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Also known as SOD
Origin United Kingdom
Genre(s) Pop Punk
Power Pop
Years active 2005 - Present
Website Son of Dork Official Site
Members
James Bourne
Steven Rushton
Danny Hall
Former members
David Williams
Chris Leonard

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History

James Bourne placed adverts in publications such as NME and The Stage in order to recruit potential band members for his new project. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been The Stage is a weekly British Newspaper founded in 1880 available nationally and published on Thursdays Drummer Danny Hall had spent ten years with hardcore metal band Spiral Rock, whereas guitarist Chris Leonard had been in band Stamford Amp, the house band on BBC's The Saturday Show in 2002 and had also toured with acts including Brian McFadden and Busted. Chris Leonard (born Christopher William Leonard on March 13, 1979 in London, England) was the lead guitarist and backing Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980 in Artane, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish Singer and Songwriter, who rose David Williams was in an emocore band in south Wales and Steven Rushton was dividing his time between former band Mr Cheerful, college studies and a job in Sainsbury's. David Williams (born June 14, 1986, Shrewsbury) was a member of the British pop punk band Son of Dork, along with James Bourne Emo (ˈiːmoʊ is a genre of music that originated from Hardcore punk early on and adopted Pop-punk influences later on in the 2000s when

In November 2005 Son of Dork released their first single Ticket Outta Loserville which reached number 3 in the UK Charts, followed a few weeks later with their debut album Welcome to Loserville. "Ticket Outta Loserville" is the debut single by UK Pop punk band Son of Dork released in 2005 Welcome to Loserville is the debut album from British pop punk band Son of Dork which was released by Mercury Records on Follow-up single Eddie's Song was released in January 2006 and reached number 10 in the UK charts. "Eddie's Song" is the second and final single by UK pop punk band Son of Dork released in 2006 The band's online community were fierce in defending the track from criticism. Son Of Dork then penned their next single "We're Not Alone" for Ant and Dec’s film Alien Autopsy, although it was never released as a single. Ant & Dec are a British duo of Light entertainment television presenters consisting of Novocastrians (the colloquial terminology for this is " The term alien autopsy is used to refer to a post mortem procedure typically an Autopsy, supposedly carried out on an extraterrestrial being.

Son of Dork appeared as the Headlining act for the first “Sic Tour” in March 2007, and soon arranged their own headlining tour, the “Better Late Than Never” tour, which was due to take place in May 2007, but was later cancelled.

One of the songs James Bourne wrote is called "Slacker". James Elliot Bourne (born 13 September, 1983 in Southend, Essex, England) is a singer/songwriter and co-founder of the Because of James' love of films some of the lyrics were based on the film Back to the Future. Back to the Future is a 1985 science fiction Comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg. The lines 'But in school everybody said he was a slacker' is due to Marty McFly being called a 'Slacker'. Martin "Marty" McFly is a Fictional character and the main protagonist in the Back to the Future In the first verse the lyrics 'He writes, science fiction novels' is also due to George McFly writing science fiction novels in Back To The Future. George Douglas McFly is a Fictional character in the Back to the Future Motion picture Trilogy. Back to the Future is a 1985 science fiction Comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg.

The Future

After months of speculation of a split, on July 11, 2007 David Williams posted on Son of Dork’s Myspace Page that the band had split. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. David Williams (born June 14, 1986, Shrewsbury) was a member of the British pop punk band Son of Dork, along with James Bourne Within hours however, James confirmed that the band had not split. Dave later announced that he had quit the band since he didn't want to be in band where everyone doesn't do anything for more than a year. Dave is now in a band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex called Kobe. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common

In October 2007 Chris Leonard also left the band, saying "I've left but to be honest there wasn't really anything to leave. The band wasn't doing anything at all so obviously I wasn't prepared to sit around doing nothing all day when there's so much other stuff I can be doing so I moved on and I'm making new music".

Danny who still remains in the band has started a new rock band called DeFo also constising of five members. DeFo made their debut performance on 7 December 2007. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Steve has been working with other unsigned artists and writing and producing songs which may be used for Son Of Dork or other projects. Most recently he has produced the debut album for a new pop rock band called Eighth Wave. In the last year Steve has become a successful producer and his work can be seen on his myspace page. Steve Rushton's MySpace. Now, Steve Rushton joined in a friend's band called Outrage where he is playing lead guitar.

James has been spending most of 2007 in America working with artists such as the Jonas Brothers and his girlfriend's band AvenueB. The Jonas Brothers are a VMA -nominated American Boy band. They gained their popularity solely from the television network Disney Channel He has also started doing a few solo acoustic gigs in Manhattan and theres rumours that he has been writing lyrics for himself or his band and will be returning to the UK. He also uploaded a solo song called "Loser with No Life". His latest song is a duet with Olivia from Avenue B called What You're About. It can be seen on his youtube site.

James has stated on the band website that they would start writing new material soon but has yet to be confirmed.

Members

Ex Members

Tours

Awards

Discography

Album Information
Welcome to Loserville

External links

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