James Bourne

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James Bourne
James Bourne
Background information
Birth name	James Elliott Bourne
Born	September 13, 1983 (age 23)
Origin	Southend, Essex, England
Genre(s)	Pop,Pop-punk,
Years active	2002-present
Website	www.jamesbourneofficial.com

James Elliot Bourne, commonly known as James Bourne (born September 13, 1983 in Southend, Essex, England) is one of the lead vocalists and guitarists in the British pop band Son Of Dork, along with fellow band members Chris Leonard, Danny Hall, Dave Williams and Steve Rushton. Son of Dork were formed after the 2005 demise of Busted, which James was a member of along with Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson.

[edit] Biography

James, from Southend in Essex, has two brothers, Nick and Chris, and one sister, Melissa. Chris appeared in the music video for "Year 3000" as the neighbour who builds the time machine. Nick appeared in a few Busted videos such as "Who's David" and "You Said No."

James's main instrument is the guitar; however, he also plays the piano (his best instrument according to himself), bass, and a bit of the drums. He is still good friends with the members of Busted and McFly (with whom Busted toured in 2004), and continues to have many fans. James has dated actress Kara Tointon, who is best know for her role as Dawn Swann in EastEnders. Kara and James decided to call it a day when they realised that they were not seeing enough of each other, as both were busy working away. They still remain close friends.

James is also the owner of a De Lorean DMC-12 and a Golf.

James teamed up with an American skating company to create a clothing label, called SicPuppy, named after his childhood band. SicPuppy produces clothes for both males and females, and also has such other things as belts, sweatbands and wallets. - - James splashed out over £16,000 to get his own record company, Sicpuppy Records (see [1]) which may give unheard bands a chance in the music business.

Although Busted have split, James is very close to Busted bassist Matt Willis and they meet up very often.

[edit] Songwriting

James has worked with a variety of songwriters, including The Matrix, Michael Raphael (the guitarist of Neve), Tom Fletcher (guitarist/vocalist of McFly) and Dudefish. As well as co-writing McFly's debut album, James also wrote the majority of Busted's two albums with Matt and Charlie. Busted's style of music can easily be identified in his new band Son Of Dork. He was also involved in Band Aid 20 in 2004. He is also reportedly writing for Matchbox Twenty and Train.

James co-wrote most of the songs for McFly's first album, Room on the 3rd Floor together with Tom Fletcher, who co-wrote the majority of Busted's second album.