Harry Judd

Harry Judd

Harry Mark Christopher Judd, commonly known as Harry Judd (born December 23, 1985 in Chelmsford, Essex, England) is the drummer in the British pop band McFly, along with fellow band members Tom Fletcher, Dougie Poynter and Danny Jones. McFly rose to fame after former band Busted helped launch them by inviting them on tour in March 2004.

Early Life

Harry Judd performs at The Point, Dublin, October 2006, 'Motion in the Ocean' tour.

Harry Judd was born in Chelmsford, in Essex, England. Judd is the youngest of three children, he has a brother named Thomas and a sister named Katherine. As a young boy, he enjoyed playing cricket, and riding a tractor around the family Farm. He was educated at Uppingham School, the school was also attended by ex-Busted member Charlie Simpson, now lead singer with the band Fightstar. Judd's brother, Thomas, was friends with Charlie Simpson when they attended Uppingham.

Judd started drumming at around the age of sixteen. According to an interview, his first drum teacher was Nick Fance. Generally, he prefers not to sing in McFly, although when on tour he once sang a version of 'Hero' by Enrique Iglesias. He also played the drums in Busted's music video for "Crashed the Wedding" which was released in October 2003, before Island began generating the buzz around McFly.

Personal Life

Judd has many musical influences and claims his favourite are Incubus, Dashboard Confessional, Stone Sour, The Doors, Blink-182, The Used, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and My Chemical Romance, with his all time favourite song being 'Hey Jude'. He has two tattoos, including the words "a tattoo" on his wrist, and "bare" on his foot, meaning bare foot. The rest of McFly have similar tattoos.

Judd owns a house situated opposite band mate Tom Fletcher (guitarist/singer/lyricist), and along the same road as bandmates Danny Jones (guitarist/singer/lyricist) and Dougie Poynter (bassist).

McFly

Judd is the drummer in pop group McFly, and has been playing the drums since the age of 16. According to an interview, he originally wanted to play the guitar but got bored of playing 'nursery rhymes'. After the drummer in a friends band left, he took the instrument up. As well as drums he can play the trumpet and took piano lessons, but claims that he wasn't good.

In January 2005, McFly 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 played themselves in the film and the soundtrack featured 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 was critically panned.

In March 2006, Judd participated in Sport Relief's 'All Out For India where a team of celebrities travelled to India as part of a cricket team, to help raise money for children.

External links

• McFly Official Site
• McFly MySpace