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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Harry Mark Christopher Judd[1] |
| Born | December 23, 1985 |
| Origin | Chelmsford, Essex, England |
| Genre(s) | Pop/Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Drums |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Label(s) | Island, Super Records |
| Associated acts | McFly |
| Website | McFly official website |
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Early life
Harry Judd was born in Chelmsford, in Essex, England. Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Judd is the youngest of three children, he has a brother named Thomas and a sister named Katherine. As a young boy, he enjoyed playing cricket, and riding a tractor around the family estate. He was educated at Uppingham School, the school was also attended by ex-Busted member Charlie Simpson, now lead singer with the band Fightstar. Uppingham School is a co-educational Independent school situated in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland, England. Charles Robert Simpson (born 7 June, 1985 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) was the youngest member of the reasonably successful Fightstar are a four-piece Post-hardcore band from London, England. Judd's brother, Thomas, was friends with Charlie Simpson when they attended Uppingham. The public school was also attended by Stephen Fry and Johnny Vaughan. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957 is an English Humorist, Writer, Wit, Actor, Novelist, filmmaker Johnny Vaughan (born July 16 1966) is an English Broadcaster and Journalist.
Judd started drumming at around the age of sixteen, 2 years before he joined McFly. According to an interview, he stated that he was self taught for a while then enlisted the help of Nick Fance. Fance later became his first drum teacher. Generally, he prefers not to sing in McFly, although when on tour he once sang a version of 'Hero' by Enrique Iglesias. Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born 8 May 1975 is a Spanish pop Singer-songwriter and Model. He also played the drums in Busted's music video for "Crashed the Wedding" which was released in October 2003, before Island began generating the buzz around McFly. Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica.
Personal life
Judd has many musical influences and claims his favourite are Incubus, Dashboard Confessional, Stone Sour, The Doors, Blink-182, The Used, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and My Chemical Romance, with his all time favourite song being 'Hey Jude'. Incubus is a Grammy -nominated Alternative rock band based out of Calabasas, California. Dashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton Florida, led by Singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. Stone Sour is a three time Grammy -nominated American rock band based in Des Moines IA United States. This article is about the band For their self-titled debut album see The Doors (album; for the Oliver Stone film see The Doors (film; for Doors in computing Blink-182 was an American Pop The Used is a rock band from Orem Utah, USA. Their sound has been classified under many genres and subgenres of rock The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 Led Zeppelin were My Chemical Romance (often shortened to MCR or' My Chem') is an American alternative / post-hardcore quintet that formed in 2001 He has two tattoos, including the words "a tattoo" on his wrist, and "bare" on his foot, meaning bare foot. The rest of McFly have similar tattoos.
Judd lived together with the rest of the McFly bandmembers for two years before they moved to two separate flats in 2005, where the band lived two members per flat for a matter of months, when bandmate Tom Fletcher announced that he would be moving into a house. Thomas "Tom" Michael Fletcher (born 17 July 1985 in Harrow, London) is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists in the British Judd then bought a house in the same road as Fletcher, Danny Jones and Dougie Poynter. Daniel "Danny" Alan David Jones, (born 12 March 1986 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England) is one of the lead vocalists Dougie Lee Poynter (born November 30 1987 in Corringham Essex, England) is bass player and backing Vocalist for the
Judd trained in England to run the 2008 Flora marathon,London Marathon in support of Teenage Cancer Trust and BIRT (Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust). The London Marathon is a popular road marathon that has been held each year in London since 1981 usually in April Teenage Cancer Trust is a charity that focuses on the needs of Teenagers and young adults with Cancer, Leukaemia, Hodgkin’s and related diseases by providing The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT is a provider of specialist Brain injury Rehabilitation in the UK. When the band took a couple of months off in Australia, he continued his training and encouragement of fans to donate through his website. He completed the run in just under 4 hours.
McFly
Judd is the drummer in pop group McFly, and has been playing the drums since the age of sixteen. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells According to an interview, he originally wanted to play the guitar but got bored of playing 'nursery rhymes'. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles After the drummer in a friends band left, he took the instrument up. As well as drums he can play the trumpet and took piano lessons, but claims that he wasn't very good. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers In March 2006, Judd participated in Sport Relief's 'All Out For India' where a team of celebrities travelled to India as part of a cricket team, to help raise money for children.
Judd has also helped co-write several songs on the various McFly albums. These songs include: "Met This Girl" (Room on the Third Floor), "She Falls Asleep" (Wonderland) and "Little Joanna" (Motion In The Ocean). Room on the 3rd Floor is McFly 's first Album, released in 2004 which debuted at number one in the UK albums chart, breaking the world record Motion in the Ocean is McFly 's third album and was released in the United Kingdom on November 6, 2006. Judd describes himself as being thrown in at the deep end with lyric writing on the first album as he'd never done it before, but describes it as being 'refreshing'.
Television and Film Appearances
In January 2005, McFly guest-starred in an episode of the long-running British drama series Casualty. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Casualty is the longest running emergency medical Drama series in the world and the second-longest-running medical drama in the world behind America's General In May 2006, they starred in the teen comedy film Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine, which was released in the US on 12 May 2006 and in the UK on 30 June 2006. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Just My Luck is a Romantic comedy Film starring Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine released in the US on May 12, 2006 Lindsay Dee Lohan (born July 2 1986 is an American Actress, model and Pop music Singer. Christopher Whitelaw Pine (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located They played themselves in the film and the soundtrack featured a variety of their songs from their first two albums. The band also recorded another song, 'Just My Luck', which was to be included on the US-only album release of the same name. Just My Luck is a Romantic comedy Film starring Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine released in the US on May 12, 2006 McFly held a concert at the London Hammersmith Apollo on 19 May 2005 which was used in the film. The UK premiere of the film took place on 28 June 2006 in London. The film was critically panned.
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References
- ^ a b Harry Judd Bio. McFlyOfficial. com.
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