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SON OF DORK

Son of Dork were a British pop-punk band that was formed by ex-Busted member James Bourne after his band had split in early 2005.
After placing adverts in music magazines and newspapers, James eventually recruited four other members to the band.
These members included Dave Williams (guitar), Steve Rushton (bass and vocals), Chris Leonard (lead guitar) and Danny Hall (drums) and with James Bourne himself on lead vocals and the guitar.

During late 2005- early 2006, son of dork release two singles title 'ticket outta loserville' and 'eddie's song'. These two singles topped the charts and were followed a few weeks later with the bands debut album 'Welcome to Loserville'.

In early 2007, the band signed to Bourne's self-created record company named Sic Puppy Records. During this time, the band also toured with the likes of bands such as Bowling For Soup, Wheatus and Army of Freshmen in the Get Happy '07 Tour.

In July 2007, guitarist Dave Williams announced over the bands myspace that the the band had split. Later in October 2007, Chris Leonard announced that he too was leaving and was later followed by the departure of Steve Rushton.
With only two band members remaining, the band was officially over.

After the bands split, each member began to do their own thing with Dave Williams starting a new band named Kobe, Steve Rushton leaving Britain to move to America where he later recorded the theme song to the Disney show, Suite Life on Deck and eventually got a part in the Hannah Montanna movie to have two of his songs on the movies soundtrack.
Chris Leonard eventually started a new band with ex-Rooster lead singer Nick Atkinson and the band was named The Ya-Ya Boys.
James Bourne started a solo career but stopped recording when he started writing his own stage show called Loserville: The Musical which was based on the bands one and only album, Welcome to Loserville.

Songs:

Ticket Outta Loserville

Eddie's Song

Boyband (live)