Chart-toppers McFly have been inspired by Busted pal Matt Willis’ decision to talk about his addiction battle for a documentary last month.
But despite celebrating 20 years since the group formed, they say it’ll be another two decades before they’ll cough up their secrets.
Back with new album Power To Play, drummer Harry Judd says: “Matt was so honest and brave.
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“I would make a documentary now but I can see us in 20 years, late 50s, very reflective, hopefully having achieved a lot more.
“Everyone in the band needs to be comfortable telling their story truthfully.
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“There’s things that have happened which maybe some of us aren’t quite comfortable talking about.
“That’s the interesting part of the story – the highs and lows, and the lows are sometimes places you don’t want to go to. One day maybe if everyone’s up for that it would be good.”
In the BBC documentary Fighting Addiction, Matt opened up about his decades-long battle with booze and drugs, and the effect it has had on his TV presenter wife Emma and their family.
McFly toured with Matt between 2013 and 2015 as part of supergroup McBusted and Harry says: “He was so protective of his sobriety and never wanted to glamorise it and use it as a promotional tool – it was so fragile.
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“It’s amazing to see him in a place where he’s comfortable to talk about it very considered.
“He’s been through so much in his life he’s able to reflect on it now with enough confidence to know he’s in a safe place.
“It was really inspiring and I was really pleased for him because he’s a great guy.
“Things have changed so much in terms of mental health conversations.”
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Inspired by 1980s rock, the All About You hitmakers hope to correct preconceptions about McFly on their new album after saying “f** it” when told guitar bands won’t get played on radio.
Seen as a squeaky-clean boyband, despite playing and writing their own songs, the four piece – which also includes singer/guitarists Danny Jones and Tom Fletcher and bassist Dougie Poynter – have made music they personally love.
Danny, who is also a coach on The Voice Kids, says: “We lost our way a bit to try to stay commercial.
“It was a weird situation getting told they won’t play guitars on the radio.
“Obviously we want to be as commercial as possible but I feel McFly sits right in the middle.”
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Harry, who won Strictly in 2011, says: “People will come up to us now and presume I’m a singer in the band and are like: ‘You have a drummer?! Do you have dancers on stage?’
“People’s perception of McFly is we’re a boyband who do nice songs like All About You.
“It’s a rebirth but at the same time it’s hard to get it out to the doubters. We want to move forward as a band and on this album we’ve gone ‘f* it, it’s a rock album’.
“If you like rock and good melodies this album is for you.”
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A new series of The Voice Kids airs late summer – and Danny, Harry and Tom are all dads so are we going to see another McFly offfshoot in the future?
Harry says: “My son is completely obsessed with guitars and music – he walks around with a guitar wrapped around him.
“Tom’s kids are all playing, particularly his eldest, they jam at home.”
Danny adds: “Cooper likes singing, to hit the drums and is into street dance.
“The Voice Kids is not about getting them a record deal – it’s giving them confidence and an experience they’ll always remember to ignite the fire to want to do music.”
Power To Play is out now.
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