- Son of Dork
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Son of Dork Also known as SOD Origin United Kingdom Genres Pop punk Years active 2005–2008 Labels Mercury, Sicpuppy Associated acts Busted, McFly Past members David Williams
Chris Leonard
Steve Rushton
James Bourne
Danny HallSon of Dork were a British pop punk 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 Singles Chart.[1] Their second single, "Eddie's Song", reached #10 in January 2006.
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Formation
James 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] David Williams is now in a Kent based band called Adelaide. Steven Rushton was dividing his time between former band "Mr Cheerful", college studies and a job in Sainsbury's.[citation needed]
Music career
Welcome to Loserville (2005 - 2006)
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. Follow-up single "Eddie's Song" was released in January 2006 and reached number 10 in the UK charts. 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.[citation needed]
Get Happy Tour and Sic Puppy Records (2007)
On 6 February 2007 Son of Dork toured with Wheatus, Army of Freshmen, and Bowling for Soup in The Get Happy '07 Tour. The tours were met with a favourable reception and the band performed a new song originally for the deluxe edition of their Welcome to Loserville album called "Colgate Smile".
The band during most of 2007 went under Bourne's self-created record company Sic Puppy Records.[2] During this time they headlined The Sic Tour which gave several unsigned bands an opportunity to perform to the public. The gig took place in Shepards Bush Empire on the 24th March and was met with high praise from fans. Son of Dork played several new songs during their stage time such as "What Happened To Your Band?" and "Go Home Monday" as well as old favourites. Shortly after the tour, Bourne announced they were to work on a new album and uploaded a demo on his Myspace called Loser With No Life. Despite this, Son of Dork was slowly disbanding.
Hiatus and 'Split' (2007 - 2008)
After months of speculation of a split, on 11 July 2007 David Williams[disambiguation needed
] posted on Son of Dork’s Myspace Page that the band had split. Within hours, however, James confirmed that the band had not split. Dave later announced that he had quit since he didn't want to be in a band that does nothing.Chris Leonard also left the band in October 2007, 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".[citation needed]
After Leonard's and Williams sudden departure, the Son of Dork went into an unannounced hiatus not performing a live concert or even meeting up in a year. This caused Rushton to leave the band stating "I didn't pick up a guitar to leave it hanging on a wall gathering dust for two years".
With only two band members remaining, Son of Dork was no more. Despite this, the reading on the official website says "...Son Of Dork is not officially over... " although this has not changed since the split.
Loserville: The Musical (2009)
In early 2009, Bourne and fellow play writer Elliot Davies announced a musical play based on Son of Dork's debut album Welcome to Loserville which would premier for two exclusive nights in South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell[3] on the 20 and 21 August. The play was met with favourable reviews, and is now signed to tour the West End.[4]
Possible reunion
James Bourne has stated several times that he does wish Son of Dork went further than it did. In March 2010, he tweeted that he did 'miss SOD! Big Time! I'd tour with SOD again. BIG TIME!'.[5] He also stated in an interview that if he was to reform Son of Dork he would only bring back the members who wanted to come back. However, he ended the interview stating it was very unlikely he'd make a new Son of Dork album as he'd rather 'work with Matt Willis again.' [6]
Members
- James Bourne - lead vocalist, guitarist
- Danny Hall - drummer
- David Williams- bassist, guitarist
- Chris Leonard - guitarist
- Steve Rushton - bassist, lead vocals
Tours
- Better Late Than Never Tour 2007 (Headline tour) (Cancelled)
- The Skegness Circular 2007
- Sic Tour 2007 - Headline Act
- Get Happy Tour 2007 (Support for Bowling for Soup with Army of Freshmen and Wheatus throughout the UK)
- Welcome to Loserville Live Radio Tour 2006
Discography
Studio albums
Year Album details Peak positions Certifications
(sales threshold)UK
[7]2005 Welcome to Loserville - Release date: 21 November 2005
- Label: Mercury Records
35 Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions Album UK
[7]IRE
[9]2005 "Ticket Outta Loserville" 3 15 Welcome to Loserville 2006 "Eddie's Song" 10 24 References
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 514. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ http://www.sicpuppyrecords.com/
- ^ "Loserville | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. 2009-06-26. http://www.myspace.com/loservillethemusical. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ "Bourne's LOSERVILLE: THE MUSICAL to Hit the West End?". Westend.broadwayworld.com. 2009-11-06. http://westend.broadwayworld.com/article/Bournes_LOSERVILLE_THE_MUSICAL_to_Hit_the_West_End_20091106. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ Frankie Genchi (2010-03-15). "James Bourne sets Future Boy release date and hints at Son Of Dork reunion – Flecking Records". Fleckingrecords.co.uk. http://www.fleckingrecords.co.uk/2010/03/james-bourne-sets-futureboy-release-date-and-hints-at-son-of-dork-reunion.html. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ Frankie Genchi (2010-06-03). "James Bourne – Future Boy Interview – Flecking Records". Fleckingrecords.co.uk. http://www.fleckingrecords.co.uk/2010/06/james-bourne-future-boy-interview.html. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ a b "Chart Stats - Son of Dork". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=800. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ "British Phonographic Industry search results". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
- ^ "irishcharts.com - Discography Son of Dork". Hung Medien. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Son+of+Dork. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
External links
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David Williams · Chris LeonardStudio albums Singles Categories:- British rock music groups
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