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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

Son of Dork' is a UK pop punk band formed by James Bourne after his previous band, Busted, split in January 2005. The name of the band comes 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. In historical scholarship, a primary source is a document, or other source of information that was created at or near the time being studied, by an authoritative source, usually one with direct personal knowledge of the events being described. ... In library and information science, historiography and some other areas of scholarship, a secondary source is a document or recording that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and... Power pop is a long-standing musical genre that draws its inspiration from 1960s British and American pop music. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... James Elliot Bourne (born 13 September 1983 in Southend, Essex, England) is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists in the British pop punk band Son of Dork, with fellow band members Chris Leonard, Danny Hall and Steve Rushton. ... Steve Rushton (born October 30th, 1987 in Chertsey, England) is the basist and co-lead vocalist of the British pop punk band Son of Dork In addition to writing with Son of Dork, Steve has also written songs with acts such as Outrage and Not Your Hero. ... Danny Hall (born Danny Peter Hall on June 12, 1981 in Widnes, Chesire, England), is the Drummer British pop punk band Son of Dork and DeFo. ... // David Williams is the name of: David Williams (didgeridoo), (born 1983) Aboriginal musician and artist David Williams (Son of Dork), a guitarist in the British band Son of Dork David Williams, Welsh musician with the New Wave/Rock band, The Dear & Departed D. J. Williams (1885–1970), Welsh nationalist leader... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Pop punk is used for two separate subgenres of punk rock music: the kind typically found on Lookout! Records, which stray very little from the three-chord formula that The Ramones pioneered, as well as a newer subgenre of melodic, more emotional punk, which includes by bands like NOFX and... James Elliot Bourne (born 13 September 1983 in Southend, Essex, England) is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists in the British pop punk band Son of Dork, with fellow band members Chris Leonard, Danny Hall and Steve Rushton. ... For the Joanne song, see Busted (song). ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15... Problem Child (1990) is a comedy film about an orphan child that deliberately wreaks havoc everywhere he goes. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Ticket Outta Loserville is the debut single by UK rock band, Son of Dork released in 2005. ... Ongoing events • Abramoff-Reed gambling scandal • Al Jazeera bombing memo • Avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak • Black sites scandal • Conservative leadership race (UK) • Fuel prices • Irans nuclear program • Jilin chemical plant explosions • Kashmir earthquake • Malawi food crisis • Malaysian prisoner abuse scandal • New Delhi bombings investigation • Niger food crisis • North Indian cyclone... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. ...

History

James Bourne placed adverts in publications such as NME and The Stage in order to recruit potential band members for his new project.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} David Williams was in an emo band in south Wales and Steven Rushton was dividing his time between former band Mr Cheerful, college studies and a job in Sainsbury's.^{[citation needed]} For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ... The Stage is a weekly British newspaper founded in 1880, available nationally and published on Thursdays. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980 in Artane, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish singer and songwriter. ... For the Joanne song, see Busted (song). ... For other persons named David Williams, see David Williams (disambiguation). ... Steve Rushton (born October 30th, 1987 in Chertsey, England) is the basist and co-lead vocalist of the British pop punk band Son of Dork In addition to writing with Son of Dork, Steve has also written songs with acts such as Outrage and Not Your Hero. ...

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]} Ticket Outta Loserville is the debut single by UK rock band, Son of Dork released in 2005. ... Welcome To Loserville is the debut album from British band Son of Dork which was released by Mercury Records on November 21, 2005 and entered the charts at #35 due to little or no promotion, but it has just recently been certified Gold in the UK, selling more than 100... Eddies Song is a single by UK rock band, Son of Dork released in 2006. ... Ant (left) and Dec appearing in an ITV 1 ident. ... The term alien autopsy is used within the UFOlogical community to refer to the supposed examination of an extraterrestrial cadaver by government authorities. ...

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.^{[citation needed]}

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. 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 Welsh band called Kobe. is the 192nd day of the year (193rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... // David Williams is the name of: David Williams (didgeridoo), (born 1983) Aboriginal musician and artist David Williams (Son of Dork), a guitarist in the British band Son of Dork David Williams, Welsh musician with the New Wave/Rock band, The Dear & Departed D. J. Williams (1885–1970), Welsh nationalist leader...

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 one of which is a girl. DeFo are set to make their debut performance on the 7th December 2007. DeFo Official Site

Steve has been working with other unsigned artists and writing and producing songs which may be used for Son Of Dork. Most recently he has produced the debut album for a new pop rock band called Eighth Wave.

James has been spending most of 2007 in America working with artists and his girlfriend's band AvenueB, he has also started doing a few solo acoustic gigs in Manhattan. He also uploaded a solo song called "Loser with no life"

Members

• James Bourne - Lead Vocalist / Guitarist
• Steven Rushton - Lead Vocalist / Bassist
• Danny Hall - Drummer (Also A Drummer For Rock Band DeFo!)

James Elliot Bourne (born 13 September 1983 in Southend, Essex, England) is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists in the British pop punk band Son of Dork, with fellow band members Chris Leonard, Danny Hall and Steve Rushton. ... Steve Rushton (born October 30th, 1987 in Chertsey, England) is the basist and co-lead vocalist of the British pop punk band Son of Dork In addition to writing with Son of Dork, Steve has also written songs with acts such as Outrage and Not Your Hero. ... Danny Hall (born Danny Peter Hall on June 12, 1981 in Widnes, Chesire, England), is the Drummer British pop punk band Son of Dork and DeFo. ...

Ex Members

• Chris Leonard^{[citation needed]} - Lead Guitarist/some backup vocals
• David Williams- Guitarist

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Tours

• Better Late Than Never Tour 2007 (Headline tour) (Cancelled)
• 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

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Awards

• Smash Hits Awards 2005- Hot New Talent
• NME Awards Worst Band 2007

The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party was an awards ceremony which ran from 1988 to 2005. ...

Discography

Welcome To Loserville is the debut album from British band Son of Dork which was released by Mercury Records on November 21, 2005 and entered the charts at #35 due to little or no promotion, but it has just recently been certified Gold in the UK, selling more than 100... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ticket Outta Loserville is the debut single by UK rock band, Son of Dork released in 2005. ... Eddies Song is a single by UK rock band, Son of Dork released in 2006. ...

External links

• Son of Dork Official Site
• DeFo Official Site
• James Myspace
• Steve Producing/writing Page
• Son of Dork at the Open Directory Project