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Son of Dork were a British pop rock band formed by James Bourne after his previous band, Busted, split in January 2005. The name of the band came from a scene in the movie Problem Child where the chant "Son of Dork" is used. Their debut single, "Ticket Outta Loserville", was released in November 2005, reaching #3 on the UK Top 75. Their second single, "Eddie's Song", reached #10 in January 2006. FormationJames Bourne placed adverts in publications such as NME and The Stage and Topper (comic) in order to recruit potential band members for his new project. The members that were chosen had all been involved in bands in the past. Drummer Danny Hall had previously spent ten years with hardcore metal band "Spiral Rocks" and Punk band "Like I Care", 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. 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. Music careerFrom Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License did son of dork break up?!?!? Q. what happened??? wht happend to steve, danny, and james? i live in the US btw :] Asked by il182 - Tue Sep 2 00:17:30 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. "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 December 7, 2007 who split up weeks later. Danny is now recording a solo album." "Steve Rushton has been working with other unsigned artists and writing and producing songs after leaving Son of Dork. 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 has gone overseas and will be appearing in Hannah Montana: The Movie as himself perfoming two of his own songs." "James has been spending most of 2007 in America… [cont.] Answered by Neon L - Tue Sep 2 09:06:14 2008 how can i get tickets to see son of dork? Q. how can i get tickets to see son of dork? Asked by JIM C - Tue Oct 3 06:33:05 2006 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. Seriously? You want to waste money on that sh*te? Anyway try www.ticketmaster.co.uk or ebay Answered by tfd - Tue Oct 3 06:35:32 2006 Fightstar, Son of Dork, or McFLY?
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