Son of Dork

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Son of Dork
Country	United Kingdom
Years active	2005—present
Genres	Pop, Pop rock, Pop punk
Members	James Bourne, Steve Rushton, David Williams, Chris Leonard and Danny Hall

Son of Dork is a UK pop rock band formed by James Bourne after Busted split in January 2005. They released their debut single "Ticket Outta Loserville", which James Bourne wrote 2 weeks after Busted split up, in November 2005. It reached #3 on the UK Top 75. Their next single was "Eddie's Song". It reached #10 on the UK Top 75 in January 2006. The song recorded for the soundtrack of Ant and Dec's film debut Alien Autopsy titled "We're Not Alone" was due to be Son of Dork's 3rd single and possibly be a double a-side with "Sick", but was scrapped for unknown reasons. "We're Not Alone" is available on the Alien Autopsy soundtrack album and is also featured on the end credits of the film. They played in a celebrity charity football match "Soccer Six" in late May 2006.

Their record company, Mercury, has said they cannot release until February 2007 due to lack of release material. The new album Lights Out will be released in 2007. They are set to tour in February 2007 with Bowling for Soup, Wheatus and Army of Freshmen on the Get Happy Tour.

1 Members
2 Musical Style
3 Other Trivia
4 Discography
5 External links

[edit] Members

Son of Dork consists of:

James Bourne - (Rhythm Guitar/Lead vocals). He is 23 years old from Southend on Sea.
Steve Rushton - (Bass/Lead vocals). He is 19 years old.
Dave Williams - (Guitar). He is 20 years old and is from Wales.
Chris Leonard - (Lead Guitar/Backing vocals). He is 27 years old and from Surrey.
Danny Hall - (Drums). He is 25 years old from Widnes.

[edit] Musical Style

Son of Dork's style of music is pop, pop-rock & pop-punk.

[edit] Other Trivia

Performed at ChildLine gig in Ireland.
"Murdered in the Mosh", the final song on Welcome to Loserville, has a hidden song on the end of it.
The band turned on the Christmas lights at The Mall, Cribbs Causeway in 2005.
There are three hidden tracks on the 'Welcome To Loserville' album.
In the Ticket Outta Loserville video, James Bourne is seen wearing New Found Glory and KISS T-shirts.
The video also features a De Lorean car, a probable reference to Back to the Future, a film which seems to feature in many of James Bourne's projects (for example the Busted song Year 3000 and the band name of McFly).
Bourne personally owns a DeLorean car.
Bourne also owns his own clothing line Sicpuppy.
The name of the band comes from a scene in the movie Problem Child where the chant Son of Dork is used.
The band won the Worst Attempt at Rock category of the 2006 Naomi Awards

[edit] Discography

Album information
Welcome To Loserville Released: November, 21 2005 UK Certification: Gold Peak Position: #35 UK Singles: 2005 "Ticket Outta Loserville" (November, 21) — #3 UK 2006 "Eddie's Song" (January, 16) — #10 UK
Lights Out Released: February, 19 2007 UK Certification: - Peak Position: - Singles: 2007 "Next" (February, 6)