a bit hot under the collar just thinking about her, so he steps outside for some fresh air with the rest of the Busted boys. While they're sitting there a boy wanders over.
"Scuse me, what band are you?" he says
"Slipknot," Matt tells him.
The boy looks puzzled. Then his face brightens and he scampers back to his friends yelling;
"Oi, its Slipknot - with their masks off." Matt can't stop laughing. He loves to wind people up...and so do James and Charlie.
"I've laughed more this year than I've ever done before," James chips in "We're sure its got something to do with Mattie"
"We take our music seriously" he says "We love all this. But we also want it to be fun - we want people to have a real laugh and enjoy themselves while they're listening to our songs."
It's only a matter of time before Mattie, James and Charlie make it really big - but will fame change them?
"No way," Mattie exclaims, shaking his head to emphasise the point. "I've got a group of friends I've known since I was just four years old. They're the most important things in the world to me. Big up the Molesey possee."
MATTIE FACT: Mattie used to leave chewing gum behind his ear. "When I was little I used to put it there before I went to sleep, but one day I woke up and it was smeared in my hair," he says. "I had to have it all shaved off - I was in a right state."
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