Alex Westaway is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on February 2, 1983 in Northampton, England, United Kingdom. He and Charlie Simpson have worked together as part of Fightstar.
During the early years of Fightstar, Charlie was still an active member of the successful pop-punk band Busted whose sound differed greatly from Fightstar’s. However, when Charlie left Busted in January 2005, Fightstar had their first official UK tour and released their first EP They Liked You Better When You Were Dead in February 2005.
Alex co-founded the synthwave band GUNSHIP alongside Dan Haigh and Alex Gingell. The debut album was released in July 2015 which gained critical acclaim. Alex and Dan Haigh have scored a number of short films including Grzegorz Jonkajty’s The 3rd Letter along with Audrey Riley. The film picked up several awards from various film festivals across the world.
He grew up in Northamptonshire, England.
He and fellow band member Dan Haigh recorded music for the short film The 3rd Letter.
While he was at university Alex attended a party in 2003 with mutual friend Omar Abidi and the two met Charlie Simpson which led to the formation of Fightstar.
