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McFly - Biography
| 11-07-2006 18:14 | 3 reaction(s) | add reply |
McFly are a British pop rock/pop punk band who first found fame in 2004. The band, formed in London, was founded by Tom Fletcher (lead vocals/guitar) and also consists of Danny Jones (lead vocals/guitar), Dougie Poynter (vocals/bass guitar) and Harry Judd (drums). They were managed by Prestige Management, and were signed to the Island Records label from 2004 to 2007 before creating their own label, Super Records.
McFly's debut album, Room on the 3rd Floor, debuted at #1 in the UK album chart and is certified as double platinum. McFly are also the youngest band ever to have an album debut at #1. A month after the album was released, the band had their first UK headlining tour. The band's second album, Wonderland, also charted at #1 in the UK, and was released in 2005. Their third album, Motion in the Ocean, was released on 6 November 2006 and charted at #6 in the UK. McFly released their All the Greatest Hits compilation album on 5 November 2007, which charted at #4 in the UK. The band's fourth studio album, Radio:Active, was given away for free as a supplement in The Mail on Sunday on July 20, 2008.
McFly appeared in the teen comedy film Just My Luck, starring Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine, in 2006. The band played themselves in the film and released a US album, "Just My Luck", which was also used as the film's soundtrack.
As of July 2008, McFly have fourteen top ten singles, seven of which reached #1 in the UK Singles Chart.
The name McFly was chosen by Tom Fletcher, the band's founding member, based on his love for the American science-fiction comedy Back to the Future trilogy and Michael J. Fox's character Marty McFly. Fletcher had originally auditioned for Busted, but was rejected. He then started writing songs with Busted member James Bourne and was asked to come along to film auditions for a new band, V. Jones came along to the audition and met Fletcher. The two then began collaborating together, and moved into the InterContinental Hotel in London for 2 months, and the two began writing songs along with Bourne. Poynter and Judd were subsequently recruited via a classified advert in NME.
McFly's early sound was a mixture of pop and rock. Their debut single, "5 Colours in Her Hair", released 29 March 2004, entered the UK Singles Chart at #1 in April 2004 and stayed there the following week. In July 2004 their second single, "Obviously", also topped the charts. This was followed by the album Room on the 3rd Floor debuting at #1 in the UK Albums Chart. It would go on to be certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. The album broke records, as McFly earned an award from Guinness World Records for being the youngest band to have a debut album enter the charts in the top position, a distinction previously held by The Beatles. The idea for the album name came from where Jones and Fletcher wrote most of the songs for the album: room 363 in the InterContinental Hotel in London. The third single, "That Girl", was released on 6 September 2004 and lost the battle for the top spot to Brian McFadden's "Real to Me", placing at #3, despite topping midweek sales charts. The fourth single, Room on the 3rd Floor, the album's title track, was released on 15 November 2004 and reached #5. McFly supported Busted on their nationwide arena tour along with V in February 2004 and then had their first headlining tour in September 2004.
In March 2005, McFly released a double A-side of "All About You/You've Got a Friend" from their second album, Wonderland, which featured a 60-piece orchestra. The single reached #1 for a week on 13 March 2005, with all profits donated to Comic Relief. The video for "You've Got a Friend" was shot in Uganda, Africa, which McFly visited for the charity appeal. Several months later, on 2 July, McFly co-headlined Live8 Japan, with Björk and Good Charlotte. The second single from Wonderland, "I'll Be OK", was released in the UK on the 15 August 2005 and scored them their fourth UK #1. The album itself was released on 29 August 2005 entering at #1. The third single from Wonderland, "I Wanna Hold You", was released on 17 October 2005, giving them their sixth top three single, missing out on #1 to Arctic Monkeys. Their fourth and final single, "Ultraviolet/The Ballad of Paul K" from Wonderland was released on 12 December 2005 and reached #9. McFly headlined their Wonderland Arena Tour, which started on 15 September 2005. A DVD of the tour, recorded live at the MEN Arena in Manchester, was released on 28 November. The band also played at the 2005 Royal Variety Performance.
In 2006, McFly turned their attentions to America, appearing in the Lindsay Lohan movie Just My Luck, released on 12 May, three days after the soundtrack of the movie, which comprised McFly songs taken from both Room on the Third Floor and Wonderland, as well as a new version of "Five Colours In Her Hair". The band played several gigs in Los Angeles and New York, as well as attending the American premiere of Just My Luck in Hollywood.
McFly's first single of 2006 was "Please, Please", released in the UK as a double A-side with a cover of the Queen hit "Don't Stop Me Now" on 17 July as the official song for Sport Relief 2006. It reached #1 in the UK charts on 23 July, making it the band's fifth #1 single of their career. On 14 September 2006, it was confirmed via an email newsletter from McFly's official website, that the third album would be called Motion in the Ocean. The album was released on 6 November 2006, and reached #6. The second release from the album, "Star Girl" was released on 23 October 2006, to promote the album. "Star Girl" reached #1 in its first week. The third release from the album, "Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night", was released on 18 December 2006, and reached #3 in the UK singles charts. "Friday Night" is featured in the movie Night at the Museum, which was released on 22 December 2006, in Canada and the US and 26 December 2006, in the UK. Their next single, Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania, was released on the 7 May 2007, becoming the band's seventh #1. The original single release date was due to be 26 February, but the band took up the offer to return at that time to the town of Kamwokya in Uganda, which they previously visited for Comic Relief in 2005. "Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania" holds the record for the biggest fall from number one for a non-limited edition single. It fell from #1 to #20 after a week, matching a limited edition Elvis Presley single, "One Night".
McFly held their Motion in the Ocean tour from 17 September 2006 and were supported by The Click Five and Nylon. They also held their McFly Up Close and Personal tour, supported by Lil Chris, which started on 20 March 2007, and consisted of performing in twenty four locations not covered by their arena tours over thirty-four dates. Motion in the Ocean was re-released as a double disc edition with "Baby's Coming Back" and DVD from the Wembley show on 14 May 2007 and reached #14.
McFly's All the Greatest Hits compilation album was released on 5 November 2007 and reached #3 in the charts. The first single from the album, The Heart Never Lies, which reached #3 in the UK singles chart, was premiered at the V Festival in August. The album also featured two new songs alongside "The Heart Never Lies": "The Way You Make Me Feel" and "Don't Wake Me Up". The band went on a 26 date Greatest Hits tour for a month, starting the end of September 2007, supported by Elliot Minor and Saving Aimee, in order to promote the album.
On May 20, 2008, McFly confirmed that their fourth studio album will be titled Radio:ACTIVE. The album was given away for free as a supplement in The Mail on Sunday on July 20, 2008 and will subsequently be released in stores on September 8, 2008 with 4 additional tracks, a DVD and a 32 page booklet. The album was announced after McFly confirmed that they had left Island Records as they were unhappy with some of the decisions that the label was making for them. Since announcing the launch of their new record label, the band have said that they "won't rule out" signing other acts, but that for the moment they're just concentrating on releasing their "own stuff". The first single to be released from the Radio:Active album is "One for the Radio", a song about as the band's "constant struggle for critical acceptance". The single was premiered on BBC Radio 1's Switch with Nick Grimshaw on June 1, 2008 and was released July 14, 2008. As of the 25 June 2008, "One for the Radio" was included in Radio 1's A list, meaning that it receives primary airplay during the daytime, which is a rarity for McFly as they don't usually receive a great deal of radio play. The single charted at number #2 in the charts. It has also been confirmed that the second, as-yet-unnamed, single from the album will be released September 15, 2008. McFly performed a showcase concert on July 10, 2008 at Shepherds Bush Empire and will perform another concert at KOKO on 24 July 2008 as part of the iTunes Live Festival '08. McFly will also embark on their 2008 arena tour, starting from November 7, 2008, attending 14 dates.
McFly have recorded and performed a variety of officially released and unreleased cover versions of well-known songs.
McFly collaborated with Busted for a cover of The Kinks' song "Lola" (which was a B-side on the "5 Colours in Her Hair" single) and a version of "Build Me Up Buttercup" by The Foundations from Busted's "Crashed the Wedding" single. Their cover of "Help!", originally by The Beatles, was featured on the "Obviously" single while "She Loves You", also by The Beatles, was featured on the "That Girl" single. The New Years' carol "Deck the Halls", and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", originally by Queen, were also featured on the "Room on the Third Floor" single. In December 2004, McFly performed "Little Saint Nick", originally by The Beach Boys, on the Eastenders Christmas Special.
McFly released "You've Got a Friend", originally by Carole King, which they recorded as part of the official 2005 Comic Relief song, along with "All About You", where the video sees the band visiting children in Uganda affected by AIDS. McFly also recorded the 2004 hit "Mr Brightside", originally by The Killers, which is featured on the "I Wanna Hold You" single, and "I Predict a Riot", originally by the Kaiser Chiefs, which they performed at BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge session and is featured on the "Ultraviolet" single. McFly teamed up with Roger Daltrey of The Who in September, 2005 to re-record the 1965 hit, "My Generation" to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust and to launch HMV Digital's new download service. They also released a cover of The Who's "Pinball Wizard" on the single "I'll Be OK" with a video.
McFly performed a version of Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back in Town" at The Prince's Trust on 20 May 2006. They released a cover of "Don't Stop Me Now", originally by Queen, which was recorded to raise money for Sport Relief 2006 as the official song along with "Please, Please". When performing this cover on their Motion in the Ocean tour, they were joined onstage by Queen guitarist Brian May at Wembley Arena, who also performed the opening riff to "5 Colours in Her Hair". Matt Willis also joined McFly to play "Don't Stop Me Now" at Wembley Arena and the Manchester Evening News Arena. Also on the tour, they performed "Fight for Your Right (To Party)", originally by the Beastie Boys and the "Ghostbusters" theme tune, originally by Ray Parker Jr. A few weeks later, they opened Children in Need 2006 with "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles. They also covered "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" by John Lennon for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. The song "Rockin' Robin", originally by Bobby Day, was performed at the Top Of The Pops Christmas Special and was also featured on the "Sorry's Not Good Enough/Friday Night" single.
On 23 February 2007, McFly performed Primal Scream's "Rocks" with Charlotte Church on The Charlotte Church Show. They also covered "Baby's Coming Back", originally by Jellyfish, which they released as a double A-side to "Transylvania". McFly recorded the song "You're The One That I Want" from Grease for an album which was in aid of The Association of Childrens' Hospices and was recorded in five days, Over the Rainbow. McFly were among a forty artists who recorded a track for Radio 1’s birthday celebrations, covering The Jam classic "Town Called Malice", to feature on the compilation album Radio 1. Established 1967. The hit Rihanna song, "Umbrella", was also covered by McFly for the single, "The Heart Never Lies", and also had a video created for it. "Can't Stop Diggin'" by Foolproof was covered under the name "The Way You Make Me Feel" for their compilation album, All the Greatest Hits. They also covered Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.
In January 2005, the band guest-starred in an episode of the long-running British drama series Casualty. In May 2006, they starred in the teen comedy film Just My Luck with Lindsay Lohan and Chris Pine, which was released in the US on 12 May 2006 and in the UK on 30 June 2006. They play themselves in the film and the soundtrack features a variety of their songs from their first two albums. The band also recorded another song, "Just My Luck", which was to be included on the US-only album release of the same name. McFly held a concert at the London Hammersmith Apollo on 19 May 2005 which was used in the film. The UK premiere of the film took place on 28 June 2006 in London. The film generally did not receive good reviews, gaining a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. On 23 June 2007, McFly made a cameo appearance in an episode of the science fiction series Doctor Who. The episode "The Sound of Drums", saw the band appearing in a spoof party political broadcast, which featured testimonials from British celebrities such as McFly and Sharon Osbourne showing their support for Mr Saxon to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
On 22 October 2007, McFly hosted the first annual Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards. McFly also appeared on the show Ghosthunting with... in 2007.
On 27 May 2008 McFly appeared on Gordon Ramsay's The F Word as the celebrity guests and cooked a three course meal for 50 customers. Their score was that 115 out of 150 dishes were paid for. On 20 July 2008, McFly also played at T4 on the Beach in Weston-super-Mare.
McFly's performance at KOKO on 24 July 2008, which is part of the iTunes Live Festival '08, will be broadcast at Vue cinemas across the UK on the same day.
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12-07-2006 12:11 paynie | 
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| No one gives a shit about McFly they suck | | 12-07-2006 19:48 HYPNOTiSED | 
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| Uh obviously you do.
Don't come in and bash other artists under the biograhphy section, thanks.  | | 06-11-2006 11:26 3lin_ | 
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| They're great! Love them!  |
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