Naming themselves after the lead character in the movie Back To The Future,
McFly were formed when Tom Fletcher was turned down for a place in the band
Busted. A talented songwriter, he was collaborating with James Bourne
contributing songs for Busted songs when he met Danny Jones at auditions for
another boyband, V. They subsequently started working together, recruiting bass
player Dougie Poynter and drummer Harry Judd from an advertisement in the NME.
The result was McFly, who used Fletcher's connections to launch themselves on
tour supporting Busted and struck it big with both...