Post by petra on Sept 11, 2005 22:07:59 GMT 1
Introducing...Son Of Dork!
James found Steve, Chris, David and Danny after a gruelling audition process. After their debut gigs at Oxford and Liverpool's Party In The Park festivals, they're already inseparable.
"At the auditions I saw some great players I would have loved for the band, but I could tell they were arseholes," says James. "There was one guy who was one of the best guitarists I've ever seen and he had the biggest attitude problem in the world. Even if he was Jimi Hendrix, if he has an attitude problem he's never going to fit. It's not about individuals, it's about the band. If it was about individuals I'd go solo."
"Loserville is a state of mind," says James. "Everyone gets to a stage in their life where they get a ticket out of Loserville. It could be a job that they've got that they always wanted, they've done something that they're proud of and that's good.”
Here's how the band got its name:
"I was in Canada on a chair lift and I was just thinking about Charlie leaving Busted and how I'd have to get another band and I didn't know what to call it," James remembers. "A scene from 'Problem Child' was in my head, where he's on a baseball field and he's missing all the balls and the whole team are shouting at him 'son of dork'. I just thought that would be cool because it sounds good when it's chanted. It suited what we're about and it suits our songs down to the ground. It's just a perfect name for the band. I watch a lot of loser movies."
TUNE IN FROM 4PM ON SUNDAY - YOU'LL HEAR SON OF DORK FIRST ON hit40uk!
James found Steve, Chris, David and Danny after a gruelling audition process. After their debut gigs at Oxford and Liverpool's Party In The Park festivals, they're already inseparable.
"At the auditions I saw some great players I would have loved for the band, but I could tell they were arseholes," says James. "There was one guy who was one of the best guitarists I've ever seen and he had the biggest attitude problem in the world. Even if he was Jimi Hendrix, if he has an attitude problem he's never going to fit. It's not about individuals, it's about the band. If it was about individuals I'd go solo."
"Loserville is a state of mind," says James. "Everyone gets to a stage in their life where they get a ticket out of Loserville. It could be a job that they've got that they always wanted, they've done something that they're proud of and that's good.”
Here's how the band got its name:
"I was in Canada on a chair lift and I was just thinking about Charlie leaving Busted and how I'd have to get another band and I didn't know what to call it," James remembers. "A scene from 'Problem Child' was in my head, where he's on a baseball field and he's missing all the balls and the whole team are shouting at him 'son of dork'. I just thought that would be cool because it sounds good when it's chanted. It suited what we're about and it suits our songs down to the ground. It's just a perfect name for the band. I watch a lot of loser movies."
TUNE IN FROM 4PM ON SUNDAY - YOU'LL HEAR SON OF DORK FIRST ON hit40uk!
